591 



for floats for rafting logs heavier than water (Bull. Imp. Inst. 

 .1908, p; 236). . , 



A specimen in the Kew Museum from Gold Coast (Johnson, 

 1900), has specific gravity 0-217 = 13-5 lb. per cubic ft., and one 

 from Uganda (Dawe, No. 637, 1907) sp. gr. 0-23 = 14-5 lb. per 

 cubic ft. These woods at the time of receipt had been examined 

 and found to be hghter than cork (15 lb.), described as uselei^-^ 

 for turning, and the only use that coiild be suggested being 

 that for floats above mentioned. 



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A tree generally about ■ 30-70 ft. • pomcthnes more high ; 

 20 metres high, .30-60 cm. diam. Gaboon (Klaine, Herb. Kew). 

 The dimensions of two trees ^Mamu Reserve, said to be 12 years 

 'old were given as '(1) height 83 ft. girth 63 in. (2) height 60 ft. 

 girth 61 in. ; the mean annual girth increment aljout 5 in. 

 (Thompson, Rep. Mamu Reserve (1911) p. 4), growing on a 

 gambari farm and along both sides of the main road (I.e.) ; most 

 pi'ohfic and large quantities of seed are available if a demand 

 springs up for them; conimpn in the mixed evergreen and 

 ■ deciduous forests of the intermediate zone (Thompson, Col 



Misc 



ees 



^Chevaher, Bull. Soc. JN^at. d'Accl. France, 1.912, p. 314). 



ReJ. — " Huile d'Engessang ou d'Essang du Gaboon " Heckel', 

 in Ann. I'lnst. Col. Marseille v. 2nd fasc. 1898, pp. 40-49. 



"Xsa-Nsana Seeds from S. Nigeria," Bull. Imp. Inst. v. 1907, 



pp. 369-370. " Bicinodendron Heudelotii {R.africamimf Seeds" 



.I.e. vi. "1908, pp. 367-369, with analysis.— —" Report by the 

 Imperial Institute on Ok wen Seeds," in Govt. Gaz. S. Nigeria, 

 March 3rd, 1909, Suppl. p. 7. . . 



Croton, Linn. 



Croton amabilis, 31 all, Arg.\ Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, 



p. 757. 



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names. — Ajeofole (Ebute 'Mett at , M illen) ; Ajekofole 

 (LsLgoa, Punch); Itchen Masar (Hausa, Dahiel). ■' ■ 



Lagos (Foster No. 33, Herb. Kew) ; Kontagora (Dalziel, 

 No. 281, Herb. Kew), Oban, Okurii, Iloriii, Abeokuta in Nigeria 

 and also known from Sierra Leone. 



A SOUD made of the drv leaves ffood for dvsfintprv. Lao-os 



Metta (MiU 



Leone 



4 4 



(Daniell). 



Wood used for rafters, for which the tree is '* cultivated about 

 the Yoruba towns, when wood is scarce " (Barter). 



A low tree, common in streets, Abeokuta (Irving) ; a tree 

 20-30 ft. in Native compound, Okuni, Cross River (Holland), 



Metta (Mill 



common 



in Mav and June 



AU 



