Cantldum.] Lxx. KURiACF.iE (hiern). 143 



the throat ; tube funnel-shaped ; lobes 4, ovate, obtuse, reflexed. An- 

 thers white. Disk hispidulous. Style glabrous, subflexuous, greenish ; 

 stigma far exserted, calyptrifomi, terete. Fruit subdidymous or 

 oblique. — Pavetta parviflora, Afzel. Remed. Guin.(vii.)47 (3 May, 1815). 

 /Pi" Smeathmanni, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 492. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelws ! Smeathman ! 



The bruised bark is employed by the natives in the case of swollen legs and knees. 



The following specimens apparently belong to this species. 



Cape Coast, Th. Vogel ! in young fruit {Canthium horizontale, Benth., quoad 

 specimen T. Vogel., in Hook. Niger Fi. p. 408, non Phallaria horizontalis, Schum.) ; 

 Niger Expedition, Barter ! A small tree, in very youog 1)ud. 



27. C. Barterl, Hiern. A hispid-pubescent unarmed shrub, 

 turning reddish in the dry state. Branches subterete, rather spreading. 

 Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends, acute, firmly chartaceous, 

 glabrescent above except the midrib, hispid-pubescent beneath at least 

 on the principal veins, 2-4 by f-l^ in., or those at the base of the 

 branchlets ovate and smaller ; lateral veins about 5-6 pairs ; petiole 

 ^^ in., hairy ; stipules lanceolate-subulate from a broad base, hairy, ^—^ 

 in. long. Flowers ^ in. long, on hispidglous pedicels of ^i in., many 

 together in dichotomous cymes of 1-1^ in. diameter ; common peduncle 

 ranging up to ^ in. Calyx-tube hispidulous ; limb nearly glabrous, 

 4-toothed ; teeth ciliolate. Corolla-tnbe hairy inside ; lobes 4. Style 

 glabrous, far exserted. Disk hairy. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Expedition, at Assasha, Barter / 



28. C. nervosum, Riern. A shrub, glabrescent except the in- 

 florescence, unarmed. Branches black-ashy, terete. Leaves oval, 

 acuminate, obtuse, oblique and rounded or somewhat narrowed at the 

 base, coriaceous, turning reddish when dry, glossy, glabrous except 

 small hairy depressions in the axils of the primary and secondary 

 veins, 3-5 by 1^-2^^ in. ; lateral veins about 8-11 pairs ; petiole ^ in. ; 

 stipules subulate from a broad base, ^ in. long. Flowers ^ in. long 

 (exclusive of the style), on rather shorter pubescent pedicels, many 

 together in dichotomous panicles of ^1 in. diameter ; common peduncle 

 nearly glabrous, ^| in., bibracteate at apex. Calyx-tube pubescent 

 with short golden-coloured hairs ; limb subglabrous, 4-cleft ; teeth 

 ciliolate, ovate, obtuse. Corolla glabrous except the puberulous throat ; 

 lobes 4, ovate, subobtuse. Disk hairy. Stigma calyptriform, 8-costate, 

 exserted ; style glabrous, longer than the corolla. 



Upper Guinea. Bagroo River, Mann ! 



29. C. nXannll, Hiern. An unarmed shrub, quickly glabrespent 

 except parts of^the inflorescence, etc., 15-20 feet high. Branches 

 patent. Leaves oval, subacuminate, subapiculate, obtuse, scarcely 

 rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrate except the sHghtly hairy 

 depressions in the axils of the 8-9 pairs of lateral veins beneath, 

 rather paler beneath, 2-4 by |-1J in. ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules deltoid- 

 acuminate, J in. long. Flowers ^ in. long, nearly glabrous, on short 

 golden- pubescent pedicels, many together, in dense panicles f-1 in. 



