rooky edges of the P. Asua, 3° 40' N. ; camels devour it greedily on arriving
from the Nubian desert. (774-6.)
i o ^ y P e r } l s d e n u d a t u s , L. 5° S. Alt. 3960 ft. Stigmas white, stem triangular,
i f P ^ o c e P h < u v ,< i , Vahl.; golden yellow flower. 6° S. Alt. 4488 ft. Jan. 1
1861. *
14 O . l a n c e u s , Thunb.; deep-brown flowers. 6° S. Jan. 1, 1861.
15 O . s p . ; on sand, near water, 5° 6' S. Alt. 3800 ft.
1 P a p y r u s a n t i q u o r u m ; morasses, Zanzibar island. The shallow borders of
lakes Victoria and Windermere are thickets of this rush, growing to 15 ft
high. Nile banks, 4° 56' N. Not so much of it farther n orth Uses—
leaves eaten by water-boc, and made into soft bedding at 1° 40' S Stem
made into screens; strips from the bark make beautiful fish-cruives; and
a t Unyoro, a bundle of pith, out into long strips, forms a wrapper or covers
a jar. (ooo.)
1 M < { i V 2 ) S W1?d > e a a t u s ’ T a U - > hill-top, alt. 5500 ft. 1° 40' S. Deo. 1861.
2 M . s p . ; 2 ft. high; E. Coast Range, Oct. 1860.
1 K y t i i n g i a , s p . ; flower white, round, hill-top, by water, Dee. 1861. (410 )
2 K . a l b a ? Nees. Zanzibar; and 2° N., by moist ground, Nov. 1862.
m a ^ r ° c ^ h a l a ? “ Keelolo,” 18 inches high; sweetly perfumed: roots
purple; the latter are pounded by Wanyamhlzi women, and rubbed on their
bodies as a scent; by rocky bum, 3° 15' N. Dec. 15,1862. (693.)
4 K . a u r e a , Nees; common in moist woods, 6° 4' S. Alt. 4068ft. Dee 1860
1 F m r e n a u m b e t l a t a ? R o ttb .; “ Keekal’a.” 3 ft. long; five-sided,' sharp'-
W P i lodging plant on sandy edges of bum. Madi, Dec. 21, 1862. Root
embedded a foot deep. Natives extract salt from its ashes; flowers whorl
up the stem. (721.)
2 F . p u b e s c e n s , Kunth.; 1 ft. high. 6° S. Jan. 1, 1862.
3 F . s p . ; in tufts on swamps, 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
1 I s o l e p i s s a v i a n a ? diminutive p lan t; marshes, • 2° N. Sept 1862
1 T r i c h e l o s t y l i s , s p . 4° 1 8 'S. April 1861. (168.)
? « $ ¥ stis ma3 rust-coloured. 4° 18' and 5° 55' S. Alt. 3700 ft
1 A b u g a a r d m m o n o s t a c h y a , Vahl.; grassy plateaux, 2° N. Nov. 1862.
2 A . p i l o s a , Nees; forest; near 5° S.
1 S c l e m a , «p.; grows 7 ft. high in an erect bush, on bum-side, 3° 15' N. Eruit
resembling diminutive acorns; leaves sharp-edged. Jan. 1863.
2 S . s p . ; 1 ft. high; marshes, 2° N. Aug. 1862.
3 S . s p . ; 6 in. high; growing in tufts on soil the debris of rock; seeds white, threecornered
and milky; stem, three-cornered; fibrous roots are red-purple -
whole plant delicately scented. Dec. 1862. (668.)
1 D i p l a c r u m c a r i c i A u m , R. Br.; very diminutive; sandy soil Dec 1862
1 A n t r o l e p i s , Welw. n. g. sp. n.; 4 to 9 in. high; growing like white daisies
m rather moist places. Alt. 3900 ft. 5° 26' S. Uncommon
1 L i p o c a r p h a a r g e n t e a , R. Br.; in tufts on moist ground; below Madi rocks.
XCVI. EILICES.
1 A s p l e n i u m f u r c a t u m , L. 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
1 A c t i n i o p t e r i s r a d i a t a , B. Jan. 11, 1861.
1 F e p h r o d i u m p r o p i n g u u m , Br. Nov. 1862.
1 N e p h r o l e p i s t u b e r o s a , Pr. 3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
1 P h y m a t o d e s v u l g a r i s , Pr. (simple frond.) Zanzibar.
P . v u l g a r i s (pinnate frond). Zanzibar.
