Liberia <4- 



M. lobata, Jacq. : a tall woody climber with tubercled stems, long 

 tendrils, very pol)'morphous leaves and green tubular or almost 

 bell-shaped, sweet-scented flowers; Monrovia, ]Vhyte\; Grand 

 Basa, / '({i^el, 115! 



CARICACE^ 



Carica papaya, L. : the well-known " Papaw " Tree, a native of 

 America, cultivated near Grand Basa, according to Vogel. 



CUCURBITACE.^ 



LufFa cylindrica, Rocm. : an almost cosmopolitan trailing or climbing 

 herb with scabrid 5 — 7-angled or lobed leaves, bright yellow 

 flowers, il — 3 in. wide, and cylindric gourd-like fruits; Sino 

 Basin, ]V/iyti' ! — The young fruits are cooked and eaten, whilst 

 the vascular network of the mature fruit serves as a sponge 

 or scrubbing-brush and the seeds yield oil. 



Momordica charantia, L. : a prostrate or climbing herb with deeply 

 5 — 7-lobed leaves, yellow flowers and bright yellow ovoid- 

 spindle-shaped fruits with tuberclcd ridges ; Cape Palmas, 

 ScJioeulei)i\ — Cultivated for the fruits, the " Banyan Gourds " of 

 East Africa, which are cooked and eaten. 



BEGONIACE^: 



*Begonia whytei, Stapf: a hirsute epiphytic herb with peltate 

 oblique membranous leaves and yellow flowers, over f in. across, 

 and 4-winged pyramidal capsules ; Sino Basin, Whyte\ 



*B. simii, Stapf: an epiphytic glabrous herb with a succulent 

 purple stem, oblique leaves and rose-coloured flowers, over 

 \ in. across, and 3-winged capsules ; Sino Basin and Kakatown, 

 Whyte ! 



UMBELLIFER^: 



Hydrocotyle bonariensis. Lam. : a creeping herb with peltate leaves 

 on often long petioles and racemes of small white whorled 

 flowers, the racemes gathered in umbels ; in marshy ground, 

 Grand Basa, J'ogcl, 74!; Anstil\; Cape Palmas, Vogel, 50! 



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