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persistentia. Caps. 3, superse, polyspermse. Folia alterna, cordiformia, 

 acuminata. Flores spicati. Corolla virides. Cetera ignota °. 



24. Arbuscula. 



Calyx 5-divisus. Corolla flava 5-divisa. Capsula 3 locularis, muricata, 

 loculis monospermis. Flores axillares et terminalos. Folia alterna, 

 angulata, serrata, trilobata, odoratissima. Cetera ignota. 



25. Arbor. 



Calyx 1-phyllus, trilobatus. Fructus globosus, glaber, coriaceus, tri- 

 valvis, polyspermus, 7-sulcatus, calyce persistente coronatus. Sem. 

 conipressa, plana, flava, pulpa carnosa et alba cincta. Folia sub-rotunda, 

 5-nervata, opposita, glabra, nitida, subtus pubescentia, fasciculata, petiolis 

 longis, rami dichotomi. Cetera ignota. 



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26. Arbor. 



Samara unilocularis, 1-sperma, compressa, ovata, ala circumdata. 

 Fructus fasciculate pendulis. Folia mucronata, ad basin attenuata, 

 subalterna ramis. An Terminalia ? 



27. Arbor altissima. 



Capsula globosa, coriacea, punctata, dehiscens, 4-valvis k placenta 

 centrali solutis. Sem. compressa, numerosa, imbricata. Loculus unus, 

 interdum abortives. Folia pari-pinnata, 4-juga. Foliola ovata, mucro- 

 nata, obsolete undulata^ 



" The JolofFname is Pice, the Moorish, Bakkis Sererie. The root is soaked in water in 

 the proportion of three inches length to a quart, which makes a very bitter infusion, and is 

 said by the French residents to be a successful remedy against jaundice. 



" This is the tree that produces the mahogany of the River Gambia, and seems to be 

 different to that of Sierra Leone, if we compare it with the description which immediately 

 follows. They both grow in Wandingo, but the wood of the Gambia tree is said to be very 

 superior to that of Sierra Leone. The natives call it Khai, and it is so heavy, that when fresh 

 cut, it immediately sinks in water, but rises after a time. 



