yehye, 6° 24' S., where the water was undrinkable from brackishness: salt
extracted from its ashes. (46.)
1 F r a n c i m r i a c r i s r p a , Cass.; Nile, 16° N. April 16, 1863.
I V a r t h e m i a A r a b i c a , Boiss.; Nile, 16° N. April 16, 1863.
1 G r a n g e a m a d e r a s p a t a n a , Poir.; grows flatly ; Nile bank, 14°-15° N.
1 P o l o a i s p . ; 1ft. high; flowers yellow; root fibrous; sandy soil 3° N. Deo.
1862.
2 P . ? ? sp.; pretty little white flowering plant, covering fallow ground 2° N
Aug. 1862.
1 A m b r o s i a m a r i t i m a , L .; bushes of it cover the sloping clay banks of the
Nile at 16° N. April 16, 1863. 6 J
1 E d i p t a e r e c t a , L.; weed; white flowers. 74° S. Oct. 1860.
1 W e d e l i a s p . ; root woody ; common by roadsides. 6° S. Alt. 3800 ft.
2 an4 stem PurPl e ; Uganda plantain (527, No. 2.) wastes, July 18, 1862.
1 S p U a n t h e s A f r i c i m a , DC.; single small yellow flower; Bobeho. Alt. 4700
ft. 6 38 S., Dec. 1860 ; and 2° N., Oct. 1862.
1 G h r y s a n t h e l l u m I n d i c u m , DC.; by cult., 2° N. Aug. 1862.
1 V e r b e s i n a s p . ; 1 | ft. high; flower yellow; fields, 4° 1 8 'S. (187.)
2 V . s p . ; Gani., 3° N., Deo. 1862 ; and leaves from 1° 42' S. Dec. 1861. (448 )
3 V . s p . ; yellow cornflower; 4 ft. high. 1° 4 2 'S. 1861. (406.)
4 f H l E t0 S PurPle a t lower part of stem ; covering fallow ground,
1 42 b. March 1862. Sometimes roots from the stem. (448 )
1 B i d e n s l e u c w n t h a , L. 1° 42' S., Dec. 1861 ; and 2° N., common. ’ (394 )
1 X i m e n e s i a e n c e l i o i d e s , Cav.; flowers yellow. 15i° N. April 1863.
1 O o t u k i a b y s s i n i c a , Schultz; most diminutive, with yellow flower • by a well-
Nile, March 1863. ’
1 G n a p h a l i u m s p . (near G . S c h i m p e r i ) ; large bush, with handsome clusters of
soft white flowers; by water, 1° 42' S. Dec. 1861. (409.)
1 H e l i c h r y s u m s p . {near H . f e r r u g i n u m ) ; everlasting yellow flowers; root
woody; East Coast range, 7° 24' S. Oct. 30, 1860.
1 A n t e n n a r i a s p . ; hills of Chogwe, 6° 51' S., Alt. 3000 ft. Nov. 13, 1860
1 K l e i m a ? s p . ; diminutive, with port-wine flowers. Alt. 1750 ft. Oct. 1860
1 E m i l i a s p . ; orange flowers; stems leafless; plantain groves, 1°N. Ju lv 1862.
y DC.; Zanzibar, 7° 27/ S., &c.; orange flowers.
3 E l i ’ I 862' ^464 oraDge flowers; grows bushily by cult., 1° 42' S .,
1 S e n e c i o s p . ; weed; Unyoro fields. Nov. 1862.
1 E c h i n o p s s p . ; 4 ft. h ig h ; pink-flowered, alternate-leaved thistle. 2° 41' S
and 2 N. Eeb. 1861. Alt. 4200 ft. (141.)
2 E . s p . ; elegant plant, with bushing branches and round blue flower. Madi
wastes. Dec. 1862.
1 O u l l u m i a s p . (near a Cape sp .); diminutive plant, 5° 5' S., alt. 3900 ft. 1860.
y V 'Dec>W1862Wering tMstle’ vetT handsome. 2° N., Aug. 1862; and
3 O . s p . ; pretty plant. 4° 18' S., March 1861. (170.)
1 G a r t h a m u s t i n c t o r i u s , L.; “ Gartoom” (Turk); Safflower; cult, for its oil,
used m burning, a t Xartoom, 154° N. Feb. 2, 1863. (778.)
1 A r d o t i s fl^ [ ter3g Q ^ est soarlet '> drooping; light-soiled open forest,
2 A . 1 1 s p . ; flower erect; deep scarlet; root tuberous; common, E. Equatorial
Afnca. 1860. 1
i ^ e ^ l u TTe a c u P i t r a p a L .; star-thistle; delicately scented; Thebes and Camac,
o n 1 QCQ am seen carrying away a load of it—probably for fodder. May
Z v , jL QUO.
1 G e r b e r a p i l o s e l l o i d e s ? Cass. Usagara hills, 6° 5 1 'S. Nov. 13, 1860. Alt.
3000 ft.
