-^ The Liberian Flora 



or reported any wild indigenous species of Musa, such as are 

 so abundant in Eastern and Central Africa, especially in the 

 mountainous regions. 



224. A. SPECIES OF COSTUS, A ZINGIBERACEOUS PLANT 



Crinum lilies are frequently seen in all moist or marshy dis- 

 tricts. The one illustrated on p. 550 — Crinum natans — practically 

 grows in the water, with the long attenuated leaves submerged, 



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