338 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
berula, spinifera, foliis obovali-elliptieis vix acuminatis basi 
obtusis, spicis brevibus simplicibus confertifloris, bracteis sub- 
nullis, calycis tubo adnato elongato, limbo infundibuliformi 
supra basin in collum contracto, petalis cuneato-oblongis 
extus villosis.—On the Quorra, at Abdh, often growing in the 
water, Vogel. 
Frutex erectus (ramis nunc sarmentosis ? ex Vog.) cortice albido. 
Petiolorum bases persistentes indurato-spinescentes. Folia 
alterna v. rarius opposita, adulta 3-4 poll. longa, 2 poll. lata, 
obtusa cum acumine brevissimo, basi rotundata v. rarius obso- 
lete cordata, rigidule chartacea, utrinque viridia, reticulato- 
venosa et creberrime minuteque punctata. Spice terminales, 
rhachide vix pollice longiore puberula. Bractee minutissime 
v. omnino desunt. Flores pentameri, semel tamen etiam te- 
tramerum vidi. Ovarium (seu calycis tubus adnatus) 3 lin. 
longum, 5-striatum, tenue, pubescens. Calycis pars libera 
(limbus seu fauces) infundibuliformis, 6 lim. longa, suprà 
ovarium inflata, dein in collum longum constricta, apice = 
panulata et 5-loba, extus parce pubescens, lobis triangularibus 
acutis sstivatione valvatis. Petala 1} lin. longa, coceinea ? 
Stamina longiuscule exserta. Ovula 2, a funiculis longis 
suspensa. Fructus non visus. 
3. Poivrea conferta, Benth. ; scandens, glabra v. vix puberula, 
spinifera, foliis obovali-ellipticis acuminatis basi obtusis, ra- - 
cemis brevissimis multifloris in paniculam capituliformem 
confertis, floribus pedicellatis tubo adnato elongato limbo 
tubuloso-campanulato, petalis late ovatis glabris. —In woods, 
Fernando Po, Vogel. 1 
Frutex super arbores volubilis. Ramuli et petioli juniores 
minute puberuli, mox glabrati. Petiolorum bases persis- 
tentes, indurato-spinescentes, Folia opposita, 3-5 poll. 
longa, 2-21 poll. lata, chartacea, reticulata, utrinque Vi- 
ridia et creberrime puncticulata, petiolo semipollicari. Pa- 
nicule fere corymbiformes, subsessiles v. ramulos breves ter- 
minantes, l} poll. late, e racemulis pluribus composite 
quorum rhachides vix 5 lin. longi. Bractee parve setacew. 
Flores pentameri, breviter pedicellati, Ovarium (seu calycis 
