446 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
antheris a stylo liberis nutantibus et minoribus quam in 
plerisque Apocyneis. Ovarium glabrum. Stylus vix ovamo 
longior. 
This genus is-allied in some respects to Landolphia and 
Couma, in others to Carissa. Its really axillary inflorescence 1s 
different from that of most of the allied genera. The placent 
of the ovary, although they meet in the centre, scarcely appear 
to cohere, and the fruit is unknown : the genus therefore cannot 
be very exactly defined ; yet I am unable to refer the plant to 
any of those hitherto published. 
1. Carpodinus dulcis, G. Don.—A. DC. Prod. 8. p. 829.— 
Sierra Leone, Don. 
The specimens marked in Don’s collection by. the above 
name, as also by that of Sweet Pishamin, have neither flower 
nor fruit; the stems are pubescent, and the leaves are a 
perfectly smooth. The tendrils proceed from the forks o! 
the branches, and appear to represent transformed peduncles. 
Of the other species mentioned, C. acida, Don, there 18 n? 
specimen in the herbarium. 332. 
l. Carissa edulis, Schum. et Thonn.—A. DC. Prod. e: PN 
—Aecra, Vogel; rather common in Guinea, Thonning. 
These specimens, in fruit, with very young buds, agree bier 
with Thonning's description than with Schumacher's character ; 
for the leaves are not cordate. Vogel observes that the berries 
are black and edible. Thonning says that they have @ 7 
agreeable flavour, much like sweet cherries, and make an exet 
lent soup for the sick. i 
The C. pubescens, A. DC., from Senegambia, appears to 
very near the preceding: 3 
1. Rauwolfia Senegambie, A. DC. Prod. 8. p. 340.—Siet™ 
Leone and Grand Bassa, Vogel, Don; Senegambia. ^. 
Bacce (folliculi carnosi) 2, distinctæ, substipitate, magnitudin 
Pisi, obovoideo-globosæ, intus 1-2-spermæ. Semina matur? 
desunt. 
It is probable that the R. vomitoria, very imperfectly de- 
scribed by Sprengel, and stated to be from Guinea, is the samê 
species. Vogel, on one of his labels, describes the plant 28 * 
