Liberia <^ 



M. lobata, J/iccf. : a tall woody climber with tubercled stems, long 

 tendrils, very polymorphous leaves and green tubular or almost 

 bell-shaped, sweet-scented flowers ; Monrovia, IV/iy/e ! ; Grand 

 Basil, I'o^e/, 115! 



CARICACE^ 



Carica papaya, L.: the well-known "Papaw" Tree, a native of 

 America, cultivated near Grand Basa, according to Vogel. 



CUCURBITACEiE 



Lttffa oylindrica, Roem. : an almost cosmopolitan trailing or climbing 

 herb with scabrid 5 — 7-angled or lobed leaves, bright yellow 

 flowers, I J — 3 in. wide, and cylindric gourd-like fruits; Sino 

 Basin, Whyte ! — The young fruits are cooked and eaten, whilst 

 the vascular network of the mature fruit serves as a sponge 

 or scrubbing-brush and the seeds yield oil. 



Momordica charantia, L. : a prostrate or climbing herb with deeply 

 5 — 7-lobed leaves, yellow flowers and bright yellow ovoid- 

 spindle-shaped fruits with tubercled ridges ; Cape Palmas, 

 Sc/ioen/ei'fi \—C\i\tivsited for the fruits, the "Banyan Gourds" of 

 East Africa, which are cooked and eaten. 



BEGONIACE^ 



•Begonia whytei, Stapf: a hirsute epiphytic herb with peltate 

 oblique membranous leaves and yellow flowers, over § in. across, 

 and 4- winged pyramidal capsules ; Sino Basin, \Vhyte\ 



*B. simii, Stapf: an epiphytic glabrous herb with a succulent 

 purple stem, oblique leaves and rose-coloured flowers, over 

 ^ in. across, and 3-winged capsules ; Sino Basin and Kakatovvn, 

 Whyte ! 



UMBELLIFER^ 



Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Lam. : a creeping herb with peltate leaves 

 on often long petioles and racemes of small white whorled 

 flowers, the racemes gathered in umbels ; in marshy ground. 

 Grand Basa, Vo£-e/, 74!; Ansell\\ Cape Palmas, Vogel, 50! 



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