-* The Liberian Flora 



tall shrub with 7 y-folinlate coriaceous leave- and long stiff 

 racemes of showy rose-coloured flowers with 4 sepals (} in. long). 

 3 larger (the largest over I in. Ion- and j smaller petals and 

 slender narrowly 4-winged pods; Kakatown and Sino Basin, 

 WHyU\ 



Cassia occidentalis, A. : an annual or biennial bushy herb with k 



of 8 IO leaflets, short racemes or fascicles of slightly irregular 

 yellow flowers, I in. or more across, and flat linear pods, 4 5 in. 

 by \ in., with stout sutures ; Monrovia and Grand Basa, Vogcl ; 

 Kakatown, \\'hytc\ The seeds are occasionally used as a 

 substitute for coffee. 



C. tora, L. : an annual herb with leaves of 4 6 membranous obtuse 

 leaflets, solitary or paired yellow flowers, about I in. across, and 

 slender curved linear more or less quadrangular pods, 4 8 in. 

 by J ^ in.; Kakatown, \\'liytc\; abundant near habitations, 

 Cape Palmas, Vogd\ 



C. podocarpa, Guill. and Perr. : a shrub or small tree with leaves of 

 8 10 membranous obtuse leaflets, and peduncled dense racemes 

 of yellow flowers, about I in. across, and broad linear flat almost 

 papery pods, 4 5 in. by J J in. ; very common on native 

 farms, about 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, Reynolds ! 



C. mimusoides, L. : an annual or perennial herb with leaves J 4 in. 

 long, and of 10 80 close pairs of straight or falcate narrow 

 leaflets, ^ J in. long, solitary or fascicled (2 3) flowers, \ in. 

 across, and flat linear pods, i 2 in. by \ in. ; a common weed ; 

 Kakatown, \Vhyte\\ Cape Palmas, Ansell\ 



*Dialium dinklagei, Harms. : a moderate-sized tree with an umbrella- 

 like top with 21 23-foliolate leaves, 6 8 in. long, coriaceous 

 leaflets, i \\ in. long, and terminal large panicles of numerous 

 small brownish apetalous flowers ; along the streams in the 

 littoral, Fishtown, Dink/age, 1709! 



*Polystemonanthus dinklagei, Harms. : a tree with pinnate 1014- 

 foliolate leaves, more or less silky below, shining above and up 

 to ij ft. long, stout panicled racemes of very sweet-scented white 

 flowers, almost 2 in. across, with 4 silky brown sepals and 5 

 clawed petals and very numerous stamens, the buds enclosed in 

 large thick subpcrsistent bracteoles ; banks of the St. John's 

 River near Grand Basa, Dinkltige, 1700! 



*Jffacrolobium obliquum, Stapf: a shrub with pinnate 14-foliolate 



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