■-^ The Liberian Flora 



fascicled small green and red flowers and ovoid pendulous fruits 

 borne on the lengthened ribbon-like blood-red pedicels, up to 

 2\ in. by h in. ; Kakatown, W'/iyicl 



ARISTOLOCHIACE.'f: 



Aristolochia sp. (from drawing by Sir H. H. JoJiustoji and reported 

 by Mr. John Goiv). {Yox Illustration, vide p. 539.) 



pipp:race.^ 



Heckeria subpeltata, Kuiitli. : a climber with long-petioled deeply 

 cordate leaves, h ft. by f — i ft., and shortly peduncled umbels 

 of 4 — 7 spikes, 4 in. by g^ in. ; Sino Basin, W/ivtc ! — This is 

 considered by some botanists as identical with the South 

 American Heckeria iinibellata, Kunth., which possesses an aromatic 

 root {Radix periparoho or citpcba of commerce) and eatable 

 berries from which an oil similar to anis oil is prepared. 



MYRISTICACE.42 



*Pycnanthus dinklagei, Warb. : a dioecious tree, 30 ft. high, with 

 drooping branches, elliptic leaves, short axillary moderately 

 divided rusty downy panicles of very small heads of minute 

 male flowers (female flowers and fruits unknown) ; on laterite 

 in the hinterland of Grand Basa, Dink/age, 1624! — -The seeds 

 of an allied species, P. koinbo, Warb. {syu. Myrisiica koiubo, Baill., 

 il/. inicroap/iala, Benth.) are said to contain as much as y^ per 

 cent, of fat, and to burn like a candle. They have occasionally 

 been imported into Europe as " African oil seeds." 



LAURACE.E 



*Afrodaphne caudata, S tap/ {VXdiic 263): a tree (?) with oblong long- 

 acuminate glabrous coriaceous leaves up to 9 in. long and loose 

 finely downy panicles (to 8 in. long) of inconspicuous turbinate 

 flowers, \ in. long; Sino Basin, ]V/iyte\ 



*A. euryneura, Stapf : a tree (?) similar to the preceding species, but 

 with shortly accuminate or aristulate leaves and smaller flowers 

 ^V in. long; Sino Basin, Whyte\ 



