GOLD COAST REPORT ON FORESTS. 199 



Native Name. Botanical Name. 



Tiama-Tiama ......... Ne\v species of r.ieudocedrela 



close to 1' '. cylindrica^ a valu- 

 able timber tree of the ''cedar " 

 group (pi. 12). 



Tombo (general W. coast The wiue or bauiboo palm, 

 name). Raphia vinifera. 



Wansanwah (Twi) ...... Khaya ymndis, the species of 



mahogany found near the 

 Sacred Lake (pi. 5). 



Wawa... ... ... ... | Triplocliiton Johnsonii, a good 



"Waw-waw ......... j timber tree (pi. 2). 



Wawapupuo ......... Sterculia cordi folia 



Yaiikom ... ... 



Yankun 



i a-ya ... ... ... ... ~i / , 777 



Yar-yar ] - Ultr "U!J nc macTophylla. 



The identification of some of the plants is rather uncertain ; 

 such have a note of interrogation placed after their names. 



H. N. THOMPSON, 



Conservator of Forests, 



Southern Nigeria. 



... 1 



/ "- cl '^ LL '>' a ufaws (pi. 3). 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



PLATE 1. 

 Bombax brevicuspe. 



Figs. 1 ami 2, bninchlets ; 3, fruit ; 4, central axis of fruit, and calyx ; 

 5, seed ; 6, hair from inner wall of fruit. Figs. 1-5, X 5 ; 6, X 2. 



PLATE 2. 

 Triplocliiton Johnsonii. 



Fig. 1, flowering branch ; 2, flower with part of calyx and petals cut off : 

 3, petal ; 4, apex of gonophore, with two staminodes and all but one pair of 

 stamens removed : 5, pair of stamens ; 6, longitudinal section of carpel. 

 Fig. 1, x I ; 2, x 3 : 3, x 2 ; 4, x 4 ; 5, x 5 ; 6, x 8. 



PLATE 3. 



Jleritiem ut'dis. 



Fig. 1, flowering branch ; 2, upper part of leafy branch ; 3, tetrameroug 

 flower ; 4, pentamcrous flower laid open ; 5, pistil ; 6, carpel ; 7, peltate scale 

 from carpel : 8, fruit ; 9, seed ; 10, section through seed. Figs. 1-2, x ; ; 

 3-4, x 3 ; 5-0, x 8 ; 7,' x 5U ; 8-10, x f. 



PLATE 4. 

 Khaya anthotheca. 



Fig. 1, leaf : 2. leaflet ; 3, empty capsule ; 4, seed ; 5, cross section through 

 seed. Fig. 1, x : 2, x ? ; 3, X : 4-5, X ?. 



