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HAROLD UNWIN</span><br> +<span class="less"><span class="sc">D.Oec., M.Can.</span>, +S.F.E.</span><br> +<span class="small">Late Senior Conservator of Forests, +Nigeria</span> +</p> + +<p class="center small spaced15 space-above3">WITH 110 +ILLUSTRATIONS<br> +BY THE AUTHOR</p> + +<p class="publisher"><span class="large word-spaced05">T. FISHER +UNWIN LTD</span><br> +<span class="less">LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE</span> +</p> +</div> + +<div class="page"> +<p class="center small space-above"><em>First published in +1920</em> +</p> + +<p class="center small space-above"><em>(All rights reserved)</em> +</p> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<div class="page"> +<p class="center spaced17 space-above"><span class= +"less">TO</span><br> +<span class="large">MY MOTHER</span> +</p> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2 class="large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_7">[7]</span><a id="pref"></a>PREFACE</h2> + +<p class="nind space-above15"><span class="sc">While</span> going +round inspecting timber areas being worked by European firms in +Nigeria, I have often been asked for a book with illustrations +showing the different kinds of trees which might be felled, and +also giving some account of the trees themselves, as well as the +main work of the Forest Department. It is with the idea of trying +to supply this want that I have mainly compiled this work, in the +hope that, however imperfect it may be, the various timber getters +and users in Nigeria may find it useful.</p> + +<p>I have not attempted to give accurate descriptions of the trees, +as this has already been done by Mr. Foster in his work <em>Notes +on Nigerian Trees and Plants</em>, and I would refer readers to +that volume, and to the botanical works, such as <em>Useful Plants +of Nigeria</em>, issued under the authority of the Director of Kew +Gardens, and the <em>Flora of Tropical Africa</em>, by Oliver; but +only refer to some specific feature of the trees that are most +common or useful, by which they can be recognized by an ordinary +observer without botanical knowledge.</p> + +<p>I wish to acknowledge with thanks the assistance given to me by +the Central and Southern Secretaries for permission to use the +annual Forest Report from the year 1906 onwards.</p> + +<p>I wish also to express my thanks to the Under-Secretary of State +for the Colonies for permission to use my Reports on the Forests of +Sierra Leone and the Afforestation of Togo.</p> + +<p>To Mr. H. N. Thompson, the Chief Conservator of Forests of +Nigeria, I am indebted for much useful information obtained from +his Report on the Gold Coast Forests.</p> + +<p>To Mr. R. E. Dennett, Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests, who +has given me much help and advice in compiling this work, and more +especially for reading through the proofs, I tender my grateful +thanks.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[8]</span>Two most valuable +chapters on the Forests and botanical features of the Northern +Provinces of Nigeria were written by Dr. J. M. Dalziel, to whom I +owe grateful thanks for his encouragement in this work.</p> + +<p>My greatest thanks are due to Mr. C. E. Lane-Poole, Commissioner +of Forests, Victoria, for the use of the list of the Sierra Leone +trees.</p> + +<p>To M. Chevalier I return grateful thanks for his list of the +Ivory Coast trees.</p> + +<p>For the constant and unfailing interest and devotion to the work +of Miss Christina E. Lacy, acting as amanuensis, I beg to extend my +heartfelt thanks.</p> + +<p>Further thanks are also due to my wife, who has lent not only +practical assistance, but has been the mainspring of inspiration +for the completion of this work.</p> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2 class="large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_9">[9]</span>CONTENTS</h2> + +<table class="toc"> +<tr> +<td class="width4"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr med">PAGE</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">PREFACE</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">7-8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">TABLE OF CHAPTERS</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">9, 10</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">LIST OF +ILLUSTRATIONS</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">11-16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c01">CHAPTER +I</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE FORESTS OF WESTERN +AFRICA</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">17-19</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c02">CHAPTER +II</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE GAMBIA</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">20</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc">Descriptions of Trees and +Forests</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">20</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c02app1">Appendix I.</a> The +Forest Law. (Fees)</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">23</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c02app2">Appendix II.</a> +Forest Exports</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">24</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c03">CHAPTER +III</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">SIERRA LEONE</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">25</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c03s1">I.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Forests</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">25</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c03s2">II.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Notes on Timber Trees. (Export and +Local Use)</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">26</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c03s3">III.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Trees cut for Local Use</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">31</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c03s4">IV.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Minor Forest Produce</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">35</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c03s5">V.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Forest Department, Sierra +Leone</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">39</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c03s6">VI.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Botanical and Vernacular Names of +Indigenous Trees, with Description</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">41</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c03app1">Appendix I.</a> +Exports of Forest Produce</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">63</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c03app2">Appendix II.</a> +Forest Produce, 1827-1835</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">64</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c03app3">Appendix III.</a> +Imports of Timber into Sierra Leone</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">65</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c04">CHAPTER +IV</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">LIBERIA</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">66</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c04s1">I.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Gola Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">66</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c04s2">II.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Notes on the Most Valuable Trees</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">66</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c04s3">III.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Conditions of Working Timber</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">69</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c04s4">IV.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Botanical and Vernacular Names of +Indigenous Trees</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">70</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c04app1">Appendix.</a> +Forest Exports</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">80</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c05">CHAPTER +V</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE IVORY COAST</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">81</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc">A Note on the Forest and +Mahogany Industry</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">81</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc"><a href="#c05s2">Botanical +and Vernacular Names</a> of Trees. By Monsieur August +Chevalier</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">83</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc"><a href= +"#c05app1">Appendix.</a> Forest Exports</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">90</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c06">CHAPTER +VI</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE GOLD COAST</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">91</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc">The Forestry Position</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">91</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc">Notes on Indigenous +Trees</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">93</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc"><a href="#c06s3">Botanical +and Vernacular Names.</a> (From Mr. H. N. Thompson’s Report)</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">93</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc"><a href= +"#c06app1">Appendix.</a> Forest Exports</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">115</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_10">[10]</span><a href="#c07">CHAPTER VII</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">TOGO</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c07s1">I.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Forests</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c07s2">II.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Forest Plantations</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">119</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c07s3">III.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The District Plantations</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">122</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c07s4">IV.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Notes on Indigenous Trees. Botanical +and Vernacular Names</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">127</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c07app1">Appendix I.</a> +Introduced Species of Trees Planted</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">148</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c07app2">Appendix II.</a> +Census of Plantations</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">149</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c07app3">Appendix III.</a> +Exports of Forest Produce</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">150</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c08">CHAPTER +VIII</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">NIGERIA</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">151</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c08s1">I.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Rivers, Ports and Forests</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">151</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c08s2">II.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Mahogany and Timber +Industries</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">155</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c08s3">III.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Permanent Forests or Forest +Reserves</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">160</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c08s4">IV.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Afforestation in Nigeria</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">166</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c08s5">V.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">The Forest Department</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">184</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#c08s6">VI.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc">Review of the Botanical Features of N. +Nigeria. By Dr. J. M. Dalziel</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">188</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c08s7">Some Trees of +Hausaland.</a> By Dr. J. M. Dalziel</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">205</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c08app1">Appendix I.</a> +Botanical and Vernacular Names of Indigenous Trees. Northern +Provinces</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">218</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c08app2">Appendix II.</a> +Exports of Forest Produce</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">226</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c08app3">Appendix III.</a> +Imports of Timber into Nigeria</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">227</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c08app4">Appendix IV.</a> +The Fees and Royalties on Timber Trees</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">228</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c09">CHAPTER +IX</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE NIGERIAN TIMBER +TREES</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">235</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c10">CHAPTER +X</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE FORESTS AND TIMBER +PRODUCTION OF THE BRITISH SPHERE OF THE CAMEROONS</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">415</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc">(With a Note on the +<a href="#c10s1b">French</a> and <a href="#c10s1c">Belgian +Congo</a> and <a href="#c10s1d">Spanish Guinea</a>)</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang3 sc"><a href="#c10s2">Notes on +Descriptions of Trees.</a> Botanical and Vernacular Names</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">425</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c10app1">Appendix I.</a> +Exports of Forest Produce</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">444</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c10app2">Appendix II.</a> +Exports of Timber according to Port of Shipment</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">445</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 sc"><a href="#c10app3">Appendix III.</a> +Exports of Timber according to Destination</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">446</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c11">CHAPTER +XI</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE OIL BEANS, SEEDS +AND NUTS OF THE FOREST</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">447</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c12">CHAPTER +XII</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE OIL PALM AND PALM +KERNEL INDUSTRY</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">464</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c13">CHAPTER +XIII</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">THE FOREST IN RELATION +TO AGRICULTURE</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">485</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><a href="#c14">CHAPTER +XIV</a> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large">BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WEST +AFRICAN FORESTS</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">496</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdl-top hang1 large"><a href= +"#ind">INDEX</a> +</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">501</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2 class="large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_11">[11]</span>ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> + +<table class="toi"> +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">I.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i001">1.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mixed Evergreen Forest on the edge of +Barombo Lake (Elephant Lake). Cotton Trees in foreground</td> +<td class="tdr-bot"><em>Frontispiece</em> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">II. SIERRA LEONE.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr med no-wrap"><em>To face page</em> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i002">2.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Red Ironwood (<i>Lophira procera</i>), in +the Forest, Gumah</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i003">3.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Cola Tree (<i>Cola vera</i>), +growing in Fundo village, Protectorate of Sierra Leone</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i004">4.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">View of Gumah Mountain from the +Gumah</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i005">5.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">African Oak (<i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>), +showing bole in middle foreground, near Bureh Town Bridge</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">24</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i006">6.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">African Oak (<i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>), +showing scaly bark at base of tree, the late Mr. C. W. Smythe +standing beside it</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">24</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i007">7.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i> in flower +near Fakar Kole, at the edge of the Peninsular Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">40</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i008">8.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Forest of true Gum Copal (<i>Copaifera +salikounda</i>), showing nearly all the trees bare of foliage and +dying, due to overtapping, near Sussuwuru, Moyamba District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">40</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i009">9.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">True Gum Copal (<i>Copaifera +salikounda</i>), showing base of stem with tapping squares, near +the bank of the Rokell River, north of Moyamba District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">40</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">III. LIBERIA.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i010">10.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Brimstone Tree (<i>Sarcocephalus +sp.</i>), Gola Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">66</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i011">11.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">African Satinwood (<i>Afrormosia +laxiflora</i>), Gola Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">66</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i012">12.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gola Forest, general view, near Morro +River</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">80</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i013">13.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mahogany (<i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i>), the +late Mr. C. W. Smythe standing beside it, Gola Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">80</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i014">14.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Young Yawey Cedar (<i>Heritiera?</i>), +Gola Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">80</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">IV. TOGO.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i015">15.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Teak Plantation of 1908, 35¾ feet high, +Sokode, in 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">90</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i016">16.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Teak Plantation of 1907 and 1908 on +hill-side, Atakpame</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">90</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i017">17.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">One-year-old Oil Palms amongst seven- to +ten-year-old trees, 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i018">18.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Two-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, +Sokode</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i019">19.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Three-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, +Sokode</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i020">20.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Four-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, +Sokode</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i021">21.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">126</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i022">22.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Five-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, +Sokode</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">126</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i023">23.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Five-year-old <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, +1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">126</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i024">24.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Teak Plantation made in 1907 at Pfandu, +in 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">136</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i025">25.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Khaya Klaineana</i>, 17 feet in girth, +Misahohe Station</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">136</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i026">26.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Corner of a 1907 Teak Plantation, Pfandu, +in 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">136</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_12">[12]</span>V. WESTERN CIRCLE, NIGERIA.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Ebuttemetta Gardens.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i027">27.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Teak Tree (<i>Tectona grandis</i>), +about sixteen years old, Ebuttemetta Gardens</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">150</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i028">28.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Para (<i>Hevea Braziliensis</i>), +Ebuttemetta Gardens, age about sixteen years</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">150</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">VI. WESTERN CIRCLE, +NIGERIA.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Olokemeji Arboretum and +Railway Plantation and Two Studies of Capsules.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i029">29.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">The Chief Conservator of Forests’ House, +with five-year-old <i>Albizzia Lebbek</i> standing beside it</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">162</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i030">30.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Three capsules of Mahogany (<i>Khaya +grandis Ivoriensis</i> and <i>Punchii</i>), from banks of Owena +River</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">162</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i031">31.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Capsules of three species of +Entandrophragma: <i>E. macrophyllum</i>, the largest; <i>E. +utilis</i>, the next in size; and <i>E. cylindricum</i>, the +smallest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">162</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i032">32.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cedrela odorata</i>, seven years old, +with Forest Office in background, Olokemeji</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">174</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i033">33.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cedrela odorata</i>, Cigar-box Cedar, +girth 5 feet, twelve years old, Olokemeji Arboretum</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">174</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i034">34.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>), ten years +old, Olokemeji Arboretum</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">174</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i035">35.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Teak, six years old, Olokemeji +Arboretum</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">184</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i036">36.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, five years +old, from seed obtained by H. N. Thompson, Esq., in Shaki +District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">184</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i037">37.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Iroko Tree (<i>Chlorophora +excelsa</i>), over 12 feet in girth in 1911, since cut down and +used for building the Chief Conservator of Forests’ house</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">184</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">VII. NORTHERN PROVINCES, +NIGERIA.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i038">38.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Marsh or “fadama” with islets of foliage, +Benué overflow near Yola</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">196</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i039">39.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">The Lower Niger in flood</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">196</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i040">40.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Fringing Forest on River Benué, in the +rainy season</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">196</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i041">41.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">A Baobab (<i>Adansonia digitata</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">208</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i042">42.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Giginya or “Fan Palm” (<i>Borassus +flabellifer</i>, var. <i>Æthiopum</i>), with waterlilies +(<i>Nymphæaceæ</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">208</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">VIII. WESTERN CIRCLE, +OLOKEMEJI ARBORETUM.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i043">43.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mahogany (<i>Khaya grandis</i>), 6½ years +old, showing bent leader, owing to previous one being eaten out by +the leading-shoot borer</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">216</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i044">44.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">1909 Mahogany (<i>Khaya grandis</i> and +<i>K. Punchii</i>) Plantation after six years’ growth, near road to +Chief Conservator’s house, Olokemeji Arboretum</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">216</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i045">45.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">The largest Mahogany (<i>Khaya +Punchii</i>), seven years old, Olokemeji Arboretum, in the Forest +Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">216</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i046">46.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Corner of the 1908 Teak Plantation, +Olokemeji Arboretum, showing it at the end of the dry season, March +1915, Captain Owens</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">228</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i047">47.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cedrela odorata</i>, Cigar-box Cedar, +three years old (seen close), R. E. Dennett, Esq.</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">228</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i048">48.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Corner tree of the 1908 Teak Plantation, +with H. N. Thompson, Esq., 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">228</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i049">49.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shea Butter Tree (<i>Butyrospermum +Parkii</i>), standing near the Conservator of Forests’ house, June +1915, after being protected from fire eight years</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">234</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_13">[13]</span><a href="#i050">50.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>), three +years old, Compartment 2, Range 2, Olokemeji Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">234</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i051">51.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shea Butter Tree (<i>Butyrospermum +Parkii</i>) in fruit, April 1911, standing near the Conservator of +Forests’ house. This tree has been protected from fire for nearly +four years</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">234</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i052">52.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shea Butter Tree (<i>Butyrospermum +Parkii</i>), standing near the Conservator of Forests’ house. The +same tree of which the fruit was photographed April 1911</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">234</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">IX. WESTERN CIRCLE, +NIGERIA.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Studies of Trees, Olokemeji +Reserve.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i053">53.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Opepe (<i>Sarcocephalus +esculentus</i>), in middle of picture, across Ogun River, Olokemeji +Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">250</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i054">54.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Oganwo (<i>Khaya Punchii</i>), +near Dajopa, Olokemeji Reserve, showing base of stem for nearly 12 +feet stripped of bark</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">250</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i055">55.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Emido (<i>Mimusops +multinervis</i>), 10 feet in girth, Dajopa, Olokemeji Forest +Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">250</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i056">56.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large-leaved Mahogany (<i>Khaya +grandis</i>), 14 feet in girth, with smaller Iroko (<i>Chlorophora +excelsa</i>), standing at the side, Olokemeji Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">260</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i057">57.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Arere (<i>Triplochiton Nigericum</i>), +120 feet high, thirty years old</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">260</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i058">58.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ebony (<i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>), 7 +feet 6 inches in girth, on Dajopa Road, Olokemeji Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">260</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i059">59.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Ayin (<i>Anogeissus +leiocarpus</i>), 10 feet in girth, Dajopa, Olokemeji Forest +Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">272</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i060">60.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Oil Palm in bearing, two bunches of fruit +in view, Olokemeji Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">272</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i061">61.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Base of 14-foot Bilinga (<i>Afzelia +Africana</i>), Dajopa Forest Reserve, Olokemeji Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">284</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i062">62.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shea Butter (<i>Butyrospermum +Parkii</i>), 7 feet in girth, near Oniloku Road, Olokemeji +Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">284</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i063">63.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Afara (<i>Terminalia superba</i>), base +of mature tree over 12 feet in girth, Olokemeji Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">284</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i064">64.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Afzelia Africana</i>, 14 feet in +girth, showing bole and usual fork, Ijaiye Range, Dajopa, Olokemeji +Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">284</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">X. WESTERN CIRCLE.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Forest Trees, Ilaro.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i065">65.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i>, 14 feet 8 inches +in girth, Ilaro Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">294</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i066">66.