Liberia ^ 



small flowers (,'; — i in. long) with dark white-edged glabrous 

 sepals ; near Monrovia and in the Sino Basin, W/ijU^l 



*A. whytei, Stapf: a shrub with thin pale green serrulate more or 

 less lanceolate leaves, 2—4 in. by i^— 2 in., and pubescent 

 panicles {\l in. long) of small flowers ('; in. long) with pubescent 

 sepals; near Monrovia, ]\7ivtt-\ 



Sauvagesia erecta, L. : a small herb with lanceolate serrulate promi- 

 ncntl}- nerved leaves, long fringed stipules and small nodding 

 white flowers on fine, often long pedicels ; near Monrovia and 

 Kakatowm, ]\'/iytc\ 



BIXACE/E 



Bixa orellana, L. : a South American tree with long petioled ovate 

 often large leaves, terminal panicles of large rose-coloured 

 flowers and prickly capsules ; cultivated near Grand Basa, 



]^ogel. An orange-yellow dye, known as "Orleans Annatto " 



or " Rocou," is produced from the pulpy red arils surrounding 

 the seeds. 



Oncoba brachyanthera, Oliv. : a spinous shrub or tree with the young 

 shoots and membranous ovate or elliptic leaves more or less 

 hairy, with handsome white flowers, about 2 in. across, terminal 

 or on short lateral shoois, and hard smooth globose fruits, 

 ii — 2 in. across ; Sino Basin, ]Vhyte\ 



*0. brevipes, Stapf: a glabrous tree (?) with elliptic- or obovate- 

 oblong pale green leaves, up to 7 in. by 3A in., and large white 

 flowers, over 4 in. across, with 10 — 12 petals; near Monrovia 

 and in the Sino Basin, Whytc ! 



POLYGALACE^: 



Carpolobia parvifolia, Stapf {sju. C. alba, var. parvi flora, 0/iv.) : a 

 small tree with glossy ovate to ovate-oblong leaves, 1—2 in. 

 by to f in., and frequently solitary white and purple irregular 

 flowers up to § in. long, and edible 3-lobed yellow berries ; 

 Kakatown, Whyte ! 



*Atroxima liberica, Stapf (Plate 246) : a glabrous shrub or tree 

 with thinly coriaceous oblong reticulate leaves, 4—6 in. by 2 in., 

 axillary racemes of small flowers, \ in. long, and dry almost 

 globose fruits with a crustaceous pericarp and 3 — 2 finely hairy 

 seeds ; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



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