Liberia <*- 



BORAGINE/K 



Ehretia cymosa, Sc/iinn. and Thoun. : a glabrous shrub with ovate 

 leaves, copious terminal panicles of white flowers, T \- in. long, 

 with a very short tube and small 4-stoned drupes ; Cape 

 Pal mas, /'<#</, 20! 



Heliotropium indicum, L. : an annual hairy herb with variable leaves, 

 usually 4 in. by 3 in. and small lilac or white flowers in long 

 dense one-sided involute gradually unrolling spikes ; Monrovia, 



Whyte\ 



CONVOLVULACE^: 



Bonamia cymosa, Hallier f. : a twining shrub with densely hairy 

 branches, oblong leaves, glabrous above and brown tomentose 

 beneath, and very dense one-sided narrow short or long panicles 

 of small white Convolvulus-like flowers, in. long ; Monrovia 

 and Kakatown, Whyte \ 



Prevostea heudelotii, Hallier f. : a tall glabrous climber with coriaceous 

 leaves, axillary fascicles of bell-shaped white flowers, } I in. 

 long, on slender pedicels, and winged fruits, the wings formed 

 by the enlarged 2 outer very thin sepals, one cordate-orbicular, 

 2 in. in diameter, the other much smaller ; Kakatown, Whytc \ 



(Juamoclit vulgaris, CJioisy : a twining herb with finely pinnatifid 

 leaves and long tubular crimson flowers, over I in. long ; 

 Monrovia, Wliyte \ 



Ipomcea involucrata, lhauv. : a twining or trailing herb with cordate 

 leaves and small heads of pink Convolvulus-like flowers almost 

 2 in. long, supported by a pair of large connate bracts ; 

 Monrovia and Kakatown, WJiyte \ ; Cape Palmas, / r ogel, 43 ! 



I. biloba, Forsk. : a trailing plant with a woody stem of sometimes 

 enormous length, 2-lobed somewhat fleshy leaves and large 

 pink or purple Convolvulus-like flowers ; common on the coast, 

 mainly on sand-dunes from Monrovia to Cape Palmas, l'<>c/, 

 2$ ! 44! This is an excellent sand-binder. 



I. palmata, Forsk. : a long twiner with palmately divided leaves and 

 violet or purple Convolvulus-like flowers, i in. (or more) long ; 

 Monrovia, \Vliy tc\ 



I. batatas, / V/-. : the well-known " Sweet Potato " or " Batata," a 

 native of South America, cultivated at Grand Basil and Cape 

 Palmas, according to Vo^cl. 



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