-^ Ihe Liberian Flora 



heads, I in. in diameter, with a bristly pappus ; Monrovia and 

 Kakatovvn, ]V/iyte\ 



Mikania scandens, Willd.: a glabrous climber, lo — 15 ft. long, with 

 slender stems, long-petioled triangular opposite leaves and 

 usual!}- panicled corymbs of numerous slender whitish flower- 

 heads, \ in. long, with white pappus bristles ; Kakatown, Whytc ! 



Sclerocarpus africanus, Jcicq. : an erect hispid annual with mostly 

 alternate leaxes and sessile or peduncled yellow flower-heads, 

 h — f in. in diameter and supported b\- foliaceous bracts without 

 a pappus ; Cape Palmas, Anst'/Il 



Blumea lacera, DC. : a strong-scented more or less hairy or shaggy 

 annual with coarseh' toothed leaves and long narrow panicles 

 of numerous pink or purple flower-heads, h in. long, with copious 

 pa]ipus hairs ; Kakatown, U7n'/e ! 



Sieg-esbeckia abyssinica, 0//z'. and Hicni : an erect annual with 

 opposite toothed leaves and more or less sticky panicles of yellow 

 flower-heads, | in. across, without pappus and with curved 

 smooth fruits; Kakatown, Jf7/j'A'! 



Eclipta alba, Hassk. : a much-branched annual with rough lanceolate 

 opposite leaves and short or long-peduncled scattered or paired 

 white flower-heads, | — ^ in. across, without pappus ; Kakatown, 

 IV/iVtc ! 



Spilanthes acmella, A. : a herb with a creeping base, opposite ovate 

 leaves and long-peduncled yellow flower-heads, /; — ;^ in. across, 

 without a pappus or with only 2 — 3 bristles ; Kakatown, IV/iytc ! ; 

 Cape Palinas, Vo^'e/, 41 ! 



Emilia sagittata, DC. : a glaucous annual with mostly sagittate leaves 

 and deep orange-coloured flower-heads, ^ to almost h in. in 

 diameter, with a soft hairy pappus ; Monrovia and Kakatown, 

 Jl7ij'tc'l 



GOODENOVIACE.*; 



Scaevola lobelia, L. : a prostrate shrub with fleshy leaves and yellow 

 5-lobed corollas cleft at the back ; common on or near dunes. 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 116! 



CAMPANULACE.*: 



Cephalostigma perrottetii, DC. : an erect annual with wavy lan- 

 ceolate leaves and numerous small blue flowers, ^ in. long, on 



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