-♦) The Liberian Flora 



TJraria picta, Desv. : an erect low shrub with the lower leaves entire 

 and the upper pinnate 5 — 9-folioiate, long dense villous spike- 

 like racemes of small pink papilionaceous flowers and few- 

 jointed pods nestling among the long brown calyx teeth and 

 turning ultimately greyish white and glossy like enamel ; Cape 

 Palmas, Tf^'i?/, 3! ! 

 Dioclea reflexa, Hook.f.: a hairy twining shrub with 3-foliolate leaves, 

 the terminal leaflet 4 — 6 in. by 2 — 4 in., stiff long racemes of 

 brilliant dark-red papilionaceous flowers, | in. long, and supported 

 by persistent recurved bracts, and with coriaceous flat i -seeded 

 pods, 3 — 4 in. b}- 2 in. ; Kakatown, Wliyte ! ; Cape Palmas, 

 Vogel, 52 ! 

 Canavalia obtusifolia, DC. : a. nearly glabrous rambling twining or 

 trailing herb with 3-foHolate leaves (leaflets very obtuse, up 

 to 4 in. by 2A in.), long-peduncled spikelike racemes of purple 

 or blue papilionaceous flowers, to over i in. long, and flat linear 

 pods, 4~5 in. by | — 4 in.; Kakatown (?), lV/i}'te\ — This is 

 usually a seashore plant. 

 Phaseolus adenanthos, Hook. /. : a wide-climbing almost glabrous 

 perennial herb, with 3-foliolate long-stalked leaves, dense 6 — 12- 

 flowercd long-peduncled racemes of rose-coloured or yellowish 

 papilionaceous flowers, | in. long, and flat linear pods, 4 — 5 in. 

 by I in. ; Monrovia, Wkyte ! — Cultivated for the tuberous root, 

 which is cooked and eaten. 

 Vigfna vexillata, Bentli. : a herbaceous twiner with a slender tuberous 

 root, slender hairy stems, 3-foliolate leaves, very long-peduncled 

 umbel-like racemes of yellowish purple and blue flowers, resem- 

 bling those of sweet peas, and linear pods, 3 — 4 in. by \ in. ; 

 Kakatown, \Vhyte\ 

 V. luteola, Betilh.: a herbaceous twiner to 15 ft. long, with a large 

 tuberous root, very slender stems, 3-foliolate leaves, long-peduncled 

 umbel-like racemes of yellow to bluish papilionaceous flowers, 

 i—\ in. long, and straight pods, \\ — 2 J in. by \ — \ in.; 

 Kakatown, Whyte ! 

 Cajanus indious, L. : a finely silky herb, 8—10 ft. high, with 3-foliolate 

 leaves, acute leaflets, silvery silky below, scanty axillary and 

 terminal racemes of yellow purple-veined papilionaceous flowers, 

 up to I in. long, and long-pointed downy pods, 2 — 3 in. by 

 ^-| in.; Monrovia, Vo£e/.~This is the "Pigeon Pea" or 



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