FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



Gaboon. 



I. Verbenaceje , 

 2- 



3. Bignoniacese . 



4. Sapotacese 



5. Anonaceas 



6. HypericaceJE . 



7. Amyridacese . 



8. Simarubacex. 



9. Chrysobalanese 

 10. Leguminosse . 



Vernacular 

 Name. 



Vitex ameata 



Avicennia afrkana, P. Beauv. 

 Spathodea camfanulata 

 Mimusops .... 

 Xylopia csthiopica . 

 Haronga madagaricnsis 

 Bursera .... 

 Irvingia Barteri . 

 Chrysobalanus Icaco^ L. 

 Pterocarpus angoknsis 

 Pentackthra macrophylla, Benth. 



Evino. 



Garigari. 



Thiogo. 



M'Bimo. 



Ogana. 



Ogina-gina. 



Ocoume. 



Oba. 



M'Pondo. 



Sautal rouge. 



Owala. 



As regards West African economic botany much 

 interest will be afforded from a perusal in Martin's 

 'British Colonies,' compiled from the official records 

 of the Colonial Office, and published, in 1843, of the 

 particulars of the past trade of our Possessions in 

 West Africa. 



The, native names according to that work of the 

 different species of timber exported then from Sierra 

 Leone for ship-building and carpenter's work were — 



