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RUTACE/E. 



Zanthoxylum senegalense, DC. — Shrub or small 

 tree. The bark is aromatic and stimulant ; when 

 reduced to a powder it is soaked in water, and 

 applied externally in rheumatic affections by the 

 natives.—' Flora Senegambia,' Guillemin et Perrottet, 

 vol. i., p. 141. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Clausena incequalis, Benth. — Shrub or small tree ; 

 wood heavy and close-grained, but little used. Cape 

 of Good Hope. (Kew Museum.) 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



The Orange, Lemon, and Lime are cultivated in 

 the Cape Verd Islands, St. Thome, and probably in 

 various other parts of West Africa. — ' Society of Arts 

 Journal,' vol. xxxii., p. 231, &c. 



SlMARUBE^. 



"Woodginoos" of Abyssinia {Brucea antidysen- 

 terica, Mill.). — Small tree. Root a specific in dysentery. 

 A plain bitter without any aromatic or resinous taste. 

 Bark sold under the name of "Angostura Bark." 

 (True Angostura bark is afforded by Galipea Ctisparia, 

 St. Hil. of Venezuela.) — ' History of Dichlamydeous 

 Plants,' G. Don, vol. i., p. 800. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land. 



