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0. heynei, Oik'. : a slender much-branched weed with Hncar leaves 

 atid numerous small white mostly axillary flowers on capillary 

 pedicels, ^ — | in. long ; Monrovia, W/ijtcl 

 0. lancifolia, Sc/iweijif. : a glabrous straggling annual w ith distant 

 pairs of linear to lanceolate leaves, solitary or fascicled small 

 white flowers and fine pedicels, ^ — I in. long ; Kakatovvn, 

 W/ivtc\ 

 *0. caespitosa, /lien/. : a small prostrate herb with linear-oblong leaves 

 and minute white axillary flowers on short pedicels, 5 — ^ in. 

 long; Cape Pahnas, Voj^v/, 51! 

 Mussaenda conopharyngiifolia, Stapf: a shrub or small tree (?) with 

 large elliptic leaves, oxer 6 in. b}' 3^, in , and hirsute corjmbs 

 of slender orange-coloured flowers (i in. long), with a few 

 sepals in each corymb much enlarged, leaflike and white ; Sino 

 I^asin, ]\'//ytc. 

 M. macrosepala, Stapf: a rather hairy shrub or small tree (?) with 

 many-ner\ed leaves, 4 in. by 2 in., denseh' hirsute cymes of 

 orange-coloured tomentose flowers, over i in. long and the 

 limb I in. across, with all the sepals lanceolate and i in. long ; 

 Kakatovvn and Sino Basin, \Vhyte\ 

 Urophyllum hirtellum, BciitJi. : a more or less hair}' shrub or small 

 tree with man\'-nerved papery leaves, 4—11 in. by ]h — 4 in., 

 axillar}' corj'mbs of small greenish flowers and globose berries ; 

 Sino Basin, \\'//v/i' ! 

 Sabieea discolor, Stapf: a climbing shrub with ovate leaves, softly 

 greyish tomentose beneath, on petioles not much over h in. long, 

 and short hirsute panicles of numerous pink tubular flowers, 

 almost I in. long ; Sino Basin, Whytc ! 

 *S. loxothyrsus, K. ScJniui. and Dink/. : very similar to the pre- 

 ceding but with longer petioles (i — li in.) and whitish flowers 

 and berries ; in bush near Grand Basa, Dijilciage, 1903 ! 

 *S. lasiocalyx, Stapf: a climbing shrub with many-nerved leaves, 

 6—8 in. by 2^ — 4 in., and cinnamon-coloured beneath, and long- 

 peduncled involucrate globose very hirsute flower-heads, at 

 length 2 in. across ; Monrovia, Kakatovvn, and Sino Basin, 

 Wliytc ! 

 Heinsia jasminiflora, DC. : a shrub or small tree with glossy papery 

 lanceolate to elliptic leaves, slender erect branches and small 

 cymes of fragrant flowers, i in. across, pure white and yellovv- 



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