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254- APPENDIX. 



Loranthus Senegalensis. 



Pavonia aristata, Hab. in America. 



Clematis Chinensis^ 



glauca, Hab. in Siberia, Oriente, 

 Argemone Mexicana. 

 Brassicse varietates, (cultivated.) 



Raphanus (cultivated.) 



Cleome, species imperfect. 



triphylla, Hab. in Indiis. 

 Cardiospermuni halicacabum, Hab. in Indiis. 

 Citrus aurantium et varietates', Hab, in India. 



,, medica et varietates, Hab. in Oriente. 

 Melia azedirachta aut azadriachta, (cultivated.) 

 Hermannia, species imperfect. 

 Hibiscus trionum^ Hab. in Italia, Africa, &c. 



,, hirtus, Hab. in India. 



„ vesicarius, Hab. in Africa. 



„ tiliaceus, Hab. ad rivos Indiae. 



„ Senegalensis''. 



,, , new species . 



Sida carpinifolia\ Hab. in Madeira. 

 „ muricata, Hab. in N. Hispania. 

 ,, Africana, Hab. in Benin. 

 ,, • , new species '. 



= The leaves are made into a plaster, and applied for pains in the back. The same use is 

 made in the Mauritius of the c. mauritiana. 



'The oranges of Mandingo are very inferior to those of the leeward coast. 



6 Native name, Dummodo. The leaf is boiled with rice, to give it an acid flavour. The 

 Moors make a syrup with it for a cough, and call it Basab. 



h Called Ratach by the natives, and used both as a purgative and worm medicine. 



' Calycis interioris segmentis basi, glandula parva, rubra, singula divisurd. Caule aspero 

 subaculeato. Foliis rubris, serratis, trilobatis, lobo medio longissimo. Corolla sulphurea 

 basi, intus purpurascente. 



^ This species of Sida, which is generally dwarfish, here grows to the size of a large shrub. 



' Foliis lanceolatis, dentatis, nervis crassis. Floribus flavis, parvis, glomeratis, axillaribus. 

 Tola planta hirsuta. It is called Sany-sany, meaning splendid, or precious, and is supposed 

 to be a remedy against worms. 



