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lamine E foliaceæ, petiolate, luteze, utrinque pilose, 3} poll. 
long:e, 2 poll. latee, petiolis 10 lin. longis. Corolle tubus dilatatus, 
9 lin . longus, hirsutus, intus in nferne greet Petcibus plurimis 
villosis. Stamina supra mediam partem tubi affixa, fila mentis 
brevibus, antheris linearibus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; stylus 
trifidus. Fructus trilocularis, sicco perianthio coronatus, Vitis : 
semina 5 5 lin. longa, alveolata et minute pue ata 
A an Kumassi, giten 41, 
Very distinct in the thre celled ova ry and the vis calyx 
segments. It is near M. er yen ylla, Schum. et Thon 
Mussenda erythrophylla, Schum. et Thonn.—Distributed ed 
out Upper and Lower Guinea, and eastwards to Niamniam an 
Monbuttu is ds. 
Mu scan frondosa, Linn. ?—A native of India, Malaya, and 
Polyne 
ea UM deeem: Benth.—From Ashanti to the Camaroons and 
ando 
Berdors macrocarpa, Benth.—Sierra Leone to the RR 
and qp E Island. The genus has several members in America 
none i 
adie breviflora, Hievn.—Sierra Leone to the Camaroons. 
Leptactina densiflora, Hook. f.—Ashanti, Lagos, and Abbeo- 
outa, 
andia E Benth. et Hook. f.—Sierra Leone to the 
utm Su 
Am nas: betio: Welw. ?—Sierra Leone and Angola to 
dn and Monbuttu Lands. 
Oxyanthus speciosus, DC.—Senegambia to Usambara. 
Oxyanthus sp. 
Tricalysia sp. 
Ixora meh Smith—Senegambia to Fernando Po and the 
Shire Highlan 
Rutidea ithe DO.—Senegambia to the mouths of the 
Niger. 
Morinda longiflora, G. Don.—Sierra Leone to Niamniam land. 
Geophila obvallata, Didr.—Senegambia to Fernando Po. 
Geophila hirsuta, Benth.—Ashanti to the Camaroons. 
a op ore peduncularis, Si UE r ongan to the Islands of 
Fernando Po and St. Thom 
COMPOSITUE. 
Mikania scandens, Willd—A species cosmopolitan in the 
tropics, belonging to a genus which is otherwise American. 
Piece ee isis DC.—Throughout the Tropics of the 
Old Wor 
Melant m dat Sch. Bip.— Throughout the greater part 
of Tropical Africa. uu genus is common to Afri ica, Madagascar, 
and Tropical Am 
