Liberia <*- 



which arc 2 in. long, united for two-thirds into a tube, slit on 

 one side ; in the bush of the littoral, Grand Basa, Dijikla^c 



*A. tenuiflora, Dinkl. and EngL : a tall shrub or slender tree similar 

 to the preceding, but with almost glabrous racemes or panicles 

 of smaller reddish brown (when dry) flowers, r- in. across, and 

 filaments i in. long ; in the bush of the littoral, Fishtown, 

 /V;/XYv/;v. 1675, 1772, 2 1 01 ! 



*A. whytei, Sfti/>f\ a shrub also similar to A. diuklagei, but with 

 almost glabrous racemes of greenish white flowers, ;] in. across, 

 and filaments \\ in. long; Monrovia and Kakatown, Whyte\ 



CRASSULACI; i: 



Bryophyllum calycinum, Salisb. : a succulent herb with a shrubby 

 b.iM', crcnatc leaves, frequently producing young plants from 

 the notches, and green and reddish purple pendulous flowers ; 

 Monrovia, Whytc \ 



RHIZOPHORACE^: 



Rhizophora racemosa, (/. 1\ Mcy. : a shrub or small tree with opposite 

 broad lanceolate very coriaceous leaves, dichotomous axillary 

 corymbs of greenish yellow tetramerous flowers with very 

 coriaceous sepals, and ovoid fruits germinating on the tree; 

 it forms the bulk of the Mangrove woods on the banks of 

 the rivers near Grand Basa, Vogel, 113!; Monrovia and Sino 

 Basin, \Vliytc \ The bark of the Mangroves is used in tanning. 



"Cassipourea csesia, Xtnpf\ a shrub with very slender branches, 

 remarkably glaucous opposite leaves and little clusters of small 

 flowers having densely woolly petals ; Kakatown, Whyte\ 



C. parvifolia, .SA//>/~ (syn, Dactylopetalum parvifolium, Scott Elliot} : 



abrous shrub with small solitary inconspicuous hairy flowers 



the small petals being in the upper part fringed with filiform 



in the axils of the opposite coriaceous leaves ; Monrovia, 



\\'liytc\ 



COMBRETACE^E 



Conocarpus erectus, /my/. : a small shrub with lanceolate coriaceous 

 !y angular branches, ami small apctalous flowers 

 bose heads; (iraiul Basa, VogcL The same 

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