293 



" Acacia Farnesiand" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, i. 1889, 



pp. 48-50. "The Cultivation of Acacia Farnesiana or Cassie in 



Europe," Naudin, in Garden and Forest, iv. 1891, pp. 309-310. 



"Cassie" in Odorographia, Sawer, pp. 114-116 (Gurney & Jackson, 



London, 1892). "Acacia Farnesiana, Huisache, Cassie," in Silva of 



North America, Sargent, iii. pp. 119-121. "Acacia Farnesiana" 



Heckel, in Ann. L'Inst. Col. Marseille, vi. 1899 : Gommes, Resines, 



pp. 30-31. "The Cassie Perfume," Watt, in Agric. Ledger, No. 2, 



1902, pp. 59-60. " Acacia Farnesiana : Usages et mefaits," in 



Journ. D'Agric. Trop. iv. 1904, pp. 334-336. "Acacia Farnesiana" 



in PI. Utiles du Congo, De Wildeman, ii. fasc. 1, pp. 105-108 

 (Spineux & Co., Bruxelles, 1906). 



Acacia mellifera, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 340. 



/«.— Kotschy, PI. Tinneanae, t. 1 ; Engl. Pflan. Ost. Afr. t. 20, f. B 

 (pod) ; De Rochebrune, Toxicol, Afric. ii. fasc. 1, p. 186, f. 158 (pod) ; 

 Notizblatt, Bot, Gart. Berlin, iv. 1906, p. 209 ; Volkens, Notizblatt, 

 App. xxii. No. 3, 1910, p. 84, f. 40 ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde. ix. 

 f. 45 (after Harms.). 



Vernac. names. — Kittz Tekker (Arabic, De Rochebrune) ; Kittur 

 (Arabic, [Blue Nile] Muriel, No. | Herb. Kew). — Gomme de 

 Souakim, Gomme Talha {De Rochebrune, I.e.). 



River A wan, Yoruba (Barter, No. 1144, Herb. Kew) : Niger 

 (Barter). 



Yields a gum like gum arabic (Barter, I.e.) ; bark used for making 

 sacks — used for conveying Acacia gum — and for ropes, Sudan (Muriel, 

 Herb. Kew). Bees collect large quantities of honey from the flowers 

 (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 342). 



The tree is most abundant a few miles from the river Awan on the 

 Yoruba side (Barter, I.e.). 



Acacia Senegal, Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 1077. 



[A. Verek, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 342.] 



III. — Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t. 06 (A. Verek) ; Zippel, 

 Ausl. Handels. Nahrpfl. t. 38 (A. Verek) ; Schweinf. Reliq. Kots- 

 chyanae, t. 3 (A. Verek) ; Linnaea, xxxv. t. 22a (^4. Verek) ; Fliickiger, 

 Gummi und Bdellium, Senegal, p. 10 {A. Verek) ; Bentl. & Trimen, 

 Med. PI. t. 94 ; Kohler, Med. Pflan. i. ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. iii. 

 pt. 3, f. 68 ; De Rochebrune, Toxicol. Afric. ii. fasc. 1, p. 176, f. 146 ; 

 p. 180, f. 150 (pod & seed) ; Ann. Inst. Col. Marseille, vi. 1899, p. 20, 

 f. 2; Engl. Pflan. Ost. Afr. Part B, p. 424; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 

 p. 266; Volkens, Notizblatt, App. xxii. No. 3, 1910, p. 83, f. 39; 

 Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. ff. 64, 244. 



Vernac. names. — Dakwora (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Hashab (Sudan, 

 Bull. Imp. Inst. vi. 1908, p. 36) ; Kolkol (Bornu, Dalziel) ; 

 Harhass (Arabic, Bull. Imp. Inst. 1910, p. 359) ; Uerek, Verek 

 (Ouoloff, De Rochebrune, I.e. p. 175, A. Verek) ; Haschab (Arabic, 

 De Rochebrune, I.e.) ; Hashab (Arabic, Muriel, No. /. , Kordofan, Hb. 

 Kew) ; Garandak (Hameg, Muriel, No. ±, Kordofan, Herb. Kew) ; 

 Alloba (Arabic (for the fruit), Muriel, No. ^, Herb. Kew). — Gum 

 Arabic, Senegal Gum, Kordofan Gum, Turkey Gum, Gomme du 

 Senegal ; Gomme du bas du fleuve, Gomme du haut du fleuve. 



Katagum (Dalziel, No. 55, 1907, Herb. Kew) ; native of Senegal 

 and widely distributed in tropical Africa. Cultivated in India. 



