Liberia ^ 



cuncatc leaves (U — 3 in. long, and broad at the top) and 

 pedicelled solitary or paired receptacles ; about 70 miles up 

 the St. Paul's River, Rey)ioIds\ ; Sino Basin, Wliytc, 10! ; Green- 

 ville, Sim, 36 ! ; Grant's Farm, Sim, 36 ! 



F, guineensis, Stapf [syii. Sycomonis i^iiiiiccusis, Miq., exclud. F. 

 Brassii, A'. /)/-.) : a large tree, glabrous with the exception of 

 the youngest parts and stipules, with slender conical terminal 

 buds (under \ in. long), firmly herbaceous elliptic coarsely serrate 

 or crenate leaves (4—8 in. by 3 — 5 in.) on petioles 1 — 3 in. 

 long, and globose shortly stalked receptacles, about f in. in 

 diameter; Sino Basin, Whyfe, 7!; Greenville, Si?ii, 19!; Cape 

 Palmas, I'ogrI, 48! — Sim states that very good rubber is 

 produced from this tree. 



F. barteri, S/rag/n' : a perfectly glabrous shrub or small tree some- 

 times epiphytic, with linear acutely and long acuminate glossy 

 coriaceous leaves (6 — 10 in. by i — 2 in.) and orange-coloured 

 shortly stalked receptacles (not quite h in. in diameter) ; about 

 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, Reynolds\\ Greenvile, Siin\ 

 10 ! — Produces good rubber, according to Sim. 



*F. johnstonii, Stapf (spec. nov. — Plate 265) : a perfectly glabrous 

 tree, allied to F. calyptrata, Schum. and Thonn. with short 

 stout terminal buds, stout branchlets, ovate-elliptic subacuminatc, 

 at the base almost truncate loosely and finely reticulated leaves 

 (8 in. by 4 in.) having 11 — 13 side nerves (spreading almost at 

 a right angle) and borne on petioles 2 in. long, and with the 

 young greyish velvety receptacles enclosed in pairs in urn-shaped 

 involucres, not quite \ in. long ; Liberia, without precise locality 

 (communicated by //. //. fohiistoit ! ) — This is also supposed to 

 yield rubber. 



Myrianthus serratus, llciitli. : a dicKcious tree or shrub, often climbing, 

 with oblong or elliptic very sharply and coarsely serrate leaves, 

 silvery beneath, much-divided peduncled small male panicles, 

 the upper divisions of which are densely covered with confluent 

 masses of small flowers, small shortly peduncled heads of female 

 flowers and fruits resembling a mulberr\' ; Sino Basin, Whytc\ — 

 The fruits are pleasant to eat. 



Fleurya aestuans, Gaud . : a herb resembling very much a nettle with 

 large greenish panicles ; Sino Basin, ]V//ytc ! 



F. podocarpa, IVcdd. : a softly hairy herb with nettle-like leaves and 



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