<+> Tin- LiU-nan Flora 



lu-ii Is, \ in. in diameter, with a bristly pappus ; Monrovia and 

 Kakat.wn. l/7/r/V! 



Mikania scandens, //*///</: a glabrous climber, 1015 ft- long, with 

 slender stems, long-petiolcd triangular opposite leaves and 

 usually panicled corymbs of miim-mus slender whitish flower- 

 heads, .} in. l<>ng, with white pappus bristles; Kakatown, \\'hytc\ 



Sclerocarpus africanus, /</<y. : an erect hispid annual with mostly 

 alternate leaves and sessile or pcdunclcd yellow tinwer-hcads, 

 J in. in diameter and supported by foliaceous bracts without 

 a pappus; Cape Talmas, .lusetll 



Blumea lacera, /)( . : a ^trong-scentcd more or less hairy or shaggy 

 annual with coarsely toothed leaves and long narrow panicles 

 of numerous pink or purple flower-heads, in. long, with copious 

 pappus hairs ; Kakatown, }\ T kyte\ 



Siegesbeckia abyssinica, Oliv. and Ilicrn : an erect annual with 

 opposite toothed leaves and more or less sticky panicles of yellow 

 flower-heads, | in. across, without pappus and with curved 

 smooth fruits; Kakatown, \Vliy tc\ 



Eclipta alba, Hassk. : a much-branched annual with rough lanceolate 

 opposite leaves and short or long-peduncled scattered or paired 

 white flower-heads, J in. across, without pappus ; Kakatown, 

 Wkyte\ 



Spilanthes acmella, L. : a herb with a creeping base, opposite ovate 

 leaves and long-peduncled yellow flower-heads, J f in. across, 

 without a pappus or with only 2 3 bristles ; Kakatown, ll'/n 

 Cape Palmas, Vogel, 41 ! 



Emilia sagittata, DC. : a glaucous annual with mostly sagittate leaves 

 and deep orange-coloured flower-heads, to almost i in. in 

 diameter, with a soft hairy pappus ; Monrovia and Kakatown, 

 Whyte ! 



GOODENOVIACK I- 



Scaevola lobelia, L. : a prostrate shrub with fleshy leaves and yellow 

 5-lobed corollas cleft at the back ; common on or near dunes, 

 Grand Basa, Vogel, 116! 



CAMPANULACE^: 



Cephalostigma perrottetii, DC. : an erect annual with wavy lan- 

 ceolate leaves and numerous small blue flowers, J in. long, on 



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