SIERRA LEONE 61 
Morinda confusa.* Wawae (Mendi). 
It is a climber, the leaves of which are used in medicine. 
Morinda quadrangularis.* Brimstone Bush. Jashuli (Mendi). 
A small tree, 30 feet in height and about 1} feet in diameter 
at the base. It is only useful as firewood. The leaves are 
used as medicine in various diseases ; supposed to be specially 
efficacious for malaria. 
Pausynistalia Lane-Poolei.* Gibowali (Mendi). 
It is a large tree having green-brown deciduous bark, on 
which marked depressions are left when it comes off. The 
bole is straight and branchless up to 40 feet. The flowers are 
light yellow on first coming out, afterwards turning a purple 
pink. 
Pavetta Baconia.* 
A shrub or small tree. 
Psilanthus ebracteolatus.* 
A small tree, 20 feet in height, having white flowers. 
Bertiera glabrata.* Kafahinei (Mendi). 
A small tree, 25 feet in height. The leaves are made into 
a medicine to soothe teething babies. 
Blighia sapida.* Akee Tree. Islii of the Akus. 
It is cultivated for its fruit, which is wholesome and 
savoury. 
Canthium discolor.* Totengei (Mendi). 
A shrub to small tree with strong, sharp spines. 
Corynanthe paniculata.* Gibowuli (Mendi). 
A tree 50 feet high. 
Craterispermum laurinum.* Alum Bark. Nijelei (Mendi). 
A tree 25 feet in height, having a diameter of 1 foot at the 
base. The bark, when dried and beaten into powder, is used 
as a remedy for sore feet. The wood splits easily and is used 
in thatching. 
Crossopteryx Kotschyana ? or Africana.* 
A small tree. 
Croton penduliflorus.* 
A small tree of 35 feet. 
Gaertnera paniculata.* 
This is only found as a small tree on the sea-shore, but 
said to grow big in the forest. 
Gardenia sp. near G. physophylla.* Buittigirri (Mendi). 
A medium-sized tree growing in swamps. 
Heinsia jasminifiora.* Pegblagei (Mendi). 
It is a tree cf about 20 feet in height; the flowers white 
and much like jasmin. Scrapings of the bark are used for irrita- 
tion of the skin at rice-harvest. 
