416 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
venis magis approximatis; pedunculi multo breviores et flores 
confertiores. Bacce ex Vog. pariter rubrz. 
The two last species differ in some respects from the gene- 
rality of the genus, for the inflorescence is apparently axillary, and 
the albumen is not excavated on the inner face. There are no 
flowers to enable me to ascertain whether there may not be 
other differences. 
The other West Tropical African species known are: P. 
Smeathmanni, DC., from Sierra Leone, which appears to be 
nearly allied to the two last, P. parviflora, Afz., and P. sub- 
glabra, Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea, and P. canescens, DC., 
from Angola. Some of these plants may, however, possibly be 
referrible to Stylocoryne. 
1. Rutidea parviflora, DC. Prod. 4. p. 495.—Sierra Leone, 
Don, Whitfield ; Cape Palmas, Vogel ; Senegal. : 
Frutex scandens. Folia 2-4-pollicaria, acuminata, infra medium 
angustata, basi obtusa v. subcordata, breve petiolata. Cor olle 
zstivatio imbricata. Ovarium uniloculare, ovulis geminis 
basi cavitatis ascendentibus. Fructus luteus, magnitudine Pist. 
With the flowers nearly of a Pavetta, but pentamerous and 
smaller, this plant has the ovary of a Faramea, and an albumen 
much more ruminate than in any Grumilia. 
l. Grumilia psychotrioides, DC. Prod. 4. p. 495.—On the 
Niger, at Abdh, Vogel; Senegal.—These specimens, like 
those described by De Candolle, are in young fruit only, and 
afford no farther illustration of the real affinity of the plant. 
1. Chasalia? laxiflora, Benth.; glabra, (scandens ?), stipulis 
brevibus truncatis subconnatis, foliis oblongis acuminatis 
basi acutis, panicula laxa terminali pauciflora, bracteis sub- 
nullis, calycis limbo minute dentato disco oblongo multo 
breviore.—Sierra Leone, Don ; Grand Bassa, Ansell. 
Frutex videtur, ex omni parte glaberrimus, ramis volubilibus 
teretibus levibus. Stipule brevissime, membranacee, Cau 
appresse, cito deciduz v. destructe. Folia 3-4-pollicari 
nunc anguste oblonga, nunc elliptica, v. fere ovata et obovata, 
longiuscule acuminata, basi angustata, petiolo subsemipollicari 
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