Liberia <•- 



Whyte, with tendrils, sessile obovate very obtuse leaves, 5 in. 

 by 3 in., and perfectly round smooth yellow fruits resembling 

 an orange, and about 3 in. in diameter ; Batombatown, Whyte ! 

 — The latex of this plant is used by the natives in rubber- 

 collecting. 



L. (1) spec. (3) : a climbing shrub with long branched tendrils, 

 obovate-elliptic to obovate-cuneate very obtuse leaves, which 

 are 6 — 8 in. by 3i — 4 in., glabrous, rather thin and borne on 

 petioles up to | in. long ; they have about 5 very oblique 

 nerves on each side and very loose and slender transverse 

 veins ; neither flowers nor fruits are known ; Sino Basin, 

 Whyte, 1 3 ! 



L. (?) spec. (4) : a climber with cinnamon-coloured finely downy 

 branchlets and tendrils, and obovate very obtuse leaves tapering 

 towards the base, up to 9 in. by 4J in., glabrous above and 

 almost so beneath and dotted with minute warts ; they have a 

 stout midrib and about 7 oblique side-nerves on each side and 

 rather obscure veins ; the petiole is stout and about 4 in. long ; 

 neither flowers nor fruits are known; Greenville, Sim, 31 bis! 



•Clitandra nitida, .S'Az/y (Plate 251): a glabrous climber with long 

 tendrils, more or less elliptic abruptly acuminate coriaceous 

 glossy leaves, 2i — 4 in. by li — 2 in., having about 10 — 16 rather 

 straight side-nerves of the first order on each side, a thickened 

 margin and a petiole ^ — ^ in. long, with 6— 12-flowercd short 

 axillary cymes, small flowers (corolla tube J in., lobes \ in. 

 long) and globose reddish or yellow fruits, solitary or in clusters 

 of 2 — 4, I — 2| in. in diameter and covered with warts all over; 

 Kakatown and Batomba, Whyte\; Sino, Whyte \\ Greenville, 

 Sivi, 24 ! — " This is the red rubber of the French Sudan " 

 (//. Il.Johnstoti). 



•C. membranacea, Stapf (Plate 252) : a glabrous slender climber with 

 very long and fine tendrils ; leaves more or less lanceolate, 

 acuminate, papery, minutely cordate at the base, 3 — 4 in. by 

 i^ — 1 1 in., having 7—9 very slender oblique side-nerves on each 

 side, and short petioles ; flowers greenish, .solitary in the leaf 

 axils (corolla tube J in., lobes ^ in. long) fruit, according to a 

 drawing by Mr. Sim, conical, rather pointed, with 5 or more 

 longitudinal ribs ending in tubercles at the truncate base, 4 in. 

 long, 2^ in. broad at the base ; Greenville, Siin, i ! 



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