360 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
(SUBORD. NaPOLEONEX.) 
J. Napoleona Vogelii, Hook. et Planch. (Tas. XLIX, L.); 
glaberrima, foliis lanceolato-ellipticis breviter et obtusiuseule 
cuspidatis basi acutis leviter repandis, glandulis 2 impressis 
supra basim folii margini lamine adnatis v. contiguis puncti- 
formibus, floribus axillaribus subsessilibus, corolla flava intus 
medio rubra, coronze extern:e laciniis (70-75) linearibus liberis, 
interne 40-fidz laciniis æqualiter late linearibus integris, 
bacca depresso-globosa, seminibus intra loculos solitariis 
longe reniformibus v. geminis superpositis brevioribus.—Cape 
Palmas, Vogel. 
Species a N. imperiali et N. Heudelotii foliis minoribus brevi- 
ellipticis nec oblongis et colore florum distinetissima. Folia 
14-3 poll. longa, 15-20 lin. lata, petiolis haud crassis 1-2 lin. 
longis. Corolla generis, obsolete 5-loba, lobulis flabellatis, 
crispis, circiter 30. Corone exterioris lacinie corolla plus 
quam duplo breviores, flavescentes ; interne flavescenti-albidze 
laciniz sat profundz, uninerves, obtusiuscule. Anthere 10, 
lineari-oblonge,  uniloculares. Discus urceolatus, crassus, 
margine leviter lobatus. Ovarii structuram internam in flore 
unico imperfecto rite observare non licuit. Bacca corticosa, 
magnitudine et facie fruetus Punice, cortice extus rubescente 
punctulis albis erebre consperso, septis pulposis in specimini- 
bus nostris exsiccatis et semi-collapsis et cum integumento 
seminum conglutinatis. Semina majora a basi ad apicem 
loculi extensa.— (Planchon.) 
I have here inserted the above brief account of this curious 
plant in the words of Dr. Planchon in Hooker’s Icones. It 
had been that botanist’s intention to have entered into a detailed 
exposition of his views of its affinities in the present work ; but 
the completion of this Flora having devolved upon me, We 
are deprived of the benefit of his observations. I myself have 
had no opportunity of examining the living specimens which have 
flowered in this country, and therefore refrain from adding any 
