3IO FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



indigo than in its native country, Bengal : cultivation 

 was abandoned in consequence. On the banks of the 

 Gambia, this species has been cultivated by the 

 Natives, introduced doubtless to Albreda from Senegal 

 by the French: it flowers from August to March. — 

 ' Florae Senegambise Tentamen,' Messrs. Guillemin, 

 Perrottet and Richard, p. i8o. 



Indigofera trita, Linn. f. (/. cinerea, Willd.). — This 

 species is said to yield indigo in West Africa. — Spon's 

 * Encyclopzedia of the Industrial Arts, Manufactures 

 and Commercial Products,' p. 858. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea, Nile Land. 



Indigofera hirsuta, L. — ^An annual or biennial, said 

 to yield indigo in West Africa. — Spon's ' Encyclo- 

 paedia of the Industrial Arts, Manufactures and 

 Commercial Products,' p. 858. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, North Central, Nile 

 Land, Lower Guinea, Mozambique District, Cape de 

 Verd Islands. 



Indigofera endecaphylla, Jacq. — Annual or biennial, 

 believed to be the source of the dye used by the 

 negroes to dye the cotton with which they make their 

 pagnes (cotton drawers).— ' Flore d'Oware et de Benin 

 en Afrique,' A. Palisot, tome ii., p. 44. 



Distribution: Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District. 



Indigofera eniteaphylla, L.— Annual or biennial, the 



