Liberia <♦- 



HYPERICINE.* 



Harong^ madagasoariensis, Chois. : a shrub or tree with opposite more 

 or less tomentose or glabrous leaves, 3—6 in. by i|— 3 in., 

 large corymbs of small fragrant white flowers dotted with black 

 glands and small globose 2 — 4-seeded drupes ; Grand Basa, 

 Vo^e/, 23 ! ; Kakatown and Sino Basin, IV/ijie ! 



CARYOPHYLLACE^ 



Folycarpsea platyphylla, Fax. : a glabrous perennial with crowded 

 whorls of lanceolate leaves, J in. long, and compact heads of 

 small silvery white shining flowers ; Monrovia, Krause ; Grand 

 Basa, Vogel, 69 ! 



GUTTIFER^ 



Oaroinia epunctata, Stapf: a shrub or tree with thinly coriaceous 

 oblong opposite leaves, up to 5 in. by 2 in. with long, fine, 

 transparent lines (under the lens) and solitary or paired 

 tetramerous flowers, the sepals pale green, the petals bright 

 yellow ; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



MALVACE^ 



Sida linifolia, Cav. : an annual weed with linear to lanceolate leaves, 

 2—6 in. by | — ^ in. and mostly terminal hairy dense corymbs 

 of white or crimson flowers, almost J in. across ; Cape Palmas, 

 Sc/ioeti/ein. 



S. carpinifolia, L. : a perennial erect weed with linear-lanceolate 

 leaves and axillary clusters of yellow flowers almost ^ in. across ; 

 Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



8. cordifolia, L. : a perennial weed with broad ovate or roundish 

 tomento.se leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers, over ^ in. 

 across ; Monrovia, Whyte t 



8. rhombifolia, L. : a much-branched very variable perennial weed 

 with ovate to lanceolate leaves, whitish beneath, and solitary or 

 clustered yellow flowers, over ^ in. across ; Kakatown, Whyte ! 

 — This yields a strong fibre similar to jute. 



Urena labata, L. : a stiff" coarse hairy herb with very variable entire 

 or 3 — 5-lobed leaves, whitish tomentose beneath, .solitary or 

 paired, shortly pedicelled pink flowers, 4 in. (or more) across, 



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