FLORA NIGRITIANA. 393 
gesti, sessiles. Bractee parve. Calycis tubus turbinatus, 
1} lin. longus, villosus, laciniis subulatis basi subdilatatis 
2 lin. longis demum stellato-patentibus ; lacinia bractezformis 
longe petiolata 2-3-pollicaris, pubescens, albovirens. Corolla 
pollicaris, tubus tenuis, medio ampliatus, extus viridis, intus 
a medio ad apicem pilis flavis clausus; limbi lacinize 14 lin. 
longi, cuspidatee, reflexo-patentes, aurantiace. Anthere 
lineares, inclusz. Stylus brevis, nune brevissimus. | Ovarium 
biloculare, multiovulatum, sed post anthesin non grandescit 
et ovula abortiunt. Flores feminei in corymbum laxiusculum 
simpliciorem dispositi, singuli breviter pedicellati, ovario seu 
talyeis tubo per anthesin ovato-oblongo jam 2-3 lin. longo. 
Calycis lacinize quam in mare tenuiores. Corolla maris sed 
in medio minus ampliata, antheris minoribus. Stylus tubo 
corollee zquilongus, apice breviter bifidus. Fructus coriaceus, 
exsuccus, bilocularis, semipollicaris. 
4. Mussaenda Jsertiana, DC. Prod. 4. p. 871.— Sierra Leone, 
Don ; Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Though generally smooth, or nearly so, this plant appears 
to be occasionally hairy. The flowers are like those of M. tenui- 
flora, from which however it is readily distinguished by the very 
small, broadly-lanceolate, pointed divisions or teeth of the calyx. 
laxiflora, pilis longis hispida, inflorescentia laxa.—Sierra 
Leone, Vogel.—A single specimen, with a few leaves and two 
fruits remaining on it. These are about 9 lines long, hairy, 
without ribs, and crowned by the very short teeth of the 
calyx. It may possibly be a distinct species, or, on the other 
hand, the mere female individual of M. Isertiana. 
5. Mussaenda (Landia) elegans, Schum.—DC, Prod. 4. p.372. 
—Bertiera coccinea, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 3. p. 506.—Sierra 
Leone, Aguapim, and Accra, Vogel, Don, and others; Senegal 
and Guinea. ; 
A beautiful plant, with fiery red flowers, near 2 inches 
diameter when expanded, apparently variable in the hairiness 
and form of the leaves. The calycine lobes are usually slightly 
dilated above the middle, and occasionally one of them shows a 
tendency to expand into a green leaf. 
