I t t l o n o s a m r e s c e n s , Lindl. ; clove grove, Zanzibar, &c„ and 1° 40' S. Peb 1862
(484.)
1 D r a c a e n a s p . ; ‘‘ Mpopo MVeeto i . e . , wild beetul, nsed as fences growing
10 ft. high, with clusters of one-seeded berries from tips of branches; no resemblance
to beetul palm seen at Zanzibar. 2° N. Nov. 1862. (612.)
1 A s p a r a g u s s p . ; 4 to 6 ft. high; very elegant, with white flowers, attractive to
bees; thorned branches. Sore eyes are said to be cured by chewing its roots
with salt, and squirting the liquid into the eyes. 7° S., and in every forest •
a variety (or the same ?) climbs up trees with its opposite branches. (38.) *
1 S m t l a x k r a u s s i a n a , Meisn.; “ M’kolol’a ; ” 3 to 4 ft. high, growing in patches
in open dry forest, clinging to any support by its pair of tendrUs; stem is
thorned, and dies every season; dried leaves have a rich flavour of prunes *
roots, deeply imbedded, are stem-like, with knots showing the growth
of each year. Wanyamu6zi use its roots medicinally. Sept. 1861, and 3°
15 'N ., Dec. 1862. (207 & 739.5.)
LXXXVI. DIOSCOBEACEiE.
1 D i o s c o r e a s p .; tc veeazee-koo,” yam; grown here and there on mounds; leaves
opposite, with seven reticulated veins; stem has occasional green stumpv
thorns upon it. 5° S., to 2° N. (526.)
2 D . J m l H f e r a , L . ; climber, with alternate leaves, having reticulated veins, and
thornless stem; bulbs, Brazil-nut size and shape; cutting like a potato when
unripe, and eating pleasantly boiled. Plantain groves, 2° N. (151§, and
P. b. 526.)
LXXXVII. COMMELYNACEiE.
1 C o m m e l y n a s p . ; sky-blue flowers; spinage made from its leaves. Zanzibar.
1860.
2 a s p . ; 15 in. high, with chocolate-coloured flowers, on black soil, 5° 5' S
Alt. 3600 ft.
3 O . l a t i f o l i a , Hochst. (from fig. and notes, no specimen); flowers blue, anthers
yellow; potherb; everywhere on rich soil near huts. (491.)
1 C y a n o t i s , s p . (from fig. and notes, no specimen); common in moist dips of
forests. (455.)
2 C . a b y s s i n i c a , A. Kich. 24° N. Nov. 1862.
3 G . l o n g i f o l i a , Benth. 6° S. Alt. 3800 ft.
1 A n e i l e m a s p . ; near moist sandy soil. 5° S. to 4° 18' S. (165.)
2 A . s p . ; in swamps. 6° S. Alt. 3800 ft.
1 D i t h y r o c a r p u s s p . ; lilac-coloured flowers; common in bogs, 24° N. Nov.
1862.
LXXXVIII. JUNCACEiE.
1 F l a g d l a r i a i n d i c a , L.; stem, inch circ.; climbing reed; vies in height with
trees, leaf-tips having tendrils. Mgseta river, 7° 20' S. 1860.
LXXX1X. HYDBOCHABIDEiE.
1 O t t e l i a s p . ; water-plant, with white flower just above water. 21° NT. Nile
Nov. 10, 1862. (620-5.) s ’ ’
2 0 . s p . ; water-plant with frilled-edged yard-long leaves; yellow flowers,
having rather flattened stalks, much roughed, or feeling like a file Nile
144° N. March 19, 1863. (770.5.)
3 O . s p . ; in stagnant w a te r; flowers yellow; leaves 10 in. long; section of
seed-vessel shows six spiral cells. 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862. (696.)
1 l l y d r U l a d e n t a t a ? (leaves only); grows nearly submerged, Nile, 2° N. Nov.
1862.
1 V a t t i m e r i a s p . ; minute water-plant; propagates from suckers. Nile edges,
144° N. March 1863. s
XC. ALISMACEJ3.
1 S a g i t t a r i a o b t u s i f o l i a , Koxb.; water-plant. Nile, 4° 55' N. Eeb. 22 1863
(767.)
XCI. NAIADEiE.
1 A p o n o g e t o n s p . ; grows submerged; flowers alone above water; in stagnant
water collected on rocks, Ukidi forests, 24° N. Nov. 1862.
2 A p o n o g e t o n s p . ; marsh-plant with bright purple flowers, generally two on a
stalk. 5° 45' S. Alt. 4377 ft. Jan. 24, 1863.
