round with plantain leaf, or otherwise protected, until a fresh hark ha»
grown; this tree also affords short ropes. 5" S. to 3° 30' N. (636.)
5 F i c u s s p . (P. g l u m o s c e p r o x i m e a f f i n i s s e d g l a b e r ) ; ‘ ‘ M’ehajrse; ” 5 ft. in girth,.
with reddish, globular, minute figs in leaf-axles; also a bark-cloth and
rope tree. 6° S. to 3° 15' N. (689.) Birdlime gathered from its trunk.
6 F . v i r g a t a ? Boxb.; branches erect, and very rough-surfaced leaves. \ 3° 15'
N. Deo. 1862.
1 P l a n t a e x o g e n a a n o m a l a d i o i c a (male flowers only) : woody shrub • “ Boss *
rock, 6° 4' S. Alt. 4068 ft. Dec. 28, 1860.
LXXVIII. ORCHIDEÆ.
1 L i s s o c h i l u s s p . ; yellow-flowering p lan t; by water; East Coast Range, alt.
4700 ft., 6“ 38' S.
2 A. s p . ; 5 ft. high, with yellow flowers, and unbranched, erect stein ; Karagüé,
2° 4 0 'S. March 1862. (463.) IP ■'
1 A n c j r m c j m 1 s p . ; in fruit; found upon a K i g e l i a ; - leaves speckled with
black; each seed-vessel has a long withered appendage attached; roots
uniform, with a yellow strong string in their centre. Some natives con-
sider these parasites a remedy for ojmthalmia, by mashing them in water,
and washing the whole body and eyes externally w ith the liquid. 3° 15' if
Dec. 1862. (716.) 1
1 A n s e U i a s p . ; found in thick clusters on lofty-stemmed trees ; Mbwiga, 7° 30'S.
Oct. 1860. ^ Alt. 1200 ft. Elowers yellow ; zebra-barred inside. TJhiyow
men know it by the name of “ Mitoolo,” and use its jointed roots medicinally.
1 P o l y s t a c h y a s p . ; growing upon Angræcum; root like a small onion; linear
6-in. long leaves. Dec, 1862. (715.)
LXXIX. SCITAMINEÆ.
1 A m o m u m s p . (leaves and seeds.) The scarlet underground fruit of Uganda, and
2 i N. Each is the size and shape of a small plantain ; four or five of those
adhere to one common short, stalk, growing underground at the root of the
stem, until ripe, when the^ ppsh up the earth like moles. The scarlet peel
and an inner white membrane are thrown away, while the pulp round thé
apple-like seeds is s u c k e d „ tasting like a lime, and said to be refreshing in
fevers; roots, in joints, grow creepingly, sending up and down shoots and
roots. The Waganda string the frujt into necklaces, Grows 4 ft. high, in
rather dry ground, amongst tall grasses ; frequent. May 1862. (631.)
I LXXX. MUSACEÆ.
1 M u s a s a p i e n t u m , L. (no specimen); plantain; “ N’deezee.” The staple
food of the countries one degree on either side of the equafor, acres of
ground being covered with, its groves. There are half-a-dozen varieties_
the boiling, baking, drying, fruit, and wine-making sorts. Uses—a chip
from the stem washes the hands, and makes the wet flesh-rubber of the
Waganda « thread and lashings for loads are also taken from the stem;
rain is collected in the green leaves, which can be made into an ingenious
temporary pipe ; the diy leaves make sereen-fences and sacks to hold grain
or provisions; the fruit dried (from Ugigi) is like a Normandy pippin; a
variety, when green and boiled, is an excellent vegetable, while another
• yields a wine resembling hock in flavour; at 2° N. they cease to be grown. (f^*) ,
2 M . e n S é t e ? Bruce ; one specimen looking at least 10 ft. circ. and only 5 ft.
high, growing outside a plantain-grove on the equator, was fruitless and wild,
with huge leaves, gigantic diameter, and quite an oddity, its stem being
only twice the height of its breadth, which seems the characteristic of this
plant. Numerous smaller ones grew amongst rocks at 3° 1 5 'N. Leaves
coarser than the plantain, with midrib brick-red. Its black, irregularshaped,
glossy seed is strung into necklaces, charms, and tiaras by the
Waganda ; no other uses known to our men ; goats seem fond of the leaves.
(630 and 516.5.)
