Liberia 



thymel.^:ace.e 



*Octolepis decalepis, (7/4'. : a small shrub with usuall}^ solitary or 

 paired axillar}- small white silky flowers and globose berries ; 

 in very shady places in the bush of the littoral, Plshtown, 

 Di!/k/(7gi\ I 74 1, i860, 2044! 



LORANTHACE.E 



Loranthus belvisii, DC. : a shrub, parasitical on trees, with ovate 

 coriaceous leaves and sessile clusters of slender flowers, i in. 

 long, and red with white lines ; common on shrubs and trees 

 near Grand Basa, Dinklagc, 1908!; Ansdl\\ Sino Basin, Whytc\ 



EUPHORBIACE.E 



Euphorbia prostrata, Ait. : a small prostrate much-branched annual 

 weed with opposite leaves, ^ — I in. long and minute solitary or 

 clustered cyathia (" Euphorbia flowers ") ; Grand Basa, Voge/. 



E. indica, L. : a prostrate or ascending much-branched annual weed 

 with opposite asymmetric leaves, h — f in. long, terminal and 

 axillary shortly peduncled clusters of ver}- small cyathia and 

 fruits ; Cape Palmas, AnscIII 



E. pilulifera, L. : an annual weed very similar to the preceding species 

 but more hair}-, with larger leaves and loose inflorescences ; 

 Kakatown, //'//j'/f! 



Elaeophorbia drupacea, Stnpf {syii. Euphorbia drupacea, ScJiuin. and 

 llioiui.) : a tree with succulent spinous branches, bearing at their 

 ends tufts of fleshy obovate-cuneate deciduous leaves and 

 umbels of c\athia, and with drupes of the size and shape of 

 an olive ; Grand Basa according to Vogel.— The new genus 

 El(VopJiorbia resembles very much certain tree-Euphorbias, but 

 differs from all true Euphorbias in the structure of the fruit, 

 which possesses a fleshy pericarp and a stony endocarp not 

 dehiscing after the manner of Euphorbia capsules and containing 

 I or 2, rarely 3 seeds. All parts of the plant are rich in a 

 very acrid latex, which if brought in contact with the eye is 

 said to cause blindness. 



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