FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 327 



H. BailL). — Tree about 20 feet high. Wood valuable, 

 chiefly used in dyeing. — ' Catalogue des Produits des 

 Colonies Frangaises, Exposition Universelle de 1867,' 



p. 47- 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Baphiopsis parviJlora,'^Qnth.. — Tree 40 to Sofeethigh. 

 The wood is heavy and close-grained. — Kew Museum. 

 Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Swartsia madagascariensis, Desv. — Tree 20 to 30 

 feet high. According to Messrs. Speke and Grant, the 

 wood is very hard, and of a deep red colour. — ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' D. Oliver, vol. ii., p. 257. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, North Central, Nile 

 Land, Lower Guinea, South Central, Mozambique 

 District. 



Motunda [Cordyla africana. Lour.). — Tree some- 

 times 12 feet in circumference, from which a gum is 

 obtained, and used for making size for whitewash by 

 the natives. The fruit when ripe is about the size of 

 a large lemon, yellow and pulpy, and is eaten by the 

 natives. — ' Tette. E. Africa, Coll. Sir J. Kirk.' Kew 

 Museum. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozam- 

 bique District. 



Barbadoes Pride, Macata Wood (Casalpmia 

 pidcherrima, Sw. ; Pomciana pidclierrinta, L.). — Small 

 tree 10 to 15 feet high. Cultivated throughout the 