LXXXI. TRTDE/E-
1 G l a d i o l u s s p . ; 2 ft. high; flowers white, with pink edges, 1° 40' S. Alt
5000 f t March 1862. (473.)
2 G . s p . ; flowers transparent horn-colour; moist ground, 5° 50' S. Alt.
4000ft. 1861.
3 G . s p . ; 24 ft. high, with yellow-tinged flowers; by fences and moist places,
5 50' S. 1861.
4 G . s p . ^ foot high with bright pink flowers; grows in quantities by hedges,
LXXXII. AMABYLLIDEiE.
1 C r m u m s p . ; umbellate bulbous lily; flower stalk 20 to 24 inch long, with
five drooping white flowers; a line of pink purple in the centre of each
petal; bum bank, 3° 1 5 'N. Jan. 1863; very handsome. (742.)
1 N a r c i s s u s ? s p . no specimen; umbellate, bulbous; 8 inches high; flowers white,
with a waxy yellow corona; its leaves, tasting of onions, codked with
mashed ground nuts, make a delicious spinage; on sandy, moist places,
about 6° S. Dec, 1860. (28.)
LXXXni. HYPOXIDEfE.
1 H y p o x i s s p . ; height 6 f t .; bushes of it grow where springs ooze from the
rock; linear leaves, from the crown only; stem 4 to 5 ft. girth at base; the
branches break like a rotten stick,—vitality only Showing in the very centre;
flowers withered; seemed purple. Dec. I860. Alt. 4068 ft. “ Boss’’ rock,
about 6° S. (782.)
2 F T . s p . ; bulbous, with yellow flower; E. of coast range. Oct. 1860.
LXXXIV. PONTEDEBIACEjE.
1 M o n o c h o n a n u t a n s , Beauv. ; aquatic plant, with blue flowers; floating leaves
cordate, submerged ones linear; stagnant water in bed of stream, 3° 15' N.
Dec. 1862. (726 and 727.)
2 M . s p . ; flowers white; leaves heart-shaped; roots purple and fibrous; grows
in stagnant water and mud which has lodged on rocks, 3° 15' N. Dec.
1862. (655.)
LXXXV. LILIACE7E.
1 A l o e s p . (no specimen, from fig. and notes); 12 to 15 ft. h ig h ; leaves linear, serrated,
fleshy, and from the crown only; growing upon a sandstone island,
Urigg valley, about 2? S. Nov. 1861. (147.) •
2 A . s p . ; inflorescence branched; flowers scarlet, with yellow tips; leaves 3
ft. long; surface marked w ith indistinct white streaks; their edges sharply
thorned, and the juice smelling disagreeably. . The Banians of the coast
cut its leaves into small pieces, soak them in lime juice, put them in the sun,
and a pickle is formed. 1° S. to 2° N., &c. (613 and 429.)
1 S a n s e v i e r a s p . ; small clusters of flowers grow upon the erect, branchless stem;
the long leaves yield the beautiful white ropery of Uganda; generally found
on mounds of red clay thrown up by white ants. (531.)
1 P e l t h e i m i a s p . ; inflorescence an erect plume ; upper bells pink, lower yellow;
appears in swamps, after the first burst of the ra in s; alt. 4400 f t . ; natives
collect its flowers for spinage; very good, but too honey-tasting. 6° S. and
1° N. 1860-61. (31.)
1 A l U u m c e p a , L. (no specimen); (onion);, cult, by Arabs only, a t 5° S.
1 S c i U a s p . ; small white flowers and onion-like root. 5° 5' S. Alt. 3600 ft.
1 U r g i n e a ? s p . ; Scaly b ulb; stem 3 ft. high, covered with white flowers, midribs
of sepals brown below; bulb tasted nauseous and bitter. The Men of
the Moon roast its leaves and stalks, and cook them as spinage; rocky
ground, 3° 1 5 'N. Dec. 1862, (702.)
1 A s p h o d d u s s p . ; common in every marsh, 6° 4' S. Dec. 1860.
1 C h l o r o p h y t u m s p . ; white flowers, in swamps, 5° 40' S. Alt. 3800 ft.
1 A s p h o d e l e a i n d e t e r m i n a t a ; common in bogs, 5° 50'. Alt. 4000 ft.
2 A . i n d e t e r m i n a t a (from fig. and notes, no specimen); stem 3 to 4 ft. high ■
flowers green, with white edges; leaves radical. 1° 40' S. Feb. 1862*
(419.) .