found near Sierra Leone. 345 
Leone. The profusion and brilliancy of the blossoms, often 
attract the attention of strangers. 
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2. C. intermedium ; scandens ; ramulis pubescentibus, foliis oppositis vel ver- 
ticillatis, oblongis obtusis integerrimis, adultis glabris, mucronatis, basi 
subcordatis, breve petiolatis ; panicula brachiata ; spicis elongatis, flori- 
bus densissimis ; bracteis ovatis acutis. 
Hab. Ad rivulorum margines in Sierra Leone. 
Habitus prsecedentis, sed folia sunt obtusa, et flores duplo majores et den- 
siores. 
This is a beautiful climbing shrub, and is nearly related to 
the preceding, from which, however, it is very distinct, the 
flowers being nearly double the size, and more crowded. The 
panicles are brachiate, composed of numerous, opposite, but 
more commonly verticillate spikes. The leaves are often in 
whorls, oblong-obtuse, smooth, and entire, standing on short 
footstalks. This shrub is of rather rare occurrence, and always 
grows by the sides of rivulets in the low lands of Sierra Leone. 
I did not see more than three or four plants during my stay in 
the colony. This shrub is more straggling than C. comosum. 
3. C. paniculatum ; scandens ; panicula diffusa. 
Hab. In Sierra Leone. 
Flores non vidi. 
This is a tall climbing shrub, sometimes extending to the tops 
of the loftiest trees. The flowers I did not see ; but, from the 
habit of the plant, I should expect them to be very different from 
any of the preceding. The seeds grow in loose, scattered pa- 
nicles, quite different from the other species. This plant is found 
growing in small islands opposite to the settlement of York, 
about eighteen miles from Freetown; and no where else have I 
seen it. 
4. C. spinosum ; erectum ramosum ; ramis spinescentibus ; foliis oppositis 
oblongis integerrimis, adultis glabris, petiolatis ; racemis paniculatis, 
axillaribus terminalibusque. 
Hab. In fruticetis depressis circa Sierra Leone. 
Flores magnitudine C. purpurei ; rami seniores spinosi. 
C. spinosum is an upright, branching shrub, with the older 
branches spiny. The leaves are oblong-entire, smooth, stand- 
ing on longer footstalks than the rest. The racemes are pani- 
culated, axillary and terminal. Flowers scattered, of a deep 
