LIBERIA 79 
Funtumia Africana. False Rubber Tree. 
The rubber is useless, being sticky, like birdlime. Height 
from 15 to 20 feet. 
Funtumia sp. Boxwood. 
Much the same as above. Found also in Sierra Leone. 
Funtumia elastica. True Rubber Tree. 
One of the most important rubber-trees of Africa (also 
Sierra Leone); produces good rubber. Height 100 feet. 
Conopharyngia. Rubber. 
Another rubber-tree, yielding only small quantities, of 
little use in commerce. 
Landolphia Owariensis. Vine Rubber. 
Another of the best rubber-trees; grows in the Sino Basin. 
Landolphia jenje. Vine or White Ball Rubber. 
A very good rubber, even better than DL. Owariensis. 
Bignoniacee. 
Newbouldia levis. 
A pinnate-leaved tree with dense panicles of pink flowers 
like the foxglove; the fruit long and slender. The bright- 
coloured wood is very even in texture, much used in fence- 
making. 
Rubiacez. 
Sarcocephalus esculentus. Sierra Leone Peach. 
Flowers in large heads, white and fragrant. Deep-red 
fruit, the peach of the country, the size of a man’s fist. The 
wood much used for inlaying. 
Morinda sp.? Brimstone. 
A tree with bole of 50 feet in height, girth from 16 to 
20 feet. The wood is bright yellow in colour, not of much 
value, but the root-wood is sold in the native markets for yellow 
dye and the bole wood for weather-boards. It is very hard 
and resists attacks of insects. 
Randia maculata. 
A very pretty ornamental tree, with glossy leaves and white 
flowers. 
Coffea Liberica. Liberian Coffee. 
A tree about 20 feet in height. Coffee-berries the size of 
a cherry. 
