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2, Canthium discolor, Benth. ; inerme v. rarius spinosum, foliis . 
ovatis oblongisve acuminatis basi cuneatis subtus pallidis ad 
venas ramulisque novellis rufo-pubescentibus, cymis pedun- 
culatis ramosis multifloris, corolle pentamerz tubo ad me- 
dium annulato.— Sierra Leone, Don, Vogel. 
Specimina inermia, ramo unico vetustiore excepto, eui spine 
axillares oppositz divaricatz 8-10 lin. longz (pedunculi abor- 
tivi ?); partes novelli pube brevi rufescunt, adulti glabrati. 
Folia subbipollicaria v. raro longiora, acumine brevi obtuso, 
basi acuta v. obtusiuscula at minime cordata, consistentia 
membranaceo-chartacea, supra siccitate fusca, subtus pallida 
sublutescentia, reticulato-venosa ; petiolo bilineari. Stipule e 
basi latiuscula subulatæ, 1-3 lin. longe. Cymeæ breviter pe- 
dunculatæ, multifloræ, dimidium folii subzequantes. Calycis 
limbus 5-fidus, lobis parvis ovatis obtusiusculis patentibus. 
Corolla 2 lin. longa, tubuloso-campanulata, intus versus 
medium pilis reflexis subpaleaceis annulata, cæterum intus 
extusque glabra, lobis 5 reflexis dimidium tubi æquantibus, 
æstivatione valvata. Stylus exsertus, apice nodoso-incrassatus, 
summo apice minute bifidus et stigmatosus, sub stigmate ap- 
pendice mitræformi auctus. Fructus ut in affinibus nunc 
didymus, nune loculo altero abortiente dimidiatus, obliquus. 
I should have taken this for the Phallaria spinosa, Schum. 
et Thonn., but that the two branches of each cyme are said to 
be in that plant simplicissimi, and the leaves are described as 
larger, 
3. Canthium hispidum, Benth: ; foliis brevissime petiolatis cor- 
dato-ovatis oblongisve ramulisque pilis longis sparsis hispidis, 
Cymis brevissime pedunculatis dense multifloris, calyce trun- 
cato vix dentato, corollæ tubo laciniis longiore.—Sierra Leone, 
Don. é 
Ramuli volubiles, pilis longis fuscis patentibus hirti. Folia me- 
jora 4-pollicaria, late cordato-ovata, ramealia sæpe vix pollice 
longiora, basi leviter cordata v. rotundata, omnia acuminata, 
supra siccitate nigricantia, pilis longis conspersa, ape 
pallida pilis rarioribus. Stipule breves, cuspidatæ, hir- 
