Y. CRUCIFERS.
1 M o r e t t i a s p . ; pods curved, f inch long. Great spheres of this plant (withered)
were found blowing over the sandy Balama desert. 22° N. April 1863.
I S i s y m b r i u m s p . (drawing—no specimen); flowers yellow; pods round; linear
and many-seeded; stem purple on one sidfe • leaves pinnatifid. 1° 42' S.
Feb. 1862. (446.)
1 S e n e b i e r a N i l o t i c a , DC.; smells like wild cress; Nile bank, 16J° N. April
1863.
YI. CAPPARIDEZE.
1 G y n a n d r o p s i s p e n t a p b y l l a , DC.; common near every h u t; spinage is made
from its leaves. 7° 27' S. and 1° 42' S. (380.)
1 C l e o m e m o n o p h y l l a , L. Alt. 3900 ft. 5° 5' S., and 32° E.
1 P o l a n i s i a o x y p h y l l a , DC.; com m on ; Mininga. 4° S. April 1861. (186.)
2 P . s p . ; common, waste grounds. 5° 1' S., and 33° E.
1 G a d d b a f a r i n o s a , Forsk., called ‘‘ K ana; ” spinage is made from the leaves
of this shrub at Madi. 3° N. Jan. 1863. (746.)
1 P h y s a n t h e m u m g l a u c u m . , Ed. ; bush about Madi plains. Jan. 1863.
1 G r a t c e v a A d a n s o n i i , Guill. and Perr.; 10 ft. circ. tree; fresh shoots made into
spinage, and young branches into tooth-scrubbers. 3° 15/ N. Jan. 1863.
(748.) S
1 G a p p a r i s t o m e n t o s a , Reich.; “ Kowangwee; ” in famines spinage is made
from its leaves; Madi plains. Jan. 25, 1863. (751.)
1 N i e b u h r i a ? s p . ; M’gseta river. 7° 20' S. 4 to 7 ft. high.
2 I T . s p . ; Mohonyera. 6° 55' S., and 38° 32' E.
1 M o e r u a o b l o n g i f o l i a ? Reich.; Each country; Nile. 7° N. March 1863.
1 jB o s c i a s p . n . ; “ M’Zazza; ” moderately-sized tree, with long lanceolate leaves
and terminal inflorescence; Madi. 3° N. Feb. 4, 1863. (757.)
1 C a p p a r i d e c e s p . (drawing—no specimen); shrub; purple lines on the back of
the large yellow petals; stem rose-bush appearance, covered With stiff,
short, curved-down thorns. 1° 42' S. Alt. 4700 ft. April 1862. (497.)
YII. BIXACEZE.
1 F l a c o u r t i a ? s p . (leaves only); “ M’seengeerra” (Kin.); slender; hazel-leaved
like tree, with a few thorns; by b u rn ; Madi. Feb. 1863.
1 G o c M o s p e r m u m n . s p . ; erect, solitary, woody; 3 to 18 in. long; stem, with
large yellow flower; in bare forest; Madi. Dec. 10, 1862. (692.)
VIII. VIOLACEZE.
1 I o n i d i u m s p . Alt. 4000. Dry forest, near Simbah. 5° 26' S., 33° E.
IX. POLYGALACEZE.
1 P o l y g a l a s p . ; in moisture. Nov. 1862. 2° to 3° N.
2 P . s p . ; Unyoro plateaux. 2° N. Ju ly 1862.
3 P . n . s p . ; erect, woody plant, on high ground; Madi. 3° N. Dec. 1862.
X. CARYOPH YLLEZE.
1 P o l y c a r p o s a c o r y m b o s a , L am.; Madi, rocks. Dec. 1862.
1 M o l l u g o c e r v i a n a , L. 7° 2 7 'S., 37° E. Zungomero. Oct. 1860.
2 M . n u d i c a u l i s , L . ; weed; Zungomero. Oct. 1860.
XI. PORTULACACEZE.
1 P o r t u l a c a o l& r a c e a , L . ; spinage made from its leaves, which are supposed to
possess great virtue as poultices; weed. 2° N. Oct. 1862. Common. (608.)
2 P . q u a d r i f i d a , Willd. (no specimen.) (593.)
1 T a l i n u m c u n e i f o l i u m , Willd.; on cleared ground. 2° N. Ju ly 1862.
XII. TAMARISCINEZE.
1 T a m a r i x g a l l i c a , , L . ? “ Jow ” of In dia; Nile banks, 15° to 16° N. April
1863. Common; not met with till these latitudes.
X III. ELATINEA3.
1 L a n c r e t i a s u f f - r u t i c o s a , D e l.; rigid p lan t; near cult. ; Nile 1ia.nl™ 16° N
April 16, 1863.