1 G e r a t o p t e r i s t h a l i c t r o i d e s , B u ry ; in bog, Madi. Dec. 1862.
1 M a r s i l i a q u a d r i f o l i a , L . Nile. March 9, 1863. ■ '
1 L y c o p o d i u m r u p e s t r e , L. Madi. Nov. 1862.
NOTES ON OTHER PLANTS PARTLY PROM NATIVE INFORMATION.
M bango (Kistiahili); hard, heavy wood, on logs of which the bark-eloths of
Unyoro are beaten. (107.)
M cherengeh (Kis.); the Wamyambo make their milk-pots from this wood, as it
smells sweetly. (109.)
Chenjha (Kis.); M’Keendah (Kinyamuezi); (seeds only) 10 ft. circ. tree; one
to three stoned edible fruit. (93.)
M’deeree (Kin.); natives cure fever from a decoction of its fibrous roots
(116.1.)
Ktannee (Kis.); its fibre made into rope. (5.)
M’Koma (Kin.); 12 ft. circ.; black-hearted wood; made into bows, &c. (131.)
“ MKoonoongo” (Kis.); 6 ft. circ.; with black, angry thorn; incised bark
smells strongly of citron; rose-coloured wood, used as railings, and thought
most endurable'; tooth-scrubbers, which induce saliva, and the steam from
the boiled seeds scents Clothes; its bows are esteemed, and its powdered
bark yields a scarlet dye. (98, &o.)
Miloombo (Kis.); the most common of all the bark-cloth trees.
Meeleendee meela (Kis,); M’Songo (Kin.); wood made into drumsticks and
harmomcons. (120, &c.)
Moowale (Kis.); palm, yielding the most beautiful strong, soft fibre, made into
guitar-strings, cloths, used for stringing beads, and called “ ootembweh.”
Obtamable from Ugigi. (70.)
Mizzizeema (Unyoro); made into canoes, 45 feet long. (502.)
M’nyameet’a (Kpaghg); fruit-tree ; three stones in each fruit. (428.)
.\rpemba:zoo (Kis.); roots used as purgatives. 4° S. (112.)
M’talawanda (Kis.); walnut-coloured wood; fruit edible; gun-stocks, also long
hand-drums of Karagtte made of it. 4° to 2° N. Large yellow deciduous
flowers. (660.1.)
M’tatee (Kin.); Wanyamhezi forest tre e ; 12 ft. circ., with cedar-coloured wood,
and small edible f ru it; first-rate bows. (102.)
M teessa (Uganda); 40 to 50 ft. high; unbranched stem and not a palm. Uganda
dells. (518.) s
M toondoo; "Wanyamii6si forests; 12 ft. circ. Uses—drums, beams, troughs,
&c., and bark made into vats for grain, planks, and rope; resembles the
Miombo; ’ might camp half a regiment under i t ; fruit flat-marble size
and shape; very pleasant-tasting fig. (5 and 661.)
M’toom’wew; an ash-stick-like wood, growing in the Eipa d istric t; its pure
white kernels are worn as beads.
Uranga (Kis.); arrowroot-like, herbaceous plant, grown in Usagara • leaf
petiole, and root all eaten. (16.) ’
) i uses—immense canoes and large purposes. (512.)
M Yokka Yokka; an 18 ft. high tr e e ; a decoction from the bark of its root
and stem is red, tastes like quinine, and is used medicinally. (115.1.)
Yoomboo (Kis.); a tuber, resembling and tasting like Jerusalem artichokes •
cult. 4° 18' S. and 1° S. (86.) ’
M y£zi (Kin.); palm, at Ugigi, from which an oil is extracted. (719.)
Orowfoot-shaped, straw-coloured, 18 inch high seed-vessel, with numerous arms,
q en^,on racket-ball size; only one found blowing about in the forest.
O j O t
Large, handsome, densely-foliaged, sombre tree, with deep green, simple leaves
whose yellow, stoned fruit resembles in shape and taste the Loquat of India!
} but is smaller. ^ Found only about the equator. (511.)
Mpembo; 12 feet in girth, with simple elliptical leaves; fruit rough, russet-
brown, peach-size, tasting insipidly, with a large stone; uses—canoes
drums, &c. 7° S. 13th Nov. 1860. (2.)