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>), 8 +feet in girth, standing in Ilaro Forest Reserve after Forest was +cleared</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">294</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XI. WESTERN CIRCLE.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Dry Zone Vegetation, Oyo +District.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i067">67.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, 1910, on bank +of Ogun River, near Iporin, Oyo Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">308</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i068">68.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Locust Tree (<i>Parkia filicoidea</i>), +in bearing, Oyo District, 1910</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">308</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XII. WESTERN CIRCLE.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Studies of Forest Vegetation, +Ado and Mamu Forest.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i069">69.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>) +and Teak, one year old, Mamu Forest Reserve, Ibadan Province, +1915</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">320</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_14">[14]</span><a href="#i070">70.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large full-grown Iroko Tree +(<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>) standing near Ibadan, Jebu Ode Road, +Mamu Forest Reserve, in May 1910. See Fig. 69, which is of the same +tree taken five years later</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">320</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i071">71.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Untouched Forest on summit of Ado Rock, +Oyo Province, 1910</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">320</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XIII. WESTERN CIRCLE, OSHUN +AND MAMU FORESTS.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i072">72.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Forest on banks of Oshun River, looking +downstream, Oshun Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">332</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i073">73.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Arere Tree (<i>Triplochiton +Nigericum</i>) already girdled and dead</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">332</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i074">74.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Forest on banks of Oshun River, looking +upstream, Oshun Forest Reserve, Jebu Ode District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">332</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i075">75.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ride between Compartments C and D, Mamu +Forest Reserve, Funtumia seedlings on either side, six to eight +years old</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">332</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XIV. WESTERN CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, ONDO AND IWOYE FORESTS.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i076">76.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Path in Iwoye Forest, Western Circle, +showing parts of four mahogany trees in the picture</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">342</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i077">77.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Cocoanut Grove near stream in the +middle of Idanre Town, 1910</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">342</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XV. CENTRAL CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, IFON FOREST.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i078">78.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Osse River, looking downstream, edge of +the Pool, Ifon District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">354</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i079">79.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mixed Forest near Osse, looking upstream, +Ifon District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">354</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XVI. CENTRAL CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, EBEKWI FOREST.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i080">80.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Heavy Sapeli Mahogany (<i>Entandrophragma +utilis</i>) standing near the road between Uyeri and Benin City, +Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">364</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i081">81.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Agba (Benin), (<i>Pterogopodium?</i>), +standing near Ifon Road, south of Uyeri, Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">364</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XVII. CENTRAL CIRCLE, +NIGERIA.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Ogba Plantation, Benin.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i082">82.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Benin Satinwood (<i>Afrormosia +laxiflora</i>) standing in the Ogba Plantation, Benin District</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">376</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i083">83.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mixed Mahogany Plantation, <i>Khaya +grandis</i> on left, <i>K. Punchii</i> in centre, and +Entandrophragma in the right foreground, six years old, near Ogba, +Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">376</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i084">84.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ogea, Gum Copal (<i>Daniellia +caudata</i>), standing in the Ogba Plantation, Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">376</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XVIII. CENTRAL CIRCLE, +OBAGIE FOREST, BENIN.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i085">85.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Khaya anthoteca</i>, 16 feet in girth, +Obagie Forest Reserve, Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">384</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i086">86.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Okan (<i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i>), +African Greenheart, 24 feet in girth, standing in Obagie Forest +Reserve, Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">384</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_15">[15]</span>XIX. CENTRAL CIRCLE, NIGERIA, KOKO TOWN +MAHOGANY.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i087">87.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Koko Town, with raft of mahogany logs +moored near the bank</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">396</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i088">88.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mahogany logs floating in the river above +Koko Town</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">396</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XX. CENTRAL CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, OSSE RIVER FOREST.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i089">89.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Funtumia Rubber Plantation, both sides of +the road, Igwoshudi, Benin</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">408</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i090">90.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mahogany Plantation, <i>Khaya +Punchii</i>, twelve years old, near Noami, on the banks of the Osse +River, Benin Province</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">408</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i091">91.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Entandrophragma log with three sides +already squared and fourth partially cut ready for squaring</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">408</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i092">92.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Stump of <i>Khaya Punchii</i> with log at +base, left in the Benin Forest</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">408</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XXI. EASTERN CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, STUDIES OF TREES.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Degema Forest Station, +including Imo Bridge.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i093">93.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Mimusops Djave</i>, about twelve years +old, standing near Prison, Degema Station, Eastern Circle</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">414</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i094">94.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature Light African Greenheart, +<i>Piptadenia Africana</i>, standing in the middle of Degema +Station</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">414</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i095">95.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Young Oil Bean Tree in bearing, +<i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>, Degema Station</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">414</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i096">96.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Red Oak, <i>Berlinia acuminata</i>, 20 +feet in girth, standing near the Sombreiro River, Degema +Station</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">414</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i097">97.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Base of Red Oak, <i>Berlinia +acuminata</i>, showing smooth bark with comparatively few large +scales, Degema Station</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">428</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i098">98.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Iroko, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, +nursery bed, with seedlings two years old, at the side of Forest +House, Degema</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">428</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i099">99.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">The temporary Wooden Bridge over the Imo, +on the Eastern Division, Nigerian Railway. Note, only native, +locally grown timber used in its construction</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">446</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i100">100.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Medium-sized African Pearwood, +<i>Mimusops Djave</i>, standing in the middle of the road outside +Degema Station on the road to Illimema, since felled, and logs sold +in England</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">446</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i101">101.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Inoi Tree, <i>Poga oleosa</i>, standing +at the edge of the Degema Station grounds</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">446</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XXII. EASTERN CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, CALABAR ARBORETUM AND STATION.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i102">102.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Oil Palm, <i>Elæis Guineensis</i>, eight +years old, in bearing, showing nine out of the twenty-one bunches +of fruit on the tree</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">460</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i103">103.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Seven-year-old Oil Palm in bearing, +rather over-pruned, showing male inflorescence just below boy’s +finger and bunch of fruit in the middle of the picture</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">460</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i104">104.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mature <i>Brachystegia spicæformis</i> +standing at the side of the Calabar Road, Calabar, showing the +typical shape of the crown and branches</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">472</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i105">105.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Base of mature <i>Brachystegia +spicæformis</i> standing at the side of the Calabar Road, Calabar, +showing both the scaly untouched bark and the wounded section +covered with nodules</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">472</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_16">[16]</span>XXIII. EASTERN CIRCLE, NIGERIA, CROSS +RIVER.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Teak Plantations, Ndeh.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i106">106.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Rest House Teak Plantation at Ndeh, +showing rows of trees 9 feet apart and 4 feet between</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">486</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i107">107.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">View between the lines of one-year-old +Teak Plantation at Ndeh, in which trees were planted 4 feet +apart</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">486</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect1 large">XXIV. EASTERN CIRCLE, +NIGERIA, STUDIES OF TREES.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="3" class="tdc sect2 sc">Ikrigon Forest.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i108">108.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shinglewood, <i>Terminalia scutifera</i>, +12 feet in girth, standing in the Ikrigon Forest Reserve, Eastern +Circle</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">496</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i109">109.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Iroko, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, 15 +feet in girth, standing in Ikrigon Forest Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">496</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#i110">110.</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mahogany, <i>Khaya Senegalensis (?)</i>, +standing at the edge of Ikrigon Forest Reserve, showing base of +trunk with old bark wounds already healed over</td> +<td class="tdr-bot">496</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i002" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig002.jpg"><img src='images/fig002.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 2.—<span class= +"bold">Red Ironwood (Lophira procera) in the Forest, +Gumah.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i003" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig003.jpg"><img src='images/fig003.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 3.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Cola Tree (Cola vera), growing in Fundo Village, +Protectorate of Sierra Leone.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i004" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig004.jpg"><img src='images/fig004.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 4.—<span class= +"bold">View of Gumah Mountain, from the Gumah.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="clear"> +</p> + +<p class="center xxlarge space-above pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_17">[17]</span>WEST AFRICAN FORESTS<br> +AND FORESTRY</p> + +<h2 class="nopb"><a id="c01"></a>CHAPTER I</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE FORESTS OF WESTERN AFRICA</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">From</span> a large scale-map of +Africa, the various British West African Colonies and +Protectorates, as well as Liberia, French Ivory Coast, the late +German Colonies of Togo and Cameroons, can be seen on the western +side of that Continent. In fact, these territories are all within +the Tropics, and also between the latitudes of 13° North in the +Gambia to nearly the Equator in the Cameroons, and between +longitude of 17° West to 10° East. Roughly speaking, Upper Guinea, +as this part is usually called, covers an area of 100 to 200 miles +wide by a length of over 1,500 miles, as a sylvan belt mainly of +one type of vegetation, which botanically, however, only begins to +alter as the boundary of the Cameroons is approached in the eastern +part of Nigeria. Therefore one finds several trees extending right +through this area, and also an almost unbroken forest all the way +along the coast line, and roughly 100 to 150 miles inland. The +width of the forest varies rather according to the aspect of the +coast line, because the prevalent wind being south-west, the +greatest rainfall, and thus the heaviest type of forest, occurs +when the coast line runs at right angles to the prevailing wind. +This occurs, for instance, near Calabar, Nigeria in the Cameroons, +part of the Gold Coast near Axim, and Sierra Leone near Freetown. +In some instances this effect is accentuated by the proximity of +mountains near the coast, as, for instance, north of Calabar and +north of Benin. One tree, which might be taken as a type, is the +Rhodesian Mahogany, <i>Afzelia Africana</i>, which is found right +in this belt of forest on its northern side. As the name implies, +it is also found in Rhodesia, near the Victoria Falls. Mahogany, +<i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, is another tree found in the Gambia, +also in Nigeria right up to the Cameroon border, over 1,500 miles +away.</p> + +<p>However, in this huge forest belt there are great variations in +the rainfall, from 20 to over 175 inches in the Oban Hills of +Nigeria. There are also, naturally, variations in soil and +elevation, which make differences<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_18">[18]</span> in the character of the forest. The proximity +to the sea causes yet another difference in the type of vegetation, +combined as it often is with low elevation.</p> + +<p>Broadly speaking, then, one can differentiate several distinct +types of forest, though owing to slight changes in a locality the +one merges into the other and very sharp boundary lines cannot be +drawn.</p> + +<p>I. The Mangrove Swamps are usually near the sea coast, though +not always at the sea coast; a strip of Evergreen Forest is usually +found actually on the sandy dunes of the sea coast. The Mangrove +Swamps also extend up the rivers near the coast as a fringe a mile +or more wide.</p> + +<p>II. The Evergreen Forest is usually found on the sea coast, also +extending inland up the rivers, and also on low land up to an +elevation of a few hundred feet, as, for instance, the forest on +the banks of the Calabar River.</p> + +<p>III. The Freshwater Swamp Forests are also found in this type of +locality.</p> + +<p>IV. The Mixed intermediate Forest is found usually where the +rainfall does not exceed 60 inches, or in slightly hilly country, +and contains a few deciduous trees. Typical trees of this forest +are the <i>Triplochiton Nigericum</i> and <i>Mimusops +multinervis</i>. It contains both evergreen and deciduous +trees.</p> + +<p>V. The Fringing Forest, or “Gallerie” Forest of the Germans, is +found at the edge of rivers or lakes, where the rainfall is +otherwise too low for the mixed deciduous forests.</p> + +<p>VI. The Savannah Forest, sometimes so-called Dry-zone Forest, +usually occurs with a rainfall of 30 to 50 inches. The typical tree +of this is the <i>Lophira alata</i>.</p> + +<p>VII. The Evergreen Forest of the hills, chiefly above an +altitude of 2,000 or 3,000 feet. It is especially noticeable on +Mount Itakum and the Boji Hills (elevation 5,000 feet).</p> + +<p>VIII. The Open Orchard Forest, with shrubby trees of small +growth.</p> + +<p>These, then, roughly follow the Œcological Divisions according +to Warming, which are as follows:</p> + +<ul class="simple1"> +<li>Mangrove Swamp,</li> + +<li>True Savannah,</li> + +<li>Treeless Savannah, low and high grass,</li> + +<li>Bush Savannah,</li> + +<li>Tree Savannah,</li> + +<li>Savannah Forest,</li> + +<li>Sclerophyllus formations, such as</li> + +<li class="pad3">Bush and Forest,</li> + +<li class="pad3">Bamboo Forest.</li> +</ul> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">[19]</span>Forests are in +addition named after the locality, such as Benin Forests, Oban +Forests, Ondo Forests. Again, yet another nomenclature is after the +kind of tree represented, such as Evergreen Forest, where all the +trees are evergreen all the year round; for instance, Calabar +Forests, Ondo, South Benin.</p> + +<p>The mixed forests and intermediate forests, where the trees are +both evergreen and deciduous, growing side by side, such as +Olokemeji Forests, Benin Forests, Obubra Forests, and Bende +Forests. Thus summarising the Nigerian Forests, we get the +following formations:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t019"> +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 width-half">1. Nigerian Swamp</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1 width-half">Evergreen: Mangrove, type +tree.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">2. Evergreen Forests</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Lophira procera</i>, +<i>Parinarium</i>.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">2a. Freshwater Swamp Forests</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cynometra mitragyne</i>.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">3. Mixed Deciduous, intermediate +Forests</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Triplochiton</i>, Iroko, +<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">3a. Fringing Forests</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mixed, deciduous really.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">4. Canopied Deciduous Forests (sometimes +termed dense Savannah Forests)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Olokemeji: <i>Berlinia</i>, +<i>Afzelia</i>.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">5. Open Deciduous Forests</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Paradaniella Oliverii</i>, <i>Eugenia +Owariensis</i>, <i>Terminalia Togoensis</i>.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">6. Tree Savannah Orchard Forest</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Lophira alata</i>, Shea butter, +<i>Acacia</i>; <em>Iwu, Oyo, Ndeh</em>.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">7. Treeless Savannah</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Grass, a few stunted bushes of <i>Acacia +Isoberlinia</i>, North Ogoja.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[20]</span><a id= +"c02"></a>CHAPTER II</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE GAMBIA</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">In</span> the early part of the +nineteenth century a considerable quantity of African Mahogany, +obtained from <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, a dry-zone mahogany-tree, +was shipped to England; in fact, this was the original source of +African Mahogany, as also it was the first tree from which it was +obtained. Even now this tree is one of the most prevalent in the +strip of land on both banks of the Gambia, so far as British +territory is concerned.</p> + +<p>At the present time no mahogany is being shipped from the +Gambia, but recently an Ordinance was passed regulating the cutting +of firewood and forest trees.</p> + +<p>Forests in the ordinary sense of the word cannot be said to +exist in the Gambia, but no doubt a considerable amount of timber +could be obtained from the dry-zone country. The total length of +the colony is 300 miles, and approximately 5 miles wide, on either +side of the Gambia River, which makes it in the aggregate a +considerable tract of country, in all 4,500 square miles, of which +the colony proper occupies 4 square miles.</p> + +<p>So far only Rosewood (<i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>), Mahogany +(<i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>), and small pieces of Baywood, probably +also a mahogany, have been reported from the Gambia. In 1908 a +certain amount of wood was cut for the making of charcoal by a man +from the Canary Islands. In 1909, 102 tons of charcoal were +exported, and in 1910, 176 tons, valued at £634. Since then no +other returns are available, so apparently this industry has come +to an end. There is no Forest Officer in the Gambia, and no +proposals for Forest Reserves have been put forward by the +Government. Part of the land near the mouth of the Gambia is swampy +and covered with the usual Mangrove forests.</p> + +<p>In the <em>Bulletin of the Imperial Institute</em>, vol. viii, +1910, p. 244, it is stated that the specimens of rosewood and +mahogany forwarded to the Imperial Institute were reported on as +follows:</p> + +<p>Rosewood (<i>Dalbergia sp.</i>), reddish-yellow with darker +lines and red pores, solid and compact, resembling rosewood except +in colour. The timber would not pass as rosewood on the market. It +has an<span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">[21]</span> agreeable +odour, is hard and heavy, weighing 45½ lb. per cubic foot. It +turned and polished well, sawed very easily, but was difficult to +plane; planing left a smooth, bright surface.</p> + +<p>Mahogany (<i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>) may be looked upon as +inferior baywood, the wood light in colour, of poor figure, hard to +plane, but when planed leaves the surface bright and woolly in +alternate bands; very cross grained, sawed and turned easily. +Weight, 41½ lb. per cubic foot. Should be very useful locally, but +probably not of sufficient value for much export trade.</p> + +<p>Even in this comparatively small colony a certain amount of +forest land should be preserved, more especially that which is +unsuitable for agriculture. In every country there is always some +poor or rocky land which is not favourable to the growing of +agricultural crops.</p> + +<p>The oil palm is another useful tree, which yields the well-known +palm oil and kernels; however, here the oil is required locally for +alimentary purposes, and therefore only the palm kernels are +exported.</p> + +<p>The following shows the exports for five years:</p> + +<table class="padded2b padded05" id="t021"> +<tr> +<th>Year.</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>s.</th> +<th>d.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1910</td> +<td>467</td> +<td>5,640</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1911</td> +<td>443</td> +<td>4,756</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1912</td> +<td>445</td> +<td>6,518</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1913</td> +<td>545</td> +<td>9,026</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +<td class="tdr">0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1914</td> +<td>494½</td> +<td>7,814</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +<td class="tdr">11</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>It will be noticed that the very high prices ruling for part of +1913 and the beginning of 1914 had the effect of causing increased +exports to be made.</p> + +<p>Here, as in the case of other products, planting could be +undertaken with advantage, as the yield of kernels and oil is good; +even if the increased amount of oil produced was sold locally, the +increased output of kernels would find a market in England, where +they are needed.</p> + +<p>It is a tree which allows cultivation of field crops to be made +between the oil palms for several years before the palms become too +big and shut out the light necessary for field crops. In the drier +climate of the Gambia a planting distance of probably 16 feet would +be sufficient to ensure a good yield, and yet give sufficient +distance between the trees to allow room for them even when +mature.</p> + +<p>If an Agricultural or Forest Department, which at present does +not exist in the Gambia, could not supply young seedlings or nuts +for planting, one of the trading firms could secure them from one +of the other West Coast Protectorates. Of course, in many +cases,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">[22]</span> if the natives +could be induced to believe that a good price would always be paid +for kernels, they would no doubt make small plantations of oil +palms themselves, as some fruit always falls to the ground in the +picking, is thus not boiled, and so is suitable for furnishing seed +for planting. It is, of course, inadvisable to plant boiled nuts, +as many do not germinate, owing to the germ having been destroyed +by the boiling of the fruit; others do, however, as can be seen in +the young oil palms sprouting from heaps of uncracked nuts which +the natives leave near the villages.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">[23]</span><a id= +"c02app1"></a>APPENDIX I</h3> + +<p class="sch1">FOREST FEES IN GAMBIA</p> + +<p class="nind">A <span class="sc">new</span> list was published by +the Legislative Council in Gambia which fixes the different rates +of fees for the right of felling useful timber for export.</p> + +<p>The fees are as follows:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t023"> +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc sect1"><em>Felling of Useful Timber for +Export.</em> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each sort of useful trunk</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">10s. per trunk.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc sect1"><em>Felling of Useful Timber +which is not intended for Export.</em> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each trunk, Rosewood (Jacaranda, +Palisander wood)</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">5s. per trunk.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each trunk, Mahogany</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">1s. per foot after felling.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each trunk in Mandingo Falls</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">9d. per foot after felling.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each trunk in Tumbo</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">8d. per foot after felling.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each trunk in Jaffo</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">6d. per foot after felling.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For each trunk, Cotton-tree</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">4d. per foot after felling.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">For every other valuable tree</td> +<td class="tdl-bot">4d. per cubic foot.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[24]</span><a id= +"c02app2"></a>APPENDIX II</h3> + +<p class="sch1">THE GAMBIA—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t024"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Products.</th> +<th colspan="3">1909.</th> +<th colspan="3">1910.</th> +<th colspan="3">1911.</th> +<th colspan="3">1912.</th> +<th colspan="3">1913.</th> +<th colspan="3">1914.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Cane</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">59</td> +<td>bdls.