456 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Coast, and on the Quorra, Vogel ; Accra, Ansell; common in 
Senegal and Guinea. 
2. Gymnema nitidum, Benth. ; subvolubile ? glaberrimum, foliis 
breviter petiolatis ovatis oblongisve acuminatis nitidis, cymis 
subsessilibus paucifloris, corollee parvze squamis brevissimis in 
tubum decurrentibus, stigmate umbonato antherarum mem- 
branas longe superante.— Cape Palmas, Ansell ; Sierra Leone, 
Vogel ? 
Folia 3-4-pollicaria, basi rotundata v. acuta, eglandulosa, sub- 
coriacea, penninervia, superiora non omnia exacte opposita. 
Cyme minime, vix brevissime pedunculate, pedicellis 2-6, 
linea paullo longioribus. Corolla 3 lin. longa, laciniis tubo 
subzequilongis, squamis usque ad medium tubi lineis pilosis. 
decurrentibus. Genitalia omnino generis. 
I was only able to examine a single flower on my own 
specimen from Ansell; another specimen of Ansell’s in the 
Hookerian Herbarium had lost them all, as well as Vogels 
specimen, (gathered and given to him by Mr. Roscher), which 
makes me uncertain as to the identity of the latter. ; 
1. Gongronema Jatifolia, Benth.; puberula, foliis longe petio- 
latis late cordato-ovatis supra petiolum glanduliferis, cym's 
pedunculatis laxis 2-3-fidis, floribus secus ramos demum 
elongatos fasciculatis pedicellatis, corolla introrsum pilosula, 
gynostegio tuberculis 5 carnosis ad basin munito.— St. Thomas, 
Don. 
Caulis volubilis, pilis brevibus patentibus haud crebris pubescens. 
Folia 3-4-pollicaria, breviter acuminata, membranacea, utrin- 
que pilis paucis conspersa, petiolo sspe 2-3-pollicari. Infto- 
rescentia pubescenti-hirta, pedunculo communi 1-14-polli- 
cari, ramis demum pedunculo longioribus. Corolla linea 
paullo longior, subrotata, extus pubescens, intus versus basın 
laciniarum pilis haud numerosis munita. Tuberculi gy- 
nostegii (seu foliola coronæ) parvi, patentes. Masse pollims É 
oblonge, erectze, longe stipitatze. 
l. Leptadenia lancifolia, Dene. in DC. Prod. 8. p. 028.— 
Tylophora incana, Sprun. Flora, 1840. 2. Beibl. p. 26 
