196 BULLETIN DK l'hERBIER ßOISSIKR (i^™«- SKR.)- ^^^^ 



■106. Desmodlum lasiocarpum Cand. — Near Albreda, at Ihe 

 village of Gilfre, in Lower Niumi district; F S T. 207 (Leprieur, Perrottet). 

 Syn. — Hedysarum lasiocarpum Beauv. (1805). 



107. Desmodium paleaceumGuill.etPerr. — Albreda (Leprieur, 

 Perrottet). 



108. Alysicarpus vaginalis Cand. — F S T. 211 ; Albreda (Per- 

 rottet). 



109. Pterocarpus erinaceus Poiret in Lamk. Encycl. Mélh. V. 

 728 (fasc. 68, 1804). — FST. 229, t. S4, — drawn from a Gambian spé- 

 cimen galhered at Albreda by Perrottet, who also noticed Ihe Iree ou 

 Dog Island, in Lower Niumi district. Mandingo name, «wegne». The 

 natives constiuct small boats of the wood of this tree, which resists the 

 action of the water for a long time. Italso produces the Africangum kino; 

 though Leprieur and Perrottet did not see the gum extracted from the 

 tree for officinal purposes on the banks of the Gambia ilself. Spécimens 

 of the gum and bark in the Kew Museum (Dr. Daniell), and of a walking- 

 stick made of the wood (W. Haydon, 1897). 



110. Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. et Perr. — Albreda (Per- 

 rottet). Gambian indigo is obtained from L. cyanescens Benth. (jar in Kew 

 Museum). 



m. Lonchocarpus sericeus var. Formosianus Cand. (sp.) — 

 FT A. II. 242 (Skues). Spécimen of gum in Kew Museum (Ozanne, n. XII). 

 iNative name « dember ». Used in leprosy. 



112. Andira grandiflora Guill. et Perr. — Albreda. Although 

 this tree is closely allied to A. ineimis of the West Indies, with which 

 species it bas been united, Perrottet states that he regards the two as 

 quite distinct; ha ving had the opportunity of observing both trees in sitie 

 in their respective coun tries. He therefore keeps them separate. 



113. Gaesalpinia bonducella Fleming. — St. Mary's Island (Bow- 

 dich). Abundantly along the banks and at Ihe mouth of the Gambia ; FST. 

 256. Oliver says, in FT A. II. 263, that under the name of « Guilandina 

 Bonduc » this plant is recorded from various localities in Tropical Africa. 

 This species, overlooked under the old name, should follow n. 88 in the 

 présent list. Cœsalpinia pnlcherrima is cultivated. 



114. Abrus precatorius L. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich). The 

 seeds are known as « crab's eyes ». 



Mo. Erythrina Senegalensis Cand. — FST. 224; sandy woods 

 in Lower Niumi district, near Albreda (Leprieur, Perrottet). Bakkendik, 

 in Upper Niumi district; and also seen every where (Lester, n. 25 N). 

 Powdered seeds reputed lo be a cure for Yaws (Ozanne, n. VIII, and n.2). 



116. Cajanus indicus Spreng. — SL Mary's Island (Bowdich). 



117. Rhynchosia calycina Guill. et Perr. — St. Mary's Island 

 (Bowdich, as '•^ Cylista comosa«). Bowdich adds in a note, ^fComosa,a 

 manuscript name given by Solander to a spécimen brought by Afzelius. » 

 FST. 214; in darap woods on the banks of the Gambia (Leprieur, Perrottet). 

 Along the Gambia (Ingram, — two sheets of spécimens in Herb. Kew., 

 one in fruit andone in flower). 



