202 BULLETIN DK l'hKHBIEK BOISSIEK (2"'« SÉB.). 1907 



'14o. Sida acuta var. carpinifolia (L. f.) K. Schum. Fl. Brasil, fasc. 

 109. p. 326 (1891). — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich). See also E. G. Baker 

 in Jonrn. Bot. 1892. p. 238. First described by Ihe younger Linnseus from 

 spécimens sent byF.Masson from the garden of theFranciscanMonaslery 

 in Madeira. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



146. Sida cordifolia L. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich, as « S. altheœ- 

 folia »). 



147. Urena lobata L. — FTA. I. 189 (Park. Heudelot, Whitfield). 

 Seen everywhere (Lester, n. 8 N, n. 23 N, n. 13 S). Native names « Bubo- 

 Bubo » and « Toja ». Bark used for ropes. In the Kew Museum, is a spé- 

 cimen recently sent as an economic product from thecolony (daled 1906). 

 Lester's spécimens were not kepl. 



148. Pavonia Zeylanica Cavan. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich, 

 ((Hibiscus Setiegalensis »). Called « ratach » by the Mandingo natives, and 

 used by Ihem as a vermifuge and a purgative. 



149. Hibiscus cannabinus L. — Native name « wild Saur », and 

 seen everywhere (Lester, n. 24 N). The bark is used for making ropes; 

 and an infusion of ihe leaves is administered in coughs. Lester's spécimens 

 were not kept. 



150. Hibiscus micranthus L. f. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich, 

 « H.hirtus »). This plant is found in Senegambia, and is probably theone 

 intended. See FT. A. I. 206, where H. hirlus is referred to this species by 

 Dr. Masters. 



loi. Hibiscus quinquilobus G. Don 2"«. — Woods beside grassy 

 swamps, in Lower Niumi district, near Albreda. The plants seen hère by 

 Perrottet {i. e. Paritium sterculidefoHum Guill. et Perr. Fl.Senegamb.Tent. 

 p. 60, t. 13) were 10-12 feet high, that is more Ihan twice the height of 

 those of spécimens found by Lester at Ma Kuda, in French Guinea, referred 

 to in the Kew Bulletin as « Hibiscus, near H. Gî^antii », and with the some- 

 what cryptic remark, « leaves four times as large as spécimen ». 



152. Hibiscus ribesifolius Guill. et Perr. — The authors write, 

 « Elle varie singulièrement selon les localités; dans les unes, les feuilles 

 « sont très-velues des deux côtés, plus ou moins alongées et irregulière- 

 « ment lobées ou crénelées; dans d'autres, les feuilles sont presque 

 « glabres. Elle est très-abondante dans les sables frais et humides». 

 Sandy places, in Lower Niumi district, near Albreda (Pei'rottet in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit.) FTA.I. 200 (under « H. physalodes >^). 



153. Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. et Perr. —FTA.I. 201 (Ingram, 

 as «//. furcatus y>). Lester's spécimens, collected at Ma Kuda, in French 

 Guinea, and referred, in the Kew Bulletin, to H.physalodes, belongto this 

 species. 



154. Hibiscus tiliaceus L. — St. Maiy's Island (Bowdich). 



155. Gossypium Barbadense L. — St.Mary's Island (Bowdich). 

 Torro, across Suarra Kunda Creek. in Jokadu district (Lester, n. 59 N). 

 The cotton plant, one to three feet high, seen in ail the fields ail over the 

 Gambia. Vernacular name « dulow boro ». 



