94 BULLKIIN DK i/hiCUBIKR I5()ISSIKR (2'"« SEK.). 1907 



Ord. Urticales 



Farn. 13. CANNABACEjE 



44. Ficus platyphylla Delile. — Siikula village, in Upper Niani 

 district. Spécimen sent to Kew by Sir George Den ton, Governor of the 

 Gambia, in 1902. Both this and the next species are stated to yield gutta- 

 perclia. 



4f). Ficus polita Yahl, — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich). 



Ser. B. CENTROSPERM^ 

 Ord. Olerales 



Fam. 14. AMARANTHACEjE 



46. Celosia cristata L. — St.Mary's Island (Bowdich, « C.coccinea «). 

 Boiled and eaten with rice, to give it an acid flavor. 



47. Celosia trigyna L. — Bakkendik, in Upper Niumi district. Also 

 common, and seen everywhere (Lester, — but spécimens not kept). A 

 note on a spécimen in Herb. Kew., from Senegambia, dated 1837, states 

 that spécimens collected by Ingram on the north bank of the river Gambia 

 were not kept. According to J. F. Cunningham used as an effectuai cure 

 for tapeworm. 



48. Amaranthus spinosus L. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich). 



49. Amaranthus viridis L, — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich, « Gheno- 

 podium caudatum »). 



Ser. G. CALYCIFLOR^ 



Ord. Myrtales 



Fam. 15. LYTHRACEJE 



50. Nessea radicans Guill. et Perr. — Bakkendik, in Upper Niumi 

 district (Lester, n. 32 N); south bank of river (Lester, n. 11 S). 



51. Ammannia Prieuriana Guill. et Perr. — Albreda, in Lower 

 Niumi district (Leprieur). Reduced by Oliver to a variety oîA.Senegalensis; 

 but, it seems to me, without suffîcient reason. 



Gaulis suffrutescens, a basi ramosus, 3-472 dem., undique florifer folia- 



