Liberia <•- 



HYPERICINE^: 



Haronga madagascariensis, Chois. : a shrub or tree with opposite more 

 or less tomentose or glabrous leaves, 3 — 6 in. by i^ — 3 in., 

 large corymbs of small fragrant white flowers dotted with black 

 glands and small globose 2 — 4-seeded drupes ; Grand Basa, 

 Vogel, 23 ! ; Kakatown and Sino Basin, Whytc ! 



CARYOPHYLLACE.^ 



Polycarpsea platyphylla, Pax. : a glabrous perennial with crowded 

 whorls of lanceolate leaves, \ in. long, and compact heads of 

 small silvery white shining flowers ; Monrovia, Krause ; Grand 

 Basa, Vogel, 69 ! 



GUTTIFER.^ 



Garcinia epunctata, Stapf: a shrub or tree with thinly coriaceous 

 oblong opposite leaves, up to 5 in. by 2 in. with long, fine, 

 transparent lines (under the lens) and solitary or paired 

 tetramerous flowers, the sepals pale green, the petals bright 

 yellow ; Sino Basin, ]Vhytc\ 



MALVACE^ 

 Sida linifolia, Cav. : an annual weed with linear to lanceolate leaves, 



2—6 in. by \—^ in. and mostly terminal hairy dense corymbs 



of white or crimson flowers, almost I in. across ; Cape Palmas, 



ScJioenlci)i. 

 S. carpinifolia, L. : a perennial erect weed with linear-lanceolate 



leaves and axillary clusters of yellow flowers almost i in. across ; 



Sino Basin, WJiytc ! 

 S. cordifolia, L. : a perennial weed with broad ovate or roundish 



tomento.se leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers, over -i in. 



across ; Monrovia, Whyte t 

 S. rhombifolia, L. : a much-branched very variable perennial weed 



with ovate to lanceolate leaves, whitish beneath, and solitary or 



clustered yellow flowers, over | in. across ; Kakatown, W/o'te ! 



— This yields a strong fibre similar to jute. 

 Urena labata, L. : a stiff coarse hairy herb with very variable entire 



or 3 — 5-lobed leaves, whitish tomentose beneath, .solitary or 



paired, shortly pedicelled pink flowers, 4 in. (or more) across, 



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