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S. nitida, N. E. Kwivn (syn. Gymncma nitidum, Betif/t.} : similar to 

 the preceding, but the flowers smaller, in axillary and extra 

 axillary short fascicles, and shortly pedicel-led ; Cape Palmas, 



RHAMNACE^E 



Gouania longipetale, Hcmsl. : a climber with slender spiral tendrils, 

 i ism-; from the uppermost leaf axils, slender spikelike rusty 

 tonu-ntose racemes of small white flowers and 3-winged capsules, 

 | in. by in.; Kakatown, Whytc\ 



AMPELIDACE^E 



'Ampelocissus gracilipes, Stapf: a vine with all the young parts 

 rod with a thin cinnamon-coloured tomentum, long tendrils, 



cordate leaves, 6 in. by 5 in., and dense leaf-opposed panicles of 



minute flowers on slender pedicels; Sino Basin, \\'/iytc\ 

 Cissus arguta, /look. f. : a large glabrous (excepting the inflorescence) 



vine with cordate-ovate membranous leaves, numerous tendrils, 



and rusty pubescent often much compound or panicled cymes 



of minute tctramerous flowers; Liberia, Christy \ 

 C. producta, , //;. : a large glabrous vine with succulent stems, ovate 

 blong membranous leaves, tendrils, and leaf-opposed short- 



stalked cymes of small green flowers and red berries, up to i in. 



in (lianu-UT ; Sino Basin, Whyte\ 

 Leea guineensis, A///. : a shrub without tendrils, with pinnate or 



bipinnatc leaves up to ij and even 2 ft. long, and large corymbs 

 range-coloured or red and yellow flowers, and 5 6-grooved 



depressed brrries, ] -J, in. across; Kakatown, Wliytc\\ Cape 



1 'a 1m as, \'ogcl\ 



SAPINDACJ 



Allophylus africanus, AW/X-. (syn. Schmidelia africana, DC.) : a 



ibrous or more or less hairy shrub (sometimes 



a tree with 3-foliolate leaves, panicled almost 



in-like downy ra<Tinrs of minute flowers and obovoid 



kish hard fruits, up to .', in. long ; along the coast, Grand 



Erioccelum pendulum, Staff: an almost glabrous shrub or tree (?) 

 5 /-foliolate papery leaves, pendulous very slender 

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