-*> The Liberian Flora 



Dichrostachys platycarpa, Wehu. ; a small acacia-like tree with straight 

 spines, { — i^ in. lotig, bipinnatc leaves (leaflets | — ^ in. long), 

 dense first yellow then purple axillary spikes, i — 1| in. long, 

 and coriaceous curled or wavy pods, | — J in. wide ; Kakatown, 

 W/iyte ! 



Mimosa pudica, L. ; a weed, the well-known " Sensitive Plant " of 

 Tropical America; Monrovia, Wkyte\ 



*M. dinklagei, Harms. : a shrub or small tree with an umbrella-like 

 top, bearing bipinnate leaves (with 25 — 35 pairs of pinnai, each 

 pinna with 20 — 30 pairs of oblique linear leaflets, y\ — \ in. long), 

 and small solitary or paired axillary heads of white flowers ; in 

 dry woods of the littoral. Grand Basa, Dinklage, 1827 ! 



Albizzia fastigiata, Oliv. : a shrub or tree with a loose top and 

 pendulous branches, bipinnate leaves of 4 — -7 pinnae, each pinna 

 of 8 — 15 pairs of oblique leaflets, 5 — \ in. long, and numerous 

 solitary fascicled corymbose heads of fragrant white flowers ; 

 Monrovia and"Sino Basin, Whyte\ 



ROSACEA 



Chrysobalanus icaco, L. : a tall shrub, a native of America, with 

 coriaceous very blunt elliptic leaves, small tomentose panicles 

 or cymes of pink flowers and greenish purple plumlike edible 

 fruits, known in its native country as "Icaco" or "Cocoa 

 Plums " ; common by the sea and on the edges of swamps. 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 108!; Cape Palmas, Vogel. 



C. ellipticus, Sol. : a shrub or small tree very like the preceding, but 

 with less blunt often shortly acuminate leaves and white flowers 

 in panicles, which are often deformed and witch-broomlike ; 

 Grand Basa, Anselll ; Vogel, 91 ! ; Sine Basin, Wkyte ! 



Parinarium macrophyllum, Lab. : a tomentose shrub or tree with ovate 

 or elliptic leaves, 4 — 8 in. by 2\ — 4 in., and long simple or 

 panicled spikelike racemes of pinkish flowers, and somewhat 

 farinaceous yellowish fruits of the size of a goose-egg ; Monrovia, 

 Whyte ! — The fruits are eaten and known as " Gingerbread 

 Plums." 



*Acioa dinklagei, Engl. : a tall shrub with drooping branches, 

 coriaceous oblong leaves, and whitish tomentose racemes or 

 panicles of very fragrant flowers, f in. across, with the filaments, 



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