2 R l i u s s p . ; “ M’sangool’a ; ” shrub with white-scented flowers and light foliage;
not edible ; wood makes tooth-scrubbers for natives, who imagine th at
plants for spinage can be found if its seeds are thrown about. Madi,
Dec. 1862. (697.)
1 O d i n a f r u t i c o s a , Hochst.; “ M’sangar’a ; ” lofty, elegant, thornless, 6 ft.
circ. tre e ; wood made into posts. Madi heights, 3° N. Dec. 1862. Gum,
sweet tasting; pods, glossy and a red brown. (672.)
2 O . S c h i m p e r i , Hochst.; “ M’ooooinboo; ” 3 ft. circ. tre e ; wood heavy; nets
for game made from its roots; fruit scarcely edible. 5° S. to 3° 1ST. (549.)
1 S c l e r o c a r y a b i r r e d , Hochst.; “ M’choowee; ” grows to 12 ft. circ.; the kernels
of the fruit (whose unripe sarcocarp is apple-scented) are milky and
eaten like ground-nuts; leaves of young branches are notched at tips,
older ones are pointed; large grain-mortars and stools are made from its
red wood; forest tree ; occasional. 5° S. and 3° 15/ 1ST. (682.)
1 S o r i n d e i a M a d a g a s c a r e n s i s , DC*; 8 ft. circ. tree; the 2 ft. long bunches (say 200
plums each) of sparrow-egg-sized, mango-tasting, yellow fruit, hang curiously
from the main trunk and boughs like parasites; they grow also
from amongst the leaves. Banks of rivers. 7° S. Oct. 1860. (25.)
I A n a c a r d i a c e c e ? ? ‘ ‘ M’soowee; ” circ. 7^- ft. Leaves compound, smelling of
sweetbriar; flowers 3 in. long, erect catkins; edible bullet-sized plum;
timber somewhat like deal, but heavier, and made into grain-mortars.
Turah nullah, Jan. 15, 1861; and Madi, 3° N. (8.)
XXXII. LEGUMINOSZE.
1 O r o t a l a r i a g l a u c a , Willd .; “ M’caawse; 3 ft. high. Plantain - groves,
Unyoro, 27th Aug. 1862. The people of Madi eat its flowers, pods, and
' leaves as spinage. (566.)
2 G . c a l y c i n a , Schrank; plateaux. 2° N. Oct. 1862. (573.)
3 G . c e p h a l o t e s , Steud.; bare woods. 3° and 2° N.
4 C . m o s s a o n b i c e n c i s , K l.; 6 ft. high; flowers bright yellow. Zungom^ro,
Oct. 1862; and Nile banks, Nov. 1862.
5 O . c a p e n s i s , Ja c q .; light soil forests. Alt. 3800. 5° S:
6 G . g l o b i f e r a , Mey. ; field weed. 4° 18' S. March 1861. (176.)
7 G . s t r i a t a , DC.; rank cult. Alt. 3800. 5° S., 33° E.
8 G . i n c a n a , L. ; dry soil. Right bank Nile. 5° 10' N.
9 C . G o r S e n s i s , G. and P. ; height 6 in. Alt. 5000. 5° .S. Feb. 1862. (442.)
10 G . n . s p . ; grows in light tu fts ; hills. 2° S. Dec. 1861. v (397.)
I I G . t v . s p . ? very handsome ; fallow and grassy ground. 2° N. Aug.. 1862.
12 G . ? s p . ; long ro o t; near cult., 4° 18' S., April 1861. (183.) "
1 L u p i n u s a l b u s , L. ; var. Cult., 15° N., March 1863. Now ripe.
1 T r i f o l i u m p o l y s t a c h y u m , Fres. ; E. Airican chain., Alt. 4700., Dec. 1860.
1 I n d i g o f e r a p a u c f o l i a , Del. ; right bank Blue Nile, 16° N.; used for fencing
and firewood. Also Nile, 15° N.
2 I . m a r g i n e l l a , Steud.; erect stemmed; woody. Karagii§, March 1862. (483.)
3 I . p e n t a p h y U a , L .; Madi woods, Dec. 1862.
4 I . s t q n o p h y t t a , Guill. and Pers. ; waste ground, 3° N. Feb. 1863.
5 I . m d a n o t r i c h a , Steud. ; grassy plateaux, 2° N. (574.)
6 I . h i r s u t a , L. ; the natives do not use these indigo plants as dyes. 4° 18'
. S. , and 2° N. (182.)
7 / . e n d e c a p h y l l a , L .; small plant, with liquorice-tasting tapering root. Makata,
7° S. 3d Nov. 1860.
8 I . s p . ; growing 10 ft. high,amongst thorns, reeds, grasses, &c., M’Gseta river,
7° 20' S. Oct. 1860.
9 I . ? s p . ; bushy p lan t; open ground, 3° N., Dec. 1862.
1 P s o r a l e a p l i c a t a , Del. Nile banks. 16th April 1863.
1 T e p h r o s i a s p . ; Uganda groves. July 1862-.
2 T . s p . ; creeps along the ground amongst luxuriant cult. 5° S., 33° E. Alt.
3800. f r YVY
3 T . ¿ p i ; 8 ft. to 9 ft. high. Madi burn bank* Dec. ,1862.
4 T . s p . ; leaves small, and prettily ribbed behind.,, 3°N., 14th Dec. 1862.
5 T . V o g e l i i , Hook. fil.; rich white flowers, bushy, and 7 ft. h ig h ; sometimes
hedging dwellings; a mash of its leaves is used in destroying fish. 1° to 2q
N., 1862. (587.)
