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several Schotias are valued for their hard whitish wood, especially 
S. latifolia.” Among the remaining African Cesalpiniee valuable 
for their wood we may mention Afzelia africana,? common on the 
banks of the Casamance, whose wood is hard and close-grained, 
clouded with light violet; Detarium microcarpum® of Senegal, ex- 
cellent for boat-building; and Dialium nitidum* or Solomé* of Sene- 
gambia, for fine carpenter’s work and turning. The only woods 
from India and the Indian Archipelago which are cited as useful 
are those of Afzelia bijuga, Dialium indicum’ (Tamarind Plum), Saraca 
indica,’ the Sappan and Tamarind, and several Bauhinias.* These 
last have often a textile bark: coarse but strong ropes are made from 
that of B. tomentosa L., purpurea Sw., Adansonia, and reticulata.” 
In this order, as a rule, the barks furnish but few useful products, 
except those rich in tannin and used in preparing skins. We may, 
however, refer to that of Burkea,” which passes for an astringent and 
tonic ; that of Cadia, used in the treatment of intestinal complaints 
in Arabia;” that of several American Cassias, a febrifuge; that of 
Brownea coccinea,* much used in piles; and finally, that of the 
Abyssinian Kantuffa, on which Bruce" wrote so interesting a chapter, 
and which belongs to Pterolobium Kantuffa.* The trunks of various 
species of Gleditschia, Gymnocladus, Cercis, and Ceratonia are used for 
timber in temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. 
1 Jacq, Fragm., 23, t. 15, fig. 4.—DC., 
Prodr., ii. 508, n. 6.— Harv. & Sonp., Fl. Cap., 
ii, 274,—RosEentu., op. cit., 1041.—Omphaio- 
dium Schotia Jacq. (The Boor Baum of the 
Dutch colonists). 
2 SmirH, in Trans. Linn. Soc., iv. 221.— 
Guitu. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent., i. 263, t. 57. 
3 Guiry. & PERR., op. cit., 271 (Dank of the 
Cayor natives), 
4 Guinn. & Prer., op. cit., 267, t. 58.— 
D. guineense W., in Rem. Arch., 1, 31, t. 6.— 
H. By., in Adansonia, vi. 198.—(See above, page 
129, note 4, figs. 114-117). 
5 Sorum or Solum of the Cape Verde negroes, 
Kocyto of the Mandingos. 
6 D. Indum L., Mantiss., 24.—DC., Prodr., ii. 
520, n. 1.—RosEwTH., op. cit., 1046. 
7 L., Mantiss., 98.—Jonesia Asoca Roxs., Cat. 
Fort. Cale. 26.—DC., Prodr., ii. 487, 1. 1.— 
J. pinnata, W., Spec., ii. 287,—This plant is 
cultivated in our conservatories for the sake of its 
beautiful orange-calyxed flowers. The inflores- 
cences are offered to the gods in the temples of 
India, as are those of Amherstia nobilis. 
8 Especially Bauhinia acuminata L., which 
produces a kind of Ebony-wood, purpurea BENTH., 
variegata L., &e—(See Rosenta., op. cit., 
1043, 1044.—Brucz, Voyag., trad. CasTER, 
v. 78). 
9 Guin. & Purr, Fl. Seneg. Tent., i. 265 
(Raund of the negroes). 
10 Gouint. & PERR., op. cif., 266, t. 60.— 
B. Thénningii Scuum., Beskr., i. 223 (@highis of 
the negroes).—The bark is very astringent, and 
much used in chronic dysentery; gum sweats from 
the leaves, 
Nl Especially that of B. africana Hoox., and 
that of another broad-leaved species from Angola, 
which we call B. Caperangan ; its decoction is 
used by the women to give firmness to their 
organs. 
12 The infused leaves of C. purpurea serve the 
same purpose. 
13 Jacg., Amer. 194, t. 121.—DC., Prodr., 
ii. 477, n, 2 (Rose de Montagne of the Venezue- 
lans.—See above, p. 97, figs, 70-72. RosENTH., 
op. cit., 1047). 
14 Voyag., loc. cit., 64, 
15 P. lacerans R. Br., in App. Salt., 64 (part). 
—Quartinia abyssinica A. Ricu., in Ann. Sc. 
Nat. sér. 2, xiv., 260, t. 14; xv. 180.—Mimosa 
Kantuffa DC., Prodr., ii. 431. 
