452 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
thyrsos axillares breves v. ad apicem rami paniculatos dis- 
posite; rhachide thyrsi valde compressa; cyme ipse uti 
calyces et corollæ sæpius breviter puberulæ. Bractee mi- 
nute. Pedicelli lineam longi. Calycis lobi linea paullo 
longiores, ovati, obtusi, laxi, membranacei, ciliolati, interiores 
exterioribus paullo minores. Corolle tubus fere 2 lin. longus, 
superne amplior; tubus intus a fauce ad insertionem sta- 
minum pilis reflexis dense villosus, infra stamina glaber; 
lacinize oblonge, tubo sub:quilongs ; faucis ligule erecta, 
2 lin. longe. Filamenta intus fasciculo pilorum penicillata ; 
anthere omnino nud, summo apice acute et polline desti- 
tute, auriculis baseos clavellatis. Ovaria uectario vix lon- 
giora, ovulis numerosissimis amphitropis. 
The externally hooked bases of the anthers, the calyx and 
nectary, bring this plant very near to Motandra as characterized 
by A. De Candolle; but the seales in the throat of the corolla 
and the absence of those tufts of hairs which suggested the 
name of Motandra prevent the uniting it with that genus. — 
l. Baissea Leonensis, Benth.; glabra, cymis paucifloris folio 
multo brevioribus.— Sierra Leone, Vogel, Don. i 
Frutex alte scandens. Folia petiolata, ovali-oblonga v. elliptica, 
acuminata, 2-3-pollicaria, more B. multiflore eleganter venus 
losa, venis ultimis crebris transverse reticulatis, sed basi omnia 
acuta et consistentia tenuiore quam in specie citata. Pedunculi 
nunc cymam unicam paucifloram ferunt, nunc adduntur 
etiam 2 opposite in medio pedunculo ; inflorescentia tota 
glabra v. vix minutissime puberula. Bractee minute. Flor s 
B. multiflore forma similes sed multo minores. Calyx v= 
semilineam longus, eglandulosus. Corolle albe v. rose® 
tubus 1j lin. longus, fere campanulátus; lacinie ligulatz, 
 sestivatione sinistrorsum contortz. Nectarium brevissimum. 
Stylus supra dilatationem subulato-productus. 
: The Baissea multiflora, A. DC., from Senegambia, has ¢y- 
lindrical coriaceous follicles, above a foot long, scarcely more 
than a quarter of an inch thick, and clothed with a rusty down: 
the seeds are numerous, about 9 lines long, truncate at the 
upper end, with a long and exceedingly dense coma. 
