*> The Liberian Flora 



or reported any wild indigenous species of Musa, such as are 

 so abundant in Eastern and Central Africa, especially in the 

 mountainous regions. 



224. A SPECIES OF COSTUS, A ZINGIBERACEOUS PLANT 



Crinum lilies are frequently seen in all moist or marshy dis- 

 tricts. The one illustrated on p. 550 Crinum natans practically 

 grows in the water, with the long attenuated leaves submerged, 



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