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are oblong-lanceolate, silvery underneath. The flowers are small, 
whitish, appearing in crowded axillary clusters. This plant 
grows in the low lands of Sierra Leone. 
CHAILLETEA. De Candolle , Ann. de Mus. 
1. C. toxicaria ; foliis alternis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, margine un- 
dulatis, integris glabris coriaceis, breve petiolatis ; racemis paniculatis 
axillaribus terminalibusque ; drupa ovata, pubescente. 
Hab. In montibus apud Sierra Leone. 
Frutex 10 pedalis et ultra, ramosissima. Flores parvi, albi. 
The English name of Chailletea toxic aria is Ratbane. 
There is a deadly poison prepared from the kernel of the fruit 
by the Negroes, which they use for the purpose of poisoning 
rats, whence this name. The shrub is from 8 to 12 feet 
high, branching much. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceo- 
late, coriaceous, pointed and entire, smooth, with the margin 
waved, upon short footstalks. Panicles terminal and axillary. 
Flowers small, white. Fruit ovate, pubescent, about the size of 
a pigeon’s egg. This plants grows plentifully in the mountainous 
parts of Sierra Leone. 
2. C. toxicaria var. compressa ; fructu subrotundo, subcompresso, pubescente. 
Hab. In montibus apud Sierra Leone. 
Frutex 10 pedalis, et ultra, ramosa. 
This is in every respect the same as C. toxicaria , but the 
whole shrub is much larger in all its parts ; the fruit rounder 
and rather flattened. It grows mixed with the former in the 
mountains, but is not so plentiful. The kernel of the fruit pos- 
sesses the same poisonous qualities as that of C. toxicaria. 
3. C. erecta ; ramis elongatis, erectis ; foliis alternis lanceolatis oblongis ob- 
tusis acuminatis integris glabris coriaceis rigidis ; floribus axillaribus ; 
drupis ovatis subrotundis pubescentibus. 
Hab. In montibus apud Sierra Leone. 
Frutex 10 pedalis, ssepe ultra ; ramis elongatis erectis. 
The kernel of the fruit of this species possesses the same poi- 
sonous qualities as that of C. toxicaria. It is found very plen- 
tifully in the mountains of Sierra Leone. The shrub is from 
8 to 12 feet high. The branches elongated. The leaves are 
alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth, coriaceous. 
Flowers axillary. Fruit about twice the size of that of C. toai- 
caria , and less pubescent. 
