Liberia <«- 



long slender fruits breaking up into 2 linear valves and 

 h}'aline-\vinged seeds; Monrovia, \l'//vtc\ 



l'EDALIACE.4i 



Sesasum indicum, L : a sparingly hairy or almost glabrous herb with 

 long-petioled (4 — 6 in.) leaves fthe lower 3-foliolate, the upper 

 entire, deepl\- toothed, ^ — 6 in. by i — 2 in.), axillary pale 

 purplish obliquely campanulate flowers, i in. long, and beaked 

 erect capsules, f — i in. by 3 — 4 in., with smooth seeds; 

 Monrovia, XaunuDin ; Kakatown, Whytc\ ; Grand Basa, Vogcl\ — 

 The " Sesam " plant, of African or Indian origin, cultivated in 

 most warm countries for the oil which is extracted from its 

 seeds. 



S. radiatum, Schiiin, : similar to the preceding, but of unpleasant 

 odour, more or less glandular-pubescent, with simple leaves, up 

 to 2h in. by i^ in., on pedicels not over i in. long, and with 

 radially wrinkled seeds; Kakatown, Jl7/j'fi'\ — Said to be used 

 for similar purposes in Africa, but whether it is actually culti- 

 vated is doubtful. 



ACANTHACE.^ 



Thunbergia alata, Boj. : a twiner with opposite (as in all other 

 AcantJiacea) more or less hastate leaves and solitary flowers 

 supported by a pair of bracts (| — i in. long), with the throat 

 usually claret-coloured and the lobes yellow to white ; Kakatown 

 and Sino Basin, WIiytc\ 



Elytraria erenata, \'aJiL: a herb, 2 — 9 in. high, with the leaves 

 crowded in a rosette and slender rigid spikes of pale blue or 

 white 2-lipped flowers, \ — \ in. long; Grand Basa, Vogcl,gi\\ 

 Anscin. 



Brillantaisia lamium, liciitlt. : a herb w ith cordate leaves and lax 

 panicles of rather large blue to violet flowers, resembling those 

 of a Sage; Sino Basin, ]Vliyte\ ; Cape Palmas, ^//jt'//! 



Endosiphon obliquus, C. B. Clarke : a herb with harsh oblique leaves 

 (one of each pair much reduced) and axillary spikes of purple 

 or blue flowers, having a slender tube, 2 in. long, a funnel- 

 shaped throat and spreading limb ; Monrovia, ]V/ij'fc ! 



Paulowilhelmia polysperma, Bciitli. : a shrub with long-petioled ovate 

 leaves and short loose cymes of purple flowers with a very 



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