1 P o t a m o g e t ó n l u c e n s ? L. Nile, 2° N. Nov. 1862.
XCII. ABACEjE.
1 O o b c a s i a a n t i q u o r u m ; “ Myoog’w a h ;” a few plants generally round or
outside the huts of Uganda and Unyoro; also cultivated on the bank of
a stream, at 2° S.; petioles and leaves make a potherb; Waganda use it for
sore throat. (149.)
1 A n c h o m a n e s H o o T c e r i ? Schott; “ Yal’w a h ;” bulb 30 in. circumference; one
erect 3 ft. high-feathered stem, with curving-down thorns. Wanyamuezi eat
its bulb boiled. 3° 1 5 'N. Dec. 1862. (712.)
1 A m o r p h o p h a l l u s 1 s p . ; leaf only; 1 ft. h igh; not in flower. 24° N. Nov.
1862.
1 S i c h a r d i a ? s p . ; leaf only; Madibog; rare. Dec. 1862.
1 P i s t i a s t r a t i o t e s , L.; in the beginning of March the Nile and Bahr Giraffe, in
flood, carry down these floating rosettes in great quantities to about 13° N.,
beyond which scarcely one is visible; Lake Windermere, and 2° N. Nov.
1862.
XCIII. PALMAS.
1 P h c e n i x sp .; wild d a te ; clusters of them growing on the hillsides, 30 and 40 ft.
high, with pendant bunches of Indian red fru it; not edible; no uses.
Equator, and I o 40' S. The edible date is unknown in the countries tra versed—
i e . , from 8° S. to 5° N.
1 C o c o s n u c í f e r a , L.; cocoa-nut tree; very abundant at Zanzibar; a few on the
main coast; and none in the interior; “ M’nazee.”
1 P o r a s s u s J E t h i o p i c u s , Mart.; Deleb palm; 4 £ M’voomo; young ones are
called “ Meelalla; ” at 4° 18' S.; one bare log measured 37£ ft. long, and
greatest circumference 9 ft. 3 in .; the leaves furnished thatch, rope, sieves,
fences, firewood, and flageolet reeds; Wanyamüézi eat the roots boiled in
famines; a sweet insipid toddy is extracted; very few about the equator;
plentiful in the Shiluk country, 11° X., where the natives make its leaves
into beautiful strong white baskets and mats for the markets on the Nile. (71.)
1 H y p h a m e t h é b a i c a , Mart.; Doom palm; “ Mohamma;” the people of Berber
(18° N.), &c., make its leaves into coarse rope, and its trunk into
beams and posts; male trees very handsomely fohaged; female naked as
poles, both often branching three times; fruit eaten by donkeys as well as
men; a few on the E. coast; none in the interior; first observed Peb. 28,
1863, a t 6° N., where it begins to be plentiful.
2 H . n . s p . ; 44 Mizanza: ” 30 ft. high; never branching; leaves much resembling
the doom, but less spreading; fruit (in immense clusters, depending
over the fronds th at have withered) perfect ellipses, 1 | inches long,
having a shining, deep puxple, brittle skin inclosing the nut, covered with
a stringy, dry, yellow substance; not edible; male organs similar to, but
longer than, the doom; our camel-dri vers collected its green leaves to
make shackles for their camels, as the fibre does not chafe the skin like the
doom; one of our men had seen it growing in Mambweh, 8° or 9° S. lat.
They were observed to grow singly on the desert sand of desolate valleys,
walled in with crags of slate, about 21° N. May 9, 1863. (777.)
XCIY. GBAMINEiE.
1 O r y z a s a t i v a , L .; rice; not cultivated by the natives in the interior; Arabs
grow it for their own consumption, from 7° 27' S. to 4° 18' S.; a small black
caterpillar, appearing with the first burst of rains, is often very injurious to
the young p lan ts; irrigation was not observed.
1 Z e a m a y s , L.; Indian corn; grown in ridges; plentiful from 7° 20' to 4° S.; but
very rare as the equator is approached; and quite unknown beyond it
northwards to 5° N.
1 P e r o t i s l a t i f o l i a , Ait.; 3 ft. high; with rich purple awns. Uganda plantain-
groves, Ju ly 1862. (527.)
1 A n d r o p o g o n s o r g h u m ; Caffre corn; 44 Jow a r;” “ M’tama ;” or “ Doora- ”
more or less procurable along the whole route; the bitter red variety
most frequently g rown; without it the African could neither have his beer