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sen ramis vefustis orfis; coroUis amplis atro-rubrU extus ^aUidiori- 



bus; haccis pendnlis (2 ped. long,, 5 unc. lat.)^ albidis. 



The genus Kigelia approaches closely to Crescentia, from which it 



diiFers in having opposite pinnated leaves, a calyx, the lobes of which 



split irregularly, a resupinate corolla, and a corticate, not a woody 

 fruit. 



1. Kigelia pinnata^ De Cand., Prodr, v. 9. p. 247 ! Crescentia pinnata, 

 Jacq, ColL V. 3, p, 303. t. 18. ic.fior, ! Tausecium pinnatum, Willd. 

 Sp, ^?. 3. p, 312 I Bignonia Africana, Lam, Bid, v, 1. p. 424 ! Ki- 

 gelia Africana, Benth, in EooJc. Niger FL p. 463 ! Tripinnaria 

 Africana, Sprengl. Syst. v, 2. p. 840 ! Kigelia jEthiopica, Dene, in 

 J)e Le^sert, Icon, select. PI. v. p. 39. /. 93^ et B! Sotor, Fenzl^ 

 Vortrag ilber eine Crescent.-Gattung, — Nomina vernacula, in Nubia, 

 Sotor (Fenzl !), et ad " Great Lake," Maporotla (Oswald !). 

 Kigelia pinnata enjoys a very wide geographical distribution, being 

 found both on the east and the west coast of Africa, and stretching 

 probably quite across that continent, the coast regions of which it has 

 been proved to inhabit. It has been collected in Nubia (Kotschy, no. 

 403 ! Sabatier !), in Mozambique, at Port Natal (Garden !), in Sene- 

 gal, at Cape Coast Castle (Th. Vogel!), on the river Zongha, latitude 

 21° S. (Oswald !), and at the Great Lake of Southern Africa (according 

 to specimens in the Kew Museum, communicated by Colonel Steel and 

 Miss Gurney), It is also cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Mauri- 

 tius (Bojer!), and in that at Kew. It used to be in the latter institu- 

 tion many years ago, according to a specimen of Aiton, in Herb. Hook. ; 

 but was again lost, until it was re-introduced in 1854, by Captain Gar- 

 den, from Port Natal. 



According to Oswald, it is called "Maporotla" on the banks of the 

 river Zongha, and its wood is there used principally for canoes. 



1 



Extract of a letter from C. J. Muller, Esq., dated Vaim, October 28, 

 1853, relating to preparations from Cannabis sativa in India; ad- 

 dressed to Dr. Hooker. 



In India two' varieties of intoxicating drug, prepared from the Hemp- 

 plant, are known in the bazars,— one called Ganja, the other Bhang. In 

 this part of India the Gavja is procured from the district of Eajshahye 