</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum Arabic</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">44</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ground nuts</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">53,644</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">323,231</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">58,456</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">387,943</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">47,931</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">437,472</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">64,169</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">502,069</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">67,404</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">622,098</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">66,884</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">650,460</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">389</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">3,526</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">467</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">5,640</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">444</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,758</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">445</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">6,518</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">546</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">9,026</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">494</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">7,814</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15,548</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,550</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">7,148</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">952</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">10,733</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">836</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">4,335</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">409</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">12,995</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,027</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3,548</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">102</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Wax</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">48,969</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,180</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">25,718</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,274</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">33,871</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,514</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">30,830</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,164</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">31,518</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">990</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15,513</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">473</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Wood and timber</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">4</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">162</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">63</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">155</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">28</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">178</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">55</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,562</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">30</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Oil (palm)</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">361</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">39</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">108</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Lumber</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">273</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="feet">ft</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">feet</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum copal</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">90</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">4</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"pkgs.">pk</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">330,530</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">162</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"pkgs.">pk</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">395,885</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">155</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"pkgs.">pk</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">444,608</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">178</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"pkgs.">pk</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">500,218</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">1,562</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"pkgs.">pk</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">633,161</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">30</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"pkgs.">pk</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">658,911</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">54,033</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">58,923</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">48,375</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">64,614</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">67,950</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">67,382</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">64,509</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">32,956</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">44,604</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">35,165</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">44,513</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">19,061</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">361</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">108</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">273</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="feet">ft</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">feet</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">59</td> +<td>bdls.</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i005" class="iw11"><a href= +"images/fig005.jpg"><img src='images/fig005.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 5.—<span class= +"bold">African Oak (Oldfieldia Africana), showing bole in middle +foreground, near Bureh Town Bridge.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i006" class="iw11"><a href= +"images/fig006.jpg"><img src='images/fig006.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 6.—<span class= +"bold">African Oak (Oldfieldia Africana), showing Scaly Bark at +base of tree, the late Mr. C. W. Smythe standing beside +it.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 24.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">[25]</span><a id= +"c03"></a>CHAPTER III</h2> + +<p class="sch1">SIERRA LEONE</p> + +<h3 class="sc space-above1"><a id="c03s1"></a>I. The Forests.</h3> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">The</span> Colony and Protectorate +of Sierra Leone cover an area of approximately 34,000 square miles, +or, to make it more comprehensible, it is almost the same size as +Ireland. Probably in the earliest times the whole territory was +covered with some kind of arborescent growth, varying from open +savannah and deciduous forest to close, impenetrable evergreen rain +forest.</p> + +<p>Now scarcely 1 per cent. of this forest remains, one of the most +important tracts being the Sierra Leone or Peninsular Mountain +Forest, situated on the mountain due east of Freetown. The whole of +this region was once covered with forest, now reduced to an area of +approximately 48 square miles, or 30,000 acres. All this tract down +to the 500-foot control line has been reserved as a permanent +forest, so that eventually the whole peninsular forest will have an +area of 75 square miles. Illustrations <a href="#i002">Nos. 2</a> +and <a href="#i004">4</a> show a general view of these forests.</p> + +<p>Other important mountain forests are those situated on the +Kassewe Hills, Kagnari Mountains, Kambui Hills, Panguma Hills, +Nimmini Mountains, Loma Mountains, Bunbola Hills, and Maramper +Hills. In addition to these areas, timber trees are felled at +Kangahan and Yonni, as well as in the peninsular mountains and +Maramper Hills, especially for local use.</p> + +<p>Turning now to a consideration of the forests more in detail, +one naturally first deals with the most accessible ones, i.e. of +the peninsular mountains. From the beautiful harbour of Freetown, +Sierra Leone, one sees the edge of these forests between Leicester +Peak and Sugar Loaf Mountains. From these two points it skirts the +hill station, extending thence roughly parallel to the sea as far +as Kent; the largest wooded slopes face the ocean, only a narrow +strip of forest being found on the landward side of the mountains +near Burehtown and John Obey. The forest extends practically from +the water’s edge on the estuary of the Bureh River right up the +mountains to an elevation of 2,000 feet, with a rainfall of upwards +of 160 inches per year. Silvan vegetation is very luxuriant, the +giant trees standing<span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[26]</span> +close together, often entwined and joined to each other by various +large creepers, the whole forming an almost impenetrable grove, +into which only the diffused light of the sun reaches. The +undergrowth is not very thick, except where old trees have fallen +or where mature trees have been felled; this is partly owing to the +dense shade of the tall trees, and therefore the trunks of these +trees can be seen. A large Cedar Mahogany 23 feet in circumference +was seen. This specimen of a mahogany was one of the largest trees +found, and shows to what size the trees attain in this peninsular +forest. One of the commonest trees found is the Red Ironwood, or +sometimes called in Sierra Leone Ironpost, botanically known as +<i>Lophira procera</i>. A picture of a large specimen of one of +this species is shown as illustration <a href="#i002">No. 2.</a> +Another very common tree is a species of Mimusops, known as +pearwood, or sometimes mahogany, when sold as timber. The African +Violetwood, sometimes known as Blackwood, is comparatively common. +Rhodesian Mahogany, usually called Kontah, botanically known as +<i>Afzelia Africana</i>, is also found. Real African Oak +(<i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>) is seen singly scattered throughout +forests. A patch of true Gum Copal trees is found, as well as +isolated specimens in some parts of the forest. Rock Elm +(<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>) is seen both in the forest and in the +clearings made for farms. The Oil Palm (<i>Elaeis guineensis</i>) +is sparsely distributed in the forest, but more frequent in the +abandoned farms. The above-named trees are representative of some +of the very large number of hardwoods and other trees of economic +value in the forest. There are, however, also a very large number +of softwoods found scattered amongst the other trees in the forest; +a beautiful Whitewood (<i>Alstonia Congensis</i>) is, for instance, +one of such softwoods. The Cotton Tree (<i>Eriodendron +anfractuosum</i>) is probably the one most commonly found. Various +Albizzias are also met with in a similar manner.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c03s2"></a>II. Notes on Timber Trees.</h3> + +<p>Taking now the different species of timber trees individually, +the following are most important:</p> + +<p>1. Real African Oak (<i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>), which is +termed Tortorza by the Timanis and Paulai by the Mendis. As +illustration <a href="#i005">No. 5</a> shows, this is a very large +and tall tree. It often attains a bole length of 50 feet and a +girth of 16 feet. It is found singly, scattered through the forest. +The habit of its branches, open crown, and greyish bark make it +look not unlike a European oak. In reality the bark is scaly, +gradually peeling off in flakes. The tree in illustration <a href= +"#i006">No. 6</a> shows this characteristic peculiarity to +advantage, and also shows a medium-sized tree, approximately 10 +feet in girth. The tree fruits moderately, and has an indehiscent +capsule not unlike<span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">[27]</span> +the shape, size and colour of an oak-apple. The capsule has five +faint ribs on its surface, but contains only three seeds. The +little seedling, with light grey stem and white lenticels, is +easily recognized. It usually has also only three leaflets on its +leaves, instead of forming true digitate leaves as a full-grown +tree. The sapling once started shows fairly rapid growth, and +during the early years stands a good deal of shade. It should +therefore be classified as a slight shade-bearer. African Oak is a +dark reddish-brown wood, which is very hard and most durable. It +has, of course, a much closer grain than ordinary oak. A very +smooth surface can be obtained by planing the timber. Locally, +small trees are cut for conversion by pit-saw into timber for boat +keels. This timber was exported as teak from Sierra Leone 1827 to +1835 for use in the English Navy. It was afterwards lost sight of, +though the natives continued to use it locally. During 1908 a few +round logs of short length (12-16 feet) of this timber were +exported to England and sold in a Liverpool market for 2s. 6d. per +cubic foot (extreme measure).</p> + +<p>2. Ironpost, or African Oak, or Red Ironwood (<i>Lophira +procera</i>), is the most common tree throughout the peninsula. +According to the Conservator of Forests in Sierra Leone, 80 per +cent. of the trees of the peninsular forest are <i>Lophira +procera</i>. All stages of growth are found, from the smallest +seedlings to the largest tree, over 100 feet high and 20 feet in +girth. In the forest the tree has an orange-coloured bark, which +rapidly turns grey when exposed to the rays of the sun. The bole is +not always quite cylindrical, especially near the base, where it +often develops rather angular root protuberances. This seems to +occur more often on rocky ground, such as that where the tree is +found in the peninsula. For a similar reason the bole is not always +straight, though in the ordinary way the tree has a comparatively +small crown with short branches. Thus, in proportion to the size of +the tree, the bole is very long, the twigs are thickish, and the +long thin paper-knifelike leaves appear at the ends of them. +Seedlings seem to come up wherever suitable conditions of +reproduction are found. A clear bole is typical of these trees in +the pole stage of growth. Illustration <a href="#i002">No. 2</a> +shows a large specimen on the edge of the forest, and there are +many large trees with the peculiar root protuberances, growing in +the forest. The timber is very hard and of a dark red colour, which +it retains when dry. The heartwood forms comparatively early in the +life of the tree, and although the sapwood is white, it is almost +as hard as the heartwood. For this reason comparatively small trees +yield timber, and thus can be felled earlier than trees in which +the heartwood forms later. Of course, in this connection it should +not be forgotten that the market does not desire logs of too small +a size, i.e. of 18 inches or under, when squared. Locally +this<span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[28]</span> is known as +Ironpost, and is sold for house-building, and, as its name implies, +it is used for the uprights of the house. The Public Works +Department have a regular schedule of timbers which are used, and +this timber is mentioned amongst them, and is bought from native +contractors at 3d. per superficial foot for boards, and 3d. to 6d. +per linear foot for beams and posts. This timber has been used as a +substitute for real African Oak, when it is sold as African Oak. A +regular supply of logs could be obtained from the peninsular +forest.</p> + +<p>3. Cedar Mahogany (<i>Pseudocedrela sp.</i>; termed Bissimi by +the Mendis). This tree, which grows to a very large size, is not +very prevalent. The largest tree, some 23 feet in girth, was found +above the Gumah. The bole is usually very long and straight, which +makes it very cylindrical. This last characteristic of the tree is +all the more accentuated by its having no root projections at its +base. This species appears to be one of the largest trees in the +forest. It is apparently a very fast-growing tree, forming +heartwood comparatively early, though the sapwood is rather wide +(up to 10 inches in a tree 7 feet in diameter). This timber has not +been exported, but wood from similar trees on the coast has been +exported and sold in the European market as mahogany (scented). +There is no reason to believe, therefore, that the wood from this +tree would not fetch a similar price. Owing to this tree being so +fullwooded, a larger proportion of the bole can be converted into +logs than is the case with other kinds of mahogany trees which have +large root flanges.</p> + +<p>4. African Walnut (<i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>). This is a +medium-sized tree of the Mahogany family, which, owing to the brown +colour of the wood, has been termed African Walnut in the timber +trade. Although not very prevalent, it yields one of the timbers +suitable for export.</p> + +<p>5. Satin Mahogany (<i>Guarea sp.</i>) is another medium-sized +tree which is prevalent in most parts of the peninsula. The grain +of the timber is of course similar to Mahogany, as the tree from +which it is obtained belongs to the Mahogany family. The timber +when planed has a satiny sheen on it, which may make it valuable in +the European market. It has not been cut for local use.</p> + +<p>6. African Pearwood (<i>Mimusops sp.</i>) is a large tree with a +good bole of fair length. Only a moderate number of this species +were found, but there are at least two, if not three, other species +of Mimusops which yield a timber which has been sold as mahogany. +The grain of the timber of the first-named tree is more open, +sometimes figured, and of a lighter reddish colour than the other +species. These other trees yield a dark-red timber of close grain, +which is much harder than mahogany. These Mimusops are found at a +higher altitude than most timber trees. The forest, therefore, +above an elevation of 2,000 feet, is much more valuable owing to +the presence of this tree. These<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_29">[29]</span> trees attain a girth of 12 feet and a height +of upwards of 150 feet. The bark of the trunk of the tree is +smoother than that of mahogany.</p> + +<p>7. White Mahogany (<i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>), also known +sometimes as Gaboon Mahogany, is a very tall forest tree which +attains a bole length of 70 feet, with a girth of 10 feet. It is +not very plentiful, but is one of the light-coloured species of +mahogany. It has a definite shipping value of 2s. 6d. in the round +per cubic foot.</p> + +<p>8. African Mammee or Mammy Apple (<i>Ochrocarpus Africanus</i>) +is a large tree attaining a girth of 10 feet, with a bole length of +30 feet. It is moderately prevalent. The timber has a pretty grain, +and is of a reddish colour, which is similar to mahogany.</p> + +<p>9. Dita (<i>Detarium Senegalense</i>) is a large tree with the +bole length of 30 feet and a girth of 12 feet. Although it is not a +very common tree, it is a useful addition to the number of trees +which yield timber similar to mahogany. The fruit is large, has an +edible pericarp, and is sold in the market under the name of +Dita.</p> + +<p>10. Red Cedar (species of Sterculiaceæ) is a large and +straight-growing tree, which reaches a girth of 10 feet. The tree +has very characteristic root flanges, which can be seen in +illustration <a href="#i010">No. 10.</a> The timber has a +mahogany-like grain, though of a somewhat more open texture. It is +one of the most prevalent trees in the peninsular forest.</p> + +<p>11. Kontah, or Mahogany (<i>Afzelia Africana</i>), is a large +tree with oval crown and bole length of 30 feet. Only a few +specimens were met with in the forest, though the tree often grows +up in old clearings. The timber is of a reddish-brown colour, +somewhat hard and very durable. It takes the place of an oak timber +economically, although it is not really of that type. The grain of +the timber has much longer and more open pores than oak, though it +could probably be sold as an oak or teak substitute in the European +market.</p> + +<p>12. Rock Elm, also known as African Oak or Teak, is a common +tree attaining large dimensions. Being a very durable wood of +moderate hardness, it largely takes the place of European oak in +the economy of the country, which, with its yellowish light-brown +wood, rapidly becoming a nice old-oak brown colour, makes it a very +similar timber, although, as the first name, Rock Elm, indicates, +the tree is botanically a member of the Elm family. White ants +occasionally attack its sapwood, but make no progress in the +heartwood. The wood is not attacked by fungi to any extent. +Wherever the rainfall is sufficient, seedlings of this tree come up +in the old farms, and when cut down it sprouts again from the +stump.</p> + +<p>13. East Indian Walnut (<i>Albizzia Lebbek</i>) is a +medium-sized tree which grows very quickly. The heartwood, which +matures comparatively early, is a light-brown colour, similar to +walnut. The<span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">[30]</span> timber +has an open, pretty grain. It is one of the trees which comes up in +old farms, provided rainfall is moderate.</p> + +<p>14. Satinwood (<i>Zanthoxylum macrophyllum</i>) is a +medium-sized tree with a clear bole of 30 feet, combined with a +narrow crown and small branches. It is a very common tree in the +peninsular forest, and it is also found growing up in the old +farms, where the rainfall is adequate (60 inches). The wood is the +typical light-yellow colour. The grain of the timber is very fine +and hard, which makes it less liable to shrink than other more +open-grained woods. The heartwood forms early, though where trees +grow up very quickly, roughly only half of the diameter width of a +tree is made of heartwood. That is to say, in a tree a foot in +diameter, approximately 6 inches will be heartwood. In the +evergreen forest there is another species of Zanthoxylum which +attains a rather larger size than the first named. It is, however, +not quite so prevalent as the other species. In common with other +species of Zanthoxylum, it bears all round the stem extremely large +woody spines. In this species the spiny protuberances are exactly +like small round cones of wood, with a diameter 2 inches at the +base. Yet a third species of <i>Zanthoxylum Senegalense</i> yields +a similar satinwood, almost as close grained, which, however, is +found growing as a small tree at the edge of the deciduous forest +before the dry-zone belt is reached. This tree is characterised by +its much smaller leaf, with pinnæ broader in proportion to their +length than the former species. In a similar manner the woody +protrusions on the stem do not project more than three-quarters of +an inch from it, compared to those of the second-named species, +which attain a length of 3 inches. The timber of this dry-zone +Satinwood is just as valuable as the former species. It is fairly +prevalent in the more open forest where it is found. It withstands +the annual grass fires to some extent, and seedlings appear in the +neighbourhood of mature trees.</p> + +<p>15. Violetwood is a medium-sized tree with a smooth bark not +unlike beech, and a bole of up to 20 feet in length and 12 feet in +girth. It is, however, a little crooked in growth, but this is not +an undesirable feature, because the texture of the grain often thus +becomes figured. Specimens which were collected showed this growth, +and a few species had a very pretty figured grain. It is quite a +common tree in the peninsular forest. The fruit of this tree is a +pod about a foot long and an inch wide, containing on the average +eight oblong flattish beans. The wood is of a greenish-brown +colour, and is very hard, heavy and durable, judging by the timber +of fallen trees. The timber when planed has a scent of violets, +hence the English name which I have given to it. The tree has not +been cut for use as an export timber, though it is well worth a +trial. It is not used locally, so that all available supplies of +timber could be used for export.</p> + +<p>16. <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i> (African Rosewood) is a small +tree of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_31">[31]</span> the savannah +forest, which is found in the Karina district and other parts of +the country. It is one of the commonest trees, and occurs in small +groups scattered throughout these forests. The timber is a +reddish-brown colour and of a similar texture to the ordinary +Camwood or Padauk, of which genus it is a member. The wood, +however, of this species is much harder than that of the others, +and the coloration is often partially streaked, both features being +due probably to the much slower growth owing to the annual grass +fires. From the neighbouring territory of Senegal the timber has +been exported to France as African Rosewood, where it finds a good +market; but it is doubtful if it could compete with the Bahia +Rosewood in the English market, owing to its less brilliant colour; +the timber is, however, worth a trial.</p> + +<p>17. <i>Baphia nitida</i> (Camwood) is a small-sized tree, which +is commonly found at the edge of villages and in old farms. It is a +somewhat slow-growing tree, in which the heartwood forms none too +early and in a somewhat irregular manner, occasionally small +patches forming comparatively near the bark. The wood is hard, and +the heartwood of a deep claret-red colour. The timber is close +grained and of fine texture, which planes very smooth after being +cut and dried. In recent years much smaller quantities of Camwood +have been sent away (see <a href="#c03app1">Appendix I</a>) than +between the years 1827 and 1835 (see <a href="#c03app2">Appendix +II</a>), when between 5 and 802 tons were exported. In this +connection, too, there can be no doubt that Camwood is obtained +from the tree known botanically as <i>Baphia nitida</i>, because +this tree is found in Sierra Leone, whereas Barwood, or the +so-called Camwood of Nigeria, the produce of <i>Pterocarpus +tinctorius</i> or Osun, which has not yet been reported from the +neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, could not have been absolutely +killed out between the years 1835 and 1900.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c03s3"></a>III. Trees Cut for Local Use.</h3> + +<p>1. <i>Morinda citrifolia?</i> (the Brimstone) is the most common +tree, from which the largest amount of timber which is used locally +is obtained. Growing, as it does, with a girth up to 20 feet and a +bole length of 50 feet, the local sawyers can usually make a very +large number of 12-feet planks 1 inch thick out of each tree. The +chief use of this timber is for weather-boards, which are sold at +10s. per 100 feet. All the native houses in Freetown are faced with +weather-boards of this kind of timber. After being cut down, shoots +sprout out from the stump, forming in a few years small trees of +useful size, especially in old farms. The name of this tree, +Brimstone, denotes the wonderful sulphur-like colour of the wood. +The durability of this timber for outside work and its +termite-resisting qualities have given it a premier position +amongst local timbers. The<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_32">[32]</span> Brimstone has a fruit not unlike coffee, and +bears seeds plentifully; it should therefore not be difficult to +raise seedlings for making plantations. The trees grown from +stool-shoots do not appear to attain nearly such a large size as +those grown from seedlings in the forest.</p> + +<p>2. <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i> (Rock Elm, African Oak) is a +common tree which is cut for local use. The heartwood, which +rapidly darkens from a light-yellow brown colour to a dark old-oak +brown colour on exposure to air, is very durable for inside or +outside work. Though white ants attacks and destroy the sapwood, +they make little or no progress in properly seasoned heartwood. +Locally it realises 10s. per 100 feet. It is plentiful, and has a +distinct tendency to spread into old farms, where the seedlings +have more light to develop than in the forest.</p> + +<p>3. <em>Iyawey</em> (Red Cedar, or Isganwe) is also a common tree +which is cut for local use. It is a large and straight-growing +tree, and attains a girth of about 10 feet. Owing to the wood being +comparatively soft, easy to saw and of a nice red colour, it +fetches 12s. per 100 feet, which is more than is obtained for +several other local timbers.</p> + +<p>4. <i>Oldfieldia Africana</i> (Black Oak, Beechwood) is cut for +local use, for sale as planks at 2¼d. per foot, and uprights and +beams at 3s. per cubic foot. One of the chief uses of this timber +is for the keelsons of the locally made sea-going boats. Owing to +the difficulty of the local sawyers in handling heavy logs on the +raised wooden pit-saw framework on which the logs are sawn, only +comparatively small trees are felled, and consequently there is +more waste, and undersized trees are prematurely sacrificed owing +to the poor methods of the local sawyers. Less timber, especially +heartwood, is thus obtained.</p> + +<p>5. <i>Parinarium sp.</i> (White Oak) is a moderately common +tree. It attains a good height and a girth of 12 feet. It has large +root flanges reaching about 10 feet up the bole. Although a +somewhat hard wood, it is used locally either as planks and posts +or as beams and logs. It is said to be durable, and is worth 2s. +per cubic foot when sawn.</p> + +<p>6. <i>Afzelia Africana</i> (Mahogany, Kontah) is a medium-sized +tree which is not very prevalent in the forest, but is much more so +outside in the open forest country. The timber, which is hard, has +an open grain with a good yellow-brown colour, not unlike Iroko. It +is very durable, and used as planks and logs. In the plank it is +sold at 6d. per superficial foot, and in the log at 3s. 6d. per +cubic foot. This is considered one of the best local woods, partly +owing to its grain being somewhat similar to mahogany. Seedlings +appear in old farms where there are but few grasshoppers. Otherwise +trees grown in a nursery are attacked by these insects, as well as +by rodents of different kinds.</p> + +<p>7. <i>Daniellia Ogea</i> (Blue Bessie) is sold as planks at 3d. +per superficial<span class="pagenum" id="Page_33">[33]</span> foot. +It is closely related to <i>Paradaniella Thurifera</i>; the former +tree is more prevalent in the green forest, and the latter in the +open deciduous forests, which attains a girth of 10 feet and a bole +length of 30 feet, while the first-named species reaches a girth of +over 20 feet and a bole length of over 100 feet. It is sold locally +chiefly for house-building.</p> + +<p>8. <i>Griffonia palescens Koronko</i> is felled for sale as +planks at 2½d. per superficial foot.</p> + +<p>9. <i>Coula edulis?</i> (Almond Wood) is a medium-sized tree +which is cut into planks 1 to 2 inches thick and up to 12 feet +long, and sold at 2½d. per superficial foot.</p> + +<p>10. <i>Rhizophora racemosa</i> (Mangrove) grows in pure “stands” +in the swamps near the sea coast, chiefly in the estuaries of the +rivers. It attains a girth of 4 feet and a height of 80 feet. It is +sold as poles 9 to 12 feet in diameter at the rate of 2½d. per +cubic foot. Very large areas of mangrove forest occur, so that +ample supplies of this kind of timber are assured. Locally it is +often used for house-building, and is preferred to many other +timbers.</p> + +<p>11. <i>Ochrocarpus Africanus</i> (Mammy Apple) is a large tree +attaining a girth of 10 feet and a bole length of 30 feet. It is +evidently not so prevalent as it used to be, owing to the fact that +the best trees have been felled. Seedlings, however, appear very +readily from the large fruit when it falls in suitable germinating +places in the forest. It is much prized locally on account of its +pretty grain and red mahogany-like colour. It is sold as planks, +joists or posts at 3d. or 3½d. per superficial foot.</p> + +<p>12. <i>Anisophyllea laurina</i> (Monkey Apple) is a very lofty +tree, attaining a girth of 12 feet and a bole length of 40 feet. +Although moderately prevalent in the forests, it is very plentiful +outside in the deciduous forests. It shoots up very strongly from +the stump after an old tree has been cut down. Wood obtained from +these stool-shoots is, however, not so good or of such large size +as that obtained from seedling trees. The timber is a light-brown +colour, but a very pretty grain, full of medullary rays, giving it +a sheen not unlike oak. Locally it is sold as joists and posts at +the price of 3d. to 6d. per superficial foot.</p> + +<p>13. <i>Lophira procera</i> (Red Oak, Kokank, also known as +Ironpost) is sold as planks, posts and beams at 3½d. to 6d. per +superficial foot. It is chiefly used for house-building. A full +description of this tree is given under the heading of the export +timbers, so that nothing more need be added here.</p> + +<p>14. <i>Parinarium excelsum</i> (Rough-skinned Plum) is a very +common tree, which attains a girth of 12 feet and a bole length of +30 feet. It yields a hard timber with open grain. It is sold +locally as planks or logs at 6d. per cubic foot for building +timber. The fruit, which,<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_34">[34]</span> as the name indicates, is like a green plum, +is covered with white lenticels, making the surface very rough. The +flesh is of a yellowish colour and soft, with a pasty nature. It +has a sweet, pleasant taste. The wood, when freshly cut, has a +sweet, beeswax-like scent, similar to that of the fruit.</p> + +<p>15. Whismore, which is sold as planks at 2½d. per superficial +foot, is another very useful timber, not unlike cedar in texture. +The tree comes up very readily in old farms, and has very large +tripinnate leaves. Apparently it grows very fast, though this does +not appear to hinder the early formation of heartwood, which is of +a very light brown colour, though the sapwood is quite white. It +attains a girth of about 9 feet and a bole length of 50 feet. The +bark forms very characteristic fissures, dividing it into more or +less diamond-shaped pieces, rather reminiscent of the European Elm. +Although the tree does not occur in actual groups, more than one +will usually be found in the same locality.</p> + +<p>16. <i>Uapaca Heudelotti</i> (Sugar Plum, Red Cedar) is a large +tree with rather a spread of crown and numerous aerial roots. It +attains a girth of 9 feet and a bole length of 20 feet. The timber +has a close and fine grain, and is of a reddish colour. Locally it +is cut and used for the ribs of sea-going boats. It is apparently +quite durable for this purpose. It is very prevalent, and usually +grows near waterways.</p> + +<p>17. <i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i> (White Cedar) is a very large tree +which attains a girth of 12 feet and a bole length of 80 feet. It +is very prevalent, and can be recognised by the flat crown and long +straight branches coming out at right angles to the stem. When cut +it exudes a reddish-coloured mass of semi-liquid nature. The bark +reminds one of the Mahoganies, though on the whole it is more +fissured. The timber is soft and of a pinkish colour, though it +gives more the impression that it is white and tinged with red. It +has a very open grain with particularly long pores, reminding one +of cedar (<i>Cedrela</i>). It is cut locally for sale as +planks.