1 H e r p e s t e s f i o r i b u n d a , B. Br.; swamps, 3° 15' X. Dec. 1862.
1 I l y s a n t h e s s p . ; Q inch high; erect stem, with violet-coloured flowers;
amongst swampy grasses, 3° 15' NT. Dec. 1862.
2 I . s p . ; bushy minute plant; on rocky ground, 3° 15' X. Dec. 1862.
3 I . s p . ; diminutive; flowers white, red tinted inside ; by rock and water ; alt.
5500 ft. 1° 42' S. 1861. (211.)
1 V e r o n i c a , a n a g c d l i s , L.; E. Coast Bange, alt. 4700 ft. 6 38' S. Dec. 19, 1860.
1 S c o p a r i a d u i c i s , L .; common in waste ground, 5° 1' S. Alt. 4000 ft.
1 R a m p h i c a r p a f i s t u l o s a , Benth. ; dries black; swamps and meadows, 3° 15'
X. Dec. 1862. . .
1 G y c n i u m l a n g i f l o r u m , E. and Zey.; flowera (both pink and white) m tufts
during the very driest season; dries indigo colour; E. Coast Range. Nov.
1860. Common in dry localities. (443.)
2 G . s p . n . ; “ M’sweera M’dogo;” crawling, white-flowered, purple-stemmed
plant on bare open sandy heights, 3° 15 'X. Dec. 9, 1862. Dries b lack; uncommon.
Wanyamirfzi, when bitten by aparticular snake, cure themselves
by using the black fibrous roots of this plant. (670.)
1 S t r i g a S e n e g a l e n s i s , Benth. ; dries black. 2° 4 1 'S., alt. 4500 ft. N"ov. 1861.
(204.) .
2 S . h e r m o n O n c a , Ben th .; field p in k ; common in fallow ground; Uganda,
Aug. 1862. (572.)
1 S o p u b i a r a m o s a , Hochst.; erect, woody, pink-flowered plant in grassy plateaux.
2“ Nr., Oct. 20, and Dec. 1862. Wahiyow extract salt water (for cooking
purposes) from its ashes ; uncommon. (594)
2 S . s p . n . ; flower a rich p in k ; leaves in whorls of filaments; plant woody, and
tendency to purple ; dry ground, alt. 5500 ft., 1° 42' S. Dec. 1861. Uncommon.
(411.)-
1 S c r o p h v l a r i a c e a d u b i i g e n e r i s purple plant, with filiform leaves, and white
flowers ; stem smooth, shiny, and w oody; near water, 1° 42' S. Alt. 5000 ft.
Eeb. 1862. (402.)
LVII. LENTIBUXAEIEAiE.
1 U t r i c i d a r i a s p . ; yellow flowering floater; marshes, 2° X. Aug. 1862.
2 V . s p . (near T J . S t e l l a r i s ) . 2° N. Oct. and Nov. 1861.
L V in . BIGXOXIACEzE.
1 S t e r e o s p e r m u m s p . ; “ Mololo” (Kin.); 3 ft. circ. tre e ; in full pink-white
bloom, 3° 15' N. Jan. 26, 1863. Seed-vessel an 18-inch long, round,
purpled, silvery-spotted pod, like a whip-snake; sand-bees make their cocoons
from its delicate leaves; frequent by water ; wood useless. (750.)
2 S . d i s c o l o r , B. Br. This ordinary-sized tree ornaments the hillsides at (> -7°
S. with its rich blossom, perfuming the air to some distance. Alt. 1200 ft.
1860.
1 S p a t h o d e a k e o i s ? P. Beauv. (leaf only); Madi. Dec. 1862. Besembles
K i g e l i a ; 3 ft. circ. tree with file-surfaced, compressed, dry, serrate-edged
2 S . s p . (near S. c a m p a n u l a t a ); 4 ft. circ. 20 ft. high tree, with clusters of
the most brilliant scarlet flowers tipping its densely-foliaged branches;
thornless; inforests near springs; about 2 N. only. Sept. 8, 1862. (571.)
3 S . s p . (no specimen, from fig. and notes) ; pods 24 in. long, yellow, velvetfeeling,
w ith a double row of seeds ; flowers yellow; low grounds, 1° 42' S.
(427.)
1 K i g e l i a p i r m a t a , DC.; “ M’sankwa” (Kin.); “ Malegsea” (Kis.); everywhere;
Wanyamtt6zi polish their spear-handles with its leaves and san d ; they
roast mid eat its seeds in famines; an elastic wood, used for bows. (23.)
LIX. PEDALIACEZE.
1 S e s a m u m i n d i c u m , L .; “ Mafoot'a; ” article of food; cult, from 4 18' S.
to 2° X. (more or less) for its oil, also to be eaten toasted, or to flavour
potherbs. (74) j
2 S . s p . n * in rank vegetation attains a height of 8 feet, growing like the foxglove;
common in moist places, 5° S., 2° 41' S. Alts, 30U0 and 4000 ft.
(201.)
