480 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
partitus, laciniis obovatis omnibus ad unum latus dejectis. 
Stamina subdidynama, exserta; filamenta basi per paria 
lateralia connexa; antherarum loculi angusti, contigui, 
equales. Capsula 9 lin. longa, subtetragona, a basi 2-locu- 
laris. 
. Whitfieldia lateritia, Hook.—N. ab E., in DC. Prod. 11. p. 
211.—Sierra Leone, Whitfield. 
. Barleria opaca, N. ab E., in DC. Prod. 11. p. 280.—Accra, 
Don; Guinea. 
2. Barleria halimioides, N. ab E., in DC. Prod. 11. p. 231.— 
—West Africa, south of the Line, Curror. ; 
A third species of Barleria, B. Senegalensis, N. ab E., 18 
confined to Senegal. 
1. Asteracantha auriculata, N. ab E., in DC. Prod. 11. p. 248. 
— Senegal and Guinea, Don, Vogel and others; frequent also 
in East Africa, and closely allied to the common East Indian 
A, longifolia. 
Two species of Lepidagathis, L. Heudelotiana, N. ab E. and 
L. anobrya, N. ab E., are confined to Senegal. 
l. JEtheilema reniforme, Br.—N. ab E., in DC. Prod. 11. p- 
261.— Sierra Leone, Don ; from Senegal, through East Africa 
to East India. 
2. Atheilema imbricatum, Br.—N. ab E., in DC. Prod. 11. 
p. 262.—Sierra Leone, Don; East Africa. 
3. JEtheilema micrantha, Benth.; caule flexuoso ramoso pa 
tentim piloso, foliis cujusve paris valde inzequalibus, majori- 
bus petiolatis ovatis oblongisve basi inzqualiter angustatis, 
floribus axillaribus 1.3 confertis, calycis lacinia superiore 
ovata v. oblonga acuta membranacea ciliata.— St. Thomas, 
Don. 
Specimen pedale adest, ramosum. Folia tenuiter membranacea, 
pilis raris conspersa, majora 1-11-pollicaria, longiuscule r 
tiolata, alterum cujusve paris sepius minimum est, inferiora 
tamen mihi desunt. Bractee late ovate, circa 2 lin. longe 
Calycis lacinia summa herbacea, membranacea, 2 lin. longa 
inferiores anguste, laterales angustissimz. Corolla 2) lin. 
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