XIY. DIPTEROCARPEAE.
1 Z o p h i r a a l c d a , Banks; 6 ft. circ. tree; “ Meeenzerrah; ” the handsomest tree
seen on the route. Its leaf is used as a charm— namely, if human and buffalo
blood be mixed upon its surface, and a native inoculated with the mixture,
good fortune attends him. The young leaves are of a dull red colour, and
attain a length of 2 ft. Observed only at 3° 15' N. Dec. 10, 1862. (679.)
XV. MALVACEAE.-
1 S i d a c o r d i f o l i a , Cav.; common weed; near cult. 2° N. Aug. 1862.
2 8 . r h o m b i f o l i a , L . ; common weed; near cult. 2° N. Aug. 1862.
3 S . c d b a , L,; common weed; near cult. Oct. 1862.
4 8 . ( E i c t y o c a r p u s ) S c f i i m p e r u m a , Hochst. Alt. 5000 ft. 2° S. KaraattS hills
Nov. 29, 1861. (163.) s
1 A b u t i l o n m u t i c u m , Don; about fields; Kartoum. April 2 1863
2 A . s p . ; common about fields; M’bwiga. 7° S. Oct. I 860!
1 U r e n a l o b a t a , L .; “ Milenda;” bark made into cordage. 2° to 3° N Frequent.
(610.) '
1 P a y o n i a S e h i m p e r i a n a , Hochst. Alt. 5000 ft. 2° S. March 1862. (478.) .
2 P . n . s p . ; moist rocky soil; pretty fleshy-pink flowers; Ugani and Madi. :
Dec. 4, 1862. Plentiful. (654.)
? ^ ; E- Mey.; Uganda plantain-groves. Ju ly 1862.
1 H i b i s c u s c r a s s i n e r v i u s , Hochst.; Karagile valleys. 2° S Dec 1861 (215)
2 H . g o s s y p i n u s , Thunb.; grassy hill slopes. Alt. 5000 ft. Nov! 186l! (162 )
Z H c a n w M n u s L . ; “ Sun,” cult, in India for hemp; near corn-fields,
Mmmga. 4° 18' S. (169.)
4 ■ ^ ^N ^Oct^Tsffil ^ ( 5 8 ( i )COrdage macte from its ba rk ; amongst vegetation,
5 H . s p . ; open ground; Madi. Dec. 1862.
6 S - s a b d a r i f f a , L .; Roselle; cult, in Unyoro, 2° N., and Ugani 3° N. for
its seed, bark, and leaves, the bark making beautiful but short cordage;
the leaves make a spinage in the Land of the Moon, called there
l ° 0°s was ; and the seed is eaten roasted by the Wagani. (570)
7 H . n . s p . - , an under-shrub; banks of the R. Kuffo, Unyoro. 2° N Sent.
1862. . r
1 O o s s y p i u m _ p u n c k U u m , Sch. and T h .; 4 to 8 ft. high; perennial cotton bush
planted here and there by habitations on the route. 7° 27' S., 374° E., and
4 N. Oct. 1860. The Wanyamugzi make a coarse heavy cloth of it-
others cultivate merely enough for sewing purposes; while a t 4° N. they
make it into front and rear fringes for the women. Irrigation not emnloved
m these latitudes.
1 E r i o d e n d r o n a n f r a c t u o s u m , DC.; “ Meesoofee;” cotton tree, 10 ft. high,
with green bark and thorns or excrescences on its bark. 7° 27' S. and
2 N. (74.)
1 A d a m o m a d i g i t a t a L .; Baobab; “ Booyoo;” 54 ft. in circ.; rope and
kilts are made from its bark, water-buckets from its gourds, and seeds
mashed m water have a pleasant acid ta s te ; dry situations. 7° S. and 2° N.
(22. )
1 M a l v a c e c B s p . (drawing—no specimen); 3 to 5 ft. high; waved, tubular,
grooved stem; bushy; near huts in rank cult. 1° 4 2 'S. April 1862. (493.)
XVI. STERCULIACEA3.
S t e r c u l i a t o m e n t o s a , Guill and P e r .; “ M’loolooma; ” 10 ft. circ. tree, whose
seeds are eaten raw m dearths; cordage made from the bark of young
trees; Mgunda Mkhali, and 3° N. Feb. 1863. An ice-coloured gum
appears on the stalk of a freshly-pulled seed-vessel. (759.)
S . s p , ; shrubby tree; unburst pods (in sets of fives) are size and shape of a
huge caterpillar; threads of gum appear wherever a branch is severed. The
oultan of Ukuni has his hut-lashings made from its bark, considered so good •
bows made from its wood. 3° 58' S. Sept. 28, 1861. '