350 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
squamarum annulum omnino glaber et levis, membranaceus, 
fere omnino ab ovario liber; squame lineares, basi dilatatz, 
lacinias calycinas sepius æquantes: v. superantes ; lacinie 
parce ciliate, apice paucisetz. Stamina et fructus omnino 
przcedentium. 
8. 8. Floribus solitarüs v. distinctis singulis bracteis scariosis in- 
volutis, calyce levi nudo.—Leiocalyx, Planch. in Herb. Hook. 
5. Heterotis segregata, Benth.; suffruticosa, appresse strigil- 
losa, foliis oblongis subovatisve 5-nervibus, floribus ad apices 
ramulorum 1-3-nis distinctis, singulis bracteis scariosis invo- 
lutis, calyce levi nudo.—On the Nun and at Abdh, Vogel; at 
the confluence, Ansell. : 
Caulis basi frutescens subbipedalis; rami (erecti?) tetragont, 
uti folia strigis arcte appressis adnatisque* parum conspicuis 
obtecti; ciliæ intrapetiolares breves v. obsolete. Folia 2-4 
poll. longa, 8-18 lin. lata, acutiuscula, v. breviter acumi- 
nata, basi rotundata v. acutiuscula, rigidule membranacea, 
strigis paginz superioris longioribus arcuatis, inferioris ra- 
mealibus similibus ; costze subtus valde prominentes. Flores 
ad apices ramulorum 1-3, singuli brevissime pedicellati y. 
sessiles, at non capitati. Bractee 4, scariose, brunnex, per 
paria opposite et imbricantes, calycis tubum æquantes V- 
paullo breviores et eum arcte includentes, obovate, concav®, 
truncate, glabre, leves; adsunt etiam interdum 2 exteriores 
angustiores longiores et laxiores subfoliaceze et dorso strigil- 
lose. Intra bracteas cilie nonnulle observantur ut in ple- 
risque affinibus, calycis basin cingentes sed e receptaculo 
seu pedicelli summitate nec e calyce ipso orte. Calyx caeterum 
omnino nudus, tubus oblongo-ovoideus fere semipollicaris, 
sub limbo contractus; limbi laciniz lanceolate, acute, mar- 
gine ciliolate, reflexze, vix 3 lin. longe. Petala perfecta mihi 
desunt, sed ex alabastro ampla videntur, et sec. Vog. pur 
* Ina large number of Melastomacee, the hairs of the upper side of 
the leaves and of other parts, where they appear to be appressed, are in 
fact adnate in the greater part of their length. 
