The Liberian Flora 



TILIACE*; 



Grewia malacocarpa, Mast.: a shrub with drooping branches, oblong 

 leaves, whitish tomentose beneath, terminal and lateral loose 

 panicles of greenish white flowers, i in. across, and i -seeded 

 velvety drupes, up to I in. long ; Kakatown and Sino Basin, 

 Whyte\ 



Honckenya ficifolia, \Villd.: a stcllate-tomentose erect often very tall 

 herb with entire or variously lobcd leaves, showy purple or white 

 flowers, up to 3 in. across, and densely prickly capsules ; Grand 

 Basii, /*<>*,'<'/, 57 ! 91 ! ; Sino Basin and Kakatown, \Vhytc ! 



H. parva, K. Sell. : a hirsute perennial ascending from a prostrate 

 base, with irregularly lobcd leaves and small white flowers, 

 scarcely I in. across : Monrovia, Krause. 



Triumfetta cordifolia, Guill. and Ptrr. : a glabrous or hairy weed with 

 long-stalked ovate cordate or more or less 3-lobed leaves, 

 panicled ultimately loose cymes of yellow flowers, i n - across, 

 and globose capsules, covered with hooked spines, including the 

 spines J in. or more across ; Monrovia, WJiyte \ 



T. rhomboidea, Jacq. : a weed similar to the preceding, but with 

 much contracted axillary clusters of flowers and smaller fruits, 

 J in. across; Grand Basa, Ansell\\ Monrovia, Whyte\ It 

 yields a fibre of inferior quality. 



Corchorus olitorius, L. : an almost glabrous herb, with small axillary 

 yellow flowers, usually in pairs or threes, and long-beaked 

 capsules, over 2 in. by 1 in., with the valves transversely septate 

 on the inner side; Kakatown, Wliyte\ The leaves are eaten 

 as a vegetable. 



Glyphsea grewioides, Hook, f: a slender shrub with a drooping habit, 

 membranous leaves, 4 8 in. by \\ 4 in., and scanty sub- 

 terminal cymes of yellow flowers, i 1 in. across, and oblong 

 acute deeply grooved indchisccnt fruits, ij 2| in. by \ in. ; 

 Kakatown, / / 'hyte \ 



LINAGES 



Phyllocosmus africanus, Klolzsch : a shrub or small tree with thinly 

 coriaceous shining lanceolate-oblong leaves, 2\ 3^ in. by 

 i 1 in., and numerous slender racemes (2 2j in. long) of 



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