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inclusa et eo brevior, annulo pilorum more affinium to- 
ronata. 
8. Heterotis Vogelii, Benth.; caule minute strigilloso ciliis 
interpetiolaribus parvis, foliis petiolatis ovatis 5-7-nervibus 
supra sparse strigosis subtus pallidis subnudis, floribus capi- 
tatis bracteis subfoliaceis iuvolucratis, calycis tubo nudo laciniis 
ad costam strigillosis.—Sierra Leone, Vogel. 
Caulis basi lignosus, laxe flexuoso-ramosus. Folia pauca, dis- 
tantia vel ad apices ramorum approximata, 2-3-pollicaria, 
subtus siccitate pallida v. albido-flavicantia. Flores in capi- 
tulo pauci, bracteis vel omnino foliaceis vel basi plus minus 
scarioso-dilatatis involucrati, majusculi sed minores quam in 
speciebus precedentibus. Calycis tubus ovoideo-globosus, 
vix 5 lin. longus, basi ciliis numerosis circumdatus, ipse tamen 
nudus; laciniz 4 lin. longe, acute acuminate, margine mi- 
nute ciliolatze, dorso percurse costa strigoso-ciliata. 
. There is an imperfect specimen in the Senegambian collection 
which Dr. Planchon considers as belonging to the same species, 
although it appears to have rather smaller flowers. 
9. Heterotis capitata, Benth. ; caule pubescente, foliis breviter 
petiolatis late ovatis 5-nervibus supra sparse strigosis subtus 
glabriuseulis pallidis, floribus capitatis bracteis scariosis V. 
apice foliaceis involucratis, calycis tubo nudo laciniisque gla- 
bris.—Melastoma capitatum, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 2. p- 764. 
—Sierra Leone, Don. 
This species is evidently allied to H. Vogelii, but the leaves 
are broader, the stem covered on the sides, as well as the angles, 
with numerous short hairs, and the calyx without hairs or ap- 
pendages, except the long ciliæ, with which it is surrounded at 
its insertion on the stalk. The flowers appear to be about the 
size of those of H. Vogelii, but are fewer in the head, as far 
one can judge from the specimens. 
Beside the above, the Melastoma cymosum, DC., or M. co- 
rymbosum, Bot. Mag. t. 904, from Sierra Leone, to judge from 
the figure and description, may be referred to Heterotis, although 
it does not agree in habit or inflorescence with any of the 
foregoing groups. 
