Paorospermum.'] xxi. iiypericine.e (oliver). 159 



short lateral braiichk'ts or overtopped by lateral shoots, sonietiincs many- 

 flowered and corymbose. Stamens 5-10 in each phalanp^e. Ovnh-s solitary 

 erect or occasionally in pixirs.— P. ferrNf/ifieiiM, Hook. f. Fl. XiLTit. 241. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Bon ! 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! Angola, Dr. Welwit.srli 1 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganja Hills, Zambesi-land, Lrs. Kirk and Metier! 



Var. glabra. Leaves occasionally oblong or oblanccolate. Niger, Barter ' 



Var. albida. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, whiUsh beneath, lluilla, Angola, Dr. Wet- 



tcitsch I Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



Psorosperniiim Afzelii, very imperfectly described by Turczaninow in Hull. Mosc. xxxvi. 



579, is probably P./ebrifiigum. If not, it maybe Vismia Lconensis, but I have no means 



of determining.. 



This appears to be a widely spread and variable species, or, as I here leave it, pos.^ibly an 

 assemblage of 2 or 3 species. 



3. P. tenuifolium. Hook. f. Fl. NigrU. 242. A perfectly jrhibrous 

 shrub. Leaves rather membranous, opposite, elliptical, narrowed at eaei- 

 end, obtusely apiculate or shortly acuminate or rather acute, punctate with 

 opaque glands, 2|— 4 in. long, 1-lf in. broad; petioles 2-3 lines long, con- 

 nected by a faint interpetiolar line. Flowers in terminal corymbose or sub- 

 umbellate cymes shorter than the upper leaves ; pedicels rather longer than 

 to twice as long as the sepals. Sepals rather obtuse, glabrous or ciliolate 

 above. Stamens about 5-7 in each phalange. Ovary 5 -celled ; ovules 

 solitary, erect (or geminate, Fl. Nigrit. I.e.). — Fl. Nigrit. t. 21. 



Upper Guinea. '^\^t\\ T. Vogel ! Barter! Mann! Brass, Barter! Old Calabar, 

 Thomson ! 



Nile Land. Sennar, Cienkoioski. 



The eastern plant is described under a ms. name given by the late Dr. Kotschy in Schwein- 

 furth's lieitr. Fl. iEthiop.,,: 235, as a distinct species, P. niloticum. The alleged specific 

 characters arc slight. The leaves are said to be more nearly sessile, less membranous and 

 rounded or subcordate at liase. I have not seen specimens. 



4. P. alternifolium. Hook. f. Fl. Nigril. 243. A perfectly glabrous 

 shrub with elongate, slender, terete, glaucous branches. Leaves coriaceous, 

 the lower alternate, shining above, obovate-elliptical, obtuse or apiculate, more 

 or less cuneate at base, 4-7 in. long, 2^-4 in. broad ; petioles 4-G lines. 

 Flowers in di-trichotomous lateral panicles, Sepals glabrous, rather obtuse. 

 Stamens about 10-12 in each narrow-linear pilose phalange; ovules solitary 

 (sub-biovulate, Fl. Nigrit.). Seeds with folded cotyledous. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don ! 



I have seen but a very imperfect specimen, so that most of the above description is taken 

 from the ' Niger Flora.' 



4. HARONGA, Thouars ; Benth. et Hook. f. (icn. PI. i. UW 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, villous above on the inner side. Stamens 5-adeK 

 phous, phalanges opposite to the petals, 3-oligandrous ; v,,juama? 5, alternat- 

 ing with the phalanges. Ovary 5 -celled. Styles distinct above ; stigmas 

 capitate; ovides 2-4, ascending. Drupes small, globose, each carpel with a 

 bony endocarp, containitig 2 4 seeds. Seeds eglandular, terete: riiduyo 