</p> + +<p>18. <i>Pterocarpus Erinaceus</i> (African Rosewood) is mentioned +amongst the number of possible export timber-bearing trees. It is +also used locally in the making of a musical instrument called +Balangi, after the timber has lain some months in the ground. In +the drier portions of the country it is a useful tree for +house-building. It seeds readily, and is usually found in large +quantities.</p> + +<p>19. <i>Baphia nitida</i> (Camwood) is also one of the export +produce bearing trees, but which has been used as a colouring +matter for putting on the body from time immemorial. The local +people, however, prefer to use cakes of the ground-up produce of +the Barwood (<i>Pterocarpus Tinctorius</i>) from Southern Nigeria, +which commands a higher price. That this product of <i>Baphia +nitida</i> is the true Camwood is practically proved by the fact +that this tree was first identified<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_35">[35]</span> from Sierra Leone, whence it is all exported, +and also by the fact that Barwood, or the Southern Nigeria Camwood, +is not found in Sierra Leone.</p> + +<p>Although the above completes the description of the most +important local timber trees, there are many others which might be +used with satisfaction. One of these trees, known as Yabonji by the +Mendis, has a grain, colour and softness similar to white pine, and +is sold locally as yellow pine. <i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i> +(Sassybark) yields a hard timber suitable for bridge-building, as +it is very durable and grows to a large size, though not always +with a very long bole. Mountain Mahogany, a species of +Lonchocarpus, has a grain similar to pine, with resin-like canals +in the wood. It grows to a large size, with a straight bole 50 feet +in length and a girth of 10 feet. Combwood (<i>Conapharingia +pachysiphon</i>) is a small tree, which yields a yellow wood +similar in texture and grain to boxwood, though a little softer. +Locally it is used for making native combs. There is also a +so-called Leopardwood, termed Koligi by the Mendis, which has a +curious striped grain a little reminiscent of a leopard’s skin; +hence the name. The local inhabitants have various chewsticks, +which are obtained from guttiferous trees or Vernonia species. +<i>Carapa Gayensis</i> is found and used locally both as a timber +and also the seeds for making an oil for the skin. In connection +with all this local felling it should be noticed that there is +scope for sawn timber of all kinds, more especially when it is +taken in conjunction with the fact that over 2,000,000 feet board +measure of planks, etc., are imported every year. A small mill +placed near Bureh Town would probably be able to supply all wants +as far as Freetown and the immediate neighbourhood were concerned, +and water power might be available from the Gumah River, which +flows down very rapidly to the sea. A mill, on the whole, is more +economical in conversion than the local sawyer, as all slabs are +left to rot in the forest, but these a mill would consume in +power-making, or they would be resawn into smaller boards or +shingles. At present there is no sawmill in the whole country, so +that there is an open field for this venture, with a forest +adjacent to the market and suitable conditions of labour.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c03s4"></a>IV. Minor Forest Produce.</h3> + +<p>No account of the Sierra Leone forest would be complete without +a description of the two chief vegetable products of the forest, +namely Palm Oil and Kernels and Gum Copal.</p> + +<p>Turning first of all to Gum Copal, known botanically as +<i>Copaifera Salikounda</i>, which is a true copal gum, not to be +confused with the gum from <i>Daniellia Ogea</i> and other allied +species, illustrations <a href="#i008">Nos. 8</a> and <a href= +"#i009">9</a> show this tree standing in the open, and also the +shape of the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_36">[36]</span> trunk at +nearer inspection. It will be seen that it is rather a tall tree, +with open thin crown and straight upward-spreading branches. The +bole usually does not exceed 30 feet in length, and then forks or +divides into three main stems. The curious marks on the stem, +making the tree look as if it were attacked with some form of +canker, are those made by tapping the trees for the gum. At the +beginning of the dry season small squares of bark, about an inch +across, are removed from the tree, beginning at the ground, upwards +to 20 and 30 feet. At the corners of each little square gum +gradually exudes during the dry season in the form of an +ever-increasing sized globular tear, which hardens on exposure to +the air. By the end of the dry season, as in February or March, it +has attained a size of half an inch or so, and is then quite hard +and white and nearly transparent. Only a few little pieces of bark +adhere to its surface, and these are easily removed. Then these +tears are collected in a bag, sorted, and then sold to the European +firms in Sierra Leone and elsewhere. The average tree yields 1 lb. +of gum copal per year.</p> + +<p>In the peninsular forest a patch of Gum Copal trees is found +near Bureh Town. In the Protectorate, irregular belts occur, such +as that on the Kassewe Hills and north of Moyamba. On the banks of +the Rokell River, too, it occurs in single specimens dotted along +the bank. The smooth grey bark of the stem is not unlike Beech, +except for the fact that it is pitted by the tapping squares, which +occlude only very gradually.</p> + +<p>The leaves are in pairs, but have such a straight inner edge +that they appear like one leaf which has been cut in half down the +middle. The main vein of the leaf is at one side of it. In this +manner the leaf is unmistakable, though a Cynometra leaf is +somewhat similar, and also a Bauhinia; but in the former the vein +is more in the centre and the leaves are quite separate and not +close together, and in the latter they are joined at the base. The +tree appears to be easily killed by overtapping. Before the +formation of the Forest Department, whole forests had been +destroyed in this way, one of which I saw north of Moyamba during +an inspection of the Gum Copal belt.</p> + +<p>The timber of this tree is a red-brown colour, of hard texture, +with a pretty grain. It is, of course, of the type of purple-heart. +It is very durable and termite-proof, though a borer attacks it +slightly. The wood of trees killed by overtapping proves to be +quite sound and useful for any purpose where a hard timber is +required.</p> + +<p>The tree can be grown from the flat, round, paper-like seeds, +which are bought at £1 a bushel in Sierra Leone. The tree usually +bears well, and the seed is collected off the ground. Young +self-sown seedlings are found, which shows that the seeds germinate +readily too. It does not stand transplanting very well, but with +care soon<span class="pagenum" id="Page_37">[37]</span> recovers. +It grows rapidly, and reaches a tapable size in ten years, +approximately. It does not seem very exacting with regard to soil. +In the peninsula it grows on rocky soil, and in Moyamba on an +alluvial soil.</p> + +<p>Recently the exports have decreased, as the <a href= +"#c03app1">following figures</a> show, chiefly owing to the +destruction of the trees by overtapping. However, when the forests +have recovered, the younger trees have matured, and the trees since +planted are in bearing, and an increase may be expected. It is the +most valuable, Gum Copal usually being worth 8d. to 1s. 6d. a +pound, but if quite clean and white it fetches as much as 2s. 6d. a +pound. Its chief use is for varnish-making, though the best grades +are used for pharmaceutical preparations. It is far easier to tap +than rubber, and the cost of preparation is therefore very low, so +that it should prove worth cultivating on a large scale. The market +for Gum Copal is a comparatively large one, and other sources of +supply, such as those of Kauri Gum from New Zealand, are +decreasing, or not entirely meeting the demand. It is only a +question of time before the whole supply will have to be obtained +from cultivated trees.</p> + +<p>It stands a certain amount of shade during the first four years, +but from the fifth year onwards it is distinctly a light-loving +species. On the whole it is almost a gregarious tree, as usually +groups of trees are found up to fifty or more, and in a whole +forest the prevalent tree will be Gum Copal; for instance, in the +Gum Copal belt near Susuwuru. A planting distance of 6 feet will +probably prove advantageous, as the tree has a distinct tendency to +branch low down on the stem if not forced to grow up straight by +the presence of other trees. Then in the tenth year a judicious +thinning out of the weakest trees by tapping to death would give +additional space to the others and allow for greater girth +increment for the other clean-stemmed trees. An early financial +yield would also thus be obtained.</p> + +<p>In the economy of the country, more important even than the Gum +Copal is the Oil Palm (<i>Elæis Guineensis</i>), which is found in +the Forest, scattered in groups and belts amongst farms inland, as +at Blama, and near the sea coast, as at Sherbro, and also as +isolated individual trees in the drier parts of the Protectorate. +Towards the northernmost part of the country it is not seen at all, +though climatically there is nothing to stop it growing if planted +in suitable localities. It tends to spread with increasing +cultivation of the ground, so long as the rainfall is sufficient +and the soil moist enough for it. In the forest itself it is very +sparsely distributed. Owing to the large population and the +comparatively small area on which the Oil Palm is really plentiful, +more palm oil is eaten than exported. This is most clearly seen in +the quantity of exports of both products, which show a much larger +proportion of kernels than oil.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_38">[38]</span>The fruit usually +ripens in January, February, March, or sometimes earlier, and is +left for six months. Usually the trees have to some extent been +cleared by the natives, then on a certain day the bunches of fruit +may be cut. This takes place after the natives have cut the bush +down for making the chief’s farm. It also ensures, incidentally, +that most of the fruit is quite ripe, though this is not the reason +why the natives may not begin cutting off the bunches when they +like. The bunches of fruit are left in the forest at convenient +places at the edge of the path, covered with palm leaves. After a +week or so these are taken to the village, and all the drupes cut +off with a machete. These are next put in large earthenware pots +with a little water, which are then placed over a good fire. In +about an hour the fruit is thoroughly steamed. The fruit is then +piled into a trough of beaten clay with a palm-nut bottom, or even +stones. Water is poured in, and the fruit is pounded with the feet +and also with a small pestle. The oil gradually rises in yellow +fatty masses on the surface of the water, and is collected with the +hand and put into a clean pot. As soon as a pot is filled, it is +placed over a good fire to boil. When it has been boiled thoroughly +it is strained, the strained oil being that usually eaten or sold +to firms for export. The residue of dirt and pieces of fibre is +used as an illuminant in the native lamps. The nuts are placed in +the sun to dry for two or three months, after which they are +cracked with a stone or a piece of iron and the kernels collected +in boxes or bags for sale. The fibre in the washing trough is +thoroughly squeezed by hand and all oil extracted. The water is let +out of the trough gradually, and all oil collected from the sides +of it. It is also washed down with water to collect the more +adhesive particles. Even so, there is a large percentage of waste. +An oil is also made from the kernels by heating them in an iron +vessel over a fire. This oil is used for the skin or for +wounds.</p> + +<p>In the ordinary way oil palms are not planted, though in moving +to a new area where farms have not been made before the natives +take oil-palm fruit with them, which get scattered as nuts; these +germinate and form the nucleus of a group of oil palms in that +locality. Considering the large population and its increasing need +for the oil, the planting of oil palms appears to be +remunerative.</p> + +<p>Palm Wine-tree (<i>Raphia vinifera</i>) is used very largely +where it is found in the extensive forests near the rivers and sea +coast in swampy places. Piassava fibre is obtained from this +source, but so far has not been used in Sierra Leone for this +purpose, whereas in the neighbouring country some of the best +piassava is obtained. The people are, however, otherwise occupied, +so that until there is a greater population it is unlikely that +this industry will be taken up. The approximate area of wine palms +is 3,000 square miles in various parts of the whole country. Some +of the best areas are found on the banks<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_39">[39]</span> of the Mano, Morro, Maho and Rokell Rivers. +The long fronds of the leaves yield the steering and pushing poles +for canoes, also most useful rafters and scantlings for houses. The +leaves themselves are made into mats for covering the houses. They +are said to last seven years when properly put on. The fruit of the +tree is used for stupefying fish, which can then be very easily +speared by the natives. The tree is usually set on fire to draw the +palm wine, though this more often happens subsequently to the +taking of the wine. A tree does not last more than three years with +severe tapping, such as it is subject to by the natives.</p> + +<p><i>Borassus flabellifer</i> (Fan Palm, Bottle Palm) is found in +the northern, drier part of the Protectorate, but so far is not +used to any extent for house-building, for which the timber is most +suitable, being very durable, of good length, and can be split. The +nuts of the large coconut-like fruit are useful as a substitute for +vegetable ivory, though thus far no use has been made of them. The +approximate area of distribution of this species of tree is about +4,000 square miles. Quite a trade is done in various kinds of bark, +altogether from about fifteen different species of trees, of which +most are collected in the Peninsular Forest. Amongst them is found +the Sasswood, or that of <i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>, the +notorious native poison, though it is not at all certain that +nowadays in Sierra Leone it is used for this purpose.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c03s5"></a>V. The Forest Department of Sierra +Leone.</h3> + +<p>In the course of 1911 a Forest Department was formed by the +appointment of a Conservator of Forests; this has been gradually +enlarged until there are now three Assistant Conservators of +Forests as well. The chief work of the Department so far has been +the drafting and passing of a Forestry Ordinance in 1912 and the +demarcation of two Forest Reserves. The Peninsular Forest, with its +new boundaries, comprises 75 square miles, and the Kassewe Hill. +Other areas have been set aside, notably the Kagnari Hills and +Kambui Hills as Forest Reserves, and Nimmini and Loma Forests +examined previous to demarcation with a view to their reservation. +The Gum Forests were closed to tappers with the consent of the +chief, so that the trees could recover from previous overtapping. +In addition to this work, some rubber planting has been done in the +Gumah, and one Assistant spends all his time on this work, +nurseries having been formed in different places—Mano, Bo, and +Falaba. A large number of botanical specimens of the trees and +shrubs have been forwarded to Kew for identification, so that +gradually the silvan vegetation is becoming known. No planting of +oil palms (<i>Elæis Guineensis</i>) has been undertaken yet, +despite the large export of this product. Rubber planting has +not<span class="pagenum" id="Page_40">[40]</span> been forgotten +either. So far very little revenue has been received for +timber-felling fees, which means really that in the past the +forests have been destroyed, and now only small quantities can be +cut. It does indeed make one pause and think what immense forests +must have existed in the days of 1827, when so many loads of timber +were exported, as shown in the table on <a href="#c03app2">p. +64.</a> If those forests had been preserved then, they would be +yielding high returns now, and the Department would be +self-supporting, instead of having money invested first in +plantations before returns are obtained. However, now that the +Department has been formed, a definite Forest Ordinance has been +passed, under which Forest Reserves can be made, and the future of +the existing forests is thus assured. Sooner or later all of them +will yield a monetary return, besides benefiting the country +climatically and preserving the soil.</p> + +<p>One can really look upon Forestry as a kind of Endowment +Assurance, with returns which may begin at once with existing +forests, or later with afforestation begun now. The return is +always sure, more especially now, with continually rising timber +prices. In Sierra Leone, of course, for some years money will have +to be put into Forestry work before adequate returns can be made, +owing to the reckless mismanagement of the forest in the early part +of the nineteenth century. For the purpose of easy reference, a +<a href="#c03s6">list</a> of some of the most important timber +trees is appended, and with both the Mendi and Timani names, when +it is possible to give these, and an English equivalent is also +given where one uses a name suggestive of the use of the +timber.</p> + +<p>So far the Department has not leased any areas for the +exploitation of timber for export or local use, though there are +several areas available, such as the peninsular forest. Even an +organization of the sawyers and boat-builders would be a useful +work, and machinery for cutting the various woods would lead to +greater production and a saving of timber, of which so much is now +wasted. Again, the enormous demand for firewood in Freetown, most +of which is waterborne, could be more advantageously met with a +small sawmill or movable plant in connection with the other +wood-using industries already named. The mangrove swamps would +provide material ready at hand for conversion. The railway requires +firewood at certain points; there again is scope for improved +methods of dealing with it, yielding profit both to the contractor +and to the Forest Department.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i007" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig007.jpg"><img src='images/fig007.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 7.—<span class= +"bold">Pterocarpus esculentus in flower near Fakar Kole, at the +edge of the Peninsular Forest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i008" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig008.jpg"><img src='images/fig008.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 8.—<span class= +"bold">Forest of true Gum Copal (Copaifera salikounda), showing +nearly all the trees bare of foliage and dying, due to overtapping, +near Sussuwuru, Moyamba District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i009" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig009.jpg"><img src='images/fig009.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 9.—<span class= +"bold">True Gum Copal (Copaifera salikounda), showing base of stem +with tapping squares, near the bank of the Rokell River, north of +Moyamba District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 40.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<h3 class="large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_41">[41]</span><a id="c03s6"></a>VI.—INDIGENOUS FOREST +TREES</h3> + +<p class="center less">Species marked with an asterisk (*) are Lane +Poole’s<a id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class= +"fnanchor">[1]</a>; those marked with an obelisk (†) are the +Author’s.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Pandanaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus candelabrum</i>. Screw Pine. Bambi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus sp.</i> near <i>P. candelabrum</i>.* +Screw Pine. Pambei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a tree with wide-spreading prop roots always +growing in running fresh water. The leaves are used in +basket-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>.* Oil Palm. Ankump +(Timani); Tui, Tauwi, Taupwi (young trees), (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The well-known Oil Palm. It is a most useful tree, +thriving best near villages, but growing abundantly in the northern +part of the forests. The nuts contain a large quantity of oil. They +are used also for planting.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus flabellifer</i>.* Fan or Daleb Palm. +Tunka (Timani); Hoke (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows to about 70 feet in the grass country. +Umbrellas are made from the leaves, also baskets. The stems are +used for building-posts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia vinifera</i>.* Wine Palm. Ankent +(Timani); Duvui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Sometimes called the Tombo Palm. It is very +gregarious, being frequently found forming almost a small forest in +swampy ground.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia sp.</i> near <i>R. Gaertneri</i>.* Kili +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small plant of only 10 feet, growing in the +swamps. It does not yield wine. Baskets and mats are made from the +leaf stalks and thatch from the leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Calamus sp.</i>* Balui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a climbing palm or rattan, growing to the +top of the highest trees, having a diameter of 2 inches, armed with +strong hooked spines. The stem, when split, is used for tying the +rafters of houses; lengths of it are used as clothes-lines. +Suspension bridges are even made over the river.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Calamus sp.</i>* Tambelei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species grows as high as the preceding one, +but is only ½ inch in diameter. Besides being used as cordage, it +is employed as thatching.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_42">[42]</span>Liliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna Mannii</i>.* Ningei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to 30 feet in height, and is called +the Asparagus Tree by Europeans, because the flavour of the young +leaves is like asparagus. The natives eat them chopped with their +rice.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ulmaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema affinis</i>.* Gombei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, from 25 to 30 feet. It springs up in +cleared farms; the wood is of little use except as thatching laths. +The bark is peeled and eaten for coughs.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema Africana</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Vogelii</i>.* Jol, Lopi (Timani); Gonwi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A much-branched tree, yielding a latex, which +coagulated has been sold at from 6d. to 1s. a lb. in London as +paste rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus sp.</i>* Wild Fig or Sandpaper Tree. +Indäihen (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species has rough leaves like sandpaper, hence +its name. They are used to clean woodwork.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus platyphytes</i>. Gonwé (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>.* Iroko, Teak, African +Oak. Tema (Timani); Sime or Semei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found particularly near old clearings, but +not so frequently in the forest. It is a termite-resisting timber; +called Teak, Oroko or African Oak, when exported, it is worth about +1½d. per superficial foot. At one time the latex was used as an +adulterant for rubber. It polishes well and makes very handsome +furniture. Canoes, pestles, rice-basins, etc., are made from it. +Dr. Unwin suggests that Iroko is a corruption for rock elm.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Musanga Smithii</i>.* Corkwood. Ofika (Timani); +Govwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree, growing to about 60 feet in +old farm lands, and affords a shade for forest species to get a +footing. It is remarkable for its wide-spreading prop roots and +large palmate leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>.* Fofoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus sp.</i>* Fofoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus serratus</i>.* Fofoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_43">[43]</span>Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coula edulis</i>.* Tokei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree bearing walnut-like nuts, the +kernels of which are good to eat both raw and cooked. Oil is +obtained from the kernels, which are valued at £7 a ton.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Olax</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Loranthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Loranthus langwensis</i>.* Mistletoe. Gongui +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is the common mistletoe, which may be seen +growing on a great number of trees. Specially common on Guava and +Kola Trees.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Menispermaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triclisia macrophylla</i>. Ndawi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A climbing shrub.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia Æthiopica</i>.* The Spice Tree. +Umberikum (Timani); Kewe or Hewe (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Its fruit is much in demand as medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia sp. Dinklagei</i>.* Mountain Spice. +Kapus (Timani); Hui, Hewe (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora Myristica</i>.* Calabash Nutmeg or +False Nutmeg. Gboite (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, with rose-pink, +sweet-smelling flowers. The fruit is the false nutmeg.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia sp.</i> near <i>X. Elliotii</i>.* Yellow +Wood. Belvi or Kpaini (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a medium height, with thin but +very straight stem up to 18 inches in diameter. Its wood has been +exported to Europe, where it has taken the place of American +whitewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia parviflora</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree of 20 feet, growing on the bank of the +Moa River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cleistopholis sp.</i> near <i>C. patens</i>.* +Moigbwamy (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a height of 80 feet. Strips of +the bark are used by the natives for making brow-bands and +shoulder-straps when carrying palm hampers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexalobus grandiflorus</i>.* Njahewe +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large, wide-crowned tree, with conspicuous +white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_44">[44]</span><i>Pachypodanthium Staudtii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large-boled forest tree, with grey, rough bark, +of which the timber is very hard to saw.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stenanthera hamata</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Afzelii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of 15 feet in height, with very +heavy-scented flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall, straight tree, with blackish-green +longitudinally ribbed bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria macrocarpa</i>.* Finger Root.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found 15 feet in height. The root is +used medicinally by the Creoles, and by them called Finger +Root.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>.* White Cedar. Kuwul +(Timani); Boye (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very tall tree, attaining a girth of 12 +feet, which is cut locally, but not for export, owing to its soft +wood and open grain.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moringaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Moringa pterygosperma</i>.* Horse-radish Tree; +or Oil of Ben Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The oil in the seeds is 38 per cent., and they are +valued at £9 a ton in London. The oil is suitable for lubricating +clocks and watches. The wood is not used.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium macrophyllum</i>.* Gingerbread Plum. +Ndawei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree bearing a fruit the size of a +goose’s egg. The fruit is the edible ginger-plum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium excelsum</i>.* Rough-skinned Plum. +Abbis (Timani); Ndanwi Badgi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree attains a large size and seeds very +readily. It yields a useful hardwood; is felled locally and for +building purposes. The grain of the wood is too open to be of much +use for export. It is of a reddish-brown colour. The pulp around +the seed is eaten.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Paradaniella thurifera</i>.* Ilorin Balsam Tree. +Bessi (Timani); Bessi Kpessei or Gbassei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A quick-growing, soft-wooded tree, pretty evenly +distributed through the forest. It attains a girth of 9 feet and a +bole length of 30 feet. It is cut locally for house-building and +other<span class="pagenum" id="Page_45">[45]</span> purposes. A +fragrant resin is exuded and much used as a scent by the Creoles +and natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>. Sasswood. Kukorn +(Timani); Gogwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large but not very straight-growing tree, which +attains a girth of 9 feet. It has been exported, but the price +obtained for it is not available. The wood is hard, but works up +well, and has been used by the Public Works Department of Southern +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum sp.</i> near <i>E. +micranthum</i>.* † Sasswood or Redwater Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bark contains a virulent poison, which is used +as an ordeal. It is a large forest tree, having a green bole. The +wood is used to make canoes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina Senegalensis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 20 feet high, with handsome red flowers. The +branches are armed with prickles. The wood is used for fencing.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina sp.</i>* Malei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a large tree, 80 feet in height, with +wide-spreading branches. The stem is pale grey and covered with +strong prickles. The flowers are pink.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>.* K’Kuperb (Timani); +Mbeli or Mbelignli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is very plentiful, and attains a large +size. The wood is of a brown colour, hard and durable. Strong +canoes are made from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Vogelii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylia Evansii</i>.* † Bunga (Timani); Tegai +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Griffonia palescens</i>. Koronko (Timani); +Koronko (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>.* Oil Bean Tree. +Kekung (Timani); Fai, Fae (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is of a brown colour, hard and durable. +The natives use the ashes of the burnt pods for making soap. The +wood is sold for 1s. 1d. per cubic foot in the English market.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia Africana</i>. Locust Bean. Ebbe (Timani); +Gumwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>. Forest Locust. Gimwi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia biglobosa</i>.* Locust Bean.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A wide crowned tree, 50 feet in height, bearing +conspicuous red flowers and long pods. The pulp around the seed is +edible, but the seed itself is considered a great delicacy ground +and mixed in soup.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia sp.</i> Gumni (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is much like the <i>P. biglobosa</i>, but +is found growing<span class="pagenum" id="Page_46">[46]</span> wild +in the forests. It differs in having well-developed buttress roots. +The seed is not eaten.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus</i>. Mountain Mahogany. Ali +(Timani); Jumbowill (Mendi), probably Peltophorum sp.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very tall and straight tree, with a bole of 50 +feet and a girth of 10 feet. It is found everywhere, especially on +the edges of old clearings and in old farms. It has been felled for +export, but no data are available as to its worth. The wood +resembles pine, being soft and full of resin-like canals.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus cyanescens</i>.* Big-leaved Indigo. +Jalei, Walwei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A valuable dye is obtained from the leaves, which +takes the place of indigo and is sold at from 4s. to 4s. 6d. a +pound in England.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A branched and gnarled tree growing on the sea +shore, its roots often being washed by the tide. The timber is +close-grained, hard and durable.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia Sieberiana</i>.