INDEX 



Bersama Paullinioides, 53 



Bertiera glabrata, 61 



Bessi, 44 ; B. (Ashanti), 106 : 



B. Kpessei, 44 

 Betel nut palm, 177 

 Beteng (Aowin), 93 

 Betu oil or tree, 210, 453, 454 

 Beurre de Karit6, 90 

 Bewa or Mano River, 69 

 Bewe-Bauban (Mendi), 52 

 Bibiabe (Attie), 86 

 Bibliography OF West African 

 Forests, 496-500 

 Ayricullural and Forest Pro- 

 ducts of British West Africa, 

 by 6. C. Dudgeon, Director- 

 General of Agriculture in 

 Egypt, 498 

 Bulletin (Kew), 497-499 

 Bulletin of Miscellaneous Infor- 

 mation, 497 

 Bulletin of the Imperial Insti- 

 tute, ed. bv Sir W. Dunstan, 

 497 

 Catalogue of Plants collected 

 by Mr. and Mrs. Talbot in 

 the Oban District, South 

 Nigeria, 497 

 Ber T-ropemoiri, by Dr. S. 



Loskin, 499 

 Dictionary of the World's 

 Commercial Products, by 

 J. A. Slater, B.A., LL.B., 

 498 

 Die BlUtenpfianzen Afrikas, by 



Franz Thonner, 497 

 Forestry, by Dr. Adam 



Schwappach, 499 

 Forestry in West Africa, by Sir 



Alfred Maloney, 496 

 Glossary of Botanic Terms, by 



D. G. JacliPon, 496 

 Gold Coast Report of Forests, 

 by H. N. Thompson, Chief 

 Conservator of Forests.South 

 Nigeria, 499 

 In the Guiana Forest, by Jas. 



Rodway, 499 

 Journal of an Expedition to 

 Explore the Course and 

 Termination of the Niger, 

 496 

 Journal of the Imperial Insti- 

 tute, 499 

 Kulturgewachse der Deutschen 

 Kolonien, by R. Sadebeck, 

 498 

 Les vegitaux utiles de TAfrique 

 tropicale franoaise, by M. 

 Chevalier, 500 

 List of Trees, Shrubs and 

 Climbers of the Gold Coast, 

 Ashantee and Northern 

 Territories, by T. F. Chipp, 

 B.Sc, F.L.S., 499 

 Monographien der Pflanzen- 

 familien, 8 vols, by Dr. 

 Adolf Enaler, 496-497 



I. Moraceae, excluding 



Ficus. 

 II. Melastomacese. 



III. ConibretacesB Com- 

 bretum. 



IV. Combretaceae, ex- 

 cluding Combretum 



V. Sterculiacefe. 

 VI. .inonacefe. 

 VII. .Strophanthus. 

 VIII. Sapotacese. 

 Notes on Nigerian Trees and 

 Plants, by B. W. Foster, 

 497 

 Notizblalt of the Berlin Botan- 

 ical Station, containing notes 

 on " Die Nutz Holzer der 

 Kamerun," 500 

 Pamphlets on Die Nutz 



Holzer Togos, 500 

 Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilieti, 

 by Dr. Adolf Engler, 498 



BiBLioGR.iPHY OF West .\fric.\n 



Forests — continued. 

 Sylviculture in the Tropics, by 



A. F. Broun, Director of 



Woods and Forests, Soudan, 



498 

 Text Book of Botany, by Stras- 



burger, 498 

 The IndiMn Forester, 499 

 The Oil Palm and its Varieties, 



by J. H. J. Farquhar, 



Conservator of Forests, 



(Nigeria), 499 

 The Principal Forest Trees, by 



H. W. Whitforrt, Ph.D., 499 

 The Timbers of Commerce and 



their Identification, by 



Herbert Stone, F.L.S., 



F.R.C.I., 498 

 The Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and 



Climbers of S. Leone, by 



C. E. Lane Poole, 499 

 The Useful Plants of Ni'/eria, 



497 

 Timber, by J. R. Baterden, 



A.M.I.C, 498 

 Wood, by G. S. Boulger, 498 

 Bignoniaceae (S. Leone), 60 ; 



(Liberia), 79 ; (Ivory Coast), 



89; (Gold Coast), 113; 



(Togo), 144 ; (Nigeria), 192 ; 



197, 215, 225, 401 ; 



(Cameroons), 441 

 Bijaje (Hausa), 218 

 Bilinga (Yoruba), 290, 292, 



445 ; Benin Bilinga, 292, 



417, 418, 422, 445, 446 

 Bimbi District, 429 

 Blmbwa, 445, 446 

 Bingeria Africana, 85 

 Biophytum sensitivum, 193 

 Biota trees, 420 

 Bipindi District, 426, 427, 428, 



429, 430, 431, 434, 438, 439, 



440, 441 

 Bishiyapl, or Bishiyoyi generic 



(Hausa), 218 

 Bismarckburgsub-station(Togo), 



126 

 Bissaboko (Attie), 87 

 Bissimi (Mendi), 50 

 Bitter Bark, 415 ; B. Kola, 55, 



77 ; B. Leaf, 409 ; Bitter 



tomato, 194 

 Biunvve (Twi), 97 

 Bixa orellana, 122, 365 

 Bixacese or Bi.xinese (Nigeria), 



190, 196, 365 

 Black Tumbler, 47, 73 

 Blackwater Plant, 270 

 Blackwood, 26, 46 ; B. African 



W., 297; B. Benin N., 



297 ; B. Indian, 386 ; 



