

Liberia <•' 



S. nitida, A'. E. Brown (syti. Gymnema nitidum, Bent/t.) : similar to 

 the preceding, but the flowers smaller, in axillary and extra 

 axillary short fascicles, and shortly pedicelled ; Cape Palmas, 

 Anse//\ 



RHAMNACE^: 



Oouania longipetale, Hevisl. : a climber with slender spiral tendrils, 

 rising from the uppermost leaf axils, slender spikelike rusty 

 tomentose racemes of small white flowers and 3-winged capsules, 

 j in. by ^ in. ; Kakatown, Whyte ! 



AMPELIDACE.^ 



•Ampelocissus gracilipes, Stapf: a vine with all the young parts 

 covered with a thin cinnamon-coloured tomentum, long tendrils, 

 cordate leaves, 6 in. by 5 in., and dense leaf-opposed panicles of 

 minute flowers on slender pedicels ; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



Cissus arguta, Hook. f. : a large glabrous (excepting the inflorescence) 

 vine with cordate-ovate membranous leaves, numerous tendrils, 

 and rusty pubescent often much compound or panicled cymes 

 of minute tetramerous flowers ; Liberia, Christy ! 



C. producta, Afz. : a large glabrous vine with succulent stems, ovate 

 or oblong membranous leaves, tendrils, and leaf-opposed short- 

 stalked cymes of small green flowers and red berries, up to | in. 

 in diameter ; Sino Basin, Wliyte ! 



Leea guineensis, Don. : a shrub without tendrils, with pinnate or 

 bipinnate leaves up to i| and even 2 ft. long, and large corymbs 

 of orange-coloured or red and yellow flowers, and 5 — 6-grooved 

 depres.sed berries, ^ — J in. across ; Kakatown, VV/iyte ! ; Cape 

 Palmas, Vogel\ 



SAPINDACE^: 



Allophylus africanus, Radlk. {syn. Schmidclia africana, DC.) : a 

 common glabrous or more or less hairy shrub (sometimes 

 climbing) or a tree with 3-foliolate leaves, panicled almost 

 catkin-like downy racemes of minute flowers and obovoid 

 blackish hard fruits, up to \ in. long ; along the coast. Grand 

 Basa, Vogel, 36 ! 



Erioccelum pendulum, Stapf: an almost glabrous shrub or tree (?) 

 with pinnate 5 — 7-foliolate papery leaves, pendulous very slender 



