Liberia 



CANNACE^ 



Canna indica, L. : a herb with large leaves from a creeping rhizome, 

 paniclcd very showy crimson or yellow flowers and muricatc 

 capsules, a native of America, frequently cultivated, and 

 naturalised in some places in tropical Africa ; Kakatown, U7n'/e\ 



MUSACEJ^ 



Musa paradisiaca, L. : the " Banana " and " Plantain," cultivated in 

 Liberia, but nothing is known as to the varieties grown there. 



AMARYLLI1)ACE.+: 



Crinum natans, Baker: a bulbous aquatic herb with submersed long 

 strai)-like leaves and umbels of large white or pinkish flowers 

 with a slender tube, \ ^t- I'jng, and usually narrow lobes, 3 in. 

 long ; in gently running streams, Monrovia, Kakatown, and Sino 

 Basin, Whytc ! 



Hsemanthus mannii, llakcr : a bulbous herb with a tuft of 5 — 6 elliptic 

 acute short-peduncled leaves and long-pcduncled umbels of bright 

 red flowers, the inflorescences on separate stems and appearing 

 after the withering of the leaves ; Liberia, without precise 

 localities. Carder. 



H. multiflorus, Martyn: similar to the preceding species, but with 

 usually larger leaves and much more copious flowers, their tubes 

 being tw ice as long as the lobes ; common in forests about 70 

 miles up St. Paul's River, Reynolds ! ; Sino Basin, Wltyte ! 



*H. longitubus, C. H. Wright: similar to H. iintltijlonis, but the 

 flower-tube as long as the lobes (over i in.) ; Sino Basin, 

 WJiytc\ 



Hymenocallis littoralis, Salisb. : a bulbous herb with long rather thick 

 linear leaves and long-peduncled heads of large white flowers, 

 having a slender tube, to 6 in. long, narrow segments 4 in. long, 

 and a wide funnel-shaped corona i in. long ; a shore plant, 

 Sino, Whyte\ 



DIOSCOREACE.^ 



Dioscorea prehensilis, Benth : a dioecious glabrous slender twining 

 shrub with elliptic-rotundate 5-nerved firm opposite leaves and 



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