Liberia ^ 



lont^, slender and looser, mature sepals to almost h in. long ; 

 Kakatown, ]l'/iytc ! 



*G. schoenleiniana, KlotzscJi : very similar to the preceding species 

 but A\ ith j^aniclcd racemes and smaller flowers, the mature 

 sepals scarcel}- ^ in. long ; Cape Palmas, Schooilciii ! ; Kaka- 

 town, Whytc ! ; I'ishtown, in shady primar\' forest, Dinklage, 

 1849! 



G. reticulata, Bcauv. : leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, raceme 

 very slender, usually panicled, the panicle !, — i ft. long ; Mon- 

 rovia and Kakatown, U7n'ft'\ 



G-. flava, Schum. and T/ioi/i/. : leaves lanceolate, densely serrulate, 

 panicles 3 — 4 in. long and drupes of somewhat oblong shape, 

 \ in. long ; Kakatown, ]V/iyte ! 



G. vogelii, Hook. f. : leaves lanceolate to oblong, entire or slightly 

 wavy, flowers in panicled fascicles, the panicles 3 — 4 in. long 

 and wide ; Fishtown, in the bush of the littoral, Di)iklai:;i\ 1638 ; 

 Grand Basa, Vogcl, 53 ! ; Sino Basin, Whytc ! 



CHAILLETIACE^ 



*Chailletia whytei, Stapf: {syn. Dichapetalum liberis, Etigl. and 

 Dink/.) : a shrub with elliptic lanceolate finely acuminate leaves, 

 yellowish tomentose beneath and long-peduncled dense clusters 

 of small white flowers u ith narrow cleft petals, ^ in. long ; in 

 primary forest in the littoral, Fishtown, Diiiklagc, 1832 ! ; Kaka- 

 town, ]VJiytc\ 



OLACINE^ 



Heisteria parvifolia, SmitJi : a glabrous shrub with coriaceous leaves, 

 small white axillary flowers and white berries, surrounded by 

 the much-enlarged deeply 5-partite crimson calyx (| — f in. 

 long) ; Monrovia and Kakatown, WJiyte ! ; Grand Basa, Vogei, 

 86 ! ; Diuk/agc, 1670! ; Cape Palmas, ScJwoilci)!. 



Ptychopetalum anceps, Oliv. : a small glabrous tree with 2-edged 

 slender twigs, lanceolate coriaceous leaves, very short scanty 

 axillary racemes of small flowers, \ in. long (waxy outside, 

 hairy inside), and dry ellipsoid drupes; Monrovia, ]Vhytc\\ 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 12 I 



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