'MO BUM.KIIIN OK l'hKKBIKK BOISSIKH (^'"« SKK.). 1907 



194. Striga macrantha Benlh. — F TA. IV. sect. 2. 414. Faraba 

 Solu in East Kommbo dislricl (Lester, n. 34 S). A plant three to six feet 

 high, growing amongst the liigh biish grass; and seen everywhere. 



195. Striga Senegalensis Benth. — FT A. IV. sect. 2. 408; 

 (fngram). 



Fam. 52. HIGNONIACEM 



19Ö. Newbouldia laevis Seem. — FTA. IV. sect. 2. 521. Jarrol, 

 on Vinlang Creek, in Bondali dislricl (Lesler, n. 46 S). North bank. 

 (Ozanne, n. 4). Lester's n. 31 S (cited in FTA. but misprinted «831 »), 

 refers lo a spécimen, not found in Gambia ilself, butatSililiin theFrench 

 area of Futa-Jallon. 



197. Kigelia africana Benth. — On dry sandy soil al Ka Fundi, 

 along the coast soulh of Gunjour, in South Kommbo district (Lester, 

 n. 15 S). There are also spécimens of the fruit in the Kew Museum from 

 « West Africa % — more précise origin not slaled on Ihe labels. Lester's 

 spécimen consisls of a large long fruit from a tree 30-40 feet high. 



Fam. 53. AC ANTRAGES 



198. Nelsonia campestris Brown. — FTA. V. 29. SL Mary's 

 Island (Leprieur in Herb. Mus. Paris). Lester's spécimens, cited as from 

 Gambia in FTA, were collecled in French territory. This, the single spe- 

 cies of the genus. is widely diffused through the Tropics of both hémis- 

 phères, but probably inlroduced inlo America. 



Syn. — Justicia canescens Lamk. lUuslr. Genr, I. 41 (fasc. 44, 1791). 



The spécimens of Hygî^ophila spinosa and of Hygrophila Senegalensis, 

 cited as from Gambia in FTA. V. pp. 32. 34. were collecled in French 

 territory. The two species are not therefore included in the présent lisl. 



199. Phaylopsis parviflora W. — FTA. V. 83. Seen everywhere 

 (Lester, n. 11 N). Lester stales thaï il is a shrub 3 feet high. Mr. G. B. 

 Clarke, in FTA, says thaï the plant is a small shrub wilh a stem 1-2 feet 

 high. Common name « Papleaf ». The leaves are used as a hol fomentation 

 over the spleen in ague-cake. When the shrub is placed in water, the 

 seeds bursl wilh a slight crackling sound. 



Syn. — Ruellia imbricata Forsk. (1775); Micranthus oppositifolius 

 Wendl. (1798). 



200. Dyschoriste pedicellata G. B. Clarke in FI. Trop. Afr. 

 V. 75. — Native name « boru ». An infusion of the leaves is given to young 

 children as a fébrifuge (Ozanne, n. 8, and n. VII). 



201. Asystasia Gangetica T. Anderson (March 1863). — FTA. 

 V. 131 (Skues, Ingram; as «^. Coromandeliana Nées»). 



Syn. — Justicia Gangetica E. Torner Cent. Plant. II. 3, n. 102 (Jun. 1756), 

 et reimpr. in Amœnit. Academ.IV. 299 (Nov. 1759); L. Syst. Nat. éd. 10, 



