with here and there two long pods attached; these latter are used for lashing
round poisoned arrows instead of leather; fruit said to be edible;
uses—boats, drums; wood takes a fine polish. The largest growing tree in
Uhiyow. Wahiyow say it is their largest tree. 7° S. Oct. 31, 1860. (4)
2 Z y g i a s p . ; 20 to 30 ft. high; gracefully foliaged; honey-sucking birds hover
amongst its branches. 2° 41 S. Nov. 1861. (205.)
XXXIII. MYRTACEiE.
1 S y z y g i u m G u i n e e n s e , DO.; “ M’sawa;” 20 to 30 in. circ. tree ; fruit edible;
timber red and cross-grained. 3° N. Dec. 18, 1862. (708.)
1 G a r y o p h y l l u s a r o m a t i c u s , L . ; Clove; groves of them cult, for exportation at
Zanzibar.
XXXIV. ONAGRARIA.
1 B p i l o b i u m h i r s u t u m , L. ; willow herb; pink flowers. By edge of Marenga-
M’khalS stream, alt. 3900 ft., 6° 44' S. Nov. 1860.
1 J u s s r n a v i U o s a Lam. ; 4 ft. high. Marshes, 3° N., Nov. 1862'; and Nile
banks, 10° N., March 1863.
2 J . r e p e n s , L . Near springs, 5° S. Flowers yellow. 2° N. Oct. 1862.
3 J . l i u i f o l i a ? Vahl.; stem and leaves tinted red; flowers yellow. 71° S.
Oct. 1860. ,
4 J . a u g u s t i f o l i a , Lam. Zungomero river bank, 74° S. Oct. 1860.
1 L u d v n g i a p a r v i f l o r a , Roxb. Near moisture, TJnyoro. Nov. 1862.
1 T r a p a n a t a n s , L.; “ Singara.” The Waganda gather its four-pronged nut on
the shores of Victoria N’yanza; wild boars eat them. Equator and Nile,
2° N. May and Nov. 1862. (515.)
XXXV. LYTHRACEzE.
1 L a w s o n i a a l b a , Lam.; “ Hin’a,” or i£Henna;” dye shrub. Philce ruins, Nile,
24° N. May 16, 1863.
1 N e s m a e r e c t a , Guill.; diminutive p la n t; swamps. Madi. Oct. 14, 1862.
1 A m m a n n i a v e s i c a t o r i a , Roxb.; in bog on Madi rocks. Dec. 1863.
XXXVI. COMBRETACETE.
1 C o m b r e t u m d e a g n i f o l i u m ; Planch. Madi. 3° N. Dec. 1862.
2 G . s p . ( T e r m i n a l i a h i r t a , Steud); velvet-surfaced leaf, rough underneath ; no
timber. E. African chain, alt. 4700 ft., 6° 3 0 'S. Dec. 19, 1860. (34.)
3 0 . s p . (like one of Kotschy’s); thicket bush, with arching branches, and
four-winged ovate capsules; leaves rather linear, in whorls of fours, with
shining surface, and wavy entire edges; in water-eourses. Madi. 3° N.
Dec. 20, 1862. No uses. (717.)
4 G . s p . ; “ M’Landal’a ; ” 30-in. circ. stunted tree; abundant in all forests;
fruit in bunches, of four-winged, rounded capsules; leaves eliptical, alternate,
crisp, and glossy. (121.5.)
5 G . s p . ; 5 to *6 ft. high; shrub, with rich, port-wine coloured, bottle-brush
shaped flowers. Near water, amongst rank vegetation, 7° S. 38° E. Oct.
1860.
6 G . s p . ; four-winged capsules. Madi. Feb. 1863.
7 G . s p . ; Madi. Dec. 1862. (734.5.)
8 G . s p . ; no specimen; handsome creeper; stamina and corolla all of a brilliant
vermilion colour; capsules five-winged; branches boughing over, and at
times seen catching hold of and climbing up tre e s ; flowers like bottle-
brushes on the dead-like, now leafless, stems. 5° S., Ukuney, Aug. 1861.
(91.)
1 T e r m i n a l i a s p . ; “ M’foofoo;” handsome trunked tree, 10 to 12 ft. circ.;
wood, lemon-yellow under the bark, cutting into which a sticky juice
exudes. The Arabs of Unyanyembe build their houses of this wood.
Wanyamii&i tin t their bark-cloths yellow with it; fruit, flat oblong, 2 by
! in. , winged all round the spherical seed ; kernel as sweet as an almond.
Gani. Dec. 1, 1862. (643.)
1 P o i v r e a s p . ; near P . c o n s t r i c t a . Zanzibar. Aug. 1860.
1 A n o g e i s s u s a c u m i n a t u s , Wall.; 4 to 6 ft. circ. tree, with airy foliage; rare.
Bari country. 4° N. Feb. 13, 1863.
