380 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"269 B. C." (Plin., Blair, and Clint.), Fabius Pictor and Q. Ogulnius Callus consuls, silver first 

 coined at Rome. 



As early at least as this date, navigation practised on the Indian Ocean and along the African 

 coast as far as the Equator. 



Guatteria lucida of Equatorial East Africa. A shrub growing along the seashore on Mombas 

 island. — Carried in 1S24 to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Riedleia capitala of Equatorial East Africa. Growing on Zanzibar. — Carried to the Mauritius 

 Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Corchorus procumbens of Equatorial East Africa. An annual growing in moist openings on 

 Zanzibar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated in kitchen-gardens (Boj.). 



Triumfetta iomentosa of Equatorial East Africa. Suffruticose, growing on Mombas Island. — 

 Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Grewia ulmifolia of Equatorial East Africa. A bush growing on Zanzibar. — Carried to the 

 Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Grewia cuneifolia of Madagascar and Equatorial East Africa. A bush, — carried to the Mauri- 

 tius Islands, and cultivated there (Juss. pi. 49, and Boj.). 



Cissies fragaricefolia of Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, growing on the outskirts of the 

 forest on the mainland and on Zanzibar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated 

 there (Boj.). 



Omphalobium ? scandals of Equatorial East Africa. A climbing shrub, growing on the islands 

 of Zanzibar and Pemba. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Crotalaria strigosa of Equatorial East Africa. Biennial, growing on Zanzibar. — Carried to the 

 Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Cytisus glomerulus of Madagascar and Equatorial East Africa. Biennial, growing on Zan- 

 zibar, the Comoro Islands, and Madagascar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated 

 there (Boj.). 



Indigo/era hirta of Madagascar and Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, growing on Zanzi- 

 bar, the Comoro Islands, and Madagascar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated 

 there (Boj.). 



Tephrosia noctiflora of Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, growing on Zanzibar and the Comoro 

 Islands. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Tephrosia hirla of Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, growing on Mombas island. — Carried to 

 the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Desmodium spectabile and D. lactescens of Equatorial East Africa. Shrubs growing on Zan- 

 zibar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Rhynchosia malacophylla of Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, twining, growing on Mombas 

 island. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Rhynchosia inflata of Madagascar and Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, twining, growing on 

 Zanzibar, the Comoro Islands, and the West side of Madagascar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, 

 and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Cassia {Chamacrista) pulchella of Equatorial East Africa. Suffruticose, growing on Zanzibar. — ■ 

 Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and almost naturalized there (Boj.). 



Phyllolobium ? Zanzibarense of Equatorial East Africa. Perennial, twining, growing on Zanzi- 

 bar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Telfairia pedata of Equatorial East Africa. A perennial Cucurbitaceous vine called " koueme'," 



— cultivated at Mombas, Zanzibar, and Mozambique. Carried by captain Joliff to the Mauritius 

 Islands in 1807 ; re-introduced in 1S24, and continuing generally cultivated (Boj.). 



Hedyotis densiflora of Equatorial East Africa. Annual, growing on Zanzibar. — Carried to the 

 Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Mimusops frulicosa of Equatorial East Africa. Growing on Mombas island and Pemba. — Car- 

 ried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Vahea Comorensis of the Comoro Islands. A twining shrub, with fruit of the form and colour 

 of an orange, — growing on the mountains around Musamodo, the chief town on Johanna or Anjouan. 



— Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Dignonia (Spathodca) tenuifolia of Equatorial East Africa. A twining shrub, growing on the 

 mainland and on Zanzibar. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Bignonia (Arthrophyllnni) Comorcnse of the Comoro Islands. A shrub, growing in ravines 

 along streams on Johanna or Anjouan (Boj.). 



Tanaaum pinnatum of Equatorial East Africa. A tree, growing on Zanzibar, and Pemba, 

 and in Mozambique. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Jacq. coll. iii. pi. 18, 

 and Boj.). 



