297 



PI. Util. du Congo, De Wildenian, ii. fasc. 1, pp. 108-109 (SpineuX & 



Co., Bruxelles, 1906). " Acacia Sieberiana" in Les. Veg. Utiles, 



Afr. Trop. Franc. Chevalier, Perrot et Gerard, iii. pp. 61-67. 



The following general works on Acacia gums may also be con- 

 sulted. 



" Acacia [Gum Arabic] " : A gummy exudation from Acacia 

 Verek, and other species of Acacia, in An Ephemeris of Materia 



Medica &c. Squib, i. pp. 249-252 (Brooklyn, N.Y. 1883). "Gomme 



Arabic," in Les PL Industrielles, Heaze, iv. pp. 258-266. The 



Indian Acacias, Watt, in Agric. Ledger, No. 2, 1902, pp. 57-86. 



" Soluble gams," in Col. Rep. Misc. No. 63, 1909, pp. 142-161. 



" Gums from N. Nigeria," in Bull. Imp. Inst. viii. 1910, pp. 352-365. 



" Notes on the Botanical Resources of Yola Province, N. Nigeria," 



Dalziel in Kew Bull. 1910, "Gum," pp. 134-136 : Ibid, in Bull. Imp. 



Inst. I.e. pp. 353-355. " Gommiers d'Afrique," in PI. Gommes, 



Resines, De Cordemoy, pp. 56-99. 



Albizzia, Durazz. 



Albizzia anthelmintica, A. Brongn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 357. 



III.— Schweinf. Reliq. Kotschyanae, t. 4 (A. floribunda) ; Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Paris, Series 4, xiv. t. 14 ; Engl. Pflan. Ost. Afr. t. 21, f. G (pod & 

 seed) ; Tropenpfl. 1901, p. 333 ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. f. 468 

 (after Warburg in Tropenpfl.). 



Vernac. names. — M'tondo (Zambesi, Meller) ; Besenna, or Mesenna 

 (Abyssinia, Moloyiey) ; Mussana or Mousenna (Abyssinia, Calvert) ; 

 Ta-kir-ni (Soudan, Muriel, Broun) ; Ol-wukutaa (Maisai-land, 

 Hollis) ; Same, Deda, Ngorokolok (F.W. Africa, Chevalier). 



Tropical Africa extending from Abyssinia through the Sudan to 

 Zambesi land. 



Bark, powdered and mixed with honey, used by the Abyssinians 

 as an anthelmintic (Calvert, Mus. Kew). 



Wood very hard, used for canoe making' in the Zambesi region, 

 where the tree is one of the largest, attaining a diameter of 4 ft. 

 (Meller, Herb. Kew). Similar characters and uses of the wood, 

 probably originating from the above source, are mentioned in 

 Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 346 ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I.e. ; etc. 



The tree is found in Ngamiland at the foot of hills up to 3200 ft. 

 above sea level (Lugard, Herb. Kew). 



There appear to be no Nigerian specimens of this tree at Kew, 

 but the wide distribution, large size and apparently useful timber 

 make it worthy of mention. 



Ref. — "Albizzia anthelmintica" in Les Vegetaux Utiles de 

 I'Afrique Trop. Franc. Chevalier, Perrot et Gerard, iii. pp. 82-84. 



Albizzia Brownei, Walp. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 362. 



III. — De Candolle, Mem. Leg. t. 65 (Inga Zygia). 



Vernac. names. — Ayinre- or Ainre-Bona-Bona (Lagos, Abeokuta, 

 Thompson, Punch); Abontosa ? (Ibo, Thompson); Ikpa wa&u 

 Utantan ? (Benin, Thompson) ; Isaga ; Bobai (Cameroons, Busgen) ; 

 Kabumba (Lukafu, De Wildeman) ; Muange (Congo, De 

 Wildeman) ; Nongo (Uganda, Dawe). 



\ Abeokuta. Lagos; Mamu Forests; Calabar River; Okuni, Cross 

 River. 



The leaves, bark, and roots are used medicinally in S. Nigeria 

 (Thompson, List of For. Trees, S. Nigeria, 1910, p. 4). 



