444 FLORA NIGRITIANA: 
dolphia, the L. Heudelotii, A. DC., and an unpublished one in 
my herbarium, communicated by Michelin,* both from Sene- 
gambia, besides the following, with a rather different aspect, yet 
apparently belonging to the genus. 
2. Landolphia florida, Benth.; ramis foliisque glabris, cymis 
pedunculatis multifloris, staminibus infra medium tubi co- 
roll elongati insertis.—On the Quorra, Vogel. : 
Frutex alte scandens, ramis glabris verruculosis. Folia petio- 
lata, elliptica, 3-6 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, utrinque obtusa, 
glabra, chartacea v. subcoriacea, venis primariis distantibus, 
venulis transversis crebris reticulatis. Cyme corymbos®, 
terminales, dense multiflore, breviter pedunculate. Flores 
uti tota inflorescentia tomento brevi velutini. Bractee pedi- 
cellos subzquantes, ovate, squam:seformes. Pedicelli crea 
lineam longi, crassi. Calyx linea paullo longior, fere ad 
basin 5-partitus, lobis ovato-oblongis, parum ingequalibus, 
intus eglandulosis. Corolle tubus 7-8 lin. longus, tenus 
circa stamina paullo incrassatus, intus superne pilosus; la- 
cinie anguste oblonge, tubo subzquilonge, fere glabre, 
albee basi intus lutescentes, æstivatione dextrorsumT Convo- 
lutz. Stamina paullo infra medium tubi inserta ; anthere 
oblongz, filamento paullo longiores, altera sepius cæteris 
majore. Glandule hypogyne nulle.. Ovarium depresso- 
globosum, dense villosum, uniloculare, placentis duobus p 
talibus pluriovulatis. Stylus filiformis, superne fusiformi-in- 
crassatus, summo apice divisus in lobos 2 breves latos præ- 
cipue ad margines stigmatosos. i 
In the absence of fruit, this plant agreeing as well with the 
character of Willughbeia as with that of Landolphia, Y refer it 
provisionally to the latter as being a West African genus; but 
it is most probable that, when better known, the two genera 
* L. Michelini, Benth. ; foliis subtus ramulisque velutino-pubescenti- 
bus, cymis subsessilibus densis, antheris medio tubo insertis.—Flores fut 
L. Owariensis. : fer : 
: + We use this word in the sense adopted by De Candolle, from left to 
right, (supposing oneself in the centre of the flower), not from the ne 
as it is used by some botanists. 
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