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(Drur.) ; and from early times, employed medicinally and put by Brahmins as a seasoning into butter- 

 milk : — observed by Rheede vii. pi. 44 in Malabar ; by Graham, on hedges and " trees throughout the 

 Concans ; " by Roxburgh, and Drury, as far as Cochin and Bengal ; by Loureiro, in Anam ; by Blanco, 

 on the Philippines, hardly known to the natives ; described by Rumphius v. pi. 184; and was observed 

 by myself from the Feejeean throughout the Southern Polynesian groups to the remotest coral-island. 

 Westward from Hindustan, by Forskal p. 84 in Yemen, its berries eaten by boys, and applied bruised 

 to the wound called "oruk." 



" 1 240 A. D." (Alst, and Nicol.), a synod at Senlis. " A twentieth of the ecclesiastical revenues " 

 was granted to the pope. 



"The same year" (art de verif.), Melek-Adel II. succeeded by Melek-Saleh, seventh Ayoubite 

 sultan of Egypt. The name of Melek-Saleh occurs at Cairo in an inscription over the door of his 

 tomb — (Wilk. theb. and eg. 297 and 551). 



" Twenty generations ago " (Speke trav. ix. 9), a large party of pastoral Wahuma under Rohinda 

 sought protection of king Nono of Karagiie', inhabited by the Wanyambo people. Nono was treacher- 

 ously put to death, and Rohinda became the head of a new dynasty. — He "was succeeded by Ntare", 

 then Rohinda II., then Ntare" II., which order only changed with the eleventh reign, when Rusatira 

 ascended the throne, and was succeeded by Mehinga, then Kalime'ra, then Ntare' V 1 1., then Rohinda VI., 

 then Da^ara, and now Rflmanika" in 1861. 



Hexalobus Seiic^atiiisis of Tropical Africa. An Anonaceous tree called by the Wanyamuesi 

 "imkooa" (Grant); and from early times, its drupes used to color the "gums and teeth : — observed 

 from "5 S. to 2° North " Westward, described by A. Decandolle, as received from Senegal. 



Bosiiii sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A moderately-sized Capparideous tree called in Madi 

 " m'zazza " (Grant), and probably as early as this date. 



Flacaurtia sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A slender hazel-leaved tree with a few thorns, called 

 in the Kinyoro language " m'seengeerra " (Grant), and as early perhaps as this date: — observed in 

 Madi, on the Nile. 



Lopliira alata of Equatorial Africa. A Dipterocarpous tree called " meeenzerrah " (Grant) ; and 

 from early times, a leaf used as a charm : — observed only at 3° 15' N. near the Nile, but " the handsomest 

 tree seen on the route," the leaves "two feet" long. Westward, is described by C. F. Gaertnerfr. iii. 

 pi. 1 88 as received from Western Equatorial Africa. 



Harrisouia sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A thorny Simaruboid tree called "m'ceenango" 

 (Grant), and as early probably as this date : — observed at Madi, the branches catching •■one's clothes 

 in the woods." 



Gymnosporia coriacea of Equatorial Africa. A small Celastroid tree called "m'thoozeea" (Grant); 

 and from early times, its roots used medicinally by women, also as a purgative : — observed from " 5 S. 

 to 3 N.," very frequent. Westward, described by Guillemin and Perrotett, as observed in the coun- 

 tries on the Atlantic. 



Rhus sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A shrub called "m'sangool'a" (Grant); a superstitious 

 belief continuing from early times, that plants for spinage can be found if its seeds are thrown about: 

 — observed in Madi, its wood made into tooth-scrubbers. 



Odiua fruciicosa of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A tall elegant tree called " m'sangar'.i " (Grant); 

 and from early times, its wood made into posts : — '• Madi heights, 3 North." Described by Hoch- 

 stetter. 



Tephrosia Jo^eHioi Equatorial Africa. Bushy and seven feet high (Grant), hedging dwellings; 

 and from early times, a mash of its leaves used in destroying fish : — observed from '■ i° to 2° North." 

 Described by J. D. Hooker. 



.■Esihyiiomene Schimperi? of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A bushy tree twenty feet high called 

 "kong'golo" (Grant) ; its wood light, and from early times used for shields, — as at present by the 

 Waganda : used " as trimmers and door-bolts " by the Wanyoro, and " as load-levers " by the Wanya- 

 muezi. 



/ 'i^ii'i luteola of Tropical Africa. A coarse bean called " koondf? " (Grant) ; and from early times, 

 cultivated by the natives : — observed in Karague. and from " 5 S. to 2° North." Westward, is described 

 by Linnaeus, and Jacquin hort. pi. 90, as received from Tropical America. 



LimcluKarpus laxijJorus? of Tropical Africa. A small tree called " mowaleh " (Grant), and as 

 early perhaps as this date : — observed in " Madi, 3 N." 



I'ilioUi^iiia T/ionitiiigii? of Equatorial Eastern Africa. A brushwood tree called in the Kinyoro 

 language " m'keendambogo," in Suahili "keeteembee" (Grant) ; and from early times, short lashings 

 stripped from its bark : — " found everywhere," the leaves " used to cover sores." 



Cosu'a sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A bush six feet high called "mcsek<es'«e'' (Grant) ; and 

 from early times, used as fencing: — observed at "3° N.," common. 



Cassia sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A shrub six feet high (Grant) ; and from early times, 



