` 248 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Cape Coast, Fernando Po, St. Thomas, and Congo River, 
Christ. Smith, Vogel, Don, &c. 
An abundant W. African plant, variable in the size of the 
foliage, from which P. Senegalensis, Juss., P. uvata, Schum. et 
Thonn., and P. Africana, Don, do not appear to be distinet. 
It is also frequent in the West Indies. The only other West 
African species of this large American genus, and the only one 
hitherto published as extra-American is the P. spherocarpa, 
Rich., from Guinea. 
` 1. Schmidelia Africana, DC., Prod. 1. p. 610.—Ornitrophe 
tristachyos, Schum. et Thonn., Beskr. p. 188 ?—Sierra Leone, 
Abdh, Quorra, and Grand Bassa, Vogel; Senegal, Sieber, &c. 
Apparently a very common species along the coast, and very 
closely allied to the S. Aéyssinica, Hochst., from Abyssinia, and 
to the S. melanocarpa and leucocarpa, Presl. (Rhus., E Mey. m 
Pl. Drége MS.), from South Africa; but all these appear to have 
rather larger flowers. The S. serrata from E. India, and 
S. Cominia from the West Indies, have the leaves always downy 
underneath. 
2. Schmidelia Airfella, Hook. fil—S. monophylla, Hook. fil 
in Ic. Pl. t. 775 (Tas. XXV.) Ramis petiolis foliisque 
subter pubescenti-pilosis, foliolo solitario membranaceo obo- 
vato-oblongo basi angustato apice abrupte longe acuminato 
remote argute dentato, costa super puberula, racemis axillaribus 
multifloris petiolo paulo longioribus, floribus parvis 4-merls, 
petalis intus dense villoso-barbatis, glandulis (inter stamina et 
petala) obeuneatis.—Fernando Po, Vogel. LE 
Frutex. Ramul graciles, subflexuosi, teretes, pubescenti-pilost ; 
cortice pallido. Folia alterna 1-foliolata. Petiolus 4-un- 
cialis, ereeto-patens. Foliolum amplum, 6-7 unc. longum, 
3 latum, ad apices’ venularum dentatum, super luride vires- 
cens subter pallidius, ad axillas venarum lanuginosum. Ra- 
cemi unciales ; pedicellis 1-2-floris. Pedunculus gracilis, pube- 
scens. Flores masculi globosi, 4 lin. lati. Sepala 2 exteriora 
minora et angustiora, interiora lata, concava. Petala obo- 
vata, unguiculata, sepalis multoties minora, intus barba de- 
