Liberia 



SAMYDACE.*: 



Homalium moUe, Stapf : a shrub with softly downy leaves and more 



or less drooping" panicles of very numerous flowers, the small 



persistent petals of which form, in the mature state, wings (^l 

 in. long) to the fruits ; Sino Basin, Mliytc ! 



PASSIFLORACE.4^: 



Passiflora foetida, L.: a herbaceous climber with 3-lobed leaves and 

 white flowers, supported by a much-divided (" mossy ") in- 

 volucre ; a native of America ; Sino Basin, and Kakatown, 

 Whytc ! 



*Androsiphonia adenostegia, 5a?// (Plate 249): a glabrous shrub with 

 chartaceous leaves, rigid terminal panicles of greyish green 

 flowers supported by almost coriaceous bracts, having a large 

 gland (black when dry) on each side of the base ; Monrovia 

 and Kakatown, Whyte ! 



Smeathmannia laevigata, R. Br. : an erect almost glabrous shrub with 

 glossy serrate or slightly wavy leaves and white flowers, over 

 I in. across, mostly on the underside of the spreading branches, 

 and with red crustaceous ovoid or globose fruits, i in. long ; 

 Monrovia, W/iytc ! 



S. pubescens, R. Br. : similar to the preceding species, but much 

 more hairy and with larger flowers (2 in. across) and fruits, 

 not exceeding the calyx ; Kakatown, Jl7/y/e ! ; Grand Basa, 

 Vogel, 58!; Cape Pal mas, Schocn/eui \ 



Barteria nigritiana. Hook. f. : a very ornamental shrub or small tree 

 with large coriaceous leaves, 6 — 10 in. by 2 — -3 in., and sessile 

 clusters of white sweet-scented Camellia-like flowers, to over 

 3 in. acro.ss, on the underside of the spreading branches ; //. //. 

 Joh}isto)i (from a drawing). 



*Soyauxia grandifolia, Gilg and Stapf: a shrub with coriaceous 

 linear-oblong leaves, almost i ft by i^ — 3 in., and ver)' dense 

 long velvety spikes of small flowers with very numerous 

 stamens; Grand Basa, Dinklage, 2051!; Sino Basin, \VJiyte\ 



*Modecca tenuispira, Stapf: a dioecious glabrous climber with long 

 fine tendrils, oblong thin leaves and green tubular flowers ^in. 

 long ; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



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