249 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Rami cortice pallide griseo rimoso tecti ; ramulis ferrugineo-to- 
mentosis. Petioli } unc. longi. Folia 1-2-uncialia, 2-1 unc. lata, 
super siccitate fusca, subnitida, subter pallidiora, reticulatim 
venosa, pube stellata ferrugineo-subtomentosa. Cyme sub 
12-flore ; pedicellis post anthesin elongatis, 4 unc. longis. 
Flores 3 lin. longi. Androphora ciliato-barbata.  Bacce im- 
mature globose, acuminate, 5-loculares, loculis-3-vacuis, 
ceteris 2-spermis ; testa seminis scrobiculata. 
Closely allied to the P. febrifugum, Spach, but the leaves are 
smaller, and not white underneath, nor are the cymes dense. 
2. Psorospermum tenuifolium, Hook. fil. (Tas. XXL); gla- 
berrimum, ramis. teretibus, ramulis oppositis, foliis petiolatis 
membranaceis ellipticis utrinque angustatis punctis opacis 
notatis, pedunculis axillaribus, cymis multifloris, pedicellis 
sepalisque subacutis glaberrimis, petalis intus villosis, andro- 
phoris pentandris, ovario 5-loculari, loculis 2-ovulatis, bacca 
globosa abortu 3-loculari, loculis 1-2-spermis, testa subco- 
riacea scrobiculata.—Nun River, Vogel. si 
Frutex 10-pedalis, ramosus. Rami teretes, cortice pallido striato 5 
ramulis gracilibus. Petioli 2-4 lin. longi. Folia 3-4-polli- 
caria, 2-24 unc. lata, sepe inzquilateralia, glaberrima, apice 
angustata, acuminata; super siccitate fusco-castanea, VIX 
nitida, subter pallidiora, utrinque punctis minimis spats 
costa prominula; penninervia, nervis parallelis. Pedunculi 
3 unc. longi, deinde ramosi, pedicellis perplurimis, 1-2 lin. 
longis. Flores parvi. Petala albido-lutescentia ex Vogel. 
Bacce siccitate nigre, in vivo ex Vogel nigrescenti-purpu- 
rascentes ; 2-3 lin: diametro. Testa seminum coriaceo-car- 
nosa, albumine nullo; cotyledonibus conduplicatis, sparse 
nigro-punctatis. 
In this and the following species the cotyledons are remarkably 
conduplicate, a character possibly peculiar to the African species, 
as may be also the delicately membranous nature of the perfectly 
smooth leaf. 
Prare XXL Fig. 1. flower; f. 2. pistillum; f. 3. fruit, nat. 
size; f. 4. the same, magnified ; f. 5. transverse section of 
the same; f. 6. seed ; J. 7. embryo. 
