F. N. WILLIAMS. FLORÜLA GAMBIGA. 201 



138. Byrsanthus Brownii Guill. — (Heudelot). FTA. II. 498. 



139. Byrsanthus epigynus Mast. — (Park). FTA. II. 500. 



140. Flacourtia Gambicola Glos. — ^Mac Garthy Island (Herb. 

 Mus. Paris). 



Arbor 7-8 m., glabra. Rami conlorti, alii spinis axillaribus brevibus 

 armati (in sicco denudati), alii inermes. Folia 4 ctim. longa, 3 ctim. lata, 

 petiolo 6-8 mm., elliptico-rotundata obtusa crenala membranacea tenui- 

 penninervia nitidula. Racemi apici ramulorum laleralium continui per- 

 breves subpuberuli 2-3-flori. Pedicelli 6-8 mm., in axillis bractearum, 

 teretes nudi paluli. Sepala 5, cordata acuta ciliata, nunc vere imbricata, 

 nunc ritu quinconciali disposita, erecta, 2 exteriora minora. Discus annu- 

 laris integer, pistilli basin cingens. Ovarium ovatum, longitrorsum stria tum, 

 loculis 7 exiguis. Styli 7, reflexi et ovario incumbentes, teretes, apice 

 breviter bifldi. 



In a letter dated 18 Sept. 1906, the Keeper of the Herbarium of Ihe 

 Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, informs me that they only have a spécimen 

 from the tree bearing female flowers; and that, as far as he knows, a 

 male spécimen lias not been seen. 



Ord. Malvales 

 Farn. 33. TILIACEM 



141. Corchorus olitorius L. — Wild, or cultiva ted as a potherb 

 in every part of Tropical Africa. Cultivated in gardens round AI breda; 

 F ST. 88. Common name «alo». The valuable flbre;, known as Jute, is 

 derived from this and allied species. A. de Gandolle says that it seems to 

 be really wild in the warm régions of Western India. Jute thread is more 

 generally derived from C. capsularis. In Western Africa G. olitorius is 

 cultivated rather for its leaves which are used for culinary purposes. 

 Dr. Masters, in FTA. I. 262, also states that it is « wild, or cultivated as a 

 vegelable throughout Tropical Africa ». 



142. Triumfetta cordifolia Rieh. — (Boteler). See note by 

 Planchen in Herb. Kew. as to its beeing quite distinct from T. semitriloba, 

 lo which it is referred by Dr. Masters in FTA. I. 257. 



143. Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb. — F ST. 93; Albreda 

 (Perrotlet). St. Mary's Island (Lester, n. 18 S). 



Farn. 34. MALVACEM 



144. Abutilon angulatum Mast. var. Gambicum Williams. — 

 Gaulis gracilis, superne medioque acute angulatus, basi subteres ; foliis 

 supra glabriusculis. 



Hab. On damp clay soll, in Lower Niumi district, near Albreda (Per- 

 rottet). 

 Syn. Bastardia angulata var. ß, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 66 (1831). 



