FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 297 



" Talliconah," or " Coondi " oil, used for burning in 

 lamps, anointing the hair, in medicine as a purgative 

 and anthelmintic and for the healing of wounds. This 

 oil contains a large proportion of stearine, associated 

 with oleine and margarine. It makes an excellent 

 soap, and as a lubricant is said to protect iron and 

 steel from rust in a remarkable degree. — ' Treasury of 

 Botany,' Lindley and Moore ; ' Spon's Encyclopaedia 

 of the Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Commercial 

 Products,' p. 1386. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Cail-cedra or Mahogany Tree of the Gambia {Khaya 

 senegalensis, Juss.). — A lofty tree, the wood of which 

 is adapted for building, carpentry and joinery, and 

 for turning. The bark is used as a bitter tonic, and 

 as quinine by the blacks. — ' Catalogue des Produits 

 des Colonies Frangaises, Exposition Universelle de 

 1867,' p. 116, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozam- 

 bique District, 



Chailletiace^, 



Ratsbane, Break or Broke-back {Chailletia toxicaria, 

 Don). — Shrub. The seeds are used as a rat poison in 

 Sierra Leone, and are said to produce the same effects 

 as strychnia. — ' Treasury of Botany,' Lindley and 

 Moore, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



