cultivating in England. By Mr. John Lindley. 91 



» In Congo 



are found several kinds of fruit, all of which appear to be 

 different from those of Sierra Leone. 



Conte is mentioned imperfectly by Girolamo ; he de- 

 scribes it as a fruit of no beauty, but containing a white 

 flesh with the taste of milk ; the seed as large as a bean, 

 and of so pleasant a flavour as to be often given to sick 

 persons. The tree is frequently found wild among the 

 mountains.* 



The Mabocche tree bears a round orange-like fruit, with 

 a hard rind. The seeds are enclosed in it, as in a Pome- 

 granate, but with less regularity. Its freshness and slight 

 acidity are very grateful, and rarely fail to remove that 

 painful heat in the mouth which is experienced by such as 

 are attacked by the fevers of the country. + 



Gangi, said by Mr. Brown to be a species of Ximenia, 

 and perhaps the Ogheghe of Lopez,X is a shrub the fruit of 

 which is yellow, the size of a Plum, and of a fragrant smell. 

 The taste is acid but not disagreeable. The Portuguese 

 missionaries use it in putrid fevers. || 



Safn is a tree bearing a fruit the size of a small Plum. None 

 of the scientific party which accompanied the expedition under 

 Captain Tuckey observed it ripe, but it was valued highly 

 by the natives, and planted generally round their villages. It 

 gives out a blackish stain,§ and is probably related to Bursera.** 



* Viaggio del Padre Girolamo nel regno cli Congo, dal Picardo, page 121. 

 f Ibid, page 124. % Pigafetta, HartwelTs Translation, page 1 15. 



|| Tuckey's Congo, page 276. Brown in Appendix, page 469- 

 § Tuckey's Congo, page 324. Brown in Appendix, page 468, 474. 

 ** Brown in Tuckey's Appendix, page 431. 



