Chailletia.] xxxviii. chaill?.tiackt. (olivkkj. 341 



or rounded, entire, glabrous or tlie midrib iibove and petiole strij/illose ; 5-l(» 

 in. long, 3-4i in. broad; petiole ^-l in. Stipules subulate, deciduou-i. 

 Plovvers fragrant, in ample, many-flowered, rather lax, dichotomou?, nxdiarv 

 cymes 2-3 in. long and broad or 2 or 3 conf iient ; pedicels artindatrd. 

 hoarv-pubescent, very short or equalling the flower or ralyx. Calyx-lolx-s 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, ascending. Petals free, narrowed below, 2-fid. 

 Ovary pilose or pubescent, narrowed into the slender style. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Fogel ! and others. 



Var. &. A small tree. Leave? rather coriaceou?;, smnller than in the type, Ihinlj puhr*. 

 rent. Dichotonious cymes shorter. Young fruit snbdidymous in our specimen. 



.Abbeokuta and I^agos, Bnyler! Cape Coast, Brass! 



• Var. 7. Extremities with a short cinnaraon-tomentuin. Leaves thinly conaceou*, at 

 first sparsely hirsute. Calyx-lobes spreading or recurved. Probably a distinct species. 



Prince's Island, Mann ! 



4. C. subcordata, Huok. f. Fl. Nlgril. 277. Shrub, with tiuely pu- 

 berulous extremities. Leaves snbcoriaceous, broadly elliptical, glabrous or 

 at first puberulons on the nerves beneath, shining above, broadly acute npi- 

 culate or obtuse, base subcordate or rounded, sometimes broadly, and entire ; 

 3j-6 in. long, 2^-4 in. broad ; petiole 1-3 lines. Stipules subulate. Flowers 

 somewhat scorpioid, in small axillary, very shortly peduncidate, 4-5-fid 

 cymes, scarcely 1 in. long ; bracts short, subulate. Petals free, much nar- 

 rowed below. Oviiry pubescent or pilose, narrowed into the slender style ; 

 stigmas 3. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel! Mann .' 



J have not had sufficient material to enable me to frame a satisfactory de>cription. 



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5. C. toxicaria, Bon; DO. Prod. ii. 57. A glabrous shrub or tl 

 young shoots and inflorescence mealy-puberulous at first. Leaves rather 

 coriaceous, petiolate, oval-oblong, shortly and obtusely cuspidate or acuminate, 

 base acute or cuneate, glabrous, 2j-6 in. long, 1^-2} in. broad, occasionally 

 rather larger ; petiole j-i in. Stipules minute, subulate, deciduous. Flowers 

 2 lines long or little more, in small glonu'rulcs, Mther subsessile and axillary 

 or adnate to the petiole or racemose from a straight conunon peduncle 

 sometimes 1-2| in. long, a small leaf fre(juently subtending the gloinerules 

 Pedicels equalling or shorter than the calyx, the ovate-elliptical lobes of whieh 

 are erect. Petals shortly 2-fid, free. Ovary villous ; styles minutely 3-fid. 

 Fruit 1-1| in. long, ellipsoidal, hard and woody, 1 -celled, l-seeded.— 

 a. erecfa, Don ; DC. Prod. ii. 58? C. afuiis. Planch. Fl. Nigrit. 270. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel ! and others ; Senegambiu ! 



Var. elliptica. Leaves proportionally broader, very shortly and obtusely ajjiculatc . ba»e 

 sometimes rounded. 



Bagroo river, Mann ! 



1 have not seen authentic specimens of Don's plant, but there can be little doubt of the 

 identity of our specimens. The seeds are said to be p(.isouous. Wv have siMTJintn* in bu.l 

 of an allied species from the Niger {Barter), very similar to var. clliptica, but with a dilTr- 

 reut form of cymose inflorescence and the petals minutely or unequally 2 fid. Whether a 

 variety or distinct species is uncertain. 



lilminnuspa,iicnlatus,'6v\mm. ctTiiunu. Gum. PI. 131 {Ceanothiis ." guineeHtu, DC. Prod. 



