10 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОҒ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
mixed with the flour of Andropogon ‘sorghum is drunk ав a remedy for blood in the bladder. First- 
rate fence against animals. 
Kong’golo (Kin.), Æschynomene Schimperi? Its light wood is made into shields by the Waganda; used 
also for door-bolts, floats, and load-levers. 
Koonde (Kis.), Vigna luteola: koondi (Krapf), dambazzee (Keeao). A grain eaten when dead ripe; 
its leaves are dried and eaten as a vegetable. 
Kowangwee (Kin.), Capparis tomentosa, Reich. In famines its leaves are eaten boiled. 
Kweme, Krapf’s oleaginous plants. 
Leewozeeo (Keeao), Dracena? А branch of it is used as a charm to discover lost or stolen goods. Ku 
lewa=to become drunk (Steere). 
_ Lombo (Keeao), Colocasia antiquorum=myoogwah (Kis.). А vegetable. 
_ Loonæmæra (Kis.), not determined. А dark wood used in building; fruit not edible. 
Loononya (Kin.), Hibiscus sabdariffa. Yields an elastic silky fibre for rope. Reechopwa (Keeao). 
Loo-oonjoo (Kis.), not determined. A hard wood made into measures for gunpowder ; fruit not edible. 
Looquajoo (Kis.), Tamarindus indica: ukwaju (Steere), m’kwadsho (Krapf), m’kwadju=the tamarind- 
tree (Kirk). 
Lub-ach (Egypt), Acacia Lebbek. Planted by houses at Khartoom. 
Maboga (Kis.), the general name given to all vegetables. 
Machoongwa (Kis.), oranges. 
Mælee (Madi), Afzelia cuanzensis. 14 feet сіге. of trunk, branched at 12 feet from the ground, 50 feet 
high: seeds worm-eaten. 
Mafoot’a (Kis.), any oil or grease ; thus, mafuta tanga ( (Krapf) ; mafoot’a ya m inanis сони) oil (Kirk) : 
but it generally means Sesamum indicum, an oil-producing plant. 
Mafwa (Kig.), not determined. Large tree, fit for making canoes. 
Magadee (Keeao), Cyperus alopecuroides. Used ав thatch. Ап inferior salt is prepared from its ashes. 
Magådee=snuff. 
Maharageh (Kar.), Lablab vulgaris ? 
Maheendee (Kis.), Zea mays: mahindi= Indian corn (Krapf & Steere). Grown in ridges. 
Maköla (Kin.), Afzelia Petersiana? Trunk 9 feet in circumference. 
Makoweh (Kig.), Dioscorea bulbifera: veetoongoolla (Keeao), måtoo (Kin.). 
Malenga (Kis.), Zygia, sp. A bushy tree with scarlet flowers, near Zygia fastigiata. 
Mamoongoonya (Kis.), Cucurbitacee. The fruit is the size of a child’s head, either round or elongated, 
and is eaten boiled. Mamunye=vegetable marrow (Steere), is no doubt the same. 
Mandano, one of Krapf’s cereals and vegetables. 
Mangwah (Kis.), not determined. A brushwood used for striking fire. Mangoo (Keeao). 
Maoonga or maoonga-oonga (Kin.). Its bark, pounded and tasting bitter, is taken іп a powder by the 
Sultan of Ukuni in his beer. It is ofa pale-brown colour, and is brought from the hills. Qonga 
=flour or powder. 
Maoongee-oongee (Kis.), Nymphæa stellata. The flowers and roots are edible (Heeao). Yungi-yungi= 
blue water-lily (Steere). e 
Maoongo (Kis.), not determined. Tree spiral, fruit edible, trunk small. Unyoro. 
Mapeendee (Kin.), the general term given to all arrows. 
Matæte же, Arundo phragmites. Flutes are made of it. This is а general name for reeds. From 
. 4°55" N. lat. to the Bahr-el-Gazelle, at 9° N. lat., the banks of the Nile are one mass of them. 
Matagarar'eh (Kis. 2), Cucurbita marima. Cultivated in Central Africa. 
Matango (Kis.), Cucumis sativa?: madango (Krapf). Cultivated by the Arabs at Kazeh; they got the 
seeds from Maroongoo, a place at the south end of Lake Tan ika. May ha i 
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