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branacea; albumen nullum; cotyledones crasse, carnoss, 
lateri suleato parallel ; radicula brevissima ad hilum spec- 
tans, 
Besides the above, there are two W. African species of Maba 
published, M. Guineensis, A. DC., from Guinea, and M. 
Smeathmanni, A. DC., from Sierra Leone. 
I omit the Styracee, because the Styrax Guineensis, G. Don, 
the only supposed W. African species published, does not belong 
to the Order. 
LXXI. JAsMINE;. 
1. Jasminum noctiflorum, Afz., DC. Prod. 8. p. 309.—Sierra 
Leone, Vogel. 
Leaves usually ternately verticillate, the petioles 4 to 5 lines 
long, articulate near the base. 
2, Jasminum dichotomum, Vahl, DC. Prod. 8. p. 307.—J. 
Guineense, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 4. p. 60.— Whydah, Don; 
Senegal and Guinea. 
Very near J. nocliflorum ; but the petioles are shorter, and 
the lobes of the corolla much longer and more pointed. The 
teeth of the calyx are also rather longer. 
3. Jasminum pauciflorum, Benth. ; ramulis hirsutis, foliis op- 
positis breviter petiolatis ovatis acuminatis subtus petiolisque 
pubescentibus supra demum glabris, pedunculis subbifioris, 
pedicellis elongatis superne incrassatis, calycis lobis circa 6 
subulatis. —Cape Coast, Vogel. 
Frutex volubilis, quoad folia et pubem a J. Sambac et J. pu- 
descente haud absimilis, sed pedicelli in pedunculo brevi 
axillari v. terminali sæpius gemini, 6-8 lin. longi, nec calyce 
subbreviores. Calycis tubus 1 lin., laciniæ 2 lin. longæ. 
Corolla deest. Bacca subglobosa, calycem subzequans. 
LXXII. ArocxNEX. 
l. Landolphia Owariensis, Beauv. A. DC. Prod. 8. p. 320.— 
Sierra Leone, Don ; Oware. : 
There are two other West African genuine species of Lan- 
