394 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
The M. erythrophylla, Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea, is 
the only remaining West African species of Mussaenda pub- 
lished. 
1. Bertiera Pomatium, Benth.—Pomatium spicatum, Gerin.— 
DC. Prod. 4. p. 891.—Wendlandia pilosa, G. Don, Gard. 
Dict. 3. p. 519.—Sierra Leone, Vogel, Don; Senegal. 
I cannot find the slightest character to distinguish Pomatium 
as a genus from Bertiera. The teeth of the calyx are not really 
deciduous, but, originally very short, they become worn away 3$ 
the fruit ripens. : 
2. Bertiera Java, Benth.; ramulis inflorescentiaque puberulis, 
folis oblongis acuminatis basi angustatis supra glabris 
subtus minute puberulis, thyrsis laxis flexuosis, floribus secus 
ramos paucis sessilibus, dentibus calycinis minimis, fructibus 
puberulis obscure striatis.—Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Ramuli novelli pube minuta subferruginei, rami annotini gla- 
brati. Stipule foliaceæ, utrinque solitariæ, et inter se bas! 
brevissime connate, vaginantes, semipollicares, oblongo-lan- 
ceolatz, acute, ferrugineo-puberule. Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 
14-2 poll. lata, membranacea v. demum subcoriacea, petiolo 
3-6 lin. longo. Panicule thyrsoideæ, terminales, solitarie 
v. geminæ, foliis summis sæpius breviores, rhachide flexuosa 
compressa ferrugineo-pubescente, bracteis parvis subulatis 
acutis, ramis paucis simplicibus v. bifidis 3-8-floris. Flores 
solitarii, secus ramos sessiles v. ramos terminantes. Calyz 
pubescens, lineam longus, dentibus minutis obtusiusculis v 
discum floris superantibus. Corolla (quam ipse non vidi) " 
icone a J. D. Hookero ad florem unicum depicto, calyce - 
longior, infundibuliformis, extus villosa, tubo tenui, limbo 
5-lobo, swstivatione imbricata, Anthere lineares, basi sagit- 
tate. Fructus eo B. Guianensis paullo major, costis minus 
prominentibus, ceterum omnino conformis, bilocularis, det 
pimento tenui, seminibus angulatis placent parvis affixis. G 
3. Bertiera ? macrocarpa, Benth.—Wendlandia racemosa, *' 
Don, Gard. Dict. 3. p. 519.—Sierra Leone, Don. à 
The fruit, on Don's specimen, is not a capsule, but fleshy an 
indehiscent, ovate, about 4 lines long, crowned with the remains 
