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7. Salacia erecta, Walp., Rep. 1, p. 402; ramis teretibus 
superne subangulatis, cortice subgranulato, ramulis com- 
pressis angulatis, foliis oppositis breve petiolatis ellipticis 
elliptico-lanceolatisve utrinque angustatis regulariter serratis 
super subnitidis, pedicellis axillaribus, fructu ovato-cordato 
obtuse trigono.— Calypso erecta, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1. p. 
629.— Sierra Leone, Don. 
Frutex habitu Thee viridis. Folia 24 unc. longa, 1 lata, sub- 
coriacea, basi angustata, sed in petiolum non desinentia, 
apicem versus obtuse acuminata, super levia, subter venis 
prominulis reticulata. Fructus 3 unc. longus. 
Specimens rather imperfect. 
8. Salacia debilis, Walp. Rep. 1. p. 402; caule tereti striato 
levi, foliis breve petiolatis subcoriaceis ovalibus v. elliptico- 
oblongis utrinque subangustatis vix acutis obscure serratis, 
foribus parvis axillaribus fasciculatis, pedicellis gracillimis 
erectis.—Calypso debilis, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1. p. 629.— 
Senegambia, Heudelot ; Sierra Leone, Don. 
Rami cortice fusco tecti. Folia sepius elliptica, 2-23 unc. 
longa, 3-13 lata, super levia, subnitida, subter pallidiora, 
venis prominulis reticulata. Pedicelli 4-1 unc. longi, fili- 
formes, stricti, erecti, uniflores. Flores patentes, 1 lin. lati. 
Lobi calycini rotundati, ciliati. Petala- patula, lineari-ob- 
longa, obtusa. Stamina 3; filamentis. brevissimis ; antheris 
late Subreniformibus, emarginatis, transverse dehiscentibus, 
unilocularibus. 
Easily to be recognized by the small flower and very slender 
pedicels, The habit is that of an E/eodendron. 
9. Salacia ? rufescens, Hook. fil. ; ramis teretibus levibus striatis, 
ramulis creberrime flavo-punctatis, foliis breve petiolatis sub- 
membranaceis elliptico-oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolatis utrin- 
que angustatis obtusis siccitate subcrispatis rufescentibus 
sinuato-dentatis, pedicellis solitariis binisve axillaribus 1-foris 
petiolum superantibus, alabastris globosis, lobis calycinis 
petalisque ? rotundatis, antheris transverse elongatis.—Sierra 
Leone, Vogel. 
Rami cortice fusco tecti, Folia patula, 2-3 unc. longa, 1-14 
