Liberia * 



M. lobata, Jiicq. : a tall woody climber with tubercled stems, long 

 tendrils, very polymorphous leaves and green tubular or almost 

 bell-shaped sweet-scented flowers; Monrovia, \Vhylc\\ Grand 

 , / 'r'.jy/, 115! 



CARICACE^: 



Carica papaya, L.\ the well-known "Papaw" Tree, a native of 

 America, cultivated near Grand Basa, according to Vogel. 



CUCURBITACE^E 



LufFa cylindrica, Rocin. : an almost cosmopolitan trailing or climbing 

 lurb with scabrid 5 7-angled or lobed leaves, bright yellow 

 flowers, \\ 3 in. wide, and cylindric gourd-like fruits; Sino 

 n.isin, \\'hytc\ The young fruits are cooked and eaten, whilst 

 the vascular network of the mature fruit serves as a sponge 

 or scrubbing-brush and the seeds yield oil. 



Momordica charantia, L. : a prostrate or climbing herb with deeply 

 5 /-lobed leaves, yellow flowers and bright yellow ovoid- 

 spindle-shaped fruits with tubercled ridges; Cape Palmas, 

 Sclioculcin ! Cultivated for the fruits, the " Banyan Gourds "of 

 I 1 ',, ist Africa, which are cooked and eaten. 



BEGONIACE^ 



"Begonia whytei, Stapf : a hirsute epiphytic herb with peltate 

 oblique membranous leaves and yellow flowers, over in. across, 

 and 4-win-ed pyramidal capsules; Sino Basin, Wkyte\ 



*B. simii, Stnpj \ an epiphytic glabrous herb with a succulent 

 purple htcm, oblique leaves and rose-coloured flowers, over 

 ' >" -'ind 3-winged capsules; Sino Basin and Kakatown, 



UMBELLIFEILE 



Hydrocotyle bonariensis, l.am. : a creeping herb with peltate leaves 

 Bfl long petioles and racemes of small white whorlcd 

 flowers, the racemes gathered in umbels ; in marshy ground, 

 74! ; .h/s?//\ ; Cape Palmas, Vogel, 50! 

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