Liberia <^ 



clusters of small whitish flowers in flexuous continuous or 

 interrupted often long spikes ; Cape Falmas, .h/sr//l 

 Urera obovata, l^oith. : a dicecious climbing shrub with stinging hairs 

 and much-divided rather dense and short panicles of small 

 green flowers and small fruits enclosed in the ultimately fleshy 

 orange-red perianth ; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



ARTOCARPACE.*: 



Artocarpus incisa, L. : the " bread-fruit " tree ; introduced by American 

 colonists; (from photographs by Sir H. H. Joh/istoii) ; throughout 

 the coast region. 



ORCHIDACE.4^: 



* Megaclinium endotrachys, Kra/irJ. : an epiphyte with a much-flattened 

 rachis bearing small greenish yellow flowers ; Grand Basa, 

 Dhiklage, 1852 ! 



Eulophia lurida, Lindl. : an epiphyte up to 2 ft. high with lanceolate 

 leaves, over i ft. by about i in., and large loose panicles of 

 dull purple flowers, ^ in. long, with a yellow lip ; Kakatown, 

 JV/o'tf ! 



Lissochilus longifolius, Benth. : a terrestrial orchid with grass-like 

 leaves up to over i ft. long and racemes of distant nodding 

 middle-sized flowers ; in open meadow-like marshes, Grand 

 Basa, l^ogii, 8 ! ; Anscll\ ; Grant's Farm on the Sino River 

 Whytc ! 



L. roseus, Lijidl. : a most magnificent terrestrial orchid, 5 — 7 ft. 

 high, with lanceolate leaves, 2 — 3 ft. by i — -3 in., and long 

 racemes of large flowers (almost i in. long) with chocolate-brown 

 sepals and rose-coloured petals ; Kakatown, ]V/iyle ! 



Polystachya praealta, KrdnrJ. : an epiphyte with 3 papery leaves (9 in. 

 by I in.) and short nodding panicled racemes of small yellowish 

 flowers ; Grand Basa, Dinklagc, 2069 ! 



Listrostachys caudata, RcJib. : an epiphyte with thick fleshy leaves, 

 the greenish white flowers with spurs 7 — 8 in. long ; Grand 

 Basa (Sir H. H. Jo/uistou, from drawing). 



Angraecum eichlerianum, Krdnzl. : epiphyte with short fleshy leaves, 

 flowers with green petals except lip, which is white ; short hooked 

 nectary ; Eastern Liberia (Sir H. H. Joh>isto)i, from drawing). 



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