-*> The Liberian Flora 



in the coast region of Liberia, along the banks of streams 

 or in ditches by the wayside. In the forest one comes 

 across many examples of the Arum order, some of them 

 epiphytic. There are no doubt several species of Culcasia, 

 one of which is a climbing form with simple leaves and a 



234. MANGO (ON LEFT) AND BREAD-FRUIT TREE (RIGHT) IN A LIBERIAN PLANTATION 



very poorly developed dark-coloured spathe to the flower- 

 spadix (C. scandens). 



Another kind, though of a climbing habit, generally grows 

 along the banks of streams, clambering over the wet rocks. 

 This form has a very pretty white spathe (almost like white 

 velvet) and a pale yellow spadix. It resembles slightly the 

 cultivated arum of the greenhouses, which is really a South 

 African form. The drawings on^pp. 563-4 of these two species 



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