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extensively eaten as dessert. This tree is one upon 

 which the Tasar silkworm is fed. — ' Manual of Indian 

 Timbers,' Gamble, p. 182, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea (cultivated at St. 

 Louis and Gambia). 



Button Mangrove {Conocarpus erecta, Jacq.). — Small 

 tree. Wood very hard and valuable for posts, being 

 durable in the ground. — ' Catalogue of the Trinidad 

 Collection, International Exhibition, 1862,' p. 17, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Comhretum glutinosum, Perr. — Small tree, branching 

 from the base. Wood useful for carpentry work, but 

 of small dimensions. The ash of the leaves of this 

 species is said to be used in Senegal as a mordant 

 in dyeing cotton stuffs with indigo. — ' Catalogue des 

 Produits des Colonies Frangaises, Exposition Univer- 

 selle de 1867,' p. 43 ; Kew Museum. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, North Central, Nile 

 Land. 



Combretum Kirkii, Laws. — Climbing shrub. Ac- 

 cording to Dr. Welwitsch, the leaves and fruit of a 

 variety of this plant, called by him C. tinctorum, are 

 used by the natives as a yellow dye. — ' Flora of 

 Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. ii., p. 430. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea, Mozambique District. 



Mozambiti, " Lignum Vitse " {Combretum truncatum, 

 Welw. mss.). — Large tree. Wood dense, close-grained, 



