Liberia * 



of purplish papilionaceous flowers, \ in. long, and flat velvety 



5 ; Kakatuwn, \Vhytc ! 



Baphia polygalacea, leaker : a climbing or erect shrub with simple 

 thin coriaceous leaves, 3 5 in. by ii 2^ in., on slender petioles 

 (i i i, i n . long 1 ), copious slender racemes or panicles (i 4 in. 

 loni; ) of white papilionaceous flowers, over in. long, with a 

 silky calyx, splitting into two halves, and flat coriaceous pods, 

 4 in. by \ in. ; Monrovia, Whytc ! ; Grand Rasa, Vogel, 46! 

 *B. spathacea, Hook. f. (syn. B. dinklagei, Harms.) : similar to the 

 preceding, but with short petioles (J J in.) and larger yellowish 

 white flowers, and a rusty velvety calyx splitting to the base on 

 >idc only ; Basa Cove, Ansell\ ; Fishtown, in bush, Dinklage 

 1664! 



Two species of Baphia, (/>. nitida, Afz., and B. pubescens, 

 \ look, f.), both natives of the coast region of Upper Guinea and 

 therefore likely to occur also in Liberia, produce a valuable dye- 

 wood, known as " Cam Wood," which yields a brilliant deep red 

 colour. 



Sophora tomentosa, L. : a common shore plant, more or less silvery 

 silky, with 7 i 5-foliolate leaves, loose racemes of bright yellow 

 papilionaceous flowers and long (5 6 in.) pods, which are very 

 much constricted between the seed-bearing portions ; Cape 

 1'almns, / 'c><;v/, i ! The sap is used as a fish poison in East 

 A frica. 



*0nnosia monophylla, Harms, (syn. Crudia (?) monophylla, Harms.) ; 

 a small tree or shrub with simple leaves, axillary racemes (about 

 4 in. ) of whitish (?) papilionaceous flowers and pointed oblong 

 'led pods, 3 in. by 2 in. ; along watercourses, Fish- 

 town, /)ink/nxt\ \<>\ } ! 



Caesalpinia bonducella, AVu/;. : a common rambling more or less downy 



prickly shrub with bipinnatc leaves, I 1| ft. long, and 



many-flowered long racemes of orange or brownish yello\v 



ular flowers, jj--;J in. across, and prickly I 2-secdecl 



ape 1 'aim as, / ',><;>/, 9 ! 



C. pulcherrima, .S,v. : a small glabrous tree, unarmed or almost so, 

 with bipinnatc leaves and large racemes of brilliant scarlet 

 fl"'.' ;itly cultivated in the tropics, probably of 



inj Cape 1'almas, Scliocnlciu. 

 Duparquetia orchidacea, AW/, (syn. Oligostcmon pictus, Be nth.) : a 



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