Liberia * 



oblique lanceolate leaflets up to 6 in. by 2\ in., 

 and sparingly branched rusty hairy panicles of involucrate flowers 

 with a large 2-lobed standard, whilst the other petals resemble 

 the small linear sepals, the involucre formed of 2 bracteoles, 

 \ in. long; Sino Basin, WJiytc\ 



M. palisoti, Kcnth. : similar to the preceding species, but with 48- 

 foliolate leaves, silver)- silk}' beneath, and smaller flowers, the 

 bracts of the involucre V J in. long; Kakatown, Whyte\ 



*Loesenera kalantha, Harms : a tall shrub with coriaceous glabrous 



6 8-loliolate leaves, terminal racemes of pinkish flowers with 



pals and 3 larger \ in. long) and 2 very small petals, and 



bniwn woody pods up to 6 in. by 3 in. ; in moist bush, Grand 



Basa, ninklase, 1805 ! 



Berlinia acuminata, Hook. f. : a tree with large 6 12-foliolate coria- 

 ceous leaves, terminal racemes or corymbs of white flowers with 

 the dorsal petal long-clawed, and much larger (ij 3 in.) than 

 the others, the buds enclosed in a pair of large bracteoles, and 

 with flat 'pods, J i ft. by 2 in.; Monrovia, Whyte\\ Grand 

 Basi, , \nscll \ 



*Didclotia engleri, Dinkl. and Harms. : a shrub or small tree with 

 10 i4-foliolate coriaceous leaves, 3 in. long, and narrow droop- 

 ing panicles (up to 10. in. long) of small crimson apetalous 

 flowers ; in humid woods of the littoral, Fishtown, Dinklage, 2033 ' 



*Copaifera dinklagei, Harms. : a glabrous shrub with simple long- 

 acuminate leaves and panicled spikes of small whitish apetalous 

 flowers with 4 sepals and 8 stamens; banks of the Biso River 

 near Grand Basa, Dink/age, 1695 ! A species allied to C. 

 tiinklagci furnislu -s the Sierra Leone "copal," an elastic white 

 ;, much used in the manufacture of varnishes. 



Cynometra afzelii, rY/V-. : a shrub with slender branches and 2 4- 



foliolate leaves (the lower pair of leaflets being much smaller 



than the upper, if at all present) and with small racemes of 



white fl. pportcd by petaloid white bracteoles, 1 in. 



.If)iirovia, \\'liytc\ 



*Monopetalanthus pteridophyllum, f farms. : a tree with coriaceous 



f 17 20 pairs of asymmetric rectangular 



up to i in. long, and short axillary racemes of white 



in. long; banks of St. John's River 



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