BOTANICAL CHARACTERS. 
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pulp ; wild sugar-cane, not in blossom ; Conocarpus 
erectus was a small shrub ; Haronga, probably new ; 
Cassytha, Sc^evola, different from Sc, Lobelia, Canna, 
Indigo, Cassia, occidentalis, cultivated, Borreria Ko- 
hauntiana, &c. Stylosanthm with erect and very branch- 
ing stems, formed a close jungle, about one foot and a 
half high, on the sandy shore. 
A few open spaces amongst the shrubby woods were 
covered, as if cultivated, with CyperacecE, amongst 
which, frequently, a species of Eriocaulon, 
A few other watered spots shewed grasses with a 
beautiful Orchidece. Near the village, Euphorbia drus- 
sifera (Schum.) was found. An excursion to the river 
enabled the Doctor to examine the Mangrove woods : 
Rhyzophora, different from Rhyz~Mangli, had not yet 
any ripe fruit. It formed the bulk of the wood. 
Amongst it was Avicennia, according to the leaves 
different from that at Sierra Leone, (Nitida) was 
frequent, and as a shrub. Conocarpus racemosus, it is 
doubtful whether this is identical with the Ameri- 
can species, which has not been enumerated among 
African plants, but occurs at Sierra Leone in similar 
situations. Intermixed with these, Drepanocarpus 
lunatus, as a small tree with its thorns, rendered walking 
very difficult. Pandanus candelabrum, without leaves, 
was met here for the first time in the swamps. An 
Anon a, a tree ten or twelve feet high, had fruit, and 
appeared to be very similar to Chrysocarpa Lepr. if not 
the same, it was not rare in these swamps. Lcgumi- 
