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of purplish papilionaceous flowers, i in. long, and flat velvety 

 pods; Kakatown, lV/tjU\ 

 BapMa polygalacea, Baker : a climbing or erect shrub with simple 

 thin coriaceous leaves, 3 — 5 in. by i| — u^ in., on .slender petioles 

 (i — li in. long), copious slender racemes or panicles (i — 4 in. 

 long) of white papilionaceous flowers, over J in. long, with a 

 silky caly.x, splitting into two halves, and flat coriaceous pods, 

 4 in. by \ in. ; Monrovia, IV/iyU ! ; Grand Basa, I'o^e/, 46 ! 

 *B. spathacea, Nook. f. [syn. B. dinklagei. Harms!) : similar to the 

 preceding, but with short petioles (J— J in.) and larger yellowish 

 white flowers, and a rusty velvety calyx splitting to the base on 

 one side only ; Basa Cove, Ansell\ ; F"ishtown, in bush, Dinklage 

 1664! 



Two species of Baphia, {B. nitida, Afz., and B. pubescens. 

 Hook, f), both natives of the coast region of Upper Guinea and 

 therefore likely to occur also in Liberia, produce a valuable dye- 

 wood, known as " Cam Wood," which yields a brilliant deep red 

 colour. 

 Sophora tomentosa, /,. : a common shore plant, more or less silvery 

 silky, with 7— 1 5-foliolate leaves, loose racemes of bright yellow 

 papilionaceous flowers and long (5 — 6 in.) pods, which are very 

 much constricted between the seed-bearing portions ; Cape 

 Palmas, Vogel, i ! — The sap is used as a fish poison in Ea.st 

 A frica. 

 *Ormosia monophylla, Harms, {syn. Crudia (?) monophylla. Harms.) ; 

 a small tree or shrub with simple leaves, axillary racemes (about 

 4 in.) of whitish (?) papilionaceous flowers and pointed oblong 

 woody I -seeded pods, 3 in. by 2 in. ; along watercourses, Fish- 

 town, Dinklage, 191 3 ! 

 Caesalpinia bonducella, Roxb. : a common rambling more or less downy 

 very prickly .shrub with bipinnate leaves, i — ij ft. long, and 

 many-flowered long racemes of orange or browni.sh yellow 

 slightly irregular flowers, § — f in. across, and prickly i — 2-seedcd 

 pods ; Cape Palmas, Vogel, 9 ! 

 C. pulcherrima, Sw. : a small glabrous tree, unarmed or almost so, 

 with bipinnate leaves and large racemes of brilliant scarlet 

 flowers ; frequently cultivated in the tropics, probably of 

 American origin ; Cape Palmas, Schoenlein. 

 Dnparquetia orchidacea, Baill. {syn. Oligostemon pictus, Bentli.) : a 



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