FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 269 



XX. 



List of Economic Plants of Western Africa. 



Ranunculace^. 



Clematis grandiflora, DC. — Slender climbing shrub, 

 Leaves used as a vesicant in Sierra Leone. — Kew 

 Museum. 



Distribution : Upper and Lower Guinea. 



DlLLENIACE^. 



Water Tree {Tetracera alnifolia, Willd). — The 

 climbing stems yield a good supply of clear water if 

 cut across. Sierra Leone. — ' Treasury of Botany.' 



Distribution : Upper and Lower Guinea. 



, AnONACEjE. 



Calabash Nutmeg (Monodora Myristica, Dun.). — 

 Tree 50 to 60 feet high. Seeds used as a condiment. 

 — ' Catalogue des Produits des Colonies Frangaises, 

 Exposition Universelle de 1867/ p. 141. 



Distribution : Upper and Lower Guinea. . 



