Liberia <*- 



small flowers ( ( \ J in. long) with dark white-edged glabrous 

 sepals ; near Monrovia and in the Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



*A. whytei, Stapf: a shrub with thin pale green serrulate more or 

 less lanceolate leaves, 24 in. by i^ 2 in., and pubescent 

 panicles (ii- in. long) of small flowers (J- in. long) with pubescent 

 sepals ; near Monrovia, Whyte \ 



Sauvagesia erecta, L. : a small herb with lanceolate serrulate promi- 

 nently nerved leaves, long fringed stipules and small nodding 

 white flowers on fine, often long pedicels ; near Monrovia and 

 Kakatown, Whyte\ 



BIXACE^E 



Bixa orellana, L. : a South American tree with long petiolcd ovate 

 often large leaves, terminal panicles of large rose-coloured 

 flowers and prickly capsules ; cultivated near Grand Basa, 

 VogeL An orange-yellow dye, known as "Orleans Annatto" 

 or " Rocou," is produced from the pulpy red arils surrounding 

 the seeds. 



Oncoba br achy anther a, Oliv. : a spinous shrub or tree with the young 

 shoots and membranous ovate or elliptic leaves more or less 

 hairy, with handsome white flowers, about 2 in. across, terminal 

 or on short lateral shools, and hard smooth globose fruits, 

 1 1 2 in. across ; Sino Basin, Whyte\ 



*0. brevipes, Stapf: a glabrous tree (?) with elliptic- or obovatc- 

 oblong pale green leaves, up to 7 in. by 3^ in., and large white 

 flowers, over 4 in. across, with 10 12 petals ; near Monrovia 

 and in the Sino Basin, Whyte \ 



POLYGALACE^; 



Carpolobia parvifolia, Staff (syii. C. alba, var. parvi flora, Oliv.} : a 

 small tree with glossy ovate to ovate-oblong leaves, i 2 in. 

 by to J in., and frequently solitary white and purple irregular 

 flowers up to in. long, and edible 3-lobed yellow berries; 

 Kakatown, Whyte\ 



*Atroxima liberica, Stapf (Plate 246) : a glabrous shrub or tree 

 with thinly coriaceous oblong reticulate leaves, 4 6 in. by 2 in., 

 axillary racemes of small flowers, \ in. long, and dry almost 

 globose fruits with a crustaceous pericarp and 3 2 finely hairy 

 seeds ; Sino Basin, Whyte \ 



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