Liberia *- 



already long been in use for a perfectly distinct Malayan genus 



of AfoiYlldira' 1 . 



*Alafia whytei, Sfa/>f\ a glabrous climbing shrub with rich almost 

 -ilc corymbs of white (?) flowers (corolla tube over in. long, 



lobes almost orbicular, ] in. across) ; Sino Basin, Whyte \ 

 *A. parciflora, Staff (Plate 262) : a glabrous climbing shrub with 



few-flowered umbel- or raceme-like cymes of yellow (?) flowers 



with a red centre (corolla tube over \ in. long, narrow lobes over 



J in. long) ; Greenville, Stm, 25 ! 

 Baissea odorata, A'. Schum. ex Stapf: a climbing shrub with very 



loose short terminal and axillary panicles of rather small, 



funnel-shaped flowers (corolla-tube over J in., linear lobes J in. 



long), probably white and streaked with purple ; Greenville, 



Sim, 32 ! 



ASCLEPIADACE^E 



Periploca nigrescens, Afz. : a slender twining shrub with axillary 

 panicles of reddish black flowers ; Sino Basin, Whyte \ 



*Tylophora liberica, N. E. Brown : a twiner with glabrous hollow 

 stems and lateral or sub-axillary panicles of small greenish 

 flowers ; Sino Basin, Whyte \ 



LOGANIACE^E 



Usteria guineensis, Willd. : an erect or climbing shrub with corymbose 

 copious panicles of fragrant lavender-blue or white flowers 

 having one of the calyx lobes enlarged, foliaceous, and white ; 

 Monrovia and Kakatown, \VJiyte \ ; Cape Palmas, Schoenlein. 



^Strychnos dinklagei, Gilg. : a rambling glabrous shrub with 3-nerved 

 coriaceous leaves and copious terminal long-peduncled dense 

 panicles of very small whitish flowers ; in the bush of the 

 littoral, Grand Basa, Dink-lage, 1690! 



Gaertnera paniculata, Iktith. : a shrub or small tree with large loose 

 terminal panicles of greenish white flowers and small globose 

 fruits; Grand Basa, Vogel, 20! 71 ! 



HYDROPHYLLACE.i: 



Hydrolea guineensis, Choisy : a glabrous herb with lanceolate leaves 

 and small axillary racemes of azure-blue flowers with deeply 

 5-fid corollas ^ in. long; in swamps near Monrovia, \\'hyte\ 



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