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LIST OF PLANTS 
Botanical Name 
Natural Order 
Common Name, 
if any 
Description 
Bauhinia purpurea 
Leguminosae 
Orchid tree 
Fol. tree 
Begonia sp. garden var. 
Begoniaceae 
,, plant 
Bixa orellana 
Bixaceae 
Annatto 
Shrub 
Boehmeria nivea 
Bombax or Eriodendron 
Urticaceae 
Ramie 
Fibre plant 
anfractuosum 
Malvaceae 
Silk cotton tree 
Tree 
Bougainvillea glabra 
Nyctaginaceae 
Climber 
Brachylaena Hutchinsii 
Compositae 
Muhugu (kik.) 
Tree 
Convolvulus sp. 
Convolvulaceae 
Yellow convol- 
vulus 
Climber 
Cyphomandra betacea 
Solanaceae 
Tree tomato 
Fruit tree 
Dahlia sp. 
Compositae 
Fol. plant 
Dalbergia sissoo 
Leguminosae 
Sishim of India 
Tree 
Datura Knightii 
Solanaceae 
Fol. shrub 
Delphinium sp. 
Banunculaceae 
Larkspur 
„ plant 
Dianthus sp. 
Caryophyllaceae 
Carnation 
99 9 9 
Digitalis purpurea 
Scrophulariaceae 
Foxglove 
99 9 9 
Dolichandrone Hildebrandtii 
Bignoniaceae 
Muho (kik.) 
Tree 
Dombeya nairobensis 
Sterculiaceae 
Mukao (kik.) 
Shrub 
Dracaena reflexa 
Liliaceae 
Dracaena 
Tree 
Eriodendron anfractuosum 
Bombaceae 
Silk cotton tree 
9 9 
Eucalyptus citriodora 
Myrtaceae 
Lemon scented 
Gum 
Blue Gum 
E. globulus 
99 
99 
99 
E. robusta 
99 
Ficus nr. capensis 
Urticaceae 
Mukuyu (kik.) 
„ 
F. carica 
99 
Edible Fig 
,, 
F. elastica 
India-rubber 
F. exasperata 
99 
Msasa (swa.) 
Shrub 
F. nr. natalensis 
| „ 
Mugumu (kik. ) 
Tree 
Freesia refracta alba 
Iridaceae 
Fol. plant 
Fuchsia sp. garden var. 
Onagraceae 
Fol. „ 
Furcraea gigantea 
Liliaceae 
Maur. Hemp 
Fibre ,, 
Gerbera Jamesonii 
Compositae 
Barberton 
Daisy 
Gladiolus sp. garden var. 
Iridaceae 
„ ,, 
Godetia sp. garden var. 
Malvaceae 
9 9 99 
Grevillea robusta 
Proteaceae 
Silky Oak 
Tree 
Grewia pilosa 
Tiliaceae 
Shrub 
Haemanthus multiflorus 
Amaryllidaceae 
Fol. plant 
Hakea laurina 
Myrtaceae 
Hedge „ 
Helianthus sp. garden vars. 
Compositae 
Sunflower 
Fol. „ 
„ shrub 
Hibiscus sinensis 
Malvaceae 
Impatiens Oliverii 
Geraniaceae 
Balsam 
Fol. plant 
I. sultani 
99 
99 99 
I. Holstii 
99 
99 99 
Iris sp. garden var. 
Iridaceae 
Fleur de lis 
G. 
M. 
G. 
G. 
M. 
G. 
I. 
G. 
G. 
G. 
G. 
I. 
I. 
G. 
G. 
G. 
G. 
G. 
G. 
M. 
Gk— Good. 
B. — Bad. 
M. — Indifferent. 
I. — Indigenous. 
Pre. con. — Early to judge. 
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