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niany instruments, and also serve for the framework of the roofs of the 
Roni er (Borassus flabelliformis, L. ) very abundant in Combo, where 
in many Y paces t forms forests of considerable n often very dense. 
The very hard spe is used for perc purpose 
piis (probably Eleis guineensis, Jacq.), fi sem more abundantly 
i ni and on both banks of le Gambia as far as 
Mo Candy: lid ind birond: it yields palm-wine, palm-oil, and 
Chou- 
C [secum (Cocos nucifera, L.) We only met with this at Bathurst ; 
it has probably been introduced there 
Doum "ee (Hyphene thebaica ca, Mari), a palm whose stem 
bifurcates at the base, then at a certain height branches into three. 
(MeCarthy's Island.) 
alamus scipionum. The stem of this, site 09 of its leaves, fur- 
nishes rattan (on the edges of. the creeks and i mp lowlands). 
[The plant referred to is probably a species of "Clases; but not 
cipionum. This furnishes the Malacca cane of commerce and is a 
. native of Si 
The Dwarf palm Eater nain) i is abundant on river banks, by the 
side of mangrove swamps. 
Castor Oil plant (Ricinus communis, L.), is met with nearly every- 
where ; rarely exceeds 6 to 10 feet in height. 
anihot root (Manihot utilissima, — b» is eaten by the 
natives and cultivated throughout the Gambia r 
he Silk tree (? Eriodendron an fFactétéde, °D. C.), also grows 
throughout the Gambia nd ; in Rip a large number of trees occur 
in the vicinity of the village 
The Oleander (? Nerium Oline, E: 2» does not grow in the brush- 
; there are a few plants at Bathur 
In the thickets and in the fields sil occurs a small herbaceous 
Crucifer from 18 to 24 inches in height; the flowers generaliy are rose 
co , but sometimes white, and are produced from November to 
ae 
A MA similar to that found in Algeria, grows in the neighbour- 
hood of Cape St. Mary. 
L’Oseille de Guinée (Hibiscus Sabdariffa, L.), in the neighbourhood 
of the Djinnack Creek, grows in hedges near the villages (Niom) and 
in the forests. 
Cotton (Gossypium barbadense, L.), is in very great abundance nea 
the villages; it attains sometimes 40 inches in height. [The folowing 
other Vote of Gossypium occur in tropical Africa :— G. arbor 
L., and G L. 
aoba be (Adasiowià digitata, L.), of all sizes are Seen round the 
villages and in the brushwood ; less abundnant i in Fogni 
A few so called Wild Roses are found in the Fogni forests. - 




[* The common bamboo of tropical Africa, accordi ing to mi is ig at thera 
abyssinica, Mis This has stems 25 to 50 feet in height an 1} to 3 inches in 
diameter e base, the colour is ribed c i . The leaves 
linear or oblong-lanceolate 6 to 7 inches long and half to one inch wid n 
ced frica at Angola, d ngo, by Welwitsch; at A 
(Sierra Leone) by Vogel; and at Nup by ro adds that this fine, 
distin seems to hav erange in Afriea extending into both 
tropics. Barter says that : was the only arboreal ns had in es 
