FLORA NIGRITIANA. 365 
minibus alternantibus. Stamina 5, ad marginem disci inter 
dentes inserta, filamento in alabastro brevissimo, anthera 
magna oblongo-lineari. Ovarium in medio disco sessile, 
oblongo-triquetrum, superne in stylum brevem attenuatum, 
stigmate magno dilatato integro coronatum, intus uniloculare, 
placentis 3 parietalibus, ovulis in quaque placenta plurimis 
biseriatis. 
l. Crossostemma laurifolium, Planch. im Herb. Soc. Hort. 
Lond.—Sierra Leone, Don. ; 
Frutex scandens, glaberrimus. Folia alterna, petiolata, ob- 
longa, breviter acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta, 3-4 poll. 
longa, subcoriacea, nitidula, utrinque venosissima, eglandulosa 
v. ad apicem petioli obscure biglandulosa. Cirrhi ex axillis 
sterilibus orti. Inflorescentie axillares, solitariæ, pedunculo 
communi semipollicare cymam ferente laxe paucifloram 
flexuosam, ramis ultimis 3 lin. longis, medio articulatis (pedi- 
cellis unifloris terminatis). Bractee minute setaceze v. nulle. 
Flores ex scheda Doniana lutei, (semipollicem diametro ?) 
in specimine nondum aperti. Sepala et petala im alabastro 
subsimilia late ovata, obtusa, concava, et crebre lineato-punc- 
tata, hee vero evidentius colorata et venis 3-5 percursa, illa 
viridiora, extima minora, et vena unica brevi additis rarius 2 
brevissimis lateralibus notata. — Fructum haud vidi. 
Though closely allied to some of the numerous forms of 
Passiflora, this genus is at once distinguished by the very 
short £ynophorum, and the entire style. The collection con- 
tains but a single specimen, with few buds im a perfect 
state. In the only one I dissected I could not ascertain very 
Precisely whether the delicate ring of filaments forming the 
Corona at the base of the petals was continuous or interrupted 
Opposite each petal. " 
1. Modecca cissampeloides, Planch. in Herb. Hook. ; foliis cor- 
dato-orbiculatis 5-nervibus obsolete 5-lobis integerrimisque 
membranaceis glabris subtus albidis, petiolo apice glandu- 
lifero, fl. fem, petalis linearibus ad basin loborum ealyci- 
norum insertis et iis brevioribus.— Fernando Po, Vogel. — 
Tota planta glaberrima, Ramuli teretes, cinerascentes v. albidi. 