Yoruba Blackwood, 298 

 Blepharis, 194 

 BUghia sapida, 61, 69, 76, 87, 



104, 137, 196, 222, 229, 341, 



342 ; B. sp., 342, 343 

 " Blind " wood or Kapok, 345 

 BUta Resthouse (Togo), 117 

 Blood Plum of Sierra Leone, 136 

 Bloodwood, 221 

 Blue dye, 407 

 Blue gum, 174 

 Bo, 39 ; B. (Balong), 428 

 Boa (Bakundu), 428 

 Boanda (Buea district), 434, 436 

 Bobai (Duala), 429 

 Bobang (Balong), 425 

 Bobanja Duala, 428 

 Bobbyboya Water (Timani), 57 

 Bobby water, or Benin Mahog- 

 any, 78 

 Bobe ba ndiko (Bakundu), 433 

 Bobolo (Malimba), 430 

 Bodekadun (Yoruba), 395 

 Bodgei (Mendi), 47 

 BoBmbe (Bakundu), 426 

 Bofelei (Mendi), 50 

 Bofu (Fanti), 84 



Bogi or Gbojei (Mendi), 52, 60 



Bogo zage (Zanfau), 220 



Bogiie (Agui), 83 



Boi (Mendi), 50 



Boi boi (Yoruba), 367 



Boisima(Agni), 89 



Boji, 311; B. Albizzia, 290; 

 B. Hills, 18, 154, 290, 311, 

 385, 493 



BokaorBoko(Bakmidu),433,436 



Bokata (Bakundu), 428 



Bokeku (Duala), 426 



Bokombo (Bakundu), 426 



Bokome (Bakundu, Bafo), 438 



Bokondo (Duala), 427 



Boko-pupa (Yoruba), 344 



Bokuk (Balong), 440 ; B. ba 

 mhale (Duala), 440 ; B. 

 (Etam), 432 



Bokukulende (Bakossi), 426 



Bokumia (Bakundu), 426 



Bola (Bakundu), 440 



Bolo (Ijaw and Brass), 230 



Bolobolo, 345 ; B. fibre, 345 



Bolondo (Duala), 428 



Bolusila (Mangu), 138 



Bomba (Duala), 440 



Bombacaceae (Cameroous), 435 ; 

 (Gold Coast), 105 : (Ivory 

 Coast), 87 ; (Liberia), 76 ; 

 (Nigeria), 223, 346 ; (Sierra 

 Leone), 53 ; (Togo), 137 



Bombax, 231, 445, 446 ; B. 

 brevicuspe, 105 ; B. Buono- 

 pozense, 53, 76, 87, 105, 138, 

 190, 196, 209, 223,345, 435; 

 B. sp., 105, 346 



Bombay Blackwood, 176 



Bombay cotton seed, 480 



Bomoku (Agni), 85 



Bon (Attie), 85 



Bonabona (Yoruba), 178 



Bongani (Mendi), 53 



Bongele or Bopum ba nji 

 (Duala), 435 



Bongongi (Bakundu), 428 ; 

 (Duala), 428 ; (Sanaga 

 River), 428 



Bongossi (Duala), 415, 436, 

 445, 446 



Bonjabi (Bakundu), 438 



Bonni (Yoruba), 300 



Bonny River, 151 



Bonugu (Misahohe), 140 



Bonwula or Woula (Duala), 426 



Bonyurome (Mbonoi), 80 



Bonza (Bambara), 83 



Booni (Mendi), 54 



Boottia Abyssinica, 195 



Bopalo or Bololo (Bakundu), 

 427, 432 



Bopanda (Bafo) or Bopande 

 (Bakundu), 427 



Bope (Bafo), 431 ; (Duala), 427 



Bopek (Balong), 431 



Bopolo polo (Duala), 440, 442 



Borassus ^thiopium, 70, 93, 

 233 ; B., vnr. jEthiopium, 

 195, 216, 218, 243 ; B. 

 flabellifer (also called Fan 

 or Bottle Palm), 39, 41, 70, 

 83,93,117,122,127,195,459 



Borbor, 74 



Borepore (Agni), 86 



Borer attacks on Anogeissus, 

 374 ; on Dalbergia, 175 ; 

 on Diospyros, 385 ; on 

 Gum Copal, 36 ; on Mahog- 

 any (Leading Shoot Borer), 

 167, 175; on Terminalia, 56 



Borgu Province, 300, 453 



Borimba (Bakundu), 442 



Bornu, 190, 198, 206, 207, 209, 

 214, 215 . 



Boro (Yoruba), 302 



Borraginacese (sometimes Bora- 

 gineae) (Sierra Leone), 59; 

 (Gold Coast), 112; (Togo). 

 143; (Nigeria), 192, 215, 

 224, 396 ; Cameroons, 440 



