95 



donkeys monthly passing through Rabba, each laden with about 

 100 lbs. of nuts (Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 1860, p. 18, Letter to 

 Sir Wm. Hooker, dated Jan. 2nd. 1859). 



Ref.—" Kola Nut Tree," in New Comm. PI. and Drugs, Christy, 

 No. 3, 1880, pp. 21-23; No. 8, 1885, pp. 5-14.— Kew Bull. 1890, 

 pp. 253-260 ; " Synonymy of Cola acuminata " and the Labos:ie 

 Cola, I.e. 1906, pp. 89-91.— "Les Kolas Africains,' Heckel, "in 

 Ann. Inst. Col. Marseille, 1893, pp. 1-406.— Ibid, Paris, 1893, 

 Monographie botanique, chimique, therapeutique et pharmaco- 

 logique, &c. — " The Properties of the Kola Nut," in Journ. Soc. 

 Arts, xliii. 1895, p. 831. — " Noix de Kola-Gourou-Ombene-Nan- 

 goue," in Les Drogues Simples d'origine vegetale, Planchon & 

 Collin, 1896, ii. pp. 715-720.—" Cola acuminata, R.Br." in Medizinal 

 Pflanzen, Kohler, iii. — " Uber die Stammpflanzer der Kolanufs," 

 von K. Schumann, in Der Tropenpflanzer, 1900, pp. 219-223. — 

 " Kola Nuts," Holme?, in Pharm. Journ. [4] x. pp. 665-666, 

 Illustrated. — " Varieties of Kola Seeds," Pharm. Journ. [4] xvi. 

 p. 266.— " Kola Nuts," in West Indian Bulletin, iv. No. 3, 1903, 

 pp. 182-188. — "Studien Uber die Kolanuss im Yorubalande," von 

 L. Bernegau, in Der Tropenpfl. 1904, pp. 353-373, illustrated. — 

 " Les Kolatiers et les Kolas," Jean Vuillet, in L'Agric. prat, pays 

 chauds, vi. 1, 1906, pp. 129-136.—" Kola Seeds from the Gold 

 Coast," in Bull. Imp. Inst. 1907, pp. 20-22, with analyses of red 

 and white seeds. — " Kola in West Africa," S. Nigeria Govt. Gaz. 

 July 21st, 1908, suppl. pp. vi.-viii. 



Dombeya, Cav. 

 Dombeya Buettneri, K. Schnm. in Engl. Jahrb. xv. p. 133. 



A shrub, 7-15 ft. high, branchlets villous-hispid when young, 

 afterwards becoming glabrous. Leaves suborbicular, more or less 

 evidently 3-5 lobed, deeply cordate at the base, pubescent above, 

 tomentellous or pubescent below, margin crenate-serrate ; petiole 

 3-6 in. long. Cymes long-peduncled, dense-flowered ; peduncle 

 and pedicels hispid. Flowers about I in. in diameter, white with 

 pink or reddish centre. Style 5-branched. 



III. — Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Sterculiaceae, t. 2, f. B, a-f. 



Vernac. name.— Ewe Ofo (S. Nigeria, Bull. Imp. Inst. 1908, 

 p. 316). 



Abeokuta (Irving, Herb. Kew). 



A sample of the fibrous bark was recently submitted to the 

 Imperial Institute. It was described as narrow brownish ribbons, 

 harsh, woody and rather weak, which tended to break up on 

 hackling ; value £7 to £8 per ton (Bull. Imp. Inst. I.e.). 



Walthekia, Linn. 



Waltheria americana, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 235. 



III. — Cav. Diss. t. 170 {W. arhorescens, microphylla), t. 171 

 ( W. elliptica) ; Sinclair, Indig. Fl. Hawaiian Is. t. 38 ; Engl. 

 Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Sterculiaceae, t. 3, f. J. 



Vernac. names. — Korikodi (Lagos, Dawodu) ; Hialoa (Hawaii, 

 Sinclair). 



