194 BUM.Kri.N |»K i/hEUBIKK BOISSIKK Cl^™« SÉK.). 1907 



Kew Museum is a section of Ihe Irunk measuring 6-7V2 dem. in diam., 

 sent in 1883 by Col. L. S. 0' Connor, then Governor of the Gambia. FS T. 

 261); cibundant round Aibreda fPeiTOllel). 



71). Tamarindus indicus L. — (Bowdich) St. Mary's Island. 



80. Bauhinia rufescens Lamk. (Août 1783). — FT A. JI. 290 



(Wliitlieidj. Native name «guiguisa». 



81. Dialium nitidum Guill. et Perr. — Aibreda. The fine plate 

 (t. 38) shows it to be sufficiently distinct from Dialium Guineense, especi- 

 ally when compared with Ihe plant fîgured in Rœmer's work of 1796. 



82. Gassia fistula L. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich). 



83. Gassia micrantha Guill. et Perr. — Aibreda, in Lower Niumi 

 district (Perrottet). 



84. Gassia mimosoides L. — Gunjour, in S. Kommbo district 

 (Lester, n. 7 S). North bank (Lester, n. 4 N). 



83. Gassia nigricans Yahl. — Karngour, in Lower Baddibu district; 

 also seen everywhere (Lester, nn. 44 N, 76 N, 78 N). 



86. Gassia occidentalis L. — St. Mary's Island. This plant seems 

 to be regarded as a panacea by the Mandingo people of the Gambia, who 

 call it «Bantamara». lts seeds are roasted and used instead of coffee. 

 The warm baths, which are given for ail disorders, hâve a quantily of the 

 leaves thrown into them. They are said to be a reliable remedy for the 

 cure of rheumatism: and in ail fever cases the bodies of the patients 

 arerubbed with ihem(Biiwdich). A spécimen in IheKewMuseumislabelled 

 «Negro coffee plant» (1876). 



87. Gassia Sieberiana Cand. — FST. 238 ; north bank (Perrottet). 

 FT A II. 271; north bank (Ozanne, n. II). Native name «Guamgua «. The 

 root of this tree is sleeped in water, and the infusion is given as a diuretic 

 in yellow fever. 



88. Gassia tora L. — Ballanghar, in Upper Baddibu district (Lester, 

 n. 81 N). 



89. Mezoneurum Benthamianum Baill. — On dry and sandy 

 soll at Faraba Sotii, in Fast Kommbo district (Lester, n. 32 S), 



90. Grotalaria cylindrocarpa Cand. — Karngour, in Lower 

 Baddibu district; and seen everywhere on dry and sandy soil (Lester, 

 nn. 18 N. 38 N. 37 Ni. The Gambian species of this dillicult genus re- 

 presented by s()ecimens in llerb. Kew. hâve required careful comparison 

 and scruLiny. A plant cited by Mr. Baker as «Grotalaria n. sp. near lan- 

 ceolata » can not be traced. though the locality given is not strictly within 

 the boundaries of the colony, — it niay hâve been put aside. Evenso, 

 noue of the spécimens in Herb. Kew. oï C. lanceolata are f vom the Gambia. 



91. Grotalaria GambicaTanbert in Engl. Jahrb. XXIII. 179 (1896) 

 — \Sect. Trifoliolaiae. snôsecl. Chrysocalycin^J Herba repens ca. 30 dem., 

 a basi ramo.sa. ramis gracilibns. ramis ramulisqne pr8eci[)Uo superne hir- 

 suio villusis. Stipulée 3 mm., siibulatae Folia sessilia. inferiora ti'ifoliolata, 

 snperiora unifoliolata ; foliola 17^-3 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, oblonga vel 

 lineari-oblanga, apice mucronulata, basi acuta, supra parce subtus densius 



