FLORAS OF THE WORLD 53 



Plant zones; running account of native and cultivated useful plants; bibli- 

 ography. 



Guillemin, J. A., Perrottet, Samuel, and Richard, Achille. Florae Sene- 

 gambiae tentamen, seu historia plantarum in diversis Senegambiae regionibus 

 a peregrinatoribus Perrottet et Leprieur detectaruni. xi, 316 p. 72 pi. 25.5 cm. 

 Parisiis, 1830-33. 



Botanical explorations ; annotated flora with vernacular names and diagnoses 

 or descriptions. Only one volume was issued (Ranunculaceae — Myrtaceae). 

 Covers Senegal and French Guinea. 



Sambuc, Camille. Contribution a l'6tude de la flore et de la matiere medicale 

 de la Senegambie. 102 p. 26.5 cm. Montpellier, 1887. (These.) 



Botanical explorations, geography, languages, phytogeography ; annotated list 

 of medicinal plants, arranged by uses. 



Sebire, Albert. Les plantes utiles du Senegal: plantes indigenes, plantes 

 exotiques. lxx, 341 p. 38 fig., 6 pi. 18.5 cm. Paris, [1899]. 



Agriculture ; lists of vernacular names, classified by uses ; running descrip- 

 tive account of cultivated and wild useful plants, with vernacular names. 



Vallot, Joseph. Etudes sur la flore du Senegal. Bui. Soc. Bot. France 

 29: 168-239. map. 1882. (Reprinted, 80 p. Paris, 1883.) 



Annotated alphabetical list of 114 collectors, with bibliographies; general 

 bibliography ; list of works cited ; gazetteer ; list of explorers who died in tropical 

 Africa; annotated list of vascular plants, with localities, exsiccatae, general 

 range. Unfinished ; includes only Ranunculaceae — Capparidaceae. 



Local 



Noury, M. F. Contribution a l'etude de la flore de la Senegambie et du nord 

 du Foutah-Djallon. Arch. Med. Navale 51: 199-210, 305-317, 366-384. 1889. 



Author's itinerary, botanical explorations, soil, etc. ; annotated list of plants 

 collected, with frequent descriptions and notes on uses. The area referred to 

 lies between Gambia and Rio-Nunez. 



Rangon, Andre. La flore utile du bassin de la Gambie. Bui. Soc. G£og. Com. 

 Bordeaux II, 18: 324-338, 353-382, 385^10, 417-^42, 467-477, 496-508, 518-541, 

 545-558. map. 1895. (Reprinted with title: Etude botanique exotique. La 

 flore utile ... 160 p. 1895.) 



Running account of wild and cultivated useful plants, grouped by uses, with 

 vernacular names. 



SIERRA LEONE 



See also West Africa. 



The following publication has not been available: 



Lane-Poole, C. E. The trees, shrubs, herbs, and climbers of Sierra Leone. 159 p. 

 Freetown, 1916. (Cited from G. P. Ahern and H. K. Newton, A bibliography on woods 

 of the world. Scient. Contrib. Trop. Plant Res. Found, 10: 59. 1928.) 



General 



Elliot, G. F. S. Sierra Leone. Reports on botany and geology. Colon. Rep. 

 Misc. Gt. Brit. no. 3. 78 p. 1893. 



Geology, climate, etc. ; annotated classified list of useful plants, with vernacu- 

 lar names (indexed). 



Sabine, Joseph. Some account of the edible fruits of Sierra Leone . . . from 

 the journal and personal communication of Mr. George Don, A. L. S. Trans. 

 Hort. Soc. London 5: 439-466. col. pi. 1824. 



Annotated list based on George Don's expedition in 1822 ; list of fruits 

 recorded by Afzelius; list of cultivated fruits. 



SOUTH AFRICA 



South Africa, a term used in various senses, is here taken as the area south of the 

 middle course of the Zambesi River, including South-West Africa, Bechuanaland Pro- 

 tectorate, Southern Rhodesia, southern Mozambique, and the countries south of them. 

 The floras listed under this head are only those referring to all or most of this region, 

 those relating to definite smaller areas being cited under their respective geographical 

 subdivisions. 



Goester, L. E. De geneesmiddelen van Groot Nederland. Overzicht der in 

 Zuid-Afrika meest gebruikte plantaardige geneesmiddelen. Phar. Weekbl. 



