2 C h e n o p o d i u m b o t r y s , L.; 2 to 6 ft. high; smells medicinally; its leaves and
flowers, pounded into flour, are applied to eruptions on the legs; extremely
handsome in its bright red autumnal colours; about houses and fields,
1° 42' S., March 5, 1862; and 2°41' S. (200 and 465.)
LXX. AMARANTACEJE.
1 C e l o s i a a r g e n t e a , L.; 4 ft. high, with salmon-coloured flowers; the stem of
the season falls down and takes root; near cult., Uganda, and 2° N.,
Ju ly 1862. (531.)
2 C . t r i g y n a , L.; pot-herb; by huts, Nov. 1862.
1 A m a r a n t u s c a u d a t u s , L.; Love lies bleeding; carmine flowers and pinkveined
leaves; grown near huts for medicinal purposes—natives boiling the
stems and leaves, washing the head with the infusion, and rubbing the
powder of its charred roots into cuts made in the temples, to cure headaches,
p w ® l ° to 3 °N . (449.)
2 A . b l i t u m , L.; wild amaranth (no specimen, fig. and description); flowers
white; 3 to 5 ft. high; near huts, in rank vegetation, 1° 42' S. and 3° N.
April 1862. (493.)
1 J E r u a l a n a t a , Juss.; pot-herb; grows prettily over huts like an ivy, 7i° S.
and. 2° N. Not. 1862, &c.
2 A i . j a v a n i c a , Juss.; on shingle desert near Berber, 174° N. Not met with
till in these latitudes. 144° N., March and April 1863.
1 A c h y r a n t h e s a s p e r a , L.; about huts, 4° 18' S., March 1863. (184) The same
(monstrous, 768); 4 to 6 ft. high; Nile edge, 7° N. Its root mashed, put in
hot water, and applied as a poultice to Bombay’s ear, brought a discharge,
and cured him of temporary deafness.
1 D i g e r a a r v e n s i s , Forsk.; by a well, Nile bank, 174° N., March 1863.
1 A m a r a n t a c e a r u m , n o v u m g e r m s ; about corn-fields of Mininga, 4° 18' S.
March 1861. (179.)
LXXI. PHYT0LACCACE2E.
1 P h y t o l a c c a A b y s s i n i c a , Mey.; bush w ith scarlet berries, whose pulp colours
_ cloth or the fingers gamboge ; 1° 42' S. Alt. 5000 ft., Dec. 1861. (217.)
LXXH. THYMELA3ACEA3.
1 O n i d i a i n v o l u c r a t a , Steud. ; 3 ft. h igh; on bare heights of Madi, 3° 15' N.
Dec. 1862.
L X X m . EUPHOBBIACE.fi.
1 E u p h o r b i a h y p e r i c i f o l i a , L . ; its juices, rubbed upon a snare, are supposed to
attract guinea-fowl. 2° N., Oct. 1862. (602.)
2 E . s p . ( b r a c t e i s l o n g e c a u d a t i s ) , 5 ft. high, bush growing in light soil,
Unyanyembe, 5° S. 1861.
3 E . a n t i q u o r u m , L. (no specimen); “ M’to o p a;” tree 3 to 44 ft. in
girth, with four to six angled 12 in. circ. boughs; common over the
whole route as fences, solitary trees, &e., and dotting the bare bills of
KaragQe, alt. 5000 ft. The Bari people, at 44° N., tried to poison the running
streams with its branches as we marched through; its milk is used as
a glue. (151.)
4 E . t i r u c a U i ? L. “ M’nyal’a ; ” a dense fence of this tree-sized bush surrounds
nearly all the villages in the Land of the Moon, growing often to
twenty odd feet h ig h ; a variety creeps over rocks. The milk is used for
poisoning fish. 7° S. to 34° N. (1514 and 675.)
5 E . s p . ; 10 ft. high, bushy, with m a r k e d leaves; flowers small, in red
panicles ; drips with m ilk ; ra re ; only seen at 3° 15' N., by villages. Feb.
1862. This specimen; not having died, is now growing at Kew. (754.)
1 A c a l y p h a c r e n a t a , Hochst. ( = i n a i c a L.), by cult., 5° S. and 2° N. Aug.
1863. (545.)
2 A . v i U i c a i d i s , Hochst. ; pink pistles, much branched.
3 A . s p . ; brushwood on bank of Madi bum. Dee. 1862.
4 A . s p . - , “ M’csete ; ” its wands of great length and uniform thickness, with
reddish or hazel bark, are’made into strong trays and baskets by the
people of Unyoro, 2° N . ; also by rivulets, 1° 42' S. Nov. 1861. (161
and 625#.) The roots are chewed, but have no taste.