* Bongbo or Bangbwei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree bearing handsome yellow flowers. A +decoction is made from the root to ease elephantiasis, also stomach +troubles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Copaifera Guibourtiana</i>.* Sierra Leone Gum +Copal. Akak (Timani); Kobwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree was found growing on the ridges and +low-lying land near York and Bureh Town, also in Ronietta, Karene +District, and Kassewe Hills. It is noted for its gum. The dead wood +works up very well, having a fine grain and red colour, and should +be of value for export. Locally it has only been used for +bridge-building. The average price paid by local traders for the +gum appears to be 1s. a pound.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Copaifera salikounda</i>.* Buini (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>. Atont (Timani); +Batwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>.* Rosewood. Katai +(Timani); Bundwi Batwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small but valuable tree, confined +principally to the drier parts of the country, particularly in the +Karina forests. The wood finds a good market in France. Locally it +is used to make a musical instrument called “Balangi.” The seeds +are intoxicating when eaten raw.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium sp.</i> Jamostima (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Palisotii</i>. K’Pal (Timani); Bumbi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium sp.?</i>* <i>Limba?</i> African +Violet Wood. Tunfall (Timani); Pfandi or Mbombi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_47">[47]</span>It +yields a wood with a pleasant scent, which grows to a stem length +of 20 feet and girth of 12 feet. The wood would probably be +figured, owing to its peculiar growth, ebony-like, hard, heavy and +of a greenish-brown colour. It bears a pod about a foot long and an +inch wide. The tree grows in great quantities, but it is not used +locally, owing to its hardness. It should be tried in European +markets.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium elongatum</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small shrubby tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium sp.</i> near <i>M. Heudelotii</i>.* +†</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree found chiefly near water. The +pod is larger than the other Macrolobiums.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Limba</i>.* Mbombi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree reaches a height of 40 feet. Its roasted +leaves, when ground and mixed with water and ashes, are used for +ulcers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Guineense</i>.* Black Tumbler or Velvet +Tamarind. Mabump (Temni), (Timani); Mamboi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree bearing edible, velvety +seed-vessels.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Senegalense</i>. Black Tumbler. Baut, I +(Timani); Burogono Mambui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia bracteata</i>.* Konta. Konta (Timani); +Bendiguri or Kpendeideli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia Africana</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">These two trees are very much alike as far as +timber is concerned. The wood is much used locally, and it may be +of value for export, as the texture is similar to mahogany. The +<i>A. Africana</i> yields a particularly good mahogany substitute +under the name of Kontah or Counter wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large-crowned tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia acuminata</i>.* Kpendei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a height of 80 feet, having a +very conspicuous flower. It is much used in cabinet-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>B. Heudelotiana</i>.* Helei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, 50 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>B. sp.</i> near <i>B. stipulaceæ</i>.* Tzabembi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, the seeds of which are made into +counters by the Mendis to play Warry.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Brachystegia sp.</i>* Bodgei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It reaches the height of 150 feet, and is one of +the largest forest trees, with wide buttress roots.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum</i>.* Hellebolei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_48">[48]</span><i>Cylicodiscus gabunensis</i>.* African +Greenheart. Mbeli-deli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is very similar to <i>Piptadenia Africana</i> in +appearance, and also yields a strong, hard wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dalbergia sp.</i>* Dalbergia Rosewood. Balakenta +(Timani); Firbandu Ndambabuli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia polygalaceæ</i>.* Ndambabuli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A climber, 10 feet in height. The stem used for +killing fish.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia nitida</i>.* Camwood Tree. Mat, Kam +(Timani); Bendwi or Bunduei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree from which dyewood, a fast red dye, is +obtained. The wood is hard and heavy, and is used for rice-mortar +pestles and walking-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Brownii</i>.* Albizzia. Bakbwi or +Bpakpei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a medium-sized tree yielding a reddish wood +of moderately fine grain, somewhat resembling mahogany. The +heartwood is very pretty. It should be saleable in Liverpool +market.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i>.* Folei-kpakpei, +Bakbaboi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species rarely attains a diameter at the base +of more than 18 inches. It nearly always has a rotten heart.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium Senegalense</i>.* Mahogany, Dita. Kita +(Timani); Dupwi II, Kolei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very lofty tree, which yields a wood sold +as mahogany in the Liverpool market. The grain is not so close as +is usual in mahogany, but the colour is good. The fruit is edible +and eaten locally. Dita is the name given to it. It is not very +common.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree of 60 or 70 feet in height, probably a +new species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia</i> cf. <i>drastica</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia Lane-Poolei</i>.* Togbeli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree or shrub about 15 feet in height, with +white, scentless flowers. There are three other varieties, with +flowers ranging from white and pink to mauve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia pallens</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree with mauve flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia sp.</i> near <i>M. Sangana</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree with erect pods and mauve +flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia rhodantha</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree with yellow, aromatic wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimosa Dinklagei</i>.* Gumgui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, 50 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_49">[49]</span><i>Newtonia insignis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree about 80 feet in height, with well developed +buttress roots.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Peltophorum</i>.* Njomboguli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ormosia monophylla</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax1">Linaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochthocosmus Africanum</i>.* Tuanyei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, fairly common tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Humiriaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Saccoglottis Gabunensis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree yields a first-class timber. The bark +strips off cleanly and is sold in Calabar at 5s. a roll 30 inches +long and 18 inches in diameter.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum macrophyllum</i>.* Spiny Satinwood. +Witkoran (Timani); Pfui II (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree yields a very pretty yellow wood, with a +somewhat open grain.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum sp.</i> Satinwood. Bek (Timani); +Pfui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, with most peculiar conically +shaped woody protrusions on the bark. It has not been cut +locally.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum rubescens</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">An armed tree from 12 to 15 feet high.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Burseraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>. White Mahogany. +Beri (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is not very common. A very large tree +which has been found 150 feet high, with a bole of 70 feet and a +girth of 10 feet. It could be cut locally and would make a valuable +addition to local furniture woods. It is, however, hard to saw.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>.* † African Walnut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, not very common; the +value of the timber varies from 1¾d. to 3d. per foot.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lovoa sp.</i> near <i>L. Klaineana</i>. African +Walnut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carapa procera</i>.* Crabwood, Coondi, Kakunt +(Timani); Kuwi Kowi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, which is evenly +distributed everywhere. It yields a mahogany-like wood, which has +been sold in the Liverpool market.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_50">[50]</span><i>Carapa Gayensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Guarea</i>. Satin Mahogany. Kaffi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree, having a grain similar to +mahogany, but with a satiny sheen which may make it very valuable. +It is not cut locally, but might be tried for export.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Guarea sp.</i> near <i>leptotricha</i>.* † Kaffi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela</i>. Cedar Mahogany. Bissimi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a very large size. The timber is +similar to that of a tree found in Southern Nigeria, but it appears +to be a different species; the sapwood is wider and the heartwood +has a better colour. It is fairly common.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela sp.</i> near <i>P. +utilis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tall tree, yielding a handsome wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ekebergia</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">Dr. A. H. Unwin found a Khaya in a Gola forest +which has since been ceded to Liberia. The Khayas yield timber +(African Mahogany), gum, tanning-barks and medicaments.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Heudelotii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia sp.</i> near <i>T. +Prieuriana</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia sp.</i>* Jawei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Turræa sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, from 12 to 15 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Polygalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carpolobia alba</i>.* Bofelei or Gibofoyoi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree called Poor Man’s Candle.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carpolobia lutea</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrub or small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Dichapetalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chailletia toxicaria</i>.* Magbevi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A violent poison is made from the kernel, used by +the natives to destroy dogs and vermin. They have also used it to +poison well-water in hostile villages. The pulp of the fruit is +harmless and edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Heudelotii</i>. Mahogany. Kino +(Timani); Boi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree yields a mahogany valued at 2d.-3½d. per +superficial foot. It is rather an uncommon tree, but as it seeds +very<span class="pagenum" id="Page_51">[51]</span> readily and +develops rapidly, more could be planted. A large number are found +along the river banks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Africanus</i>.* Gbolei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 90 feet high with horse-chestnutlike leaf. +The timber is soft, and used for making masks for Bundu devils, +also rice spoons and plates. The seeds are rich in oil, but the +natives do not extract it; they are, however, used by the native +women in the rattle for their Bundu dance.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Guineensis</i>.* Sugar Plum, Red Cedar. +Kulil (Timani); Kondi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large spreading tree with aerial roots. It is cut +locally and used for the ribs of local boats. The wood is of a +reddish colour and fine grain, which might sell as mahogany. Some +species yield edible fruits.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Heudelotii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a tree growing up to 60 feet along the bank +of the Moo River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Togoensis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows in the riverside forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>.* Real African Oak. +Tortorza (Timani); Paulai, Pawi Kpaoloe (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree attains a large size, a height of 120 +feet and diameter at the base of 5½ feet. The bole often reaches 60 +feet without a branch, though sometimes the bole is short, owing to +its growing in a laterite soil. It is more frequent in the southern +than the northern forests. It has not been cut locally, though the +natives recognise it as a very hard wood. It has been used for dock +gates.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cyclostemon</i>. Toye (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Flueggea microcarpa</i>.* Tigwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Amanoa bracteata</i>.* Jagbouei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree which grows up to 5 feet in diameter, and +straight from the ground to a height of 60 feet. It is then much +branched. The timber is not used.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthostema Senegalense</i>.* Mamboi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree growing on the sea shore.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma laciniatum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree attaining a height of 25 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia ferruginea</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree of about 20 feet high, very much +branched. All through the dry season it drips water at night.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia micrantha</i>.* Igili (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species also reaches a height of 20 feet. It +is used for making charcoal, and a medicine is made from meat +stewed in the water in which the roots have been boiled.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_52">[52]</span><i>Hasskarlia didymostemon</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a height of 50 feet, with a +diameter at the base of 20 feet. It is one of the diœcious +trees.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenocardia acida</i>.* Fagbajoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, knotted, gnarled and branched, +growing both in the open and in the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenocardia Heudelotii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenocardia lyrata</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is found in the peninsular +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga Barteri</i>.* Ndeiwei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized armed tree, reaching about 50 +feet, and 18 inches in diameter at the base. A light wood used for +firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga heterophylla</i>.* Fofui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga monandra</i>.* Ndeiwei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized armed tree, up to 50 feet +high, and 8 inches at the base, with reddish-brown pubescent +branches. It is useless except as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mæsobotrya sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mareya spicata</i>.* Nguangua (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree reaching 30 feet in height. The leaves have +a bitter taste; a decoction of them is used as a poison.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Microdesmis puberula</i>.* Nikli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, reaching about 15 feet in height. The +fruit is edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllanthus discoideus</i>.* Tijoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree, 60 feet in height, with a diameter +of 18 inches.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mangifera Africana</i>.* White Oak or +Greenheart. Peri (Timani); Bewe-Bauban (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree growing to 40 feet in height, with root +flanges extending 10 feet up the stem; it has a girth of 12 feet. +The tree is cut locally. The seeds are edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spondias lutea</i>.* Common Plum or the Hog Plum +of the Creoles. Luep (Timani); Bogi or Gbojei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, with rough, grey bark; it resists the +grass fires very well. They yield timber, tanning material, +medicaments and edible fruit, from which a spirituous drink is +prepared.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Odina sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">It reaches a height of 30 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_53">[53]</span><i>Sorindeia juglandifolia</i>.* Creole +Damson. Ni-Kaffei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of 50 feet in height, having aerial roots. A +broken branch or scraped root has a resinous smell.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Icacinaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Leptaulos daphnoides</i>.* Propri (Timani); +Bongani (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bersama Paullinioides</i>.* Nyomdobai +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree growing to a height of 35 feet. It is +regarded as an evil tree, and neither man nor beast touches it. A +poison is extracted from the root, with which Mendis poison their +enemies.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lecaniodiscus cupanioides</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phialodiscus unijugatus</i>.* Yokomi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of 50 feet in height. This tree bears +conspicuous red capsules, which contain black seeds having a yellow +ovule. The leaves and twigs are macerated in pools in the rivers to +kill fish.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Schmidelia Africana</i>.* Komigbulei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Tiliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Glyphæa Grewioides</i>.* Swamp Rice. Beibolei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A decoction of the leaves is used for curing +gonorrhœa.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adansonia digitata</i>.* Baobab, Cream of Tartar +or Monkey Bread. Ungari (Timani); Sackwi Mbauwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing tree, but a valuable one, +yielding fibre, paper pulp and a native medicine. Sodium chloride, +potassium and acid tartrate have been found in the leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax Buonopozense</i>.* Kinguei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large deciduous tree, often called the Red Cotton +Tree on account of its flowers. It yields a fibre called Kapok.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron anfractuosum</i>. Cotton Tree. +Pullum (Timani); Ungwe (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron orientale</i>.* Cotton Tree. Nhuei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Cotton Tree of commerce. The fibre fetches from +2d. to 4d. a pound in London. It grows readily from seed. The seed +is valuable, as it yields an oil, and the ash of the seed contains +28·5 per cent. of phosphoric acid and 24·6 per cent. of potash (the +latter makes a valuable manure). The wood is used locally for +canoes and platters.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_54">[54]</span>Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tragacantha</i>.* African Tragacantha. +Kobei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The ashes are used for soap. It yields a gum +similar to that of Tragacanth, <i>Astragalus gummifer</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia cordifolia</i>. Red Oak. K’fut +(Timani); Buni (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola acuminata</i>.* The Kola Tree. Tuloi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree yields the Kola nut, a most valuable +export. Very little, however, is sent to Europe, but great +quantities to French Senegal. It contains great stimulating +properties, and enables travellers to march long distances without +food. The tree grows wild in certain forests, and begins to yield +at six or seven years old. The nut is little thought of by +Europeans, owing to its bitter taste. The price varies from £10 to +£12 a measure (160 lb.).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola angustifolia</i>.* Denbehawi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, the leaves of which are used as a +stomach medicine. The Munchis use the wood to make their short +bows.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola leonensis</i>.* † Booni (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with large leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola simiarum</i>.* Baboon Kola. N’goloduloi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, 60 feet in height. A fine specimen of +it grows over the wooden bridge at Kennema.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heritiera</i>.* Red Cedar or Harmon. Yawi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields a very handsome, easily worked wood, +useful for any purpose. The fruit is edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Leptonychia</i>.* Mbagboldede (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows only to the size of a shrub or small tree. +The leaves are used to cure thorn wounds.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira procera</i>.* African Oak, Red Ironwood, +Ironpost. Ringa (Timani); Hendui or Endwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree attains about the same size of the +Oldfieldia; there does not seem to be any microscopical difference +in the texture or grain of the wood. It is much used by builders, +as it is proof against the attacks of termites. This tree also +yields oily seeds and medicaments.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira Alata</i>.* Katank (Timani); Endwi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree having seed yielding 43 per cent. oil, +valued at £24 to £25 a ton.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gomphia congesta</i>.* Colonguli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree undergrowth.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochna sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_55">[55]</span>Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochrocarpus Africanus</i>.* African Apple or +Mammy Apple Tree. Mammee, Bakum (Timani); Kaikumba (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, attaining a girth of 10 feet and a +bole of from 20 to 30 feet. It has been cut locally, and is much +prized on account of its pretty grain and red colour. It is used +for joinery and similar work.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia Kola</i>.* † Kofé (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia epunctata</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia polyantha</i>.* Bitter Kola. Sagbei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small tree with thick yellow latex; the +fruit is edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma butyraceæ</i>.* Chewstick. Komdi +(Timani); Mdayen (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Chewstick. This is a very prevalent tree, though it +does not reach very stout dimensions. The roots are used +extensively for native chewsticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Haronga Madagascariensis</i>.* Mbeli +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree which grows readily on farm +lands. The juice below the bark is orange-red. The wood resembles +that of Proteaceous trees and is very beautiful.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mammea sapota</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally called Mammy Supporter. It is a handsome +tree and has an edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vismia leonensis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of 15 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Allanblackia floribunda</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Violaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alsodeia sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree. Some of these yield timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alsodeia sp.</i>*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree growing near the river.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Homalium molle</i>.* Niagalei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, very tall and straight.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Homalium sp.</i>* Kologalei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large straight tree, often confused with <i>H. +molle</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anisophyllea laurina</i>.* Monkey Apple. Kant +(Timani); Kanti (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_56">[56]</span>This +is a very lofty tree, with a bole of 40 feet and girth of 12 feet. +It has not been tried as timber away from the locality, but should +be valuable as an export, having a pretty grain, full of medullary +rays. The local value is 3d. to 6d. per lineal foot. It is fairly +common in the forest, but very plentiful outside, as it shoots up +from the stump when cut down. Naturally, the wood from such trees +is not so good as from seedlings.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora racemosa</i>.* Mangrove. Dingi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small tree of the swamps which is found +very useful for poles and firewood. It fetches a high price from +the bakers—£1 10s. to £1 15s. a cord. The bark contains 18 per +cent. of tannin.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Combretaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anogeissus</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A chewstick with a black heart. It will kill out +Lalong grass.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Laguncularia racemosa</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a shrub which grows in the mangrove swamps. +It yields a second-rate tannin bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia scutifera</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large straight, tall-boled tree, yielding a +useful timber to shipwrights.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia sp.</i>* Bagi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very large tree, even taller than <i>T. +superba</i>, and the timber is yellower. The tree is gnarled and +much branched near the sea-shore. The wood is much used for canoes. +Dye and a yellow wash for sore feet are obtained from the bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia superba</i>.* Kojagei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very large tree of 150 feet or more. The timber +is soft and white, used for indoor work, but it is much attacked by +borers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eugenia calophylloides</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Melastomaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Memecylon</i>, cf. <i>M. spathulandra</i>.†</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree growing in the swamps near Bureh +town.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Araliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cussonia Djalonensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized to large tree growing in the +savannah forests. It has a thick grey, rough bark.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_57">[57]</span>Sapotaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops sp.</i> Benin Mahogany. Tuntumi +(Timani); Sukai I (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a kind of mahogany which is very common, and +attains a girth of 12 feet, with a smaller bole than the ordinary +mahogany. The wood is of a reddish colour and rather hard. This +tree is found growing at a higher altitude than most timber trees, +which makes the forest situated at 2,000 feet much more +valuable.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops sp.</i> Mahogany substitute. Bobbyboya +Water (Timani).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a very large tree, with hard red wood sold +as mahogany, not very plentiful.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops</i>. Mahogany substitute. Abugie +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Another species of hard mahogany. It is not very +plentiful, but worthy of export. It is of large size and good “form +figure,” somewhat the shape of a cylinder.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops Djave</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large beautiful tree, yielding a valuable sound +timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops</i>. African Pearwood. Sukai II +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree with a good bole. It has been exported +and sold in the Hamburg market at 6d. a foot. The wood is of a +reddish colour, a little harder than mahogany, and of close grain. +It would pay to plant out any seedlings found.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sideroxylon longistylum</i>. Kafe or Kaffi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Some species yield timber, edible seeds and +medicaments.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sideroxylon Alymerii</i>. Teyei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree bearing a seed rich in oil. The +oil of the seed is very like that of the coconut in taste; it is +used for frying food or for hair-oil.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum sp.</i> Tuinynelli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">All the Chrysophyllum species yield timber and +edible fruits.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum sp.</i> Star-apple. Terle +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum ellipticus</i>.* Beari +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small species growing on the sea-shore.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum</i>. African Star-apple. Bungi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum pruniforme</i>.* Heleilahin +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Elephants are fond of the bark.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ebenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros sp.</i>* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized ebony.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Maba Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_58">[58]</span>Loganiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista nobilis</i>.* Pongoi-hei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a larger species than the <i>A. +parviflora</i>; it is not armed. The root is used as a medicine. +The wood is soft and useless.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista parviflora</i>.* Pongoi-hini +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">In English sometimes called Cabbage Palm. This +species reaches scarcely over 30 feet in height; it is armed with +strong, twin-set spines. The wood is soft and useless.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia elastica</i>.* African Rubber Tree. +Emarr (Timani); Buboi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a height of 50 feet. It is rare +in Sierra Leone, but has been found in Kagnari, Nimmini and Loma +Mountains. It yields a good rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia Africana</i>.* Rubber. Buboi +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species grows to a height of 70 feet. It +yields an abundant latex of no commercial value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polyadoa Elliotii</i>. Boxwood. K’Palen +(Timani); Kofee or Kofei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree with greenish pimply bark. The +wood is very hard, like boxwood, and is used to make hair combs and +hoe handles. Medicine is made from the bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alstonia Congensis</i>.* † Kauwi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large, tall tree with a straight stem, found in +the peninsular forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Owariensis jenje</i>.