Siberian Flora 



centred, and with dry red (?) berries ; Monrovia, Kakatovvn, and 

 Sinn Basin, \Vhytc\\ C'apc I'almas, Schocnlcin ! Called "Hush 

 Apple " in Sierra 1 .rone. 



Bertiera glabrata, K. Si-hum. \ a glabrous lar-e-leaved climbing 

 shrub with terminal spike-like pendulous panicles of rctl 

 tubular (lowers, '\ in. long ; Kakatown and Sino Basin, //"//// ! 

 B. africana, Rich.: a softly hairy shrub or tree with shortly petioled 

 A ate-oblong acute membranous leaves, 6 <S in. by 2 y{ in., 

 slender spike-like tlc.\uoii> panicles (6 in. long) of white (?) 

 flowers, in. long, and many-seeded berries, !_ in. aer 

 Kakatown, \\'hyte\ 



*Webera gracilis, Stapf: a shrub with slender branches, thin acu- 

 minate leaves, 2\ 4 in. by ij if in., and corymbs of numerous 

 white (?) flowers, almost i in. long ; Kakatown, Sino Basin, 

 Wkytc\ 



Randia acuminata, I>cnfh. : a glabrous shrub or small tree with slender 

 branches, papery lanceolate or obovate-lanceolote leaves, 4 12 

 in. by 2 4 in., and small axillary more or less pendulous 

 panicles of deep pink or crimson flowers, not quite I in. long, 

 and large ovoid channelled berries (up to 4 in. long) ; Kakatown 

 and Sino Ba>in, \Vhytc ! 



R. maculata, DC. : an elegant little tree with glossy coriaceous 

 leaves and fragrant slender tubular white flowers, over 6 in. 

 long, tube in. wide, throat funnel-shaped, to f in. across ; 

 Kakatown, Whyte\ 



R. malleiflora, Jliern : a shrub or small tree with large very fragrant 

 brownish white flowers (tube velvety, up to 5 in long, and almost 

 i in. wide, throat 2 3 in. wide, bell-shaped), the style club- 

 shaped and long exserted ; Kakatown, Whyte \ ; 70 miles up 

 the St. Paul's River, Reynolds \\ Sino Basin, \\'hytc\ 

 Amaralia calycina, K. Schiun. : a climbing shrub with papery lanceo- 

 late to elliptic leaves, and axillary usually paired violet bell- 

 shaped flowers, I \ in. long and with large foliaceous sepals ; 

 Monrovia and Sino Basin, Whyte\ 



Oxyanthus formosus, Hook. f. : a glabrous weak shrub with oblong 



papery leaves, 8 11 in., by 3 4 in., and racemes or panicles 



of very long and slender white flowers (corolla tube over 6 in. 



long and in. in diameter) ; Cape Palmas, Vogel y 27 ! 



*0. tenuis, Stapf: similar to the preceding species, but with few- 



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