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Bellenda or Bembee of Sierra Leone, African Bark 

 (Crossopteryx Kotschyana, FenzL). — Bushy tree or 

 shrub. The bark is employed as a febrifuge. — ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 44. 



Distriblition : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District. 



Urophylhmi rubens, Benth. — Shrub six feet high. 

 Used as a red dye by the natives of Fernando Po. — 

 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 73. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Randia malleifera, Benth. — Shrub or small tree. 

 The " Blippo," with the inky sap of which the Niam- 

 Niam and the Monbuttoo delight to dye themselves. 

 — ' Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 98. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, North Central, Nile 

 Land, Lower Guinea. 



Wilde Katjepiering, Bufifelsbal {Gardenia Thun- 

 bergia, L.). — Shrub or tree. Wood hard, heavy, and 

 strong, and used for making tools, clubs, kieries, 

 yokes, axles, fellies, ploughs, &c., at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. The fruit is eaten by elephants in the 

 Mozambique District. This tree is said to be used 

 medicinally in the Madi country. — ' Silva Capensis,' 

 Pappe, p. 18 ; 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, 

 vol. iii., p. loi. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, North Central, Nile 

 Land, Lower Guinea, South Central, Mozambique 

 District. 



