Liberia ^k 



long, slender and looser, mature sepals to almost h in. long ; 

 Kakatown, U7ijie ! 



•G. schoenleiniana, Klotzsch : very similar to the preceding species 

 but with panicled racemes and smaller flowers, the mature 

 sepals scarcely ^ in. long ; Cape Palmas, Sclwenlein ! ; Kaka- 

 town, Whyte ! ; Fishtown, in shady primary forest. Dink/age, 

 1849! 



G. reticulata, Beauv. : leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, raceme 

 very slender, usually panicled, the panicle h — i ft. long ; Mon- 

 rovia and Kakatown, W/tyte ! 



G. flava, Sclmin. and Tlwnn. : leaves lanceolate, densely serrulate, 

 panicles 3 — 4 in. long and drupes of somewhat oblong shape, 

 J in. long ; Kakatown, VVkyte ! 



G. vogelii, Hook. f. : leaves lanceolate to oblong, entire or slightly 

 wavy, flowers in panicled fascicles, the panicles 3 — 4 in. long 

 and wide ; Fishtown, in the bush of the littoral, Dinldage, 1638 ; 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 53 ! ; Si no Basin, Whyte \ 



CHAILLETIACE^: 



*Chailletia whytei, Stapf: (syn. Dichapetalum liberiae, Eng/. and 

 Dinkl.) : a shrub with elliptic lanceolate finely acuminate leaves, 

 yellowish tomentose beneath and long-peduncled dense clusters 

 of small white flowers with narrow cleft petals, \ in. long ; in 

 primary forest in the littoral, Fishtown, Dinklage, 1832! ; Kaka- 

 town, Whyte ! 



OLACINE^ 



Heisteria parvifolia, Smith : a glabrous shrub with coriaceous leaves, 

 small white axillary flowers and white berries, surrounded by 

 the much-enlarged deeply 5-partite crimson calyx (i — \ in. 

 long) ; Monrovia and Kakatown, Whyte ! ; Grand Basa, Vogel, 

 86! ; Dinklage, 1670! ; Cape Palmas, Schoenlein. 



Ptychopetalnm anceps, Oliv. : a small glabrous tree with 2-edged 

 slender twigs, lanceolate coriaceous leaves, very short scanty 

 axillary racemes of small flowers, ^ in. long (waxy outside, 

 hairy inside), and dry ellipsoid drupes ; Monrovia, Whyte ! ; 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 12 ! 



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