* Common Rubber +Vine. Huwi Djenjei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The export of this rubber was at one time very +profitable, but the natives overtapped the tree, and even dug up +the roots to extract the rubber. The fruit of this species is +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Heudelotii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a climber 40 feet in height, and one of the +most valuable of the Landolphias, found in many parts; but it is +the characteristic vegetation of the dry interior of Senegambia and +the Upper Niger.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia leonensis</i>.* Nali (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A climber reaching the tops of the highest trees. +The fruit is 3½ inches in diameter. The pulp around the seed is +edible. The latex is used as bird-lime, but yields no rubber, and +cannot even be used as an adulterant.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Callichilia subsessilis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shrub or small tree having a handsome +flower.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_59">[59]</span><i>Conopharyngia crassa</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree bearing a double fruit as large as a +child’s head.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>C. longiflora</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree bearing a conspicuous heavy-scented +flower.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Holarrhena Africana</i>.* Nukoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small or medium-sized tree. Wooden serving spoons +for rice are made from the wood. The leaves beaten to a pulp are +used for poultices.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Holarrhena ovata</i>.* Bubbuoi (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used as a stirring-stick.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pleioceras Afzelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pleiocarpa tricarpella</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i>. Kawogei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common small tree, 20 feet high. +Swizzle-sticks for mixing drinks are made from it, and the natives +use the large branches for mixing indigo dye.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Voacanga Africana</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 30 feet high bearing very fragrant +flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Voacanga obtusa</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Voacanga Thonnersii</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree of 50 feet in height, with +ornamental cream flowers. It has been seen growing in the +swamp-land near the 180th milestone on the railway to Kennema.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Asclepiadaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xysmalobium granitiolum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree in the river bed.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Borraginaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia sp.</i> Kpetellahen (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree growing on river banks. The bark +is edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Verbenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex grandifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Some of this species yield timber, vegetables, +edible fruits and medicaments.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex Cienkowskii</i>.* Heinokohun (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree growing at the edge of the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex doniana</i>.* Lubei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing in the savannah country in the +Koinadugu<span class="pagenum" id="Page_60">[60]</span> district. +An ink made from the leaves is used by the Mohammedan teachers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex micrantha</i>.* Fevei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree reaching a height of 70 feet and 2 feet 6 +inches at the base. The timber is useful for many purposes. The +Mohammedan teacher has his school slates made from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex oxycuspis</i>.* †</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Avicennia Africana</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing in the mangrove swamps.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Premna hispida</i>.* Kafei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree. A decoction for ulcerated mouths is +made from the leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spathodea campanulata</i>.* Tulip Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree yielding timber, edible seeds +and medicaments. It is also used as an ornamental tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newbouldia lævis</i>.* Anyolo (Timani); Bogi +Ponamagbei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a tree reaching a height of 40 feet. Its use +is principally medicinal. The root and leaves are used for scrotal +elephantiasis, and a decoction from the bark is applied to sore +feet. It is much used for quick fences, as it grows readily from +stakes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kigelia</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 50 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stereospermum leonense</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree bearing pink blossoms.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda sp.? citrifolia</i>.* Brimstone. Ketum +(Timani); Bundwi Bundui (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a height of 150 feet, and has +been found with a bole of 50 feet, a girth of 16 to 20 feet, and +diameter of 5 feet without any branches. The wood is of a bright +yellow colour, commonly used for weather-boards. It is sold near +Freetown at 10s. per 100 feet. Its English name is given because of +the peculiar colour of the wood. Its durability and ant-resisting +qualities have given it a high place among the local timbers. It is +used for building wooden vessels, mortars, etc. It will shoot up +from the stump, so a good deal of small timber is obtained from old +farms. Neither its colour nor grain make it of any worth for +export. The bark is made into a decoction for malaria, and the +natives after marching bathe their feet in the water in which it +has been boiled.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_61">[61]</span><i>Morinda confusa</i>.* Wawae (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a climber, the leaves of which are used in +medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda quadrangularis</i>.* Brimstone Bush. +Jashuli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, 30 feet in height and about 1¼ feet +in diameter at the base. It is only useful as firewood. The leaves +are used as medicine in various diseases; supposed to be specially +efficacious for malaria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pausynistalia Lane-Poolei</i>.* Gibowali +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree having green-brown deciduous +bark, on which marked depressions are left when it comes off. The +bole is straight and branchless up to 40 feet. The flowers are +light yellow on first coming out, afterwards turning a purple +pink.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pavetta Baconia</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrub or small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Psilanthus ebracteolatus</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, 20 feet in height, having white +flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bertiera glabrata</i>.* Kafahinei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, 25 feet in height. The leaves are +made into a medicine to soothe teething babies.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Blighia sapida</i>.* Akee Tree. Islii of the +Akus.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is cultivated for its fruit, which is wholesome +and savoury.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canthium discolor</i>.* Totengei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrub to small tree with strong, sharp +spines.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Corynanthe paniculata</i>.* Gibowuli +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 50 feet high.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Craterispermum laurinum</i>.* Alum Bark. Njelei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 25 feet in height, having a diameter of 1 +foot at the base. The bark, when dried and beaten into powder, is +used as a remedy for sore feet. The wood splits easily and is used +in thatching.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Crossopteryx Kotschyana?</i> or +<i>Africana</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Croton penduliflorus</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of 35 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gaertnera paniculata</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is only found as a small tree on the +sea-shore, but said to grow big in the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia sp.</i> near <i>G. physophylla</i>.* +Buittigirri (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree growing in swamps.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heinsia jasminiflora</i>.* Pegblagei +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a tree of about 20 feet in height; the +flowers white and much like jasmin. Scrapings of the bark are used +for irritation of the skin at rice-harvest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_62">[62]</span><i>Mitragyne</i>. Mbuandae or M’boy +(Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large, tall tree, 100 feet high and 4½ feet in +diameter at the base. It is only found in swamp-land. It yields a +light, white wood much used in indoor work. The leaves are very +large and are used for wrapping kolas; they are sold in Freetown at +3d. a bundle.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morelia Senegalensis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small tree half scandent.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oxyanthus unilocularis</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oxyanthus speciosus</i>. Pebulai (Mendi).*</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is common near Freetown. The bark is +aromatic, and when dried in the sun is used as a scent.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia acuminata</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with large oval fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia genipæflora</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrub or small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia macrantha</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree common everywhere. It bears handsome +white fragrant bell-flowers. The black pulp around the seed is +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia malleifera</i>.* Pondei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree bearing very fragrant white +bell-flowers. The seeds when ground are mixed with water to make a +sort of black paint used by the native women.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia sp.</i> near <i>R. macrantha</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, 20 feet in height, bearing an +oval-shaped fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia sp.</i> near <i>R. caudata</i>.*</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, 25 feet high, bearing small but +conspicuous fan-shaped fragrant flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vangueria nigrescens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>.* Sierra Leone +Peach. Ameliki (Timani); Golli Nyumbuyambei (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common tree growing to a height of 25 feet. +It has conspicuous white heads of flowers and an edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Compositæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia conferta</i>. African Cabbage Tree, the +Soap Tree. Kupkup (Timani); Kongoli (Mendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree about 25 feet in height, growing in +the rain forest. The burnt ashes are used in soap-making and the +sediment, when dried, is used as snuff or Lubi.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_63">[63]</span><a id= +"c03app1"></a>APPENDIX I</h3> + +<p class="sch1">SIERRA LEONE—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t063"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Products.</th> +<th colspan="3">1910.</th> +<th colspan="3">1911.</th> +<th colspan="3">1912.</th> +<th colspan="3">1913.</th> +<th colspan="3">1914.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>Value.</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>Value.</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>Value.</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>Value.</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>Value.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">£</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">£</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">£</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">£</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">£</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Camwood</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">142</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13·382</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">67</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">36</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">142</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coconuts</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">116</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">54</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">99</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">114</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Cocoa seeds</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">41</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">52</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">41</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>African coffee</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3·544</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">303</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">10·559</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">501</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">7·062</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">347</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">7·632</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">598</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3·549</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">303</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum copal</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">16·446</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">3,075</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">27·768</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,965</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">17·010</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,606</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">23·764</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,682</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">16·258</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">3,075</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ground nuts</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,229</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">214</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">874</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">189</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,202</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">257</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,448</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">488</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,229</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">214</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola (bitter)</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">30</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola nuts (dried)</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">0·794</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2·698</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">51</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2·908</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">56</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">0·843</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">66</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">0·794</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola nuts (fresh)</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,924</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">279,185</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,596</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">194,260</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,649</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">276,473</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,865</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">328,003</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,924</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">279,185</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">436,144</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">38,537</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">725,648</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">69,927</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">728,509</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">67,314</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">617,088</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">56,659</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">436,144</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">38,537</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">35,915</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">559,313</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">42,892</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">657,348</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">50,750</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">793,177</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">49,201</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">920,943</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">35,915</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">559,313</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Piassava</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">983</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">19,492</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">906</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">12,501</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,146</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">15,461</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">839</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">12,280</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">983</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">19,492</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2·266</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">364</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">18·501</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">5,917</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9·808</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,962</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">5·500</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,292</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2·775</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">364</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shea butter</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">15</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">15</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shea nuts</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3·685</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">27</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3·700</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">27</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">38,848</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">900,846</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">45,468</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">943,791</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">53,583</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,157,816</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">51,943</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,323,207</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">38,849</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">900,846</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,229</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">874</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,202</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,448</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,229</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">436,144</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">725,648</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">728,509</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">617,088</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">436,144</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_64">[64]</span><a id= +"c03app2"></a>APPENDIX II</h3> + +<p class="sch1">SIERRA LEONE—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t064"> +<tr> +<th>Articles.</th> +<th>1827.</th> +<th>1828.</th> +<th>1829.</th> +<th>1830.</th> +<th colspan="2">1831.</th> +<th colspan="2">1832.</th> +<th colspan="2">1833.</th> +<th colspan="2">1834.</th> +<th>1835.</th> +<th>Total.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Timber, loads</td> +<td class="tdr">10,742</td> +<td class="tdr">1,114</td> +<td rowspan="4" colspan="2">Not enumerated</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">18,983</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">24,048</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,771</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">16,951</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr">9,302</td> +<td class="tdr">82,911</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Camwood, tons</td> +<td class="tdr">550</td> +<td class="tdr">303</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">592</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">644</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">975</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">911</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr">802</td> +<td class="tdr">4,837</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil, gallons</td> +<td class="tdr">27,011</td> +<td class="tdr">75,676</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">364</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">397</td> +<td>casks</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">480</td> +<td>casks</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">592</td> +<td>casks</td> +<td class="tdr">928</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum copal, casks</td> +<td class="tdr">81</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">18</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">96</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">133</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">87</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr">197</td> +<td class="tdr">612</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_65">[65]</span><a id= +"c03app3"></a>APPENDIX III</h3> + +<p class="sch1">COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TIMBER IMPORTS INTO SIERRA +LEONE, 1902-7 <span class="sc">and</span> 1910-15</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t065"> +<tr> +<th>Year.</th> +<th>Superficial<br> +feet.</th> +<th class="thbd-right">Value.</th> +<th>Year.</th> +<th>Superficial<br> +feet.</th> +<th>Value.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc thbd-right">£</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">£</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1902</td> +<td class="tdr">765,501</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right">4,765</td> +<td>1910</td> +<td class="tdr">1,273,631</td> +<td class="tdr">9,935</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1903</td> +<td class="tdr">1,705,805</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right">11,066</td> +<td>1911</td> +<td class="tdr">965,410</td> +<td class="tdr">8,842</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1904</td> +<td class="tdr">1,642,738</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right">10,097</td> +<td>1912</td> +<td class="tdr">2,337,851</td> +<td class="tdr">21,403</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1905</td> +<td class="tdr">1,768,611</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right">8,886</td> +<td>1913</td> +<td class="tdr">2,507,327</td> +<td class="tdr">22,425</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1906</td> +<td class="tdr">1,188,702</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right">9,827</td> +<td>1914</td> +<td class="tdr">2,883,564</td> +<td class="tdr">26,893</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1907</td> +<td class="tdr">2,351,559</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right">18,856</td> +<td>1915</td> +<td class="tdr">2,503,751</td> +<td class="tdr">26,279</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sc bt">Total</td> +<td class="tdr bt">9,422,916</td> +<td class="tdr thbd-right bt">63,497</td> +<td class="sc bt">Total</td> +<td class="tdr bt">12,471,534</td> +<td class="tdr bt">115,777</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_66">[66]</span><a id= +"c04"></a>CHAPTER IV</h2> + +<p class="sch1">LIBERIA</p> + +<h3 class="sc space-above1"><a id="c04s1"></a>I. The Gola +Forest.</h3> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">This</span> comparatively narrow +strip of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas on the east to the Mano +River on the west, an area of 40,000 square miles, is a Negro +Republic under the nominal protection of the United States. It is +bounded on the west by the British Colony and Protectorate of +Sierra Leone, and on the north and east by the French possessions +of Senegal and the French Ivory Coast.</p> + +<p>Some years ago a large rubber company was formed to exploit the +wild-growing rubber vines and trees, and until recently fairly +large amounts were secured. Apart from rubber, however, there are +large forests, one of the best being the Gola Forest, on the +western boundary and contiguous to the Sierra Leone +Protectorate.</p> + +<p>This Gola Forest is formed by the confluence of the Morro and +Mano Rivers, being thus triangular in shape and approximately 250 +square miles in extent. No natives actually live in it, though +there are a few villages at the edge, such as Yandahun and +Dambarra. The typical forest is seen in the view of the River Morro +near the junction of the Mano. Here herds of elephants roam and +make tracks through the dense growth of numerous trees; in fact, +the only paths there have been made by the elephant. The Chief of +Tunkia always has at least ten youths with him learning the art of +elephant-hunting, for which a large fee for tuition is paid. In +illustrations <a href="#i010">Nos. 10</a> and <a href= +"#i012">12</a> views of the inner parts of the forest are +given.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c04s2"></a>II. The Most Valuable Trees.</h3> + +<p>The chief species of trees suitable for cutting for export are +the following:</p> + +<p>1. Mahogany (<i>Khaya ivoriensis</i>), probably, a very well +textured wood with some very pretty medullary rays and a thorough +sheen on it when planed. Illustration <a href="#i013">No. 13</a> +shows a specimen of this tree.</p> + +<p>2. Satinwood (<i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>), a large tree with +smooth bark, which varies from light green or yellow to an +orange-red shade, thus making it very conspicuous in the forest. +See illustration <a href="#i011">No. 11,</a> which shows one of +these trees of medium size.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i010" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig010.jpg"><img src='images/fig010.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 10.—<span class= +"bold">Large Brimstone Tree (Sarcocephalus sp.), Gola +Forest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i011" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig011.jpg"><img src='images/fig011.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 11.—<span class= +"bold">African Satinwood (Afrormosia laxiflora). Gola +Forest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 66.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_67">[67]</span>3. The African Oak +(<i>Oldfieldia africana</i>), Paulai of the Mendis is more common +in the southern than in the northern part of the forest. It attains +a large size, but has not yet been exploited either by a European +or a native firm. This is one of the most durable of African +timbers. As it has already been described in the chapter on the +Sierra Leone trees, further notes on this tree are unnecessary +here. Illustrations <a href="#i005">Nos. 5</a> and <a href= +"#i006">6</a> show this tree to advantage, especially its +straightness of growth.</p> + +<p>4. The real Satinwood (<i>Zanthoxylum macrophyllum</i>), not an +uncommon tree, of small size. It is most easily recognised by its +very long pinnate leaves. One leaf may attain a length of 6 feet. +There is another species of Zanthoxylum which also has a similar +kind of timber.</p> + +<p>5. African Walnut (<i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>). This tree is not +very prevalent, but is scattered in small groups throughout the +forest.</p> + +<p>6. Cedar Mahogany, a species of Guarea which attains a large +size. It is none too prevalent, though it is scattered singly +throughout the forest.</p> + +<p>7. African Pearwood (<i>Mimusops lacera</i>) is a very good +reddish timber, often with figure in the grain. Although much +harder than mahogany, it has been sold as such.</p> + +<p>8. The Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>) is common near the old +farms, but is not so prevalent in the forest proper. It has not yet +been exploited from here, nor is it cut locally.</p> + +<p>9. The Red Ironwood Tree (<i>Lophira procera</i>) is very +prevalent, and attains much the same size as elsewhere. It has not +yet been exploited.</p> + +<p>10. The so-called Mahogany, the timber of a tree, a species of +Parinarium, known as Pauwilli of the Mendis. This is one of the +most prevalent trees in the forest. It is also somewhat gregarious, +as many as forty specimens being sometimes found in one group. The +timber of this tree was exported from Southern Nigeria some years +ago. It grows to a height of 150 feet, with a clear bole of 60 feet +in height, and upwards of 18 feet in girth. Illustration <a href= +"#i002">No. 2</a> shows the trunk especially, and the base of one +of these trees. A most typical scene in the northern part of the +Gola Forest is shown in illustration <a href="#i012">No. 12,</a> +several of the trees in that picture being Pauwilli.</p> + +<p>All the above-mentioned trees have been cut and exported in the +log from various parts of Western Africa. There are, however, +several other trees which might be cut and used as export timbers, +as, for instance:</p> + +<p>11. The White Mahogany (<i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>), which +attains the same size as elsewhere, but is not so commonly +found.</p> + +<p>12. Rhodesian Mahogany (<i>Afzelia bracteata?</i>), which is +fairly common and attains a medium size.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_68">[68]</span>13. +<i>Brachystegia spicæformis</i>, which yields a light-brown hardish +timber with very pretty grain. (See illustration <a href= +"#i104">No. 104,</a> which shows a very large specimen of this tree +in Nigeria.) It is very prevalent, in fact one of the commonest +trees in the Gola Forest, so that large quantities of timber could +be obtained.</p> + +<p>14. Wismah (Sierra Leone name) is also found, and apparently +grows up very quickly in old farms.</p> + +<p>15. The Red Oak (<i>Berlinia auriculata</i>) is quite prevalent, +especially near the banks of streams. It attains a large size, and +the timber has been sold as oak in the European market. Here it has +not yet been cut.</p> + +<p>In addition to the trees which can be felled for conversion into +export timbers, there are others which may be cut for sale locally, +such as:</p> + +<p>16. The Brimstone (<i>Morinda citrifolia?</i>), one of the most +suitable trees for the purpose. One of the largest trees was 5 feet +in diameter, and had also a clear bole of 50 feet. On the whole it +grows to a larger size in the Gola Forest than in Sierra Leone. +Illustration <a href="#i010">No. 10</a> shows one of these trees +from which a timber specimen had been cut.</p> + +<p>17. The Hamon, which is apparently a species of Sterculiaceæ, +although not of enormous size, has a straight bole, which divides +up into four or five very large and thin root flanges. It is one of +the most prevalent trees in the forest. Illustration <a href= +"#i014">No. 14</a> shows the peculiar formation of the roots of +this tree.