246 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Calycis laciniæ oblong, pubescentes. Corolla flava ; petalis 
fere j unc. longis. Ovarium dense pubescens. Samara 2- 
pollicaris, glabra v. puberula, e basi dilatata, latior quam in 
A. Smeathmanni et plagiopteride. 
5. Acridocarpus corymbosus, Hook. fil (Tas. XXIV); ramis 
sparse tuberculatis, foliis breviter petiolatis coriaceis elliptico- 
ovatis oblongisve acutis integerrimis glaberrimis super levi- 
bus subter reticulatim venosis basi biglandulosis, racemis 
axillaribus terminalibusque corymbosis pubescentibus folio 
multoties brevioribus, pedunculo sursum incrassato, pedicellis 
elongatis gracilibus, floribus parvis.—Cape Coast Castle, 
Vogel. 
Arbuscula. Rami diametro penne anatine ; cortice fusco, 
tubereulis sparsis instructo. Folia 3 unc. longa, li lata, 
basi obtusa, glandulis (nisi ad apicem petioli) nullis, v. m- 
conspicuis, super fusco-brunnea, subter pallidiora, opaca; 
petiolo 2 lin. longo. — Pedunculus vix uncialis post anthesin 
subclavatus. Inflorescentia corymbosa, corymbo 1 unc. lato, 
multifloro; bracteolis parvis, subulatis; pedicellis gracilibus, 
j unc. longis. Calycis lobi rotundati, extus puberuli, unico 
basi glandula depressa instructo. Flores 4 unc. lati. 
Prats XXIV. Fig. 1. flower, without the petals; f. 2. stamen ; 
J: 9. ovary ; all more or less magnified. i 
The other W. African species of this genus are, A. Cavanil- 
lesii, Adr. Juss., from Sierra Leone ; A. Angolensis, Adr. Juss» 
from Angola; and an undescribed Senegambian species in the 
Hookerian Herbarium, collected by Heudelot. : 
1. Heteropterys Africana, Adr. Juss. Malp. p. 202.—Sierra 
Leone, and Grand Bassa, Vogel ; Senegambia. ; 
2. Heteropterys Jussieui, Hook. fil; foliis elliptico-oblongis 
lineari-lanceolatisve acuminatis coriaceis super lucidis plan! 
bullatisve subter reticulatim venosis glaucis, paniculis T 
nalibus trichotome ramosis pubescentibus, calycis lacinus 
biglandulosis, samara circumscriptione semicirculari ala plana 
semini conforme.—Sierra, Leone, Don, Vogel. 
There is little but the very different form of the samara tO 
