511 
Bornu LE ogel | No. 85, Herb. Kew); Katagum (Dalziel, No. 105, 
1907, 
The crown ined ‘be from 80-90 ft. through. Fruits 18 in. long 
Tin. thick, pendant on stalk nearly 7 ft. LM Bornu (Vogel, l.c.) ;. 
planted in towns, Katagum (Dalziel, 
Kigelia africana, Benth.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 536. 
Ill.—Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxvii. 1907, p. 269, ff. B-C.; Engl.. 
& Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. ds 2, p. 994, f. 513 (habit). 
ernac. mames. efits haina, Nonon giwa (Hausa) ; Jirlahi 
- (Futulde), Belongu Daun). Dalzi e Etua (Sierra Leone, 
Scott Elliot) ; Brus (Fanta, Moloney). 
; , S. Nigeria—Adaba, Cross River; 
N. Nige piod Bornu, Upper Benue and Lake Chad region. 
A iree 20-50 ft. high. Splendid for shade, conspicuous on the 
Upper Benue, nad; in Pia Eastern Provinces, and said to replace 
the Kuka (Adansonia digitata).in parts of Bornu and Lake Chad 
(Kew Bull. 1910, p. 139). 
Kigelia pinnata, DC. Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. Sect. 2, p. 537, a tree 
similar in appearance to K. africana, is said to occur in West 
Africa, but there are no specimens at Kew to ouis this view.. 
The followi ing references probably belong here 
Used by the natives of the Gold Coast in rheumatism and 
dysentery (Easmon, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 1, 1891, p. 55; Moloney, 
For. W. Afr. p . 998, K. Uit a remedy for dysentery i in West 
Africa Comas Journ. 4] xxii. 1906, p. 105, “ Aviangti," K. 
pinnata) ; ve bark and fruit n by the natives, medicinally, 
S. Nigeria (Thompson, List. of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 7. 
* aoro (Yoruba), Ijokham (Benin), Æ. Mesum 
PEDALIACEAE. 
SESAMUM, Linn. 
Sesamum indicum: Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 55 
Ill.—Rheede, Hort. Mal. ix. tt. 54, 55 (S. orientale); ‘Pine 
here t. 109, f. 4 (Sesamum alterum, etc.); Rumpf. Amb. v. 
PL 
16, f. 1; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. . 110 (s orientale); Lam. 
Fnesel t. 528 (S. orientale); M ie. t. 508 (5. orientale); Bot. 
Mag. t. 1688; Desc. Ant. 268 (S. orientale); Velloso, Fl. 
Flum. vi. t. 90 (S. AE DeCandolle, Pl. Rares Jardin 
Geneve, t. 5; anco, - Pulp. +. 273 (var. er rini 
Endlicher, Ic. t. 70 [4105]; Fl. des Serres, i1. E 6 (Antha- 
denia sesamoides); Schnizlein, Ie. t. 159, f. D (fruit); Wight, 
Illust. t. 163; Belgique d cie ix. (1859) t. 27 (Sésame d'Orient) ; 
tl. & Pier: Med. PI. t. 198: Duthie, Field rae es Las. 
Greshoff, Nutt. Ind. Pl. t. 6; Engl. Pflan. ‘Ost. Afr. B p. 487. 
L2 : Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. iv. pt. 3, B, f. 100 A-L; Kohler, Med. 
Pflan. iii. Dossa Bot. vinis Berlin x. 1910, App. xxii. p. 119. 
Verna Beni (Lagos, Moloney) ; Ridi, Karkashi, Nome. 
Warnes. (Yola, “Dalz ziel) ; Radi (Hausa, Dudgeon): Til PPS 
