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p. 288), as a substitute for Coffee, lbo, Port. E. Africa (Stocks, Mus. 

 Kew), and to allay irritable eruptions (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 331). 

 The leaves are aperient, used as a remedy for ulcers and ring-worm, 

 and together with the stalks are eaten on the Gambia as food (I.e.) ; 

 fried in castor oil they are applied to ulcers (Safford, PI. Guam, p. 

 219). The root rubbed with lime juice is a remedy for ring- 

 worm (I.e.). 

 Ref.—" Cassia Tora," in Diet, Econ. Prod. India, Watt ii. 1889, pp. 



224-226. " Cassia Tora," in PI. Utile du Congo, De Wildeman. 



Art. xiv. : " Les Cassia du Congo," pp. 173-174 (Brussels 1903). 



Dialium, Linn. 



Dialium guineense, Willd. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 283. 



III. — Roemer, Archiv. Bot. i. t. 6 ; Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. 

 Senegamb. t. 58 (D. nitidum) ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. p. 634, 

 f. 542 ; Harms, in Notizbl. App. xxi. No. 2, 1911, p. 58. 



Vernac. names. — Awin (Lagos, MacGregor, Thompson, Dawodu) ; 

 Ohiorme (Benin, Unwin) ; Ogwega (?) (S. Nigeria, Bull. Imp. Inst, 

 1908, p. 150) ; Kocyto (Mandingue, Moloney, Sierra Leone, Scott 

 Elliot) ; Mawkai (Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot) ; Solum (Yoloff, 

 Moloney, Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot) ; Moke (French Guinea, 



Far-mar) ; Salamba (St. Thomas, Welwitsch). Velvet Tamarind ; 



Black Tamarind ; Tumble Tree of Sierra Leone. 



Lagos ; Ogba ; Abeokuta ; Onitsha, and widely distributed in 

 West Africa. 



The fruit is edible (Johnson, Herb. Kew) ; pulp pleasantly acid 

 and commonly eaten (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 332). 



The wood is described as strong, excellent for carpentry and 

 suitable for small boats, &c. (Moloney, I.e.). 



Found on the Gold Coast in the mixed deciduous forests where the 

 rainfall is below 50 inches a year (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 06, 

 1910, p. 16), and in the mountainous forests at about 2000 ft. above 

 sea-level at Monte Caffe, Angola (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. 

 i. p. 294). 



Cbratonia, Linn. 



Ceratonia Siliqua, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1026. 



A tree 15-25 ft, high. Branches few, or developing into a well- 

 formed, hemispherical head. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 4-8, oval, 

 dark - green and shining above, paler on the under surface, 

 coriaceous. Flowers dioecious, arranged in slender racemes up to 

 10 in. long, bearing usually 30-60, sometimes more flowers 

 (Gennadius), red before expansion, greenish afterwards. Pods 6-10 

 in. long, chestnut-brown, sweet, edible, containing 12-18 hard, 

 reddish-brown seeds. 



III. — Plenck, Ic. viii. t. 735; Cav. Ic. ii. t. 113; Gaertner, Fruct. 

 Sem. PI. ii. t, 146 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 859 ; Andr. Rep. ix. t. 567 ; 

 Tratt, Arch. t. 103 ; Duhamel, Traite des Arbres, i. t. ^ ; Hayne, 

 Darst. Beschr. Gewiiche, vii. t. 36 ; Risso, Hist. Nat. Prod. Europe 

 Merid. ii. t. 2 ; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant. Medic. Diisseld. t. 311 \ 

 Guimpel, Abbild. Beschr. t. 103 ; Gallesio, Pomona, Ital. vi. 1. 14 

 (female fl. br.), t, 15 (male fl. br.) ; Sauvaigo, Les Cult. Medit. f. 94 ; 

 Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 2054, ff. 1-12, t. 2076, ff. 1-5 ; Karst, & 

 Schenck, Veg. bild. vii. t. 24 (habit). 



