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narrower above the middle. The inflorescence, too, is pa- 
niculate, not racemose, the peduncle angular and not so 
compressed, the calycme segments smaller, and the carpels 
larger. 
XL. RHAMNEX. 
l. Zizyphus Baclei, DC. Prod. 2. p. 20.—Guill. et Perr. 
Fi. Seneg. t. 87.—Attah and Quorra, Vogel; Senegal. 
Z. orthacantha, DC., which is possibly a variety of Z. jujuba, 
is a native of Senegambia. The true Z. jujuba is found at 
Mozambique, and thence eastward through the Peninsula of 
India to the Indian Archipelago. 
l. Ventilago denticulata, Willd., DC. Prod. 2. p. 88.—V. ma- 
deraspatana 8, JV. et Arn. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 1. p. 
164.—Celastrus diffusus, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 9. p. 6.— 
St. Thomas, Don. 
The dise of the flower is smooth, or only very slightly hairy, 
in other respects I am unable to distinguish these specimens 
from some of the forms from the Indian Peninsula. I have not, 
however, seen the fruit. 
XLI. CnaArLLETIACEJE.* 
l. Chailletia toxicaria, Don, DC. Prod. 2. p. 57; foliis petio- 
latis ovato-oblongis v. oblongo-sublanceolatis obtuse acumi- 
natis basi acutis rotundatisve subeoriaceis glabris, cymulis 
contractis. raro foliiferis.in pedunculo axillari vix ramoso 
solitariis paucisve, petalis bifidis, stylo breviter trifido, drupis 
canescentibus.—Sierra Leone, Don, Vogel; and, apparently 
the same species, Senegambia, Heudelot. 
Frutez dumosus, inflorescentia partibusque novellis canescenti- 
bus, ezterum glaber. : Folia 3-4-pollicaria, sepe obliqua, 
acumine brevi obtuso v. retuso, margine sepius undulata, 
* By G. Bentham. ^ 
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