F. N. WILLIAMS. FLORULA GAMBICA. 203 



lo6. Adansonia digitata L. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdicli). Bri- 

 kama in Central Komnibo district, Gunjour in South Kommbo district, 

 Sandeng in Kiang district, and elsewhere plentiful (Lester). The Baobab, 

 also called monkey-bread and sour gourd, is one of Ihe largest and oldest 

 trees in the world, with a trunk often more than 20 feet in diameter. The 

 bark is librous, and is stripped off for making ropes and clothes; it is 

 also used as a fébrifuge. The leaves are dried, and made into a powder 

 called « Lalo », which is used by the Mandingos as a condiment, The acid 

 pulp, in which the seeds are embedded, is also eaten. 



157. Ceiba pentandra Gärtn. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich, as 

 « Eriodendron anfractiiosum «). Albreda (Adanson's Voyage to Senegal, 

 p. 168). 



Farn. 35. STERCULIACEjE 



158. Waltheria lanceolata Mast. — FTA. I. 235 (Ingram). 



159. Cola cordifolia Brown. — Damp places in Lower Niumi 

 district, about Albreda; FST. p. 79, l. 15 (Perrottet, as « Sterculia cordi- 

 folia »). The aril is edible, and is called by the natives « N'dimb ». It is 

 one of the largest and finest trees on the north bank of the Gambia : it 

 often attains a height of 80 feet. The wood is hard and is employed in the 

 construction of small boats. 



Ord. Tricoccales 

 Fam. 36. EUPHORBIACE^ 



160. Ricinus communis L. — St. Mary's Island (Bowdich). Bal- 

 langhar, in Upper Baddibu district, and seen everywhere near villages 

 (Lesler, n. 77 N, — but spécimen not kept). In the Kew Museum there 

 is a jar of castor oil seeds from Gambia. 



161. Euphorbia trinervia Schum. et Thonn. — (Boteler). 



Ser. F. EUCYCLIC^ 



Ord. Terebinthales 



Fam. 37. SIMARUBACE^ 



162. Hannoa undulata Planch. — Albreda (Perrotlet; Heudelot, 

 n. 435): FST. p. J36, t. 34 {<f Simaba tmdulata '>). 



