276 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
adulta utrinque glabra, supra opaca, subtus siccitate sub- 
rubentia, ad axillas venarum foveolata, reticulato-venulosa, 
petiolo crassiusculo 3-4 lin. longo fulta. Stipule minute, 
caduce. Pedunculi in axillis superioribus solitarii, nune 
breves cymulam unicam ferentes, nunc 1-3-pollicares, cymulis 
pluribus sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis, nudis v. bractea 
foliacea fultis; cymula infima sepe ex ima basi pedunculi 
orta; omnes in glomerulum contractz v. rarius leviter evo- 
lute, cano-tomentoss. Pedicelli florentes vix lineam longi 
fructiferi longiores, incrassati. Sepala 5, ovata, extus tomen- 
tosa, fere 11 lin. longa, :stivatione imbricata. Petala ob- 
longo-linearia, calyce paullo longiora, apice breviter bifida, 
extus puberula, intus glabra et linea elevata a sinu loborum 
decurrente carinata. Stamina petalis zquilonga. Squame 
hypogynz petalis opposite, breves, emarginate, tomentose, 
inter se libere sed continue. Ovarium dense tomentosum, 
conicum, triloculare. Styli glabri fere ad apicem coaliti v 
rarius demum ad medium soluti. Ovula in loculis gemina. 
Drupa ovoidea v. subglobosa, pollicem longa, obtusa v. acu- 
minata, extus tomentosa, abortu monosperma v. rarius dis- 
perma. 
One of G. Don's Sierra Leone specimens has narrower leaves, 
and may possibly be the plant described by D. Don under the 
name of C. erecta. If so, it would appear not to be specifi- 
cally distinct from C. towicaria. "The form of the fruit 1s very 
variable in the dry specimens, owing perhaps to its being 
gathered at different stages of maturity. 
2. Chailletia affinis, Planch. im Herb. Hook.; foliis longiuscule 
petiolatis ovali-ellipticis obovatisve obtuse acuminatis bast 
acutis rotundatisve subcoriaceis glabris, cymis laxiusculis 
in pedunculo axillari libero v. petiolo adnato solitariis paueisve 
drupa glabrata.— Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Closely resembling C. fozicaria in the colour, venation and 
consistence of the leaves; it appears, however, to differ in the 
longer petioles, broader leaves ; looser inflorescence and smooth 
fruits, and from some remains of petals and stamens, the flowers 
appear to have been larger. There are, however, neither per- 
