376 BUI.LKIIN DK l'hKRBIKK BOISSiliR (2"'« SKR.). 1907 



242. Oldenlandia macrophylla Cand. — FT A. IH. 64. Rice- 

 fîelds in Lower Niiimi district, aboiil Albreda (Leprieur; Perrottet). 



243. Oldenlandia Senegalensis Hiern. — Upper Niiimi district 

 (Lester, n. 3 N); seen everywhere. ïorro, on Siiarra Kunda Creek, in 

 Jokadii district (Lester, n. 55 N). Native name « Temeng-temeng ». Used 

 as a vermifuge; roots made into native broom. Collected in the long grass. 



244. Oldenlandia virgata Cand. — Rice-fields round Albreda 

 (Leprieur; Perrottet). 



245. Mitragyna africana Korth.— FTA. 111.41 (Skues).Dr.Havi- 

 land in liis Revision of the tribe, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIi((1897), p.7i, 

 cites the Gambian spécimens as of « Mackenzie, Skuer», evidently laking 

 the name of Dr. Mackenzie-Skues for that of two persons. 



Syn. — Uncaria inermis W. (1793); Nauclea africana W. (1797); 

 Mitragyna inermis Kuntze Rev, Gen. 288 (1891). Korthals, as the founder 

 of tlie genus Mitragyna, was quite justified in selecling what specific 

 names lie pleased under the new genus; a liberty of action not permis- 

 sibie to Ihose who afterwards transferred other species to the genus. The 

 next species, in which Dr.Kunlze's name is taken up, shows the distinction 

 between tlie two catégories of cases. 



246. Mitragyna stipulosa Kuntze Rev. Gen. 289 (1891). — 

 Swamps in Lower Niumi district, on the banks of the Gambia, near Al- 

 breda (Leprieur in herb. Cand.). 



Syn. — Nauclea stipulosa Cand. Prodr. IV. 346 (1830); N. macrophylla 

 Perr. et Lepr. mss. ex Cand. 1. c. ; Mitragyne macrophylla Hiern in FI. 

 Trop. Afr. III. 41. Dr. Haviland, 1. c. p. 72. has overlooked Leprieur's 

 Gambian spécimens, and also Mr. Hiern's name for the tree. Dr. Kuntze 

 has restored De CandoUe's very suitable name. 



247. Sarcocephalus esculentus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. \. 

 p. 442, t. 18 (1824). — read 18 Mar. 1823. — Sl.Mary's Island (Bowdich), 

 North bank(Ozanne, n. 23, fruit-specimen). Woods on the Gambia (Cand. 

 Prodr. IV. 368). The first référence to this treeis by Afzelius in his appen- 

 dix to the « Report delivered by the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone 

 Company to the General Court of Directors. on Thursday the tl^^ March, 

 1794 ». Writing of the fruits he says; — « These in no respect resemble 

 « the irue figs, except in the number of their gritly seeds. This fruit is 

 « of the size of an apple. nearly round, and agerable to the taste; when 

 « sufficiently ripe resembling the European Strawberry. The tree is new 

 « and nondescript; it is found growing in Ihe best soil in Ihe woods. » 

 Schweinfurth, in his « Heart of Africa », I. p. 192, says. « in shape andcolor 

 « the fruit may be compared to a strawberry, Ihough in davor it resem- 

 « bles an apple; flowers small like orange-blossoms. » The bark is used 

 by natives for medicine; it has been recommended for indigestion, and is 

 Said to have an action similar to that of cocaine. Raten in excess it acts as 

 an emetic (Bowdich). 



Syn. — Nauclea sambncina T. Winlerbotlom (1803). — but name only, 

 withoul any indication of what plant is meant; Nauclea latifolia Smith in 

 in Rees Cyclop. XXIV. n. 5 (12 February 1813, — fide B. D. Jackson); 

 Cephalina esculenta Schum. et Thonn. (1827) ; Sarcocephalus sambucinus 



