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still flat. Lots of palm trees of various kinds. Targa mangrove 
swamps. Mangrove trees very high. 
Argemone mexicana, L.—Plant 2 to 4 feèt high. Grows near moist 
ground, e.g., village well. An infusion of the leaves is used in coughs. 
Gungin een sa south bank, two miles off the coast. Soil dry and 
sandy ; ; at places 
All the acti about here is flat. There is а great deal of heavy 
bush, consisting of long grass and small оре with quantities of small 
thickly-set palm trees, Between Brikhana and Gungur there is a large 
forest of bamboo, extending to 10 EU or so. Alo ng the coast are 
large tall palms with fan-like leaves, There are many palms (? Raphia 
vinifera), Mh E We palm-wine. Near the villges are groves of 
orange trees a semi-wild state. They bear a very heavy crop of 
The natives cultivate ground-nuts, kous, calabashes, and cotton to be 
made into “ pagns.” A small quantity of rubber is 615 got. Baobabs 
(Adansonia digitata) plentiful. 
Merua? tree, 50 feet high ог so. Balanghar on the great bend of 
the Gambia River, north bank. Soil dry sandy, a and ro ску (voleanic). 
Country here ane ye rocky, and hills of volcanic origin. Beside the 
river are man wamps. 
At жайкы and around there are many swamps, and rice fields of 
great extent. all volcanic hills and miles of long grass. Various 
kinds of palms. Odaii very dry and parched 
No rain while on the north bank, except two hours thunderstorm, 
which was ыы local. Country consists of very dense bush with cleared: 
atches near the villages. Very little water to be had except at places 
асноду: аа at the village wells. 
Polygala arenaria, Willd.—Bakindic Kotu. Plant 1 to Ц feet 
high. 
Urena lobata, L.— Jinnak, north bank. Soil, dry and Ж. 
Country flat with swamps. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high Маб 
Bubo-Bubo, Bark is used for “sd Seen everywhere. ; 
At Jinnak are many Baobab trees, silver cotton, Strophanthus creeper, 
cowhage (Mucuna), — (yielding palm wine), palms with fan-like 
leaves, “long grass 10 to 14 feet high, and miles of ро көй. 
Also tinge ‘Tice-fields. 
Hibiscus cannabinus, L.—Jinnak, native name dd ld Saur. An 
шор ot of the el is used by к. natives for cou Зееп, еуегу- — 
where. Bark used for making ropes.— Bakindie Кеш, Plant d бз, о 
feet high. ; 
Hibiscus physaloides, С. $ P.—Plant 2 to 4 feet high. Collected 
in eregi apeparap Mar isles e uth ban dark — 
ud d oist. Country sull flat with dense bush, little cultivation. 
YN patches of bamboo. Orange trees here and there. No wa water, — 
except at village well. as 
Hibiscus, near H. Grantii—Plant 4 to 6 feet high. Leaves, four De 
times as lar specimen. Collected in a wood beside a grassy s 
Ma Kuda. - Soil dark and moist. Weather, warm and dry. Cape. uc 
flat, with large swamps. 
Gossypium barbadense, L.—Torro, across Sware Kunda Creek, north 
bank. Soil dry and sandy. At Torro there are many swamps 