XXXVII. FICOIDEjE.
1 T r i a n t h e m a c r y s t a l l i n a ; Vahl. (not of Wight), ‘ ‘ Ice plant.” Sheep are said to
fatten readily upon it. Captain Speke had seen it in the Somali country.
Desert on right bank of Nile, 18° 45' N, May 1, 1863. (776.)
XXXVIII. MELASTOMACEZE.
1 O s b e c k i a e x i m i a , Sond.; 4 ft. high, purple flowering plant; near water.
Hkidi forest. Nov. 1862.
2 O . Z a n z i b a r i e n s i s , Naud. ; stem roughly-haired. Zanzibar. 1860.
1 A r g y r d l a i n s a n a , Naud. ; richly flowering (rose-pink) plant ; by water,
Karagiié, 2° S., Feb. 1862 ; and Ukidi, Nov. 1862. (403.)
1 T n s t e m m a s p . (near T . l i t t o r a l e ) ; rough-stemmed erect plant; surface of
leaves rough as a file when rubbed reversely; uncommon. Dee. 1862.
3° N. (730.)
XXXIX. CRASSULACEZE.
1 B r y o p h y l l u m c a l y d n u m , L.; very fleshy; planted by huts in Madi; said to
have medicinal properties ; also grows wild in dells. Dec. 1, 1862. (646.)
1 K a l e n c h o e g l a n d u l o s a , Hochst; 4 ft. high, fleshy plant. 2° S. Dec. 1861.
(387.)
XL. CUCURBITACEzE.
1 O i t r u l l u s c o l o c y n t l a s , Schrad. ; Shell colocynth; <<Hundhul” (Turk); from
the fruit, a ta n y , flsh-oil smelling liquid is extracted by heat, and sold a t 2d.
per pint, for smearing leather water-sacks previous to entering the desert ;
camels refuse its fresh-looking green leaves. Abo-Ahmed desert. 19° N.
May 2, 1863. (774.)
1 M o r n o r d i c a s p . (cf. -1/ V o g e l i i Planch.) ; climber, with rich creamy flowers
and prickly round fruit. S. and 2 |° N. Nov. 26, 1862. Whole plant
smelling unpleasantly. (633.)
2 M . s p . ; Zungomero, 74° S. Oct. 1860.
1 C u c u r b i t a m a x i m a , Duch. ; excellent pumpkin with large slightly elongated
fru it; leaves, male flowers, and seeds eaten cooked. 5° S. to 2° N. Oct.
1862. (599.)
1 L a g e n a r i a v u l g a r i s , Ser. <eBooyoo;” Bottle-gourd. Drinking-cups, bottles,
quivers, musical sounding-boards, &e., are all made from the fruit of this
useful plant ; common by habitations. (598. )
1 M u k i a s c a b r e t t a , Arm; climber. Nile banks, March 1863.
1 M e l o t h r i a t r i a n g u l a r i s , Benth. ; climber. Forest, 2 |° N. Dec. 1862.
1 B r y o n i a l a c i n i o s a , L. ; climber, with beautiful scarlet and white berries (beads
like them would be vastly admired by natives a t 2° N.) ; plant offensive to
handle. TJnyoro, Dec. 1862. ' (617.)
1 L u f f a p e n t a n d r a , Roxb.; Towel-gourd, grows wild over the garden fences,
TJnyamyembé, 5° S. 1861. Nile banks, 6°-9° N.
2 L . ? s p . ; amongst grasses ; fruit prickly. Nile, 16° N. April 16, 1863.
1 G o c c i n i a i n d i c a , W . and A. ; Waganda make garlands of the leaves. TJnyoro,
Nov. 1862. (597.) J
1 C u c u m i s s a t i v u s ; common cucumber; gardens of Arabs, 5° S. Called generally
“ Matango.” (67.)
1 G u c u r b i t a c e a ; creeper w ith yellow flowers. 7° 20' S. Oct. 1860.
2 G . s p . ; climbs up acacias ; flower, yellowish white ; leayes much divided.
Noer country, 84° N. March 9, 1863.
3 G . s p . ; ivy-leayed creeper. 7° 20' S. Oct. 1860.
4 G . s p . ; climber, flowers yellow, leaves compound. Zungomero, 7° 27' S. Oct.
1860.
1 C a r i c a p a p a y a , L.; grown in the gardens of Arabs. 5° S. (13. )
x l i . u m b e l l i f e r a ;.
1 H y d r o c o t y l e n a t a n s , L. ; marshes. 1° 39' N. AH, 3300 ft. Oct. 1862.
1 H e t e r o m o r p h a a b y s s i n i c a , Hochst.; flowering shrub. 2° S. Dec. 1861. (299.)
1 S t e g a n o t c e n i a s p . ; ' “ Meonga P èm b e ;” considered an-evil-producing tree;
with a branch in the hand, cattle or other property may be stolen without
discovery, it producing unconsciousness on those to whom the property may
belong; forest tree. Madi, &c. 1861-62. (639.)