^ The Liberian Flora 



Tristemma hirtum, / 'cut. : a hirsute herb or undcrshrub with involu- 

 crate sessile terminal heads of pink flowers, f in. across, the 

 calyx tube having 3 narrow membranous bristle-fringed super- 

 posed rings ; Kakatown, ]Vhyte ! 



*Dissotis paucistellata, Stapf: a hirsute herb with 5-nerved ovate 

 leaves and involucrate heads of rather large rose-coloured flowers 

 almost 2 in. across ; Monrovia, Kakatown, and Sino Basin, 

 ]\'/iyte\ 



D. rotundifolis, Triaiia : a slender hairy decumbent herb with 

 membranous leaves, ^ — | in. by ^— f in., and shortly pcduncled 

 beautiful pink flowers, 2 in. across, at the ends of the branches ; 

 Kakatown, U7ij/Ul 



D. comifolia, Nook. f. : a herb with almost glabrous stems, 5-nerved 

 leaves with closely adpressed hairs and bracteate heads of 

 rose-coloured flowers ; common on marshy ground, Monrovia, 

 Namnann ; Kakatown, Wliytc ! ; Grand Basa, Vogel, 80 ! 



D. multiflora, Triana : a herb of the aspect of an Osbeckia with a 

 shrubby base, with membranous pale green softly hairy 5-nerved 

 leaves and often large panicles of pale purple flowers with 

 hirsute ovoid receptacles (calyces, at length \ in. long) ; common 

 on marshy ground, Monrovia, Nauuiann. 



Memecylon spathandra, BL: a shrub up to 12 ft. high having dull 

 coriaceous 3-ncrved glabrous leaves, 4 to over 6 in. by 2| — 4 in., 

 with panicles or corymbs of small azure-blue flowers and 

 globose berries over \ in. in diameter; in the bush of the littoral. 

 Grand Basa, Diiiklage, 1689!; Vogel, 148!; Monrovia and 

 Kakatown, Wliytc ! 



*M. simii, Stapf: a shrub with coriaceous leaves up to 5| in. by 

 2\ in., without any distinct side-nerves, and bearing loose 

 axillary clusters of small blue (?) flowers ; Sino Basin, WJiytc ! 



ONAGRACE^ 



Jussisea villosa. Lam., var. linearis, Oliv. : a herb, hairy in the upper 

 part, with linear leaves, yellow flowers, and slender capsules up 

 to I J in. by yV in., crowned by the persistent sepals, ^ in. long ; 

 common in stagnant and running water. Grand Basa, Vogel, 5 ! 



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