</p> + +<p>18. <i>Piptadenia africana</i>, a very large tree with small and +fine pinnate leaves. It is frequently met with, in fact one of the +commonest of the trees in the forest. It yields a hard brown wood +which is durable.</p> + +<p>19. The so-called Mountain Mahogany, probably a species of +Leguminoseæ. It attains a large size, and yields a timber not +unlike that of Red Pine.</p> + +<p>Up to the present no local or other sawyers have worked in this +forest. Although only a few trees have been mentioned which could +be cut for use locally, there are many others out of approximately +a hundred different kinds which are found in the forest.</p> + +<p>There are other products, such as oil beans, obtained from +<i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>, a large forest tree; gum copal, +obtained from <i>Daniellia Ogea</i>, one of the largest forest +trees; palm oil and kernels from the Oil Palm (<i>Elæis +guineensis</i>), which is found in all the clearings. Piassava, +obtained from <i>Raphia vinifera</i>, is found on the banks of the +two rivers, Morro and Mano. Rubber could be obtained from the +African Rubber Tree (<i>Funtumia elastica</i>) and various rubber +vines, such as <i>Landolphia Owariensis</i>, and others. Dika nuts +could be procured, as the tree which bears them, <i>Irvingia +Barteri</i>, is commonly<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_69">[69]</span> found; also the Tallow Tree (<i>Pentadesma +butyracea</i>), which bears a large number of oil-bearing nuts in +its large fruit; the Dita (<i>Detarium Senegalensis</i>), which +yields a mango-like fruit, eaten locally. Bitter Kola (<i>Garcinia +kola</i>) is found, but not often sold in the local market. The +rough-skinned <i>Parinarium excelsum</i> yields a fruit which is +eaten locally; the African Star-apple (<i>Chrysophyllum +Africanum</i>) is found in the forest, and also planted. In other +villages the Akee, being obtained from <i>Blighia sapida</i>, is +quite common in the forest, though the edible fruit is not used. +The Mackay or Sea Bean (<i>Entada scandens</i>) is a huge creeper +which grows to 350 feet in length and 3 feet in girth. Near +Dambarra, from a stout specimen hung a complete pod containing +fourteen beans.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c04s3"></a>III. Conditions of Working +Timber.</h3> + +<p>The Mano or Bewa River forms the natural outlet for the +extraction of timber, as the Morro River forms one boundary of the +Gola Forest, and this river joins the former rather more than +half-way through the forest. The Mano River reaches the sea about +80 miles from the end of the forest; thus logs of timber could be +brought down the Mano straight into the sea.</p> + +<p>Very good timber of various kinds of mahogany has been shipped +from several ports, such as Sassandra and Grand Bassam on the Ivory +Coast. Good prices, such as 1s. to 2s. 3d. per superficial foot, +have usually been paid for this timber. There is therefore no +reason why similar timber from Liberia should not fetch equally +good rates, when properly cut, squared, and sold under similar +conditions.</p> + +<p>Conditions of working are very similar on the West Coast of +Africa, but may vary somewhat in detail from place to place. +However, if at the outset natives accustomed to working timber in +Nigeria or the Ivory Coast were employed, good results would be +obtained. Gradually a local native staff would be built up, so that +the services of those from another part of the coast could be +dispensed with and cheaper working thus assured; because imported +labour, whether skilled or otherwise, is usually more expensive +than that of the locality. Lower shipping rates should be paid from +Liberia than from the Ivory Coast or Gold Coast, owing to the +distance being less to the European markets where the timber is +sold.</p> + +<p>The other forests of Liberia should be thoroughly examined to +see what amount of timber is there. It is usual to work several +areas in conjunction, as the cost of management per unit of output +(the log) is thus reduced.</p> + +<h3 class="large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_70">[70]</span><a id="c04s4"></a>IV. TREES AND RUBBER +VINES</h3> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>. Oil Palm.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The well-known Oil Palm. It does not thrive in the +forests among taller trees. It grows best near villages. (Found in +Sierra Leone, too.) Quantities of oil obtained from it. The leaves +are used for roof coverings.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia vinifera</i>. Wine Palm.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaves used in weaving, brushes, mats, etc. +Grows in swampy ground.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus flabellifer</i> and <i>B. +Æthiopium</i>. Fan Palm, Piassave.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Both most useful trees. The leaves for roofs, fibre +for ropes. The sap made into a sweet kind of toddy. Wood for house +and bridge building. The <i>B. Æthiopium</i> grows from 60 to 80 +feet high, the leaves 5 to 12 feet long.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ancistrophyllum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fibre used for weaving.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Liliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna surculosa</i>. Dragon’s Blood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A much branched tree, having white flowers and red +berries. Found in Sino Kim, Kakatown and Monrovia.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. Oroko, Teak, African +Oak.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large, well-known tree, used for many purposes +where durability is required. Frequently found; it grows well near +old farms. It is also found in Sierra Leone. The wood seems to be +proof against termites and fungoid diseases. It is the best wood +for railway sleepers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Musanga Smithii</i>. Corkwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The first tree to appear after a farm has been +abandoned; its thick leaves, when they fall, form a heavy layer of +humus.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris</i>. Fig species.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fig-like fruit, used in medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Vogelii</i>. Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows from 20 to 40 feet, yields so-called Balata, +or an inferior rubber. Found on St. Paul’s River, Grand Basā.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_71">[71]</span><i>Ficus sp.</i> Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yields rubber; branches reddish colour; grows in +the Kuru country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Whyteii</i>. Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large forest tree yielding abundant rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus serratus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A deciduous tree having mulberry-like fruit of +pleasant taste.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coula edulis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Bark and leaves have a resinous sap. The oily seeds +of this tree are very pleasant to the taste; it has no connection, +however, with the Cola Nut.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia oxypetala</i>. Yellow wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A moderate-sized tree with white, scented flowers, +growing in the bush of the littoral.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small glabrous tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia Æthiopica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">From 30 to 60 feet in height. Fruit aromatic, used +as a tonic. Wood elastic, made into masts and oars.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia humilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with broad top and pendulous branches, +growing in the primary forests of the littoral.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria scabrida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A moderate-sized tree in the primary forest, found +on the banks of the Cestos River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Similar to the last; grows in the humid parts of +the coast bush.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Afzelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Similar to the above.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polyalthia Oliverii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small glabrous tree growing in the coast +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Popowia Whyteii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with glabrous leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona muricata</i>. Sour Sop.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small glabrous tree, the Sour Sop of English +colonists.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona palustris</i>. Alligator Apple.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree with soft wood, used as cork. Fruit edible, +frequently made into a refreshing drink. It is found in the swamps +of Grand Basā.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_72">[72]</span><i>Monodora myristica</i>. Calabash +Nutmeg.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree having showy flowers and aromatic +seed; the much esteemed Calabash Nutmeg of West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora tenuifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the primary forests of Grand Basā. Very +similar to the last; narrower leaved.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Dinklagei</i>. Muskat Nut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tree reaches the height of 30 feet, with drooping +branches. It supplies good timber and oily seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus kombo</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The seeds of this variety contain 73 per cent. of +fat and burn like a candle.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium macrophyllum</i>. Rough-skinned +Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common tree, used locally for building +purposes; oak-like texture. Fruit yellow, the size of a goose-egg; +sometimes called Gingerbread Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium excelsum</i>. Wild Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium sp.</i> Wild Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Also found in Sierra Leone. Used for building +locally; grain too open for export. <i>P. excelsum</i> and +<i>sp.</i> very similar.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysobalanus icaco</i>. Cocoa Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysobalanus ellipticus</i>. Cocoa Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall shrub or small tree, with greenish-purple +edible fruit known as Cocoa Plums. These two are very similar; both +found near Grand Basā.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus laxiflora</i>. Mountain +Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Supplies a good useful wood and dyes. It is also +found in Sierra Leone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">An ornamental tree with downy twigs, reddish-violet +papilionaceous flowers; wood hard and heavy, not very well known. +Found in Grand Basā.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Similar to <i>L. sericeus</i>, but a loftier +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus Zenkeri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada scandens</i>. Mackay or Sea Bean.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The well-known liana, the fibre used in rope and +net making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_73">[73]</span><i>Dialium Senegalense</i>. Black Tumbler.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A hard wood, useful in the building trade; also +grows in Sierra Leone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Englerii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber useful for many purposes. A refreshing drink +is made from the edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with umbrella-like top.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i>. Albizzia.</p> + +<p class="tax3">All Albizzias are proof against termites. Wood used +where durability is required, and therefore very valuable. The +branches are pendulous, flowers white and fragrant. Found in +Monrovia and Sino Basin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Brownei</i>. Albizzia.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A hard, useful wood. A large forest tree with +cracked greyish bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia sp.</i> Albizzia.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree of good form and hard wood. The tree +cylinder-shaped, heartwood a bright, pretty colour. Not very +plentiful. Quite worthy of export.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium Senegalense</i>. Mahogany, Dita.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A beautifully marked hard wood, with a bole of 30 +feet and girth of 12 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>. Oil Bean Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yields oil-bearing seeds or beans, used as an +article of food. The ashes after burning the dry pods are useful in +soap-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>. Forest Locust or Locust +Bean.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common tree in Liberia, but wood of little +value. The bean is eaten locally.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina Senegalense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Deeply cleft bark; wood of little value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows everywhere in great quantities in Liberia. +The wood is hard and valuable.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>. Satinwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A beautiful clear brown wood, used for building +purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia nitida</i>. Camwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very valuable as a red dye-wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia pubescens</i>. Camwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Valuable dye-wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia podocarpa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows best on very dry ground; common on native +farms, 70 miles up the St. Paul River. Wood extraordinarily +hard.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimosa Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree found in the coast woods of Grand +Basā.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_74">[74]</span><i>Daniellia Ogea</i>. Benin Gum Copal.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood soft. When the tree has attained a large size, +it is attacked by the boring beetle; the gum then exudes and falls +to the ground, and is so collected. Value, 5d. or 6d. a pound.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia sp.</i> Gum Copal sp.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very similar to the <i>C. Ogea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Didelotia Engleri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree found in the humid woods of the +coast.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polystemonanthus Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing on the banks of St. John’s +River, Grand Basā.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylia Evansii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Beautiful plumed trees; small heads of flowers. A +pretty ornamental tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylon sp.</i> Satinwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fairly hard wood, with rough, knotty bark in the +shape of cone-like, woody protrusions.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylon macrophyllum</i>. Spiny +Satinwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Smaller than the last, but somewhat similar; the +wood a very pretty yellow, with open grain.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Citrus aurantium</i>. Common Orange.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very ornamental tree. Leaves and buds used in +perfumery. Fruit edible, valuable for export. Timber useful in many +ways.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Simarubaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia Barteri</i>. Dika Nut or Borbor.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is edible, seeds oily. Dika butter, dika +bread and a kind of chocolate are made from it. The wood is also +used.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Burseraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood useful in commerce. The oily seeds are +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>. African Walnut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Has a shady crown of branches. A good shade +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carapa procera</i>. Crabwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree cut and sold as cedar mahogany for +building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_75">[75]</span><i>Carapa Gayensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree supplies a good timber; the oily seeds +are used in medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela</i>. Cedar Mahogany or African +Walnut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is 65 feet in height, wood used for +building purposes and for furniture; not very common. It should be +a useful export timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Heudelotii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree; wood easy to work; not well +known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya grandis</i>. Benin Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fine tree, sometimes attaining the height of 130 +feet, and 14 feet in diameter. The trunk has slight root flanges. +The wood of a beautiful surface, a most valuable wood in furniture +and carriage making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Guarea Africana</i>. Satin Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grain similar to mahogany and might be sold for it. +Should be a useful export wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pynærtia ealænsis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Not very well known; flowers in long, showy +panicles.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Heudelotii.</i>? Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Sold as mahogany. The wood is used locally for +boat-building. The tree seeds readily, so could easily be +planted.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hasskarlia didymostemon</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Attains the height of 40 to 80 feet; leaves +yellowish-green and yellow catkins. Not well known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>. Real African Oak.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall, fine tree, with a bole of 50 feet and girth +of 16 feet. Most useful in boat-building, especially for the keels. +It seeds very readily. Many years ago it was exported as teak +(1827-35), though this afterwards ceased.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mangifera</i>. Mango species, Greenheart.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Mango Tree, very plentiful. It attains a girth +of 12 feet. A greyish wood used for building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mangifera sp.</i> Bush Pawpaw.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used in building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mangifera sp.</i> Whitewood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used in building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Odina acida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small deciduous, glabrous tree; the powdered +bark, mixed with other substances, used as a paint for the +face.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_76">[76]</span><i>Spondias lutea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall, glabrous tree, with yellow, plum-like +fruits, which are edible. They are often made into a refreshing +drink. The wood bright-coloured and hard; it has the useful quality +of growing when put in as fence posts.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Blighia sapida</i>. Akee.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A useful shade tree near dwellings, growing to the +height of 97½ feet. Wood light yellow in colour.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Allophyllus Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, common tree with hard, blackish fruit, +growing along the coast of Grand Basā; wood useful in many +ways.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dodonæa viscosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree having viscid branchlets saturated +with resin, which serve as torches. The wood is used for engraving +and in turnery.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Malvaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gossypium Peruvianum</i>. Kidney-tree +Cotton.</p> + +<p class="tax3">These African cotton-plants are still imperfectly +known. Probably used locally.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron anfractuosum</i>. Cotton Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows to the height of 160 feet. Smooth, bright +grey bark, having cracked appearance. Wood not of much value in +commerce. Handsome, brilliant crimson flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax Buonopozense</i>. Red Cotton Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large deciduous tree, often attaining 162 feet in +height, with tuberculate, prickly bark and scarlet flowers with +firm, velvety petals. Wood of little value in commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia oblonga</i>. Yellow Wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of medium height, the wood soft, and fibre +strong and tough. Exudes gum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit edible, the oily seeds used medicinally.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit winged, flowers panicled, leaves ragged.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_77">[77]</span><i>Cola acuminata</i>. Cola.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Much like the Poplar in appearance. The wood is +used in ship-building, house-building and furniture. The oily, +edible Cola Nut is in great demand.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola digitata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The oily seeds much used in medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heritiera utilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber hard and useful for various purposes, +the bark in tanning. Fruit woody.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Dilleniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetracera potatoria</i>. Water Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, hairy tree growing on the dry and sunny +parts of the coast savannahs. It yields a profuse amount of water +from the stems; hence its name.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetracera leiocarpa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very similar to the above. Used as a medicine by +the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetracera Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Similar to the other Tetracera species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetracera sp.</i> White Cedar.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Reaches a girth of 10 or 12 feet. Wood soft and +grain too open for export.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira procera</i>. African Oak or Red +Ironwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree yields oil-bearing seeds. The wood is +hard and heavy, of a reddish brown. Sold as African Oak. The wood +is also used in charcoal-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma</i>. Butter or Tallow Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall, slender tree growing by the streams. Wood +light in colour, useful in various ways. Also found in Sierra +Leone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia kola</i>. Bitter Cola.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large but slow-growing tree, with a hard, +prettily grained wood, rather uncommon.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia sp.</i>? Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood sometimes sold as mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia sp.</i> Chew-stick.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The smaller roots are used as chew-sticks, but +taking these in the drastic method in which it is done generally +means death to the tree. It is found on summits of the +mountains.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_78">[78]</span>Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Smeathmannia lævigata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Smeathmannia sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">The buds are single, growing in the axils of the +leaves. Leaves toothed. There are fifteen species of this tree; not +very common. Wood of little value.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora mangle</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Mangrove species. It grows in swamps or on the +banks of rivers of Liberia. The wood is hard and heavy but easily +worked; much used for poles and firewood, the bark in tanning.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora racemosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Mangrove species. Very similar to the +above.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Psidium guajava</i>. Guava.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing near Monrovia. Fruit edible, +the well-known Guava of commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapotaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops sp.</i> The Bobby Water or Benin +Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common kind of Mahogany, attaining a bole of +50 feet and girth of 12 feet. It will grow at a higher elevation +than most forest trees. Wood very useful in the making of +furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops lacera</i>. African Pearwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall, fine-looking tree, with good bole. It would +pay to plant these unsparingly. It grows well near the coast. The +hard, red wood is very useful and most valuable in +furniture-making, inlaying, veneering, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of medium height. Fruit edible. The wood not +well known in commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sideroxylon longistylum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree supplies a good timber. The fruit is +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Omphalocarpum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A kind of Guttapercha is obtained from this tree. +It supplies also a good, useful timber.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i>. Swizzle-stick.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A good workable timber is obtained from it. Stone +fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_79">[79]</span><i>Funtumia Africana</i>. False Rubber +Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The rubber is useless, being sticky, like birdlime. +Height from 15 to 20 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia sp.</i> Boxwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Much the same as above. Found also in Sierra +Leone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia elastica</i>. True Rubber Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">One of the most important rubber-trees of Africa +(also Sierra Leone); produces good rubber. Height 100 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Conopharyngia</i>. Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Another rubber-tree, yielding only small +quantities, of little use in commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Owariensis</i>. Vine Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Another of the best rubber-trees; grows in the Sino +Basin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia jenje</i>. Vine or White Ball +Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very good rubber, even better than <i>L. +Owariensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newbouldia lævis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A pinnate-leaved tree with dense panicles of pink +flowers like the foxglove; the fruit long and slender. The +bright-coloured wood is very even in texture, much used in +fence-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>. Sierra Leone +Peach.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Flowers in large heads, white and fragrant. +Deep-red fruit, the peach of the country, the size of a man’s fist. +The wood much used for inlaying.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda sp.</i>? Brimstone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree with bole of 50 feet in height, girth from +16 to 20 feet. The wood is bright yellow in colour, not of much +value, but the root-wood is sold in the native markets for yellow +dye and the bole wood for weather-boards. It is very hard and +resists attacks of insects.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia maculata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very pretty ornamental tree, with glossy leaves +and white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coffea Liberica</i>. Liberian Coffee.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree about 20 feet in height. Coffee-berries the +size of a cherry.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_80">[80]</span><a id= +"c04app1"></a>APPENDIX</h3> + +<p class="sch1">LIBERIA—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t080"> +<tr> +<th>Products.</th> +<th colspan="2">1908.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2">1909.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2">1910.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2">1911.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2">1912.</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">200,489</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">41,916</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">876,000</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">60,223</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,149</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">359</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">169,566</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">8,478</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coffee</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,459,082</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">27,966</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">6,774</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">353</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">103,032</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">5,648</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">93,822</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,589</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coffee seed</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,690,955</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">32,978</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coffee scions</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,082,540</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">35,830</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,851,993</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">38,508</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,514,193</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">47,456</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coffee trees</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Piassava</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">7,396,863</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">38,528</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola nuts</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">384,830</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,408</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Calabar beans</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">4,318</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">37</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Guttapercha</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Camwood</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ivory</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">14,514</td> +<td><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,447</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">9,044,343</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">181,599</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">2,082,540</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">35,830</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">2,082,559</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">36,098</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">1,955,025</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">44,156</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">1,608,015</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead">lb</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">lb.