5 A c a l y p h a s p . Karagüé, 1° 42' S. Nov. 1861.
6 A . s p . M’bwiga, 7 24' S. Alt. 1350 ft. ; overhanging water.
1 T r a g i a c o r d a t a , Vahl. ; “ M’wavee;” nasty stinging climber, paining for a
longer time than the n e ttle ; by water in thicket, 1° 42' S. Alt. 5000 ft.
Dec. 6, 1861. (388.)
1 R i c i n u s c o m m u n i s , L. ; castor oil; found ■ everywhere near dwellings; oil for
unguents or itch is expressed; no case observed of its having been used
internally. The leaves have virtues amongst natives. (121.)
1 C r o t o n , s p . (near tilifolium); “ M’pcefoo;” 30 in. circ. tree, with soft,
beech-tree looking b a rk ; in shady, moist ground, 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
Inflorescence a panicle of a half inch diameter; spherical seed-vessels, whose
stalks are covered with a dry red d u s t; immense leaves, swelling somewhat
like celery; no uses known; not common. (706.)
1 C r o z o p h o r a p l i c a t a , A. Ju s s .; small pink flowers; grows flat on dry clay,
Nile edges, 16° N. March 16, 1863.
1 J a t r o p h a s p . ; foot high; root firmly set in the ground; a yellow or gamboge
colour exudes at incisions, shining on paper after becoming d ry ; seed-vessel
(unripe) with three hard-rinded seeds; uncommon; near stream, 3° 15' N.
Jan. 2, 1863. (736.)
1 M a n i h o t u t i l i s s i m a , var. h e t e r o p h y U a ; “ Mahogo;” the staple food of
Zanzibar people, where some kinds can be eaten raw, boiled, fried, roasted,
or in flower; not met with between the equator and 15° N., 4° 18' S.. áte.
(68.)
1 A n i s o n e m a m u l t i j i o r u m ; by water, 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
1 P h y l l a n t h u s n i r w ñ , L .; by dwellings, 2° N. Oct. 1862.
1 C l u y t i a l a n c e o l a t a , Forsk.; shrub by water, 1° 42' S. Feb. 1862. (421
and 479.)
1 B r i e d e l i a s p . ; Madi, rocky heights. Feb. 1862.
2 B . s p . ; branches have blunt thorns, grow level and thiekly; Madi bum,
3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
1 H y m e n o c a r d i a H e u d e l o t i i , Planch.; 30 in. circ. tree, with brittle wood;
“ M’palanyonga.” 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862. (733.)
LXXIY. CEBATOPHYLLEfi.
1 C e r a t o p h y U u m s p . ; water p lan t; Nile, 2° N. Oct. 1862.
LXXY. SALI CINE A3.
1 S a l i x A E g y p t i a c a , L .; Gherri Pass, by edge of Nile, 16° N. March 1863.
LXXYI. DLMACE.fi.
1 C e l t i s i n t e g r i f o l i a ; “ M’Lasweh;” 12 ft. girth, thickly-foliaged, hand-
Bome tree. The natives of Fipa are said to make necklaces from its seeds.
3° 30' N. Feb. 1863. (753.)
LXXYII. UBTICACEfi.
1 U r t i c a d i o i c a ? L . ; 3 ft. high by borders of Lake Windermere, 1°40' S.,
where its 2-ft. long tapering roots are used medicinally; at 2° N.
found it by habitations growing 7 ft. high. (392 and 470.)
1 F l e u r y a c e s t u a n s ? On rook under shade of tree, 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
- (703.)
1 C a n n a b i s s a t i v a , L . ; “ Bhang; ” grows 5 ft. high near cottage dung-heaps in
the L and of the Moon, where the men whoop and scream loudly while smoking
it. 4° 1 8 'S, April 1861. (75.)
1 F i c u s s y c a m o r u s , L .; Sycamore fig; “ M’Ivooyoo; ” bark-eloths are sometimes
made from young trees of i t ; found along tlie whole route; also in
Egypt, Schendi. April 1863. Yields a birdlime for the natives.
2 F . r i p a r i a , Hochst.; leaves rounded, and dessert-plate size. (40.)
3 F . sp .; 12 ft. circ. ; leaves lanceolate; rich, sweet, pear-shaped, half-inch
diameter fruit. Jan. and Feb. 1863. (752.)
4 F . K o t s c h y a n a ? Miq.; “ M’koo; ” trunk, 12 to 20 ft. circ., with huge boughs;
several barks can be stripped off a single individual of this genus for bark-
cloths, without injuring the tree, if the bare part be for a time wrapped