Liberia ««- 



Basa, Vogel, 25 !— The fleshy pericarp is edible, and, with sugar 

 and water, made into a refreshing beverage. The fruit is known 

 as " Yellow Plum " in Sierra Leone. 



CONNARACE.4^. 



Byrsocarpus coccineus, Sc/un/i. and Thonn. : a much-branched deciduous 

 shrub with pinnate leaves, 7 — ^11 oblong to rounded thin leaflets, 

 * — 4 in. long, lax few-flowered cymes of small white flowers 

 and pods, \ in. long, and containing a single seed with a black 

 hilum and a scarlet aril ; Cape Palmas, Vogel, ^,7 ! 



*Coimarus libericus, Stapf: a glabrous shrub with pinnate leaves, 

 3 — 4 ill- l<"ig, about 9 thinly coriaceous leaflets and slender 

 rusty downy racemes or scantily branched panicles of whitish 

 flowers, \ in. long ; Monrovia, W/iyte ! 



*C. reynoldsii, Stapf: a very ornamental shrub with pinnate 7 — 9- 

 foliolate coriaceous leaves and copious graceful panicles of 

 creamy flowers with wavy linear petals up to | by | in. ; on 

 native tracks in the forest, about 70 miles up the St. Paul's 

 River, Reynolds ! 



*Sph"opetalum triplinerve, Stapf : a shrub with pinnate 7 — 9-foliolate 

 coriaceous leaves and very dense velvety solitary or fascicled 

 racemes (| in.— \h in. long) of whitish flowers with linear petals, 

 up to almost /^ in. long ; Monrovia, ]Vhytc\ 



Manotes expansa, Planch. ; a tree or climbing shrub with pinnate 

 5 — 7-foliolate thinly coriaceous leaves and very lax divaricate 

 panicles {\ — i ft. long) of small flowers with pinkish calyx 

 and white petals ; Kakatown, WJiyte\\ Grand Basa, Vogel\ 



LEGUMINOS/E 



Crotalaria retusa, L.: an erect herb with simple very blunt leaves 

 \\ — 3 in. long, loose terminal racemes of yellow papilionaceous 

 flowers, f — I in. long, and inflated cylindric pods, \\ in. by 

 almost \ in.; Sino Basin, WJiytel — Occasionally cultivated in 

 India for its fibre and sold as " Sunn Hemp " for the manu- 

 facture of cordage and canvas. 



C. falcata, ]\xhl: a low shrub with 3-foliolate leaves, obovate leaflets, 

 terminal racemes of yellow papilionaceous flowers over \ in. 



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