Liberia <«- 



BORAGINE^ 



Ehretia cymosa, ScJuiiii. and T/ioini. : a glabrous shrub with ovale 

 leaves, copious terminal panicles of white flowers, ~ in. long, 

 with a very short tube and small 4-stoned drupes ; Cape 

 Palmas, / '(',i^vl, 20 ! 



Heliotropium indicum, L. : an annual hairy herb with variable leaves, 



usually 4 in. by 3 in. and small lilac or white flowers in long 



dense one-sided involute gradually unrolling spikes ; Monrovia, 



JV/n'fe ! 



CONVOLVULACE.*: 



Bonamia cymosa, IJnllicr f. : a twining shrub with densely hairy 

 branches, oblong leaves, glabrous above and brown tomentose 

 beneath, and very dense one-sided narrow short or long panicles 

 of small white Convolvulus-like flowers, | in. long ; Monrovia 

 and Kakatown, U7ij'tt:\ 



Prevostea heudelotii, Ilallicr f. : a tall glabrous climber with coriaceous 

 leaves, axillary fascicles of bell-shaped white flowers, f — i in. 

 long, on slender pedicels, and winged fruits, the wings formed 

 by the enlarged 2 outer very thin sepals, one cordate-orbicular, 

 2 in. in diameter, the other much smaller ; Kakatown, Whytc ! 



Quamoclit vulgaris, Clioisy : a twining herb with finely pinnatifid 

 leaves and long tubular crimson flowers, over i in. long ; 

 Monrovia, Whyte ! 



Ipomoea involucrata, Beaiiv. : a twining or trailing herb with cordate 

 leaves and small heads of pink Convolvulus-like flowers almost 

 2 in. long, supported by a pair of large connate bracts ; 

 Monrovia and Kakatown, lVhyte\ ; Cape Palmas, ]\>gel, 43 ! 



I. biloba, Forsk. : a trailing plant with a woody stem of sometimes 

 enormous length, 2-lobed somewhat fleshy leaves and large 

 pink or purple Convolvulus-like flowers ; common on the coast, 

 mainly on sand-dunes from Monrovia to Cape Palmas, I'oge/, 

 23 ! 44! — This is an excellent sand-binder. 



I. palmata, Forsk. : a long twiner with palmately divided leaves and 

 violet or purple Convolvulus-like flowers, i in. (or more) long ; 

 Monrovia, JF/n'/cl 



I. batatas, Po/r. : the well-known " Sweet Potato " or " Batata," a 

 native of South America, cultivated at Grand l^asa and Cape 

 Palmas, according to Wigel. 



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