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Vigna vexillatta, Benth.—Collected in a marsh, Kona village, south 
bank. Soil very tA and sandy. Country very flat. Plant, long trailing 
tendrils, 3 to 5 feet long. 
he country hoe is n flat and dry. Large tracts are cleared 
around the villages for kous. Rubber in large quantities can be had. 
Water very scarce. Could = no work here for over a fortnight owing 
to the unfriendly state of the natives. 
Mezoneuron benthamianum, Baill.—Faraba Sotu, south bank. Soil 
and sandy. Country flat. Tree 25 to 40 feet hi = Branches and 
stem covered with thorns. Country still very a and parched. Bush 
fires frequent. Nothing but dense bush about. Very little water to 
be had. 
Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Sw.—Government House Garden, Bathurst. 
Tree 4 to 6 feet high. 
Cassia Tora, L.—Balanghar. Plant 1 to 3 feet long. 
Cassia nigricans, Vahl—Karnghour. Plant 2 to 4 feet high. Seen 
every where. 
Cassia mimosoides, L.—Gungur. Plant 2 to 5 feet high. 
Detarium senegalense, Gmel.—Jinnak. Tree 30 to 40 feet high 
Wide branches. ees name tallow tree. Fruit called ** Dita." Бей 
everywhere in Gambia. 
Entada africana, G. e¢ P.—Fruit only. 
Parinarium macrophylla Эа ME Tree 10 to 15 feet 
high, with wide spreading branches. Native name Tamba- 
Kunda. Fruit is eaten, seeds are bunt and ashes used as soap, and 
bark is powdered and smeared over deap seated pains, Seen every- 
where 
Drosera indica, L.—Collected in a marsh, Kona village. Entire plant 
with insects adherent. Branches cove ered with a dewy, clear, sticky 
exudation, Very common here. 
Guiera senegalensis, Lam.—Balanghar. Small tree 3 to 8 feet high. 
Seen ón a ori and south banks of the Gambia.—Stillite, south bank. 
Country here is very dry and parched. Bush fires numerous. Little 
cultivation. No water except at village well. 
Combretum mucronatum, Thonn.—Balanghar. Tree 12 to 15 feet 
high. Branches void out like a large shrub, Also at Gungur. Small 
tree 10 feet high. 
Combretum раа, Vent. (C. comosum, Don.).— N'Jaré. _ 
Fruit and specimens collecte iem ‘the south bank. Stillite, Cree reeping _ 
plant 25 to 40 feet long.—Also at Faraba Sotu. Plant, creeper, 40 feet. 
—Collected at Bakindic Кош on the north bank. After the plant 
attains 5 feet or so it starts to creep up the adjacent trees. 
пт" аса Kotu. Creeping plant ap 3 
Combretum r 
high trees in swampy soil. Leaves near flowers are white with a pin 
or wd ei tinge. The ett small lave are uel for killing round 
n children, 
Osbeckia near 0. senegambieenis, С. e? P.--Collected in a wood = 
beside a grassy — Ma Kuda. Soil was dark and moist. Plant 
_3 feet high. 