1 D i c o m a s p . ».; pale pink pistils. 1° 4 2 'S. 1862. (459.)
1 L a c t u c a s p . ; spinage is made of the leaves, 7J° S.; 37° 31' E. Oct. 1860
1 S o n c h u s o l e r a c e u s , L.; flower yellow; stem milky; by water, 1° 42' S Feb
1862. (407.) 2° N. April 1862. * 3 ’
1 C o m p o s i t a d u b i a ; flower yellow; root carrot-shaped. 6° 55' S. Oct. 1860.
XLY. SAPOTACEA5.
1 B a s s i a , P a r h i i , G. Don; Sheabutter; “ Meepampa; ” tree, 10 to 15 ft. in
girth, with bare branches, the leaves and flowers raying from their tips •
general look of an oak; villagers cut away the very thick b a rk ; milk
exudes profusely, forming a hard white insoluble gum; timber cross-grained,
cedar-coloured, and too hard for the soft iron tools of natives; flowers
3^N Decei1862 *^650"’ ^ oovere4 tlle honey-bee; only seen at
1 C h r y s o p h y t t m n f s p . (seed only); “ Chenjha; ” girth 10 ft. ; lofty tree ; fruit
green gage size, with one to three flat stones; a sweet drink is made from
them p u lp ; wood made into spear-handles. 5° S. to 3° 15' N.; near water.
(93.)
2 O . s p . ; (near G . M a c a l i g m o n t a n u m ) ; very m ilk y ; tree growing like a huge
i ¿ ° ni f,ace. of the rocky hills, 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862. Leaves (chiefly
at the branch-trps, where the fruit is found) silvery white underneath -
ropes made from inner bark; frequent. (703.)
1 M i m u s o p s K u m m e l , Bruce; “ M’nyemvee; ” lofty tree, 5 ft. in girth, bed of
rocky stream, 3° 15' N., Dec. 1862; common; fruit one-stoned, dry, but
sweet-tasted; orange-yellow, and sometimes reddish.
XLVI. MYRSINEiE.
1 h r n h e l i a s p . ; “ M’Ssekaer’a ; ” 30 inch circ. tree, whose young shoots grow
straight for 10 ft., with a red-brown mould over them; fruit not edible,
and small, like shot. 3 15' N. Dec. 1862. (695.)
XLVII. OLEACEJE.
1 C h i o n a n t h u s ? s p . ; “ Meesoo;” a wild olive; handsome, lofty, tall-trunked
tree, m low moist ground, 3° 15' N., with sweet-scented white flowers-
edible, large pea-sized, one-stoned drupes in clusters. Dec. 1860. (701.) ’
XLVIII. JASMINACEiE.
1 J a s m n u m s p . (no specimen), in shaded nullah bed, Ukuni, 4° S. Sept. 1861.
XLIX. APOCYNEdE.
1 L a n d o l p k i a f l o r i d a ? Pal.; a tree-climber, remarkably milky, with clusters of
white scented flowers, covering lofty trees. Wahiyowmake playing-balls
of its rubber. Natives say, if its milk be rubbed on the body, it is difficult
to get it off, while that of the “ M’pira,” another “ india-rubber,” can be
easily washed off. (707.)
1 G a r i s s a s p . ; girth 30 in .; flowers handsome; jasmine-scented; in red clusters
before blooming, afterwards becoming a pink-white; double, straight
inch long pink-tipped thorns; bark, mouldy-green; banks of Little Windermere,
1° 4 2 'S. Dec. 3, 1861. (214.) J 0 ’
2 O . s p . ; “ M’fombwah; ” resembling an orange-tree, but with 2 in. long, pinkpomted,
double thorns, and clusters of jasmine-scented flowers; branches
angle wherever the leaves and thorns are thrown out; fruit eaten by the
Wanyamiifei, and its disagreeably smelling tasteless roots used by to
remedy coughs and chest complaints. 3° N. Dec 1862. (688.)
1 A d e m u m s p ; 3 ffc high, scarlet-flowering bush, with swollen rapidly-tapermg
branches. 4 N., Ban country. Feb. 15, 1863. (766.)
7 m 1P ’ \ 2 ft. high, with nch pink flowers. 6° 55' S. Oct. 1860.
t i K o n t i common; jasmine-scented plant or bush. Alt. 1300
to 1500 ft. M’bwiga. Nov. 1860. -
L. ASCLEPIADEdE.
1 T a c a a z e a , s p . ; milky-climber, with minute, red flowers, and covered with red
1 P e c ' 1 ’ and -Nile banks, 6°N., Feb. 1863. (711 )
1 O c U o t r o p i s p r o c e r a , B. Br., “ Madar” of Punjab; met with 3° 15' N„ in Feib
1 n«™,- ;0Uf f t ™ 0 » 41ie.■E'gypUa^ country; not seen since 7° S.
n/ iS- i o^o ; w^ 1*e-d°wered climber. 2° 1ST., Nov. 1862- and o 1U JN. 1863. y
1 G o m p h o c a r p u s s p . (near G f r u t i c o s u s ) ; 4 to 5 ft. high bush; near recent cultiv
a tio n ; rare. 5 S.. 33 E. 1861. ™