XVII. BYTTNERIAC1LE.
I M e l h a n i a F o r b e s i i , Planch, mss; 3 ft. high; on hare cult, heights. 3° N.
Dec. 1862. (729.)
1 D o m b e y a m u l t i f l o r a , Endl. ; “ Keenga;” 3 ft. circ. tree; leafless, but
covered with blossom, in J a n .; the Men of the Moon consider its wood
tough and excellent for bows. 3° N. Eeb. 1, 1863. Frequent. (737.)
2 D . s p . ; same size and locality as above.
3 D . s p . ; shrub with rich clusters of white flowers; Nile banks. 2° N. Nov.
1862.
XVIII. TILIACEiE.
1 C o r c h o r u s s p . (drawing—no specimen). Each leaf has one hair (J-inch long)
on either side of its base; foot high, with smooth, shining, pink stem, which
is very tough; leaves make a stringy spinage. l°-2° N. 1862. .Common.
(542.)
2 O . t r i l o c u l a r i s , L. ; near fields. No uses. 2° N. Oct. 1862. (544.)
1 T r i w m f e t t a a n n u a , L.; grows lowly amongst cult. 2° N. Oct. i5, 1862.
(589.)
2 T . s e m i t r i l o b a , L. var.; TJnyoro plantain-groves. Nov. 1862.
3 T . r h o m b o i d e a , L.; near fields. 5°'8. 1861.
1 G r e w i a , n . s p . Shrub with snowy-white flowers; amongst granite rocks.
Alt. 4488. 6° S., 34° E. Jan. 1, 1861.
2 G . s p . ; shrub with delicate purplish flowers; fruit, a pea-sized, smooth,.
yellow, dry, one-stoned drupe; in water-cuts, Karagu& hills. Alt. 5000.
Dec. 1861. (381.)
3 G . s p . ; “ M’koma;” 12 ft. circ. tre e ; wood with a black heart resembling
rosewood; uses—bows and arrows, building purposes, and ropes from
b a rk ; no insect is said to touch i t ; drupes, pea-size, light-coloured, and
pleasant-tasting. Unyanyemb§, 5° S., and Madi. Dec. 1862. Spread
generally. (760.5.)
1 A n t i c h o r u s d e p r e s s u s , L. fil.; near cotton-fields; right bank Nile. 16° N.
April 16, 1863.
XIX. ZYGOPHYLLEJE.
1 T r i b u l u s t e r r e s t r i s , L. 7° 27’’ S., 37 V E. Oct. 1860; and 2° N. 1862. •
1 F a g o n i a c r e t i c a , L .; shingle desert behind Berber. 1 7 N. April 25,
1863.
XX. GERANIACEsE.
1 O x a l i s c o m i c u l a t a , L.; common near cult. Noy. 1861. (189.)
1 B i o p h y t u m s e n s i t i v u m , DC. Alt. 3900. 5° 5' S., and 2° N. (584.)
XXI. SIMARUBEZE.
1 B a l a n i t e s J E g y p t i a c a , Del.; “ M’choonchoo; ” 6 ft. circ. tree; drupe edible,
and tasting like an intensely bitter d a te ; kernels made into oil and mixed
with red clay for anointing the person; bark of young trees makes strong
cordage. 3° N., Jap. 1863; ana frequently in other latitudes. (745.)
1 H a r r i s o n i a s p . ; “ M’ceenango.” Its boughing, thorned branches catch one’s
clothes in the woods. Elowers, a pink yellow. Madi. Dec. 1862. (700.)
XXII. OCHNACEZE.
1 O c h n a s p . ; root deeply imbedded; flower blood-red. Alt. 1700 ft., M’bumi,
6° 56' S. Nov. 8, 1860.
2 O . s p . Rich pink flowers; grows in patches in light forest, Land of the Moon.
Jan. 1861.
3 O.? s p . ; ordinary-sized tre e ; Madi woods. Dec. 1862.
XXIII. RUTACEJ3.
1 C i t r u s a u r a n t i u m , L . ; cult, by Arabs in their gardens at UnyanyembA 5° S.
1861.
XXIV. MELT A CF, Vi.
1 T r i c h i l i a e m e t i c a , Vahl.; flowers, J an .; grown by huts to 8 ft. circ.; the
bark is used medicinally in syphilis. 3°, 4°, 5° N. Jan. 1863. (747.)
1 K h a y a ? s p . ; 10 ft. circ.; handsome tree, with small, lime-sized, four-segmented
capsules ; an amber-coloured, glistening-fractured, tasteless, scentless
gum exudes from wounds. Madi. Eeb. 4, 1863. (756.)
1 S o y m i d a s p . ; “ M’b aw a ;” (leaf, gum, and seed-vessel); tree 15 ft. circ.,
branching at 20 ft.; immense canoes are made by the Wahiyow from its
tru n k ; a disagreeably-smelling, wax-coloured gum accumulates in tears
from wounds in the b a rk ; near water. 3° N. Dec. 1862. (731.)
XXV. OLACINEV.
1 O p i l i a c d t i d i f o l i a , Endl.; tree by watercourse, unknown to our men. Madi.
Jan. 1863.
1 X i m e n i a A m e r i c a n a , L.; “ M’toondwah” (Kinyoro), and “ M’peenjee”
(Kishahili); oil is extracted from the kernels, and used as an unguent;
Land of the Moon, Unyoro, and Ugani 1861, 1862, and 1863. (640.)
XXVI. CELASTRACEZE.
1 G y m n o s p o r i a c o r i a c e a , Guill. and Per.; “ M’thoozeea;” 30 inch circ. tree; its
roots are used medicinally by women, also as a purgative. 5 ° S. and 3° N.
Dec. 1862. Very frequent. (728.6.)
2 G . s p . ; flowering shrub. Alt. 4800, East African chain, 6° 38' S.
XXVII. RHAMNEiE.
1 B h a m n u s s p . (leaves only); shrub by water, with red, currant-sized, and
coloured berries, soft and sweet, with hard stone ; fish are brought to the
surface by throwing a mash of its leaves and berries into the water.
WamyamtiSzi name, “ M’qmetse-quaetae.” 3° N. Dec. 1862. (723.)
1 Z i z y p h u s j u j u b a ? Lam.; “ M’konazee” (Kis.), “ Kalembo” (Kin.); fruit
nearly all stone, nauseous and woody; mashed and thrown into water
brings fish to the surface; goats eat the leaves; branches made into
fences. Ugani. Nov. 1862. Common everywhere. (638.)
XXVIII. AMPELIDEZE.
1 V i t i s s p . ; wild vine. Usui slopes, 2° 42' S., Nov. 1861; and Unyoro, 2° N.
(208.)
2 V . s p . ; ‘ M’peengee-peengee; 3 ft. high shrub, with ope-stoned, pear-shaped,
deep purple, pink-spotted, edible fruit, not pleasant to the ta s te ; neither
tendrils nor thorns. Madi woods. Dec. 6, 1862. (658.).
1 C i s s u s g u a d r a n g v l a r i s , L.; “ Meoleh-oleh; ” spreads itself over lofty trees,
Unyoro, Nov. 9, 1862. (616.)
2 C . c y p h o p e t c d a , Fres. ; climbing amongst shrubs, Unyoro plateaux, Nov.
1862. (389.)
3 C . c i r r h o s a , Pers.; in thicket of bushes, Karagiig, Dec. 1862.
4 C . s u b d i a p h a n a , Steud.; climber amongst bushes, Unyoro forest, 1862.
XXIX. SAPINDACEZE.
1 C a r d i o s p e r m u m h c d i a c a c d b w m , l , . ; common. 7° S. to 2° N. Leaves are made
into spinage by Wahiyow. (558.)
XXX. BURSERACEaE.
1 B a l s a m o d e n d r o n A f r k a n u m , Arn.; B’dellium (resin), “ M’Gazoo ” (Kin.), and
“ Katatee ” of Ugogo. Wanyamfiezi boil its gum, mix it with butter, and
anoint their persons. 2° S., April 1862; and rocky heights by huts, Ugani,
3° N , Nov. 1862. Frequent. (496.) S ’
1 B o s w e l l i a s p . (leaf only); 20 in. jn girth, stunted 5 ft. high tree, growing
locally in patches. 3° N. 1863. Amber-coloured gum exudes profusely
from the stem. Sp. of “ Looban," or frankincense. (739.)
XXXI. ANACARDIACEZE.
1 R h m v i l l o s a , L.; thorny flowering shrub, 2° S. and 3° N. 1861 and 1862.
(415.)