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purple colour, about the size of those of C. purpureum. This 
plant grows on the road-side leading to Congo Town. I also 
observed it on King Tom’s Point, a little distance from Free- 
town, but by no means common. 
5. ®C. grandiflormn ; humile, subscandens ; foliis oppositis, cordato- oblongis, 
mucronatis integerrimis, utrinque ramulisque hirsutis, breve petiolatis ; 
racexnis secundis axillaribus terminalibusque. 
Hab. In locis depressis ad Sierra Leone. 
Flores magni, coccinei. Anther ce luteae. 
This is a low, somewhat climbing shrub. The leaves are op- 
posite, cordate, oblong, mucronate, entire, hairy as well as the 
young branches, upon short petiols. Racemes axillary and 
terminal. The flowers are very large, and secund, of a deep 
vermilion colour. It grows plentifully near Freetown, and on 
the road to Congo Town. The flowers being so large, have at 
first sight the appearance of those of a species of Ipomcea , being 
as large as in Ipomcea Quamoclit. 
6. *C .leucophyllum; erectum, ramosum ; foliis oppositis oblongis obtusis mu- 
cronatis, utrinque ramulisque hirsutis, integerrimis breve petiolatis, ju- 
nioribus niveis ; racemis umbellatis terminalibus abbreviatis. 
Hab. In locis depressis ad Sierra Leone. 
Flores fastigiati, umbellati. Antherce nigrse. Folia juniora nivea. 
This is a most beautiful upright shrub. The leaves are op- 
posite, oblong, obtuse, pointed, hairy as well as the younger 
branches. The floral leaves are of a whitish-cream colour. 
The flowers are scarlet, with black anthers, growing in umbel- 
like racemes at the extremity of the branches. The C. leuco- 
phyllum grows near Congo Town, and also in King Tom’s Point, 
a little distance from Freetown. The scarlet blossoms, with the 
white floral leaves and black anthers, have a very gaudy ap- 
pearance. 
7. C. tomentosum ; ramosum, tomentosum ; foliis oppositis oblongis rotunda- 
tis mucronatis integris, breve petiolatis; racemis axillaribus conferti- 
floris. 
Hab. In fruticetis ad Sierra Leone. 
Frutex scandens P Flores parvi, albi. 
The C. tomentosum grows in shrubby places both in the low 
lands and in the mountains of Sierra Leone. The whole shrub 
is woolly. The leaves are opposite, oblong, round, mucronate, 
