200 BÜI.LKTIN DK l'hIîRBIKR BOISSIBR (2'"« SKR.). 1907 « 



Ord. Guttiferales 

 Fam. 30. CLUSIACEJE 



136. Harungana madagascariensis Lamk. Illust. Genr. III. 

 p. 202, n. 1342 (1823), t. 645 (1797), et in Poiret Encycl. Méth. suppl. IV. 

 720 (Nov. 1816). nomen, et Poirel in Dict. Sc. Nat. XX. 307 (1821); var. 

 pubescens Williams. — FST. 106; on clay soil near Albreda, in Lower 

 Niumi district (Perrottet, as '^ Haronga madagascariensis «. Tlie correct 

 citation of the species is a matter of difficiilty (as the list of Synonyms 

 quoted below shows). owing to the fact that the volume of plates for the 

 corresponding volume of the Illustrations des Genres was issued26years 

 before the latter; and in the interval several specific combina tionswere 

 applied to the plant in question. Of the Gambian spécimens Perrottet says 

 that there is no real différence between the plant of Madagascar and that 

 of the Gambia. In the Gambian plant the leaves are larger, more elongated 

 and more rounded at the base; the berriesare a little smaller and inclose 

 always 3 seeds, not 2-4, as in Madagascar spécimens. This différence is 

 expressed almost in the words of Poiret, in distinguishing Harungana 

 pubescens from H. madagascariensis Lamk. Poiret says that his plant is 

 perhaps only a variety of H. madagascariensis, with larger leaves on 

 which the pubescence is moreabundant and persistent. 



Syn. (of the species). — Arungana paniculata Pers. Syn. Plant. II. 91 

 (1807) ; Harongana madagascariensis Choisy Prodr. monogr. Hyper. 34 

 (1821); Hœmocarpiis paniculatus S[)reng. Syst. Veget. III. 333 (1826); 

 Haronga madagascariensis Perr. in Guill. et Perr. Fl.Senegamb.Tent. 106 

 (Janv. 1831); Haronga paniculata Lodd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 

 I. 722 (1840); Harungana (wilhout specific name) Lamk. lUustr. Genr. 

 t. 645 (1797); Haemocarpus (without specific name) Noronha ex Thouars 

 Gen. Nov. Madag. 15 (1806). 



Syn. (of the variety). — Harungana pubescens Poiret Encycl. Méth. 

 suppl. IV. 721 (fasc. 84, Nov. 1816): Haronga pubescens Steud. Nomencl. 

 Bot. ed. 2, 1. 722 (1840). 



Fam. 31. COCHLOSPERMACEM 



137. Gochlospermum tinctorium Perr. — Native name 

 «Fooseay. Roots are boiled, and the water poured off and givento women 

 to assist them in childbirth (Ozanne, n. III). 



Fam. 32. CASEARIACE^ 



For note on the name of this family see Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1905, p. 24, 

 where it is placed in the order Parietales. Engler and Prantl include 

 many families in this order, whereas Pfitzer and others divide it and 

 transfer several families to a segregated order Guttiferales; and it is in 

 this lalter order that the family of Caseariaceœ should be placed. 



