266 



Ref. — " Bauhinia variegata," in Diet.. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, i. 

 1889, pp. 425-426. 



Other Bauhinias being established in the various Botanic Gardens 

 are B. diphylla, Hamilt., an Indian plant (McNair, Rep. Bot. St. Lagos, 

 1888), B. Megalandra, Griseb.; flowered and fruited Bot. St. Lagos, 

 1888 (McNair), propagated for distribution as an ornamental plant 

 by the Agricultural Dept. W. Province, S. Nigeria (S. Nigeria Govt. 



Gaz.: Price List of Plants, 1910), and B. purpurea, Linn. seeds 



sent from Kew to Lagos in 1889 ; bark used for dyeing and tanning, 

 and yielding a fibre ; leaves used as fodder for cattle ; various 

 medicinal uses attributed to the bark, flowers and root, and the wood 

 (40-45 lbs. per cubic foot) used for agricultural implements and for 

 building purposes (Mus. Kew). 



Be/.— "Bauhinia" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, i. 1889, 

 pp. 419-426. Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 1^0-122. 



Berlinia, Solander. 



Berlinia acuminata, Solander ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 293. 



III. — Baillon, Aclansonia, vi. t. 3, f. 10 (flower). 



Var. Heudelotiana, Baillon, Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 294. 



III. — Baillon, Adansonia, vi. t. 3, ff. 8-9. 



Vernac. names. — Ajia (Onitsha, Unwin) ; Ekpogoi, Ekpogaije, 

 Ekpagoy, or Ekpgoi (Benin, Thompson, Dennett, Unwin) ; Apado 

 (Yoruba, Oloke-Meji, Thompson, Foster) ; Dokan rafi (Hausa, 

 Dudgeon) ; Mpossa (Loango, De Wildeman) ; So, or Sau (various 

 localities, French West Africa, Chevalier). 



Lagos, Yoruba — Oloke-Meji ; Ilorin ; Onitsha ; Old Calabar ; Cross 

 River ; Zungeru. Widely distributed in W. Trop. Africa. 



The wood of " Ekpagoy " is described as hard and white, light red, 

 or streaked, slightly ornamental, useful in the Colony, but of no 

 value for export. (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1908, p. 152) ; 55'6 lbs. per cubic 

 foot (I.e. p. 147, q.v, for results of general mechanical tests of a 

 specimen from S. Nigeria). 



Wood used for carpentry, cabinet work and turnery (De Wildeman, 

 PI. Util. Congo, Art. xxvi. 1904, p. 369), and by the natives of the 

 Congo region for canoes and drums (I.e. p. 339, as Berlinia acuminata). 

 The natives of French Guinea use it for furniture, timber- work and 

 pillars ; and it is in general, recommended for cabinet-work, wheel- 

 wright-work, naval construction, &c. The density is given as 0*649 

 (Chevalier, Les. Veg. Util. L'Afriq. Trop. Franc, iii. p. 81, as Berlinia 

 acuminata. 



lief. — " Berlinia acuminata" Les. Veg. Utiles de L'Afrique, Trop. 

 Franc. Chevalier, Perrot & Gerard, Fasc. iii. pp. 80-82. With a 

 summary of the information in tabular form at end of volume. 



B. Heudelotiana is a very variable plant and all the references 

 quoted above may perhaps be better referred to it, rather than to 

 B. acuminata. 



Isoberlinia, Craib & Stapf. 



Allied to Berlinia, Sol., but differing from that genus in its 

 longer panicles, smaller subsessile flowers with short receptacle, and 

 petals subequal in length and not or but slightly exceeding the 

 sepals. 



Receptacle short. Sepals 5. Petals 5, not or only slightly exceed- 



