Liberia '^ 



I'oj^l, 36 ! ; at Cape Palmas, Vogel, 37 ! — The soft wood is used 

 in Jamaica in the place of cork. 



HoDodora myristioa, Don. : a shrub or small tree with showy flowers, 

 2 — 6 in. across, pale green, purple spotted with a white centre 

 (the petals in 2 series of 3, the outer ovate-lanceolate, crisped, 

 the inner smaller ovate to cordate, short-clawed) and hard 

 globose many-seeded fruits, 4 — 6 in. across ; in primary forest 

 near the cataracts of the St. John's River, Dink/age, 1615!; 

 Kakatown, Whyte\ — The aromatic seed, " Calabash Nutmegs," 

 are much esteemed as a condiment in some parts of West 

 Africa. 



M. tenuifolia, Benth. : a small deciduous tree with flowers similar to 

 those of the preceding species, but with narrower petals of 

 which the inner 3 are gradually narrowed into a long claw ; 

 common in the primary forest near Grand Basa, Dinklage, 1614! 



MENISPERMACE/E 



•Kolobopetalum ovatum, Stapf: a dioecious glabrous climbing shrub 

 with thin ovate entire leaves, 4 in. by 2| in., and long spreading 

 panicles of very minute flowers, J^ in. long, of 6 sepals and 6 

 petals, the male with a column of stamens ; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



*01ossopholis dinklagei, Stapf {syn. Tiliacora dinklagei, Engl.) : a 

 low glabrous shrub of the forests of the littoral with coriaceous 

 oblong acuminate leaves, 5 — 6 in. by ij — 2^ in., and panicles 

 (2^ in. long) of small white fragrant flowers of 6 sepals and 

 6 petals, the inner 3 sepals longest {\ in.) ; Grand Basa, 

 Dink/age, 1646, 2123; Monrovia, W/iytel 



Triclisia patens, Oliv. : a climbing shrub with finely downy twigs, 

 thinly coriaceous almost glabrous ellip.soid leaves, 4 — S in. by 

 2 — 3 in., many-flowered downy panicles from the old shoots 

 and small flowers of 6 minute sepals and 3 petals, J in. long 

 with spreading tips ; Kakatown, IV/tyU ! 



These three Menispermacea; are dioecious, and only the male 

 plants are known. 



NYMPH^ACE^ 



Nymphsea lotus, L. : the well-known Egyptian Lotus ; in stagnant 

 water, Kakatown, Wliyte ! 



A very pretty little water-lily, probably a variety of N. lotus, 

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