3 S e s a m u m s p . ; pink flowers ; 18 in. high ; in dry woods; stunted-like; 6° 55'
S., alt. 3800 ft., Mohonyera, Oct. 1860, &c.
4 S . s p . (near la s t); puiple flowers; common, 5° S. 1860.
L X SELAGINEZE.
1 H e b e n s t r e i t i a d e n t a t a , L.; E. Coast Bange, 6° 38' S. Alt. 4700 ft. Dec. 1860.
LXI. ACANTHACEiE.
1 T h u n b e r g i a a t m p l i c i f o l i a , E. Mey. ; orange-yellow flowers ; E. Coast Bange
6° 38' S. Alt. 4700 ft. Dec. 1860.
2 T . a l a t a , Boj.; twines round grasses; uncommon, 2° X. Ju ly 29, 1862.
(534)
1 N d s o / r d a t o m e n t o s a , B. Br.; common about waste fields, 7° 25' S.
1 B n l l i a n t a i s i a s p . ; 6 ft. high, 4 to 6 in. circ.; thick-jointed, regularlysquared
stem, with large, lilac-spotted flowers; ra re ; Uganda and Unyoro ■
near cult. Sept. 27, 1862. (583.) ’
2 B . s p . (cf. B . V o g d i a n a Benth.); aromatic smelling-plant, amongst rank
vegetation in low grounds, 7J° S. Alt. 896 ft. 1860.
1 G a l o p h a n e s r a d i c a n s 1 mashed and mixed w ith Alysiearpus AV alii chi i, and hot
water added, makes a soothing wash for swollen limbs. 1° 42' S. • low
grounds. Eeb. 1862. (436.)
1 H y g r o p h i l a s p . ; erect purple stem and flowers ; calyx, after throwing off the
corolla, becomes black. By water, 1° 4 2 'S. Eeb. 1862. (404.)
2 H . s p i n o s a , T. A n d .; three varieties observed, all probably the same plant__
one a dwarf on meadow ground, 3° 15' X .; 2d, 3 ft. high, near cultivation,
4° 18' S.; and 3d, a 10-ft. high 10-in. circumference plant, cultivated
inside the hut enclosures, 3 °1 5 'X ., for the salt its ashes produce. (582
589.)
1 R u d l i a p a t v X a f Jacq.; diminutive; open grounds, 3° 1 5 'X. Dec. 1862.
2 R . s p . (cf. c y a n e a and p r o s t r a t a ) ; blue flowers ; stem rather woody; growing
on the steep banks of the Xile amongst rocks and grasses, about 2° NT
Dec. 1862. Servants have eaten this plant as a spinage at Chogwe hills,
on E. coast of Africa. (665.)
1 P h a y l o p s i s l o n g i f o l i a , Sims.; rocky heights in shade, 3° 15' X. Dec. 1862.
1 B a r l e r i a s p . ; spiny diminutive p lan t; loc. forgotten. 1860.
2 B . s p . ; dry ground, 7° 10' S. Oct. 1860.
1 G r o s s a n d r a s p . ; foot high, with pale scarlet flowers, in patches under deep
shade, by water, 3° 15' X., Dec. 1862; and on rocky soil of Usui, Xov
1861. (685 and 135.)
1 L e p i d a g a t h i s m o l l i s , T. And.; inflorescence in balls of florets a t leaf-axles
3° 15' X. Dec. 1862.
1 B l e p h a r i s e d u l i s , Pers. This was the only vegetation found on the firm
sand desert behind Meroe, 16° 50' X. April 2, 1863.
1 A c a n t h u s a r b o r e u s , Forsk. var. p u b e s c e n s ; grows from 4 to 19 ft. high;
flowers pink, and handsome; low moist grounds generally. 2° S. to 1° N*
1861-62. (136.) •
1 J u s t i c i a b l e p h a r o s t e g i a , E. Mey.; rose-pink flowers. 1° 42' S. Eeb. 1862.
(433.)
2 / . ? s p . (cf. J . p a l u s t r i s ) ; by vegetation; Unyoro, 2° X., Oct. 1862. (494 and
603.)
3 J . s p . ; 10 inches h ig h ; in tufts all oyer the bare hills of Karagile; 1° 42' S.;
flowers yellow. Dec. 2, 1861. (213.)
4 J . (R o s t e U a r i a ) s p . ; eaten as spinage by the Expedition, but not appreciated.
5° 50' S. Alt. 4000 ft.
5 J . s p . ; woody hardy plant with white flowers; E. Coast Bange, 6° 38' S.
Alt. 4700 ft.
6 J . n e g l e c t a ? T. And.; climber; common near huts, amongst tall grasses; with
pretty pink flowers; 2° X. 1862.
7 J . s p . (near last). 7i ° S. Oct. I860.
8 J . s p . (near J . a n s e U i a n a ) ; amongst grasses of Madi swamps, 3° 15' X.
Dec. 1862.
1 S c h w a b e a c i l i a r i s , Xees. Common in low grounds, near rocks. 3° 15' X.
Dec. 1862.