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is common all over the colony, the other I had not previously 
these 
pase, Y and I was unable to ide mtify either. All accounts, however, 
agree that the leaves of these species are never taken, nor would it pay 
to do so, as they would require some searching for, while 4. ferox 
m in every direction. Their leaves also are few, and com- 
parative ly small, and would not be worth ue trouble of collecting. 
(Signed) J. MEDLEY Woon, 
Durban, May 13, 1890. 
CLVI.—GAMBIA MAHOGANY. 
(Khaya senegalensis, A. Juss.) 
A timber under the name of West African mahogany has lately come 
the tree yielding it. In the first instance application was mace to His 
Honour Gilbert T. Carter, C.M.G., Administrator of the Gambia, who 
very obligingly forwarded xot gel of leaves, fruit, and timber, of 
what is known as Gambia mahogany. These specimens were deter- 
mined by Professor Oliver, F.R. BÉ. as yielded by Khaya senegalensis, 
A. Juss. (Fi lora of Tropical Africa, vol. i; p. 338. 
This is a large forest tree with 4 to 10 foliolate leaves and coriaceous, 
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of the true mahogany, and consists of a woody pericarp, separating from 
sei in four valves, faclo numerous flat-winged seeds arranged in 
de ws. 
rier figure is given by Guillemin and Perrottet in F7. Senegamb. 
Mese 3), t. 32. These authors furnish the following additional 
particulars :— 
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peninsula of Cape Verde. It is found principally in the dins p: 
cei in and it is so vcra that it forms the chief feature in the forests 
of the country. It does not exist in Senegal properly so-calle vs We 
would, = “this mooiii tive willingly proposed a new specific name in 
place of senegalensis, given it in P Enc yclopédie méthodique [of Lamarck], 
if we had not seen a serious inconvenience in changing the name of a 
escribed so fully and clearly in the work w e have just cited. 
gard ens, 
“Its trunk, which attains a metre and more [three to four feet] in 
diameter, is very straight, capable of being cut into fine planks with no 
appearance of knots or shakes, thus affording a very valuable wood for 
joinery and cabinet-making. It is almost as red as the true mahogany 
furnished by Swietenia Mahagoni a tree which comes nearest to our 
ecies, _ It is, however ather softer, with a less compact grain, and it 
ien the 
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