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Strophanthus sarmentosus, DC.— N'Jaré. Creeper 40 feet long, 
Very few trees at Sapi flowering. Kona village. 
Baissea multiflora, А. DC.—Gungur village. Creeper, rubber, 30 
to 60 feet long. na diameter 3 inches. Bark used as a ro pe. 
Calotropis procera, R. Br.—Ballé. семя: ate 3 to 12 feet high. 
Seen all over the Gambia. All parts of the tree have a milky juice. 
It is Maes difficult to preserve against insects as айык. It is said to 
be a good thing for sprains, headaches, and other pains. The leaves are 
кеа warm to the affected par 
Usteria guineensis, Willd. 
Enicostema ei Blume.—Bakindie Кой, Plant 1 to 2 feet 
high. Soil swampy. 
Schultesia senegalensis, Baker.—Entire plant, collected in a marsh, 
Kona village. 
Heliotropium indicum, L.—Gungur village. Shrub 2 = к. чай high. 
Native name Cock’s Comb. An infusion is used in Gonorr 
Ipomea Вора-пох, Г. — Government House Garden, Bathurst. 
St. Helena moon flower. Creeper 20 to 30 feet long. 
noster Mb P. de B.—Collected in a wood beside a grassy 
swa Ma Kuda. Soil dark and moist. 7 to 10 feet long. Light 
Seer flower. 
Ipomea pinnata, Hochst. — Balanghar. Creeping plant 6 feet 
long. 
Ipomea A Baker, n. sp.—Gungur village. A convolvulus 30 
feet long or s | 
Hewittia tee ЈУ. & А—Ма Kuda. 4 to 8 feet long. Flower 
delicate cream colo 
Solanum near TRO. L.—Gungur village. Shrub 3 to 4 feet 
high. 
Physalis angulata, L.—Jinnak. Shrub 2j to 6 feet high. Native |. 
name Cubum Pup. Used as an external counter-irritant. 
Sco dulcis, L.—Gungur village. Plant 4 feet high. Common 
name iym J arrol, Vintang Creek. Plant 2 to 3 feet high. . 
Alectra senegalensis, Benth.—Jinnak. Small p lant. Seen in dry 
rice fields apo pes Yellow flower. In 4 ood beside a grassy 
swamp.—Ma Kuda. Plant 1 foot high. 
Buchnera, n. sp.—Faraba Sotu. Plant 3 to 6 feet high. Grove 
amongst the high bush grass. Seen everywhere 
Buchnera leptostachya, Bent. 
Buchnera dura, Benth.—Karnghour. Plant l to 21 feet high.— 
Dramé Joku. Plant 2 to 3 feet high. Native name Dam- Pan. Used 
as a blue-black dye. 
` Newbouldia levis, Seem.—Stillite. Tree 4 to 8 feet high. Flowers 
grow on upright stem. Stem has no leaves on it for2 or 3 feet.—Jarrol, U 
Vintang Creek. Tree 4 to 10 feet. 