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">52,045</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">876,000</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,149</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">200,489</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="bush.">bs</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">bush.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i012" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig012.jpg"><img src='images/fig012.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 12.—<span class= +"bold">Gola Forest, general view, near Morro River.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i013" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig013.jpg"><img src='images/fig013.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 13.—<span class= +"bold">Mahogany (Khaya Ivoriensis), the late Mr. C. W. Smythe +standing beside it, Gola Forest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i014" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig014.jpg"><img src='images/fig014.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 14.—<span class= +"bold">Young Yawey Cedar (Heritiera?), Gola Forest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 80.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_81">[81]</span><a id= +"c05"></a>CHAPTER V</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE IVORY COAST</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">Thanks</span> to Monsieur Auguste +Chevalier’s very varied and extensive travels on the Ivory Coast, +we have obtained very graphic descriptions of the belt of forest +extending nearly 150 miles inland and parallel to the coast.</p> + +<p>In his books <em>Les Végétaux Utiles de l’Afrique Tropicale +Française</em>, Fasc. V., <em>Première Etude sur les Bois de la +Côte d’Ivoire</em>, and <em>Les Végétaux utiles de l’Afrique +tropicale française</em>, Fasc. VII (Première Partie), +<em>Documents sur le Palmier à Huile</em>, on the vegetation of +this French Colony, not only are there general descriptions of some +of the best and most accessible forests, but also there are full +descriptions of the individual trees, together with most of their +botanical and most valuable vernacular names.</p> + +<p>Considering that the area of the Ivory Coast is 130,000 square +miles, and the forest belt about 150 miles wide, the mahogany +industry should be still further developed than it is at the +present time.</p> + +<p>So far, on the average, the Ivory Coast has been noted for its +figured mahogany, the Ports of Grand Bassam, Assinie (a town and +river of Upper Guinea), and La Hou being the most noted, and having +given almost their name to different classes of Ivory Coast +mahogany. For several reasons this type of mahogany has fetched +higher prices than that of the average from elsewhere. Sassandra, +at the mouth of a similar named river, and also Cavally, on the +Cavally, are minor ports for the shipment of mahogany.</p> + +<p>First and foremost the wood obtained from what Monsieur +Chevalier terms <i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i> is of a much more sheeny +nature than that of either <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, <i>Khaya +grandis</i> or <i>Khaya Punchii</i>.</p> + +<p>In the next place, the method of working is most peculiar. +Usually, individual natives cut a few trees at a time, standing +nearest a waterway or lagoon; in fact, these were picked trees +which the natives thought contained figured wood, and this had the +effect of only a one-sided working of the forest, thus leaving many +other valuable trees. On the average, the distribution of the +numbers and of the various species is about the same as in other +parts of West Africa. Apparently many of the ordinary trees have +often been left standing, or at any rate most of those which are +too inaccessible. A tree standing more than about<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_82">[82]</span> a mile from water is too far for +a native working almost single-handed, and only collecting a few +labourers for hauling his logs to the waterway.</p> + +<p>In recent years, however, British as well as French firms, with +a larger amount of capital, have started to work the forests. +Regulations have been drawn up by the local Government in a similar +manner and of a similar nature to those in force generally on the +West Coast of Africa. The Government also has built a railway +passing through and near some of the forests north of Grand Bassam. +Since its inception, a further impetus has been given to the +mahogany trade. However, in the matter of water transport, the +rivers of the Ivory Coast, such as the Tano, mostly flowing in +British territory, but emptying itself into the sea at Assinie (the +port for logs in French territory), the Yar or Abi, the Komoe, the +Zini, and Bandana, the Sassandra and Cavally, can none of them be +said to be at all good for the floating out of logs. La Hou is the +port for the Bandana and Zini Rivers, after their junction; +Sassandra is the port for the Sassandra and Cavally for the +Cavally. At the mouth of each of them there is a shallow bar, and +this in turn causes a bad surf, and in other parts the coast lacks +harbours, and the formation of it is unsuitable for the shipment of +timber. No doubt, as time goes on, an effective means will be +invented for dealing with the passage of the logs through the surf, +especially at the mouths of rivers. So far, from all accounts, the +rivers themselves have not been cleared of snags and rocky +obstructions for the transport of the timber. This factor again has +reacted on the output, and many of the finest forests remain +unworked. Owing to the fact of this accidental policy of only +cutting the best mahogany trees, the intensive exploitation of the +forests by cutting other species of trees (the timber of which has +already found a market in Europe) has been greatly hindered. Among +such timbers are the following:</p> + +<ul class="simple2"> +<li><i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i>,</li> + +<li><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>,</li> + +<li><i>Lophira alata</i>,</li> + +<li><i>Afzelia microcarpa</i>,</li> + +<li><i>Entandrophragma macrophylla</i>,</li> + +<li><i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>, or <i>Occidentalis</i>.</li> +</ul> + +<p>On the whole, English firms working on the Ivory Coast have been +encouraged and not hindered, but some of the minor regulations +appear to be rather irksome and vexatious in their working, and the +firms have felt that their tenure of the forest rights was not +quite so secure as elsewhere in West Africa.</p> + +<p>The export duties placed on mahogany cut on the banks of the +Tano in Gold Coast territory are almost of such a nature as to +prohibit the profitable working of the Tano forests.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_83">[83]</span><a id= +"c05s2"></a>LIST OF TREES</h3> + +<p class="sch2">(Chevalier’s.)</p> + +<p class="tax1">Pandanaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus candelabrum</i>. Sometimes known as +Screw Pine.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A well-branched tree, supported by aerial roots; +leaves spinous and in dense spirals.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus flabellifer</i> Ronier (Colons); Dendo +(Attie); Makube (Fanti); Ekube (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Liliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna Perrotetti</i>. Nkiebe (Mbonoi); Adjonde +(Ebrie).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ulmaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Celtis integrifolia</i>. Mgua (Abe); Tongo +(Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris toxiaria</i>. Ake (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. Corkwood (English); +Akede (Abe); Bakana (Fanti); Guele (Bondoukou); Elui (Agni); Bonzo +(Bambara); Agui (Ebrie); Odum (Appollonien).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Goliath</i>. Abono (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Guineensis</i>. Aturn (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus sp.</i> Mekhi (Attie); Diangue (Agni); +Karfa (Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pontya excelsa</i>. Metchi (Attie); Triwa +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morus mesozygia</i>. Bana (Attie); Cecerui +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Musanga Smithii</i>. Parasolier (Colons); Loho +(Abe); Guima Djuna (Bondoukou); Egui (Agni); Congo-congo +(Gabonais).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>. Agnon (Abe); Atolaie +(Mbonoi); Agniere (Ebrie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus serratus</i>. Nianga-magui (English); +Diancangue (Attie); Nianga (Agni); Nianga-magui (Indenie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Treculia africana</i>. Izaquente Portugais +(Colons); Yukugo (Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coula edulis</i>. Atsan (Attie); Bogüe (Agni); +Akion (Ebrie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ongokea Klaineana</i>. So (Abe).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strombosia pustulata</i>. Myole Polie (Abe); +Patabua (Bondoukou); Fognian (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_84">[84]</span>Octoknemataceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Octoknema affinis</i>. Guangua (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cleistopholis patens</i>. Kotopuan (Attie); Bofu +(Fanti); Eutie (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Enantia chlorantha</i>. Mbawe (Abe); Esuro +(Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora myristica</i>. Mbang (Attie); Efuen +(Agni); Hane (Ebrie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stenanthera hamata</i>. T’sainfi (Attie); Surua +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachypodanthium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia æthiopica</i>. Ethiopian pepper +(Colons); Fonde (Attie); Efomu (Agni); Endiar or N’diar +(Wolof).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia parviflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cœlocaryon oxycarpum</i>. Kinkonawon +(Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>. Walehe (Abe); Hetere +(Bondoukou); Etama (Agni); Anaküe (Mbonoi); Edna (Appolonien).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Capparidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Buchholzia macrophylla</i>. Mon (Attie); +Akotompo (Fanti); Amizi (Agni); Do (Trepo).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysobalanus ellipticus</i>. Hanfuru +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium robustum</i>. Aroba (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium tenuifolium</i>. Simua (Attie); +Gatesima (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i>. San (Attie); Piampian +(Fanti); Kuanguan (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia ferruginea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia gigantea</i>. Turndogo, Bosole +(Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia rhombifolia</i>. Küe (Attie); Pranpran +(Fanti); Kure (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia microcarpa</i>. Asemigniri (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Aphanocalyx sp.</i> Redwood (Colons); Taceribe +(Mbonoi); Arabmetu (Adionkron).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia nitida</i>. Camwood (English); Tte +(Attie); Ekuro (Fanti); Exin (Agni); Eseme (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia acuminata</i>. Beguan (Attie); +Gueguirotta baka (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Vogelii</i>. Tiupe (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra cryptosepalum</i>. Kiukuesin (Attie); +Patapara (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia oblonga</i>. Trakuan (Attie); Kuangua +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Dinklagei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Guineense</i>. Fe (Attie); Warie +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_85">[85]</span><i>Erythrophlœum Ivoriensis</i>. Amerere +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>. Erüi (Agni); Teli +(Bambara); Aranhe (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>. Acacia de Gabon +(Colons); Akuosi, Amba (Fanti); Ekopa (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Palisoti</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Milletia sp.</i> Vandaküe (Attie); Bakahehessi +(Agni); Ekimi (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia Agboensis</i>. Lo (Abe); Dogo +(Bondoukou); Asama (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>. Owala +(Gabonais).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>. Bon (Attie); Nainvi +(Bondoukou); Kuangua iniama (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Chevalieri</i>. Lo (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>. Totohote (Attie); +Assihaoto (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetrapleura Thonningii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Pandaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Porphyranthus Zenkeri</i>. Tebo (Attie); +Akwankusuma (Fanti); Akuana (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Linaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllocosmus Africanus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Humiriaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Saccoglottis Gabunensis</i>. Amuan (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Fagara macrophylla</i>. Hanwego (Bondoukou); +Kengüe (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum parvifolium</i>. M’Bon (Attie); +Kanton (Fanti); Hendje, Hengué (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Simarubaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hannoa Klaineana</i>. Haiefai? (Abe); Neube? +(Attie); Hete bake (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia</i>. Akwabu (Mbonoi); Lubigniati +(Adionkron).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mannia Africana</i>. Hate (Attie); Sotibia +(Fanti); Bomoku (Agni); Akodo (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Burseraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Occidentalis</i>. Okume d’Ivoire +(Colons); Segna (Attie); Krendja Haigue (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bingeria Africana</i>. Hakue (Attie); Hague +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carapa microcarpa</i>. Dona (Abe); Kuli pia +(Bondoukou); Kobi (Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_86">[86]</span><i>Carapa velutina</i>. Bibiabe (Attie); +Akumasse (Fanti); Sorowa (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Charia Indeniensis</i>. Zacoba (Attie); Zacoba +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma ferruginea</i>. Locobo (Attie); +Tiamatiama (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma macrophylla</i>. Baka-biringui +(Abe); Lokoba (Attie); Kaiguigo (Bondoukou); Makua (Mbonoi); +Tiamatiama (Appolonien).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma rufa</i>. Cedrat (Colons); +Kaiguigo (Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma Septentrionalis</i>. +Baka-birin-gui (Abe); Keiwgo (Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i>. Bariba or Biribi (Colons); +Ekuie (Abe); Lokobua (Attie); Dukuma Dugura (Agni); Humpe (Ebrie); +Tiamatiama (Appolonien).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pynærtia Occidentalis</i>. Hainde (Agni); +Kassekui (Mbonoi); Dubiri Keguigo (Appolonien).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Candollei</i>. Tanna (English); Fe +(Attie); Tenuba, Tanuba (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia cedrata</i>. Ngnanake (Abe); Mbosse +(Agni); Anokue (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia acutifoliata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga Heudelotii</i>. Abo (Attie); Eson +(Fanti); Ekna (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mæsobotrya Stapfiana</i>. Senan (Attie); +Emuinguim (Fanti); Asa bogüie (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>. African Teak (English); +Fu (Attie); Etüi (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Africanus</i>. Hobo Hapi (Abe); +Isain (Attie); Sosaü (Fanti); Haipi (Bondoukou); Haipi (Agni); +Poposi (Mbonoi); Poposi (Ebrie); Nbob (Moyen Cavally).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Benguelensis</i>. African Oak (English); +Chêne d’Afrique (Colons); Rikio (Abe); Niondobi (Bondoukou); +Cosomon (Bambara); Sannaba (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Bingervillensis</i>. Rikio (Abe); Na +(Attie); Kayo (Bondoukou); Elekhua (Agni); Orobo (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alchornea sp.</i> Bonyurome (Mbonoi); Aguaya +(Ebrie); Tatairo (Moyen Cavally).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baccaurea Bonneti</i>. Habizacue (Attie); +Kuatiecuale (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia speciosa</i>. Chicue (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hasskarlia didymostemon</i>. Nguepe (Attie); +Echirua (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hæmatostaphis Barteri</i>. Vi (Abe); Esanke, +Esangue (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lannea acidissima</i>. Ngolo ngoloti (Abe); +Tchiko (Attie); Kakoro (Fanti); Durgo, Duroko, Duko (Bondoukou); +Borepore (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_87">[87]</span><i>Lannea sp.</i> Ebruke (Attie); Bembe +(Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spondias lutea</i>. Ngua (Abe); Ningo (Bambara); +Haperrie (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Icacinaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Leptaulus daphnoides</i>. Paradedi (Attie); +Eborodumuen (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Blighia sapida</i>. Sago (Bondoukou); Finzan +(Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Deinbollia Indeniensis</i>. Ngua, Abo (Attie); +Ekosuba, Zenna, Kerenya (Agni); Kaüsa (Indenie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Placodiscus pseudostipularis</i>. Para dakue +(Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Tiliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Duboscia macrocarpa</i>. Pianro (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax Buonopozense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola cordifolia</i>. Awa (Attie); Amhio +(Bondoukou); Dabudabu (Agni); Ntaba (Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola mirabilis</i>. Gnibi (Attie); Kamou aguire +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola proteiformis</i>. Kouanda (Attie); Kokotsi +(Fanti); Guiangon (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola vera</i>. Awasse (Abe); Lo (Attie); Buesse +(Mbonoi); Hapo (Ebrie); Guere (Neyau); Guresu (Bete); Hure (Plapo); +We (Trepo); Halu (Adionkron).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterygota cordifolia</i>. Ape (Attie); Sounoum +(Fanti); Ware Borf ware (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia oblonga</i>. Azodo (Abe).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tragacantha</i>. Porepore (Abe); +Botapia (Attie); Lomburu (Bondoukou); Kotokie (Indenia).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton scleroxylon</i>. Hofa (Abe); Samba, +Sankamba (Bondoukou); Batabua (Agni); Wa-wa (Appolonien); Wa-wa +(Indenia).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Scytopetalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhaptopetalum Tieghemi</i>. Mosangui (Attie); +Djo Arbi (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira procera</i>. Nokue (Attie); Esore +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Allanblackia parviflora</i>. Wohotelimon (Abe); +Bissaboko (Attie); Akumase (Fanti); Alabenun (Agni); Wotobe Ewotebo +(Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_88">[88]</span><i>Garcinia polyantha</i>. Mamie Kini +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochrocarpus Africanus</i>. African Apricot +(Colons); Quelipe Kelipe (Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma leucantha</i>. Piche Aboko (Attie); +Allahbanunu (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Symphonia globulifera</i>. Arquane (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Homalium Africanum</i>. Akouibia (Fanti); Akoima +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Scottellia coriaceæ</i>. Bakaza (Attie); Aburuhi +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Scottellia Kamerunensis</i>. Akosica (Abe); Edde +(Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora racemosa</i>. Paletuvier rouge +(Colons); Ntagne (Attie); Koghia bera (Fanti); Ende (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Combretaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anogeissus sp.</i> Kakaleka (Bondoukou); Krekete +(Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretodendron viridiflora</i>. Kati (Abe); +Esive (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia altissima</i>. Pe (Abe); Fram +(Bondoukou); Frake (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia Ivoriensis</i>. Satinwood (English); +Mboti, Buma (Attie); Tuhidja (Bondoukou); Framine (Agni); Fela +(Bambara); Cauri (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eugenia syzygium</i>. Amerere (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Melastomaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Memecylon polyanthemos</i>. Taisin (Attie); Tai +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ebenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros sanza</i>. Nguobi, Kusibiri (Attie); +Sanza, Minika, Asun, Seka (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Oleaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Linociera Mannii</i>. Akodiombi, Zakuebiembi +(Attie); Akokotsua (Fanti); Aqua egbua (Agni); Akoriie +(Indenie).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Loganiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista nobilis</i>. Buro-Nuro +(Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alstonia Congensis</i>. Kokue (Attie).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Conopharyngia crassa</i>. Choka (Attie); +Akotompo Atsim (Fanti); Pakie-pakie, Kuakie-kuakie (Agni); Apukur +(Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_89">[89]</span><i>Funtumia Africana</i>. Pesin (Attie); Wala +(Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia elastica</i>. Pechi (Attie); Poyndua +(Fanti); Efurumundu (Agni); Ofuntum (Appolonien); Twe (Neyau); +Uruba su (Bete); Dorose-Populu (Plapo); Bebeti (Moyen Cavally).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Picralima Elliotii</i>. Hainfain (Attie); Kakana +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i>. Embi-siembi (Agni); +Gonguonkiur (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Verbenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex micrantha</i>. Kiangu (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spathodea campanulata</i>. Tulipier de Gabon +(Colons); Kokomazur (Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grumilea vanosa</i>. Tchiat Kottse (Attie); +Aburese baka (Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia viscidissima</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mitragyne macrophylla</i>. Sofo (Attie); Bahia +(Agni).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda citrifolia</i>. Alongua (Bondoukou); +Sangongo (Bambara).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocinchona Africana</i>. Mbrahu (Abe); +Kiumba (Bondoukou).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>. Tetere +(Mbonoi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus Pobeguini</i>. Ndebere (Attie); +Ekusamba (Fanti); Boisima (Agni); Zeronga (Bambara).</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_90">[90]</span><a id= +"c05app1"></a>APPENDIX</h3> + +<p class="sch1">IVORY COAST—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t090"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Products.</th> +<th colspan="2">1909.</th> +<th colspan="2">1910.</th> +<th colspan="2">1911.</th> +<th colspan="2">1912.</th> +<th colspan="2">1913.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">Tons.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">Tons.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">Tons.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">Tons.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">Tons.</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Colas</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td> +</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>8</td> +<td class="tdr">717</td> +<td class="tdr">9</td> +<td class="tdr">770</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,0</span>24</td> +<td class="tdr">2,007</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr">5,191</td> +<td class="tdr">45,421</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>5,422</td> +<td class="tdr">47,450</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>5,251</td> +<td class="tdr">66,223</td> +<td class="tdr">6,799</td> +<td class="tdr">73,656</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>6,949</td> +<td class="tdr">104,030</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Doumane</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">26</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>5</td> +<td class="tdr">56</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdr">89</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·7742</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ginger</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·0098</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr">6,367</td> +<td class="tdr">119,398</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>5,954</td> +<td class="tdr">111,651</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>6,625</td> +<td class="tdr">169,305</td> +<td class="tdr">6,776</td> +<td class="tdr">155,294</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>6,014</td> +<td class="tdr">125,921</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coco-oil (touloucoume de palmiste)</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td> +</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·5194</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum copal</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">77</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·0882</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·6106</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">98</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>1</td> +<td class="tdr">99</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr">368</td> +<td class="tdr">67,604</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,</span>391</td> +<td class="tdr">121,490</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,</span>351</td> +<td class="tdr">110,916</td> +<td class="tdr">1,376</td> +<td class="tdr">344,020</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,</span>394</td> +<td class="tdr">78,239</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Beurre de karité</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·15415</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">22</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>8</td> +<td class="tdr">128</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Soumbaras</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·098</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Woods (cabinet-making etc.; mahogany)</td> +<td class="tdr">15,994</td> +<td class="tdr">33,321</td> +<td>13,783</td> +<td class="tdr">2,871</td> +<td>23,812</td> +<td class="tdr">9,426</td> +<td class="tdr">30,489</td> +<td class="tdr">120,688</td> +<td>42,651</td> +<td class="tdr">208,869</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kapok</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>2</td> +<td class="tdr">28</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Piassava</td> +<td class="tdr">14</td> +<td class="tdr">99</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>7</td> +<td class="tdr">45</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>3</td> +<td class="tdr">23</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Bamboos</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00,00</span>0·56804</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bt">27,938</td> +<td class="tdr bt">265,949</td> +<td class="bt">25,550·882</td> +<td class="tdr bt">283,468</td> +<td class="bt">36,054·76475</td> +<td class="tdr bt">356,655</td> +<td class="tdr bt">45,466</td> +<td class="tdr bt">624,676</td> +<td class="bt">56,047·96944</td> +<td class="tdr bt">519,364</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i015" class="iw4"><a href="images/fig015.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig015.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 15.—<span class= +"bold">Teak Plantation of 1908, 35¾ feet high, Sokode, in +1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i016" class="iw3"><a href="images/fig016.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig016.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 16.—<span class= +"bold">Teak Plantation of 1907 and 1908 on Hill-side, +Atakpame.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_91">[91]</span><a id= +"c06"></a>CHAPTER VI</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE GOLD COAST</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">Area</span>, 80,000 square +miles.</p> + +<p>During 1909, a most interesting and exhaustive <em>Report on the +Forest of the Gold Coast</em>, as well as Ashanti and the Northern +Territories, was written by Mr. H. N. Thompson, the Chief +Conservator of Forests of Nigeria. As a result of this Report, a +Forest Department was formed in 1910. This Forest Department now +consists of a Conservator, Deputy, and three Assistant Conservators +of Forests. However, legislation for the proper preservation of the +forest and creation of Forest Reserves has not been passed, so that +the scope of the Forest Department’s usefulness has been much +curtailed.</p> + +<p>It would be quite superfluous here to try and describe the +forests in such a masterly fashion as has been done by Mr. +Thompson, but anyone who is interested in the Gold Coast Forests +should read the Report for themselves. It will suffice to give an +outline of the main features of the Forest Administration and a +general description of the forests.</p> + +<p>With the author’s permission I have given a list of the +timber-trees, together with the botanical names, so far as they are +known.</p> + +<p>The people of this very rich country have in a short-sighted way +very much hindered real progress in Forestry by refusing to assist +in the creation of Forest Reserves. Forest Reserves are, of course, +simply forest permanently set aside for the production of timber or +other such forest products. The people of the Gold Coast have, +apparently, judging by extracts from the local Press, got the idea +into their heads that the making of a Forest Reserve necessarily +means the ownership of the land on which the forest stands passing +into the possession of the Government. This, of course, is quite a +contrary view to the true conception of a Forest Reserve, which is +an area set apart by the Supreme Government as a forest for the +permanent production of timber, etc., and usually managed by the +Forest Department of the country. It may be a State forest, a +communal forest, a municipal forest, or even a private forest which +is thus placed under Forest Laws as a Forest Reserve. The user +(that is, the man who has the right of usufruct in it) is not +generally in a position to protect it thoroughly, and to some +extent foregoes present temporary profits for future permanent +returns.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_92">[92]</span>The diverse forms +of forests named above, under the permanent management of the +State, are seen in Switzerland, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, and +India, not to mention Nigeria, so that it cannot be called an +isolated system.</p> + +<p>The cocoa industry has quite overshadowed that of collecting +palm fruit, making palm oil, and cracking of palm nuts to obtain +the kernels, with the result that these exports are small compared +with Sierra Leone even, which is a much smaller colony, with a +climate less propitious for palm-trees.</p> + +<p>The following table shows the exports for the last five +years:</p> + +<table class="padded1 padded05" id="t092"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1909</td> +<td class="tdr">14,553</td> +<td class="tdr">113,784</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1910</td> +<td class="tdr">14,252</td> +<td class="tdr">185,058</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1911</td> +<td class="tdr">13,254</td> +<td class="tdr">175,890</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1912</td> +<td class="tdr">14,629</td> +<td class="tdr">205,365</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>1913</td> +<td class="tdr">9,744</td> +<td class="tdr">159,128</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>In the year 1913 forest produce, in the shape of logs, etc., to +the value of £3,327,743 was exported. It would be disastrous to the +country if a few loud-voiced, narrow-minded people were to prevent +proper measures being adopted for the welfare of the country. +Considering their previous education and small experience in these +wide economic matters, it is only natural that they should take +this view, but, on the other hand, that is no reason why the +Supreme Government should not do what is necessary for the future +permanent benefit of the country. A child is not allowed to play +with fire, although it may very much like to see the flames; in the +same way the British people, as locally represented by the Gold +Coast Government, cannot allow the