6 T e p h r o s i a l o n g i p e s , Meisn. Karagiié, March 1862, alt. 5000 ft. (487.)
7 T . s p . ; grows in tufts ; many-podded; hills, 2° S., Dec. 1861. (401.)
8 T . s p . (drawing—no specimen) ; purple flowered plant, covered with silky
pubescence; 1° 4 2 'S. Feb. 1862. (431.)
9 T . s p . (drawing—no specimen) ; stem inclining to four-cornered ; covered,
as also the backs of the leaflets, with brown crooked hairs. 1° 42' S., and
0° 30'N. 1862. (432.)
1 S e s b a n i a A E g y p t i a c a , Pers. ; tree 30 inches in girth ; herdboys use its seeds as
a ra ttle ; Indian hedge plant. 3° N. Dec. 1863. (710.)
1 H e r r r v i n i e r a E l a p h r o x y h n , Guill. and Per. The ‘ ‘ Ambash ” or p ith tree of the
Nile, from 3° to 8° N. Natives use its light logs to assist them when swimming
across the Nile ; grows so rapidly th at in three years it almost choked
up the channel of the R. Bahr-el-Gazelle. March 1863.
1 A s t r a g e d u s v e n o s u s , Hochst.; herbaceous plant; groves, 1° N. (529.)
1 P i m m s a t i v u m , L. ; cult, at Karagiié. Alt. 4000 to 5000 ft. Feb. 1862. (466.)
1 A r a c h i s h y p o g c e a , L. ; ground nut. Cultivated to a small extent from 7° S.
to 2° N. Eaten roasted, boiled, or converted into an oil. (64.)
1 D e s m o d i u m s p . ; 7 to 9 ft. high ; sticky mouldy stem ; abundant in grassy
forests; Uganda and Unyoro. 1862. (434 and 568.)
1 U r a r i a p i c t a , Desv.; foot high; rocky soil; Madi, Dec. 1862. (666.)
1 A l y s i c a r p u s W a l l i c h i i , W . and A. var. ; a decoction of its leaves used along
with Calophanes radicans to reduce or soothe swollen legs. Karagiié hills
and grassy plains of Unyoro. Feb. and Sept. 1862. (435.)
1 S m i t h i a n . s p . ; near cult. Mininga. 4° 18' S. (177.)
1 Z o m i a d i p h y U a , Benth. ; in tufts, on surface rocks, Unyoro forests. Aug.
1862.
1 A E s c h y n o m e n e i n d i c a , L. ; “ M’psecee; ” “ Solah” of India; in marshes generally.
5° S. to 2° N. In Sept. (the height of the dry season, a t 3° S.)
this plant lies dead on the dried mud ; use, floats for nets ; erect, 7 ft.
high. (127.)
2 A E . S c h i m p e r i ? Hochst.; “ Kong’golo ; ” sp. of Indian “ Solah” (pith);
20. ft. high bushy tree. Waganda make their shields of its light wood;
"Wanyoro use it as trimmers and door-bolts ; Wanyamìiézi as load-levers.
Oct. 1862. (615,)
1 A l h a g i M a u r o r u m , Tourri.; thorny plant eaten by camels; Thebes, 261° N.
May 1863.
1 G l y c i n e l a b i a l i s , W. and A .; slender climber ; plateaux, 2° N., Nov. 1862.
1 G a n a v d l i a g l a d i a t a ? DC. ; waxy, sweet-scented, rose-pink flowers. Wanyamìiézi
spin its beans as an amusement ; amongst grasses, Chopeh, 22d
Nov. 1862. (628.)
1 E r y t h r i n a s p . ; handsome scarlet flowering shrub, with moulded stem and
slightly bent down thorns. Karagiié, Feb. 1862. (426.)
1 V i g n a l u t e o l a , Benth. ; “ Koondé ; ■ coarse bean, cult, by natives, 5° S., and
2° N. Karagiié, March 1862. (489;)
2 V . s p . ; creeper, with rose-coloured flowers. M’gseta banks, 7° 20' S., 38° E.
1 L a b l a b v u l g a r i s , Savi.; coarse bean; ‘‘Gueengueezoo” and “ Maharagé; ”
grown on the E. coast, and Karagiié. Feb. 1862. Leaves are dried and made
into a spinage. (425.)
1 P s o p h o c a r p u s s p . ; climber, with winged pods overhanging water, M’bwiga.
Alt. 1354., 7° 24' S.
1 D o l i c h o s b i f l o r u s , L. ; small herbaceous plant, 6° 55' S., Oct. 1860.
2 D . ? s p . ; Trefoil leaves. Usui slopes. Nov. 1861. (206.)
3 D . ? s p . ; resembles the “ d a ll” of India. 2° N. Oct. 1862.
1 P h a s e o l u s l u n a t u s , L. ; Duffin bean. Kazeh. 5° S. 1860.
2 P . M u n g o , L,; “ Moong ke d a l” of India. Sown in ridges, 5° S. Uncommon.
(59 and 82.)
1 B h y n c h o s i a v i s c o s a , DC. ; near cult. Unyoro. Nov. 1862.
2 jR . s p . ; elegant racemes of erect flowers. 2° S. Dec. 1861. (416.)
3 R . m i n i m a , DC. M’gseta banks, 7° 20' S., 38° E.
1 P a c h y r h i z u s s p . ? 4 ft. high, with handsome flowers. Madi woods, Jan. 1863.
1 G a j a n u s i n d i c u s , DC. ; pigeon-peas; “ Baraz” (Kis.); or Indian “ Urrur
“ ke d a ll;’’ met with and cultivated everywhere; grows to 7 ft. high;