Liberia v 



long, slender and looser, mature sepals to almost J in. long ; 

 Kakatown, Whyte \ 



*G. schoenleiniana, KlotzscJi : very similar to the preceding species 

 but with paniclcd racemes and smaller flowers, the mature 

 sepals scarcely J in. long ; Cape Palmas, Schooilciu ! ; Kaka- 

 town, \Vhytc\\ Fishtown, in shady primary forest, Dlnkla^c, 

 1849! 



G. reticulata, Beauv. : leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, raceme 

 very slender, usually paniclecl, the panicle ?, i ft. long; Mon- 

 rovia and Kakatown, Whyte\ 



G. flava, Schum. and T/ionn. : leaves lanceolate, densely serrulate, 

 panicles 3 -4 in. long and drupes of somewhat oblong shape, 

 J in. long ; Kakatown, Wkyte \ 



G. vogelii, Hook. f. : leaves lanceolate to oblong, entire or slightly 

 wavy, flowers in panicled fascicles, the panicles 3 4 in. long 

 and wide ; Fishtown, in the bush of the littoral, Dinklagc, 1638 ; 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 53 !; Sino Basin, Whyte ! 



CHAILLETIACE^: 



*Chailletia whytei, Staff: (syn. Dichapetalum liberiaj, Kiigl. and 

 Din/cl.] : a shrub with elliptic lanceolate finely acuminate leaves, 

 yellowish tomentose beneath and long-peduncled dense clusters 

 of small white flowers with narrow cleft petals, J in. long ; in 

 primary forest in the littoral, Fishtown, Dinklagc, 1832 ! ; Kaka- 

 town, Whyte\ 



OLACINE^S 



Heisteria parvifolia, Smith : a glabrous shrub with coriaceous leaves, 

 small white axillary flowers and white berries, surrounded by 

 the much-enlarged deeply 5-partite crimson calyx (J :, ! in. 

 long); Monrovia and Kakatown, Whytc\\ Grand Basa, / V&v/, 

 86 ! ; Dtnklage t 1670! ; Cape Palmas, Scliooilchi. 



Ptychopetalum anceps, Oliv. : a small glabrous tree with 2-edged 

 slender twigs, lanceolate coriaceous leaves, very short scant}' 

 axillary racemes of small flowers, in. long (waxy outside, 

 hairy inside), and dry ellipsoid drupes; Monrovia, \Vhytc\\ 

 Grand Basa, Vogcl, 12 ! 



586 



