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EBENACE Æ. 
Maba coriacea, Cummins; arborescens, foliis oblongis actumin- 
atis coriaceis. 
Arbor glabra, 20-40 ped. alta. Rami magni, patentes. Folia 
oblonga, acuminata, integra, coria cien petiola ata, 9-1 poll. longa, 
14-23 poll. lata, supra nitida. Flores 4 4-meri. in cymis Mer 
viatis paucifloris ad nodos ramorum annotinorum vel vetustorum 
dispositi ; pedicelli breves, bracteati; brac parve, ovate, 
acute, minute vel obsolete ciliolata, Feber Calyx sub- 
truncatus vel 4-lobatus, 2 lin. longus, lobis rotundis extus 
parse pilosis apiculatis. Corolla lutea vel alba, tubulosa, basi 
dilatata, faucibus contracta, tubo 3 lin. longo, lobis contortis patulis 
vatis 2 lin. longis. Stamina 16, basi corolle inserta ; anther 
lineares 1j lin. long: ; filamenta sparse pilosa, eie 1j lin. 
onga. Ovarii rudimentum parvum, late ovatum, acutum. 
Assin Yan Kurmaassi, Dominns, l19, 242. “A meth common 
tree 
«ons d Sp. ems puc _— D. verrucosa, Hiern, 
but the seeds are not rumin 
APOCYNACEJE. 
Rauwolfia sp. 
Tabernemontana, 7. Barteri, Hook., affinis. 
Tabernemontana subsessilis, Benth. ?—Confined to Upper Guinea. 
à Tabernemontana crassa, benth.?—Hitherto only from the Gold 
oast. 
Strophanthus gratus, Franch.—Confined to Upper Guinea. 
Strophanthus sarmentosus, DC.—Senegambia to the Camaroons. 
Kickxia africana, Benth.—Sierra Leone to the Gaboon. 
ASCLEPIADE. 
Secamone sj. 
LOGANIACEJE. 
Gertnera paniculata, Benih.—Sierra Leone to the Gaboon. 
BORAGINEJE. 
Heliotropium indieum, Linn b Mpepting Australia and Poly- 
nesia, world wide in the Tropi 
CONVOLVULACEA. 
Ipomea obscura, Ker-Gawl.—Throughout the Tropics of the old 
Ipomea involucrata, Be«uv.— Throughout Tropical Africa. 
Ipomea palmata, Morsk.—Throughout the warmer Bi aene of 
Africa, and in the Mascarene Islands, and Tropical Asia 
Lepistemon africanum, O//v.—Tropical Africa. 
Hewittia bicolor, Wight et Arn.—Tropics of the old world. 
Breweria secunda, enth.—Senegambia to the Camaroons. 
