414 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
The Irora laxiflora, Sm., which I have from an old Sierra 
Leone collection, is very much like the above, but the stipules 
are much smaller, and the lobes of the corolla are more or less 
hairy on the upper side. ; 
2. Ixora Guineensis, Benth.; glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis 
elliptico-oblongis vix acuminatis subcoriaceis levibus, 0 
rymbo subsessili foliis multo breviore, calycis limbo truncato 
subintegerrimo, corollæ laciniis tubi dimidio subbrevioribus. 
—Guinea coast, (Herb. Hook.) 
Specimen imperfectum, Pavettis nonnullis simile, sed stylus 
apice bifidus. Stipule breviter vaginantes, in specimine fere 
destruetz. Folia 5-6 lin. longa, 2 poll. lata, consistentia 
coriacea, et minus venosa quam in plerisque Zaoris. P etioli 
marginati, 3-4 lin. longi. Corymbus trichotomus, ramis Col 
pressis. Corolle tubus 7 lin. longus, laciniw glabre 3 um 
lóhge. Fructus non vidi. 
l. Pavetta Owariensis, Pal. de Beauv.? Fl. Ow. et Ben. l.p. 
87. t. 52.—On the Quorra, Vogel; Oware, Beauvois. — 
Specimina fructifera tantum adsunt, tota siccitate luride virentia 
Ramuli juniores compressi. Stipule late, acuminate, cras- 
siuscule; paucissime tamen in speciminibus supersunt. 
Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, basi in petiolum sub- 
pollicarem angustata, subcoriacea, lævia, penninervia, obser? 
venulosa. Corymbus foliis summis multo brevior, pedune 
8-6 lin. longo compresso, ramulis trichotomis pariter 2: 
pressis, pedicellis ultimis superne incrassatis (fructiferis) 2 
lin. longis. Bacce ovoideo-oblonge, 3-4 lin. longs, ony 
calyce minuto coronate, at nondum mature. Flores ?9" 
vidi. F 
2. Pavetta neurocarpa, Benth.; glabra, stipulis caducis, folis 
petiolatis elliptico-oblongis anguste acuminatis bas! Lun 
corymbis terminalibus subsessilibus, baccis depresso-glob09 
tenuiter costatis.—Fernando Po, Vogel. ST 
Specimina omnia fructifera, primo intuitu iis P. Owarie** 
simillima, sed fructus forma distincta. Folia 6-8 poll. 1008% 
circa 3 poll. lata, apice abrupte producta in acumen ang 
acutissimum 6-8 lin. longum, basi sepius inæqualia ph 
