FLORA NIGRITIANA. 535 
multiflorus, Mart. et Nodd., from Sierra Leone ; H. cruentatus» 
Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea, very probably the same 
species; Crinum purpurascens, Herb., from Fernando Po, C. 
Broussoneti, Herb., and C. distichum, Herb., from Sierra Leone ; 
c. betiolatum spectabile, Herb., from St, Thomas; Amaryllis 
nivea and A. trigona, Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea, both 
evidently Crina, and possibly the same as some of Herbert’s 
species, and lastly, Gethyllis pilosa, Schum. et Thonn., which 
from the description must be a Curculigo, or some allied plant. 
CVIII. BRoMELIACEX. 
The Pine-apple is said to be common on the Guinea Coast, 
wild as well as cultivated. 
CIX.? Taccacez. 
l. Tacca involucrata, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 177.—Cape 
Coast, Don. 
This species is very near to T. pinnatifida, it only differs from 
the ordinary forms of that species by the admixture of a number 
of small round or blunt oval segments of the leaves amongst the 
arger ones, and even these are less pointed than usual. A 
similar form, but with much larger and more divided leaves was 
gathered in the Mozambique by Forbes. 
CX. DrioscoRIDEX. 
l. Dioscorea (Amphistemon) latifolia, Benth. ; glabra, bulbi- 
fera, foliis alternis sinu lato cordatis longe cuspidatis 7-9- 
nervibus transverse venulosis punctis oblongis pellucidis, 
spicis gracillibus subfasciculatis masculis subramosis, floribus 
Solitarüs sessilibus bracteatis unibracteolatisque, perianthio 
Sexpartito, antheris filamento :equilongis. — On the Nun 
River, Vogel, (male specimens); and probably the same 
species, Sierra Leone, Don, (female specimen.) E. 
„Caules teretes, inermes, volubiles. Folia longiuscule petiolata, 
circa 8 poll, longa et sepius longitudine sua latiora, auriculis 
