540 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Of the tribe of Asphodelee there are but two specimens, both 
without flowers, in the collections; one from Sierra Leone, 
Don, may be the Chlorophytum orchidastrum, Lindl., the other 
from Grand Bassa, Vogel, is wholly indeterminable. The pub- 
lished West Tropical African species are : Urginea Senegalensis, 
Kunth., Senegal ; Chlorophytum inornatum, Ker., and C. or- 
chidastrum, Lindl., Sierra Leone; Allium Guineense, Schum. 
et Thonn., Ornithogatum ensifolium, Schum. et Thonn., Aloe 
picta, Thunb., and Sanseviera Guineensis, Willd., all from 
Guinea. 
There are two specimens of Asparagus in Vogel’s collection, 
both without flowers or fruit, and almost all the leaves loose; 
the one appears to be the East Indian A. falcatus, Linn., ora 
species closely allied to it; the other is very near to the 4. 
retrofracta and A. Asiatica. 
The Dracena fragrans, Ker., from Sierra Leone and Guinea, 
D. ovata, Ker., from Sierra Leone; and Dianella triandra, 
Afz., (Duchekia, Kostel,), from Sierra Leone, complete the list 
of known W. African species of this generally extensive Order, 
which would probably have furnished us with many more from 
this country, were they easier to collect and to dry. 
CXII. MELANTHACEX. 
Schumacher and Thonning have published a Helonias Gui- 
neensis, not taken up by subsequent authors. Judging from 
the description, it is not a Helonias, but belongs to some 
genus, perhaps new, of the tribe Melanthiee. 
CXIII. Junceaz. 
L Flagellaria Indica, Linn.— Kunth, Enum. 8. p. 370.—F. 
Guineensis, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p- 181.—Cape Coast, 
— Don; a common East Indian and Tropical African 
piant, 
