EY FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
before us, all males. Possibly, indeed, the original L. scabra 
itself may be but a variety of the common East Indian L. acu- 
tangula. The rudimentary stamens in the female flowers vary 
in number, according to Vogel. In the flowers I opened there 
were five. 
ApENOPUS, (gen. nov.) 
Flores (dioici ?) masculi : Calyx tubulosus 5-dentatus. Petala 
5, ad apicem tubi calycis inserta, margine integra v. leviter 
crispata. Stamina 5, medio tubo calycis inserta, filamentis 
brevissimis, antheris longe linearibus flexuosis diadelphis. 
Flores feminei . .. .. Herb Africanz hine Lwffe hinc Tri- 
chosanthi affines. Folia palmatim lobata, petiolo apice bi- 
glanduloso. Flores masculi racemosi. 
Adenopus longiflorus, Benth. ; foliis 5-lobis vix scabriusculis, 
calycis tubo petalis longiore infra medium longe attenuato 
basi dilatato.—Sierra Leone, Vogel, Don. 
Caulis tenuis, striatus, glaber. Cirrhi stipulares unilaterales ; 
stipula altera parva glanduliformis, Foliorum petiolus 6-10 
lin. longus, sub lamina auctus glandulis 2 oppositis linearibus 
divaricatis; lamina 3 poll. longa et lata, angulato-5-loba, 
lobis 1-3 intermediis productioribus, omnibus acutis et mar- 
gine sinuato-dentatis, dentibus mucronatis, utrinque sub- 
glabra et punctato-scabriuseula, trinervis, nervis lateralibus 
bifureatis. Flor. masc.; pedunculi axillares, folio multo 
"breviores, breviter 3-5-flori. Bractee parve, dentate. Pe- 
dicelli 2-3 lin. longi. Calycis tubus 1% poll. longus, in- 
curvus, junior puberulus, demum glaber, apice 2 lin. latus, 
sub staminum insertione gradatim contractus, prope basin 
abrupte dilatatus ; limbi lacinize lincari-lanceolat, glandu- 
loso-dentatz, vix 2 lin. longe. Petala pollicaria (v. majora?) 
obovata, et, tanquam e specimine male siccato apparet, 
margine crispa sed integra. Anthere 8-9 lin. longæ; €x- 
trorse, mediantibus connectivis in corpuscula 2 connexe, 
loculis a basi ad apicem flexuosis. 
2. Adenopus brevifiorus, Benth.; foliis 5-lobis scabris, calycis 
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