732 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



Cyauum sp. n. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Creeping on bare open sandy heights, and called 

 "m'sweera m'dogo " (Grant) ; and from early times, its fibrous roots used to cure the bite of a par- 

 ticular snake, — as by the Wanyamuezi of the present day : observed in " 3 15' N." 



Sopubia ramosa of Eastern Equatorial Africa. An erect woody plant in grassy plateaux (Grant) ; 

 and from early times, salt water for cooking purposes obtained from its ashes, —as by the Wahiyow 

 of the present day : observed in " 2 N.," uncommon. 



Stereospermum sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A Bignoniaceous tree called in the Kinyoro 

 language " mololo " (Grant), and as early perhaps as this date : — observed in " 3 15' N.," frequent 

 by water, its wood useless. 



Hygropliila spinosa of Eastern Equatorial Africa. An Acanthaceous plant from early times culti- 

 vated for the salt procured from its ashes : —observed wild also by Grant from "4° 18' S. to 3 15' 

 North." Described by T. And. (See Vernonia stoechadifolia.) 



Chrodendrum sp. n. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A shrub two feet high used for drinking- 

 tubes called "meereej'a" by the Wanyambo (Grant), and as early perhaps as this date : —observed 

 in " i° 43' S., alt. 5000 feet." 



Vilex sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Bush-sized and called " m'thalassee " (Grant), and as 

 early perhaps as this date : — observed in " Madi, 3 15' N." 



Coleus barbatus of Abyssinia and Yemen. From early times smoke of its burning leaves re- 

 garded an immediate cure for fever : — the plant observed by Grant " in Euphorbia hedges, 4 18' to 

 i c 42' South." Eastward, was observed by Forskal p. 109 on the higher mountains of Yemen and 

 called "medan." Probably by Arab or Banian traders carried to Hindustan, observed by Gibson in 

 the rice-fields of Guzerat; by Graham in the environs of Bombay, sold in market, and "commonly 

 cultivated in native gardens for the roots which are pickled;" by Roxburgh, and Wallich, in other 

 parts of Hindustan, as far even as Nepaul. 



Hyptis spiiigcra of Tropical Africa. Called "neeno" (Grant) ; and from early times, cultivated 

 as a grain, and to extract oil, — as by the natives of Gani at the present day : observed by Grant in 

 " 3 North ; " known to occur also in Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Senegambia (Benth., and A. Dec); 

 on the Cape Verd Islands (Webb.). Farther West, in Brazil and other parts of Tropical America; 

 received also by Bentham from Manila (possibly by European colonists carried across the Pacific). 

 Described by Lamarck. 



Docrhaavia sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A foot high (Grant) ; and from early times, its 

 roots eaten in famines, — as by the Wahiyow of the present day : observed " in cleared ground, 2° N." 



Acalypha sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Called "m'caetae" (Grant); and from early times, 

 its wands of great length made into strong trays and baskets, — as by the people of Unyoro at the 

 present day: observed " by rivulets 1° 42' S., to 2° N." 



Croton sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A tree having immense leaves, called " m'pcefoo " 

 (Grant), and as early perhaps as this date : — observed "in shady moist ground, 3 15' N." 



Hymenocardia Heudelotii of Equatorial Africa. An Euphorbiaceous tree called "m'palanyonga " 

 (Grant), and as early perhaps as this date : — observed in " 3 15' North." Described by Planch. 



Euphorbia hypericifolia of Tropical Africa? Its juice already perhaps rubbed upon snares to 

 attract Guinea fowl? — as observed by Grant in "2° N." (on the Nile). Westward, was received by 

 Bentham p. 500 from Nigritia (A. Dec). Probably through European traders carried to the West 

 Indies, observed by Sloane i pi. 126 in cultivated ground on Jamaica ; and thence perhaps has 

 extended into Northeast America where it is now seemingly wild, observed by Baldwin in 31° in 

 Florida, by Pursh in cultivated ground as far as Canada, by Elliot in Upper Carolina and Georgia, by 

 Short in Kentucky, by Nuttall on the Arkansas, by E. James on the Missouri, and by myself along 

 the Atlantic as far as 42 30'. 



Ccllis integrifolia of Tropical Africa. A large tree called " m'lseweh " (Grant) ; and from early 

 times, its seeds made into necklaces, — as by the natives of Fipa at the present day : observed in " 3 

 30' North." Westward, described by Lamarck as received from — 



Angracum ? sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Epiphytic on a Kigelia (Grant) ; and from early 

 times considered a remedy for ophthalmia : — observed in " 3 1 5' N." 



Ansellia sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. In thick clusters upon lofty-stemmed trees, and called 

 by Uhiyovv men " mitoolo " (Grant) ; its jointed roots from early times used medicinally : — observed 

 at "M'bwiga, 7° 30' S." 



Amumum sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Four feet high with scarlet underground fruit; the 

 pulp around the seeds sucked from early times: — observed by (".rant in Uganda, "2^° N.," frequent. 



Dracaena sp. of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Ten feet hi -L and called " mpopo m'weeto" wild 

 beetul (Grant) ; and rom early times, used as fences : — observed in " 2 N." 



Smilax Krausstana of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Called " m'kolol'a " (Grant) ; and from early 

 times, its roots used medicinally, — as by the Wanyamuezi of the present day: observed, Sept. (i£° 

 to) "3 15' North." Described by Meisner. 



