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*E. whytei, Sprague : very similar to the preceding species, but the 

 young twigs glabrous and the leaves less coriaceous ; Monrovia 

 and Sine Basin, ]\7ijte ! 



*E. memecyloides, Bciitli. : a shrub similar to the preceding species 

 but with simple rod-like stems rising to 4 ft. from the ground ; 

 Grand Basa, / ^oge/, g6 ! 



Syzygium rowlandi, Sprague fnov. spec.) : a shrub or tree (?) with 

 square slightl>- winged branchlets ; leaves oblong or obovate 

 acuminate, 3 — 6 in. by i| — 2% in., dark and shining above, paler 

 and dullish below ; flowers white (?) in a terminal corymb 

 (4 — 5 i"- across) of umbel-like cymes of 5 — 9 flowers each ; tube 

 of the receptacle about \ in. long ; calyx lobes unequal, rounded, 

 oV — xV in. long, ^^ — | in. broad ; petals falling off together in 

 a cap when the flower opens; Kakatown, ]Vhytc\ — Vogel's 

 specimen from Grand Basa, mentioned in Flora Nigritiana 

 as Syzygium owarie/isis, Benth., also seems to belong rather to 

 this species than to Syzygium owarieusc, Benth. (= Eugenia 

 oivariensis, Beauv.). S. roivlaudii also occurs in Lagos. 



Psidium guajava, L. : a shrub or small tree with large fragrant white 

 flowers and pear-shaped or plum-shaped yellowish, greenish or 

 purplish berries, cultivated near Monrovia according to Vogel. — 

 Commonly cultivated on account of the edible fruit, the well- 

 known " Guava " of America, and not rarely naturalised in 

 Africa. 



Napoleona vogelii, Hook, and Planch : a small glabrous shrubby tree 

 with alternate coriaceous leaves and subsessile flowers having 

 an almost rotate crenate corolla (yellow with a red ring at the 

 base) with a }-ellow to white corona, consisting of very numerous 

 linear segments, and with fruits like a pomegranate ; Cape 

 Pal mas, Vogel, 45 ! 



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Osbeckia tubulosa, Sn/. : a weak annual with 4-angled stems, bristly 

 along the angles, small ultimately distant pink flowers in slender 

 one-sided spikes, the calyx produced into a long tube covered 

 with stalked stellate bristles; Kakatown, JVAylel 



*0. liberica, Slap/: a slender coarsely hairy herb with lanceolate 

 leaves and scanty panicles of rose-coloured flowers over | in. 

 across; Monrovia, Kakatown, and Sino Basin, JV//ylel 



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