FLORA NIGRITIANA. 459 
proceeding from the axille of the leaves, at right angles to the 
stem. The foliage, and a sketch of the fruit given by Vogel, 
indicate either a Strychnos, or more probably a Brehmia. 
1. Usteria Guineensis, Willd.—4. DC. Prod. 9. p. 22. (Tas. 
XLV).—Rondeletia loniceroides, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 8. 
p. 516.—Sierra Leone, Don ; Senegal and Guinea. 
Puare XLV. Fig. 1. bud ready to open; f: 2. flower expanded ; 
Ff. 3. ovary, vertical section; f.4. ovary, outside view ; all 
magnified. 
1. Gertnera paniculata, Benth. ; foliis ellipticis acuminatis basi 
cuneatis breviter petiolatis, vaginis stipularibus truneatis 
minute plurisetis, panieula laxa trichotoma, calyce patente 
brevissime repando-5-dentato.—Grand Bassa, Vogel. 
Frutex glaber, ramulis levibus. Folia 5-6-pollicaria, venis 
arcuatis subtus prominentibus costaque media in foliis novel- 
lis strigillosis, venularum rete tenue. Vagine stipulares 3-4 
lin. longe, laxiuscule, setis inzqualibus sepius minutis raro 
lineam longis. Panicula pyramidata, 4-6-pollicaris. Calyx 
yx semilineam longus. Corolla in vivo ex Vog. flavo-viridis, 
In sicco extus tomento minutissimo canescens; tubus 14 lin. 
longus, superne latior, intus glaber nisi ad faucem densissime 
hirsutum ; limbi laeiniz oblongz, tubo subbreviores, zstiva- 
tione valvata. Staminum filamenta brevia, anthere oblonge, 
tubum corollæ vix superantes. Ovarium depresso-globosum, 
hirsutum, loculis sub anthesi minimis, ovulis solitariis erectis. 
Stylus corollam subzquans, apice breviter bifidus, lobis re- 
curvis, 
: Anthocleista Vogelii, Planch. in Hook. Ic. t. 798, 794. (Tas. 
XLII, XLIV), glaberrima, folis amplis obovato-oblongis 
obtusiusculis v. subacutiusculis v. subacutis basi longe cunea- 
tis margine leviter revoluto subrepandis utrinque impresso- 
punctatis, petiolis brevibus basi auriculatis, aculeis supra- 
axillaribus geminatis, corolla calyce triplo longiore, limbo 
15-partito tubo subzequali, bacca (immatura) ovoideo-obtusa. 
(Planch.)—On the Quorra, at Abdh and Attah, Vogel. 
The above character, drawn up by Dr. Planchon, is followed 
by a detailed description, in which, however, he does not state 
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