<+> The Liberian Flora 



Tristemma hirtum, I 'cut. : a hirsute herb or undcrshrub with involu- 

 cratc sessile terminal heads of pink flowers, f in. across, the 

 calyx tube having 3 narrow membranous bristle-fringed super- 

 posed rings ; Kakatown, Wliyte \ 



*Dissotis paucistellata, Stapf\ a hirsute herb with 5-nerved ovate 

 leaves and involucratc heads of rather large rose-coloured flowers 

 almost 2 in. across ; Monrovia, Kakatown, and Sino Basin, 



D. rotundifolis, Tn'ana : a slender hairy decumbent herb with 

 membranous leaves, J in. by f in., and shortly peduncled 

 beautiful pink flowers, 2 in. across, at the ends of the branches ; 

 Kakatown, Whytel 



D. cornifolia, Hook. / : a herb with almost glabrous stems, 5-nerved 

 leaves with closely adpressed hairs and bracteate heads of 

 rose-coloured flowers ; common on marshy ground, Monrovia, 

 Nanmann ; Kakatown, Whyte \ ; Grand Basa, Vogel t 80 ! 



D. multiflora, Triana : a herb of the aspect of an Osbeckia with a 

 shrubby base, with membranous pale green softly hairy 5-nerved 

 leaves and often large panicles of pale purple flowers with 

 hirsute ovoid receptacles (calyces, at length J in. long) ; common 

 on marshy ground, Monrovia, Nanmann. 



Memecylon spathandra, Bl. : a shrub up to 12 ft. high having dull 

 coriaceous 3-nerved glabrous leaves, 4 to over 6 in. by 2^4 in., 

 with panicles or corymbs of small azure-blue flowers and 

 globose berries over J in. in diameter ; in the bush of the littoral, 

 Grand Basa, Dinklage, 1689!; Vogel t 148!; Monrovia and 

 Kakatown, Wliyte \ 



*M. simii, Stapf \ a shrub with coriaceous leaves up to 5j in. by 

 2j in., without any distinct side-nerves, and bearing loose 

 axillary clusters of small blue (?) flowers ; Sino Basin, Whyte \ 



ONAGRACE^E 



Jussisea villosa, Lam., var. linearis, Oliv. : a herb, hairy in the upper 

 part, with linear leaves, yellow flowers, and slender capsules up 

 to i in. by T V in., crowned by the persistent sepals, J in. long ; 

 common in stagnant and running water, Grand Basa, Vogel y 5 ! 



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