Liberia ^ 



which arc 2 in. long, united for two-thirds into a tube, sHt on 

 one side ; in the bush of the Httoral, Grand Basa, Dinklage 

 1648, 2023 i 



*A. tenuiflora, Diiikl. and Ei/^i^L : a tall shrub or slender tree similar 

 to the precedini:^, but with almost glabrous racemes or panicles 

 of smaller reddish brown Twhen dr}-) flowers, r in. across, and 

 filaments i in. long ; in the bush of the littoral, Fishtown, 

 Dinklage, 1675, 1772, 2101 ! 



*A. whytei, Stapf : a shrub also similar to A. dinklagei, but with 

 almost glabrous racemes of greenish white flowers, | in. across, 

 and filaments i| in. long ; Monrovia and Kakatown, Whyte\ 



CRASSULACE.^ 



Bryophyllum calycinum, Salisb. : a succulent herb with a shrubby- 

 base, crcnate leaves, frequently producing young plants from 

 the notches, and green and reddish purple pendulous flowers ; 

 Monrovia, Whyic ! 



RHIZOPHORACE.^: 



Rhizophora racemosa, G. F. Mcy. : a shrub or small tree with opposite 

 broad lanceolate very coriaceous leaves, dichotomous axillary 

 corymbs of greenish yellow tetrameious flowers with very 

 coriaceous sepals, and ovoid fruits germinating on the tree ; 

 it forms the bulk of the Mangrove woods on the banks of 

 the rivers near Grand Basa, ]'ogeI, 113!; Monrovia and Sino 

 Basin, Whyte ! — The bark of the Mangroves is used in tanning. 



*Cassipourea csesia, Stapf: a shrub with very slender branches, 

 remarkably glaucous opposite leaves and little clusters of small 

 flowers having densely woolly petals ; Kakatown, Whyte ! 



C. parvifolia, Stapf {syn. Dactylopetalum parvifolium, Scott Elliot) : 

 a glabrous shrub with small solitary inconspicuous hairy flowers 

 (the small petals being in the upper part fringed with filiform 

 lacinia;) in the axils of the opposite coriaceous leaves ; Monrovia, 

 IVkyte ! 



COMBRETACE.'E 



Conocarpus erectus, /arc/. : a small shrub with lanceolate coriaceous 

 leaves, acutely angular branches, and small apetalous flowers 

 in panicled globose heads ; Grand Basa, Vog'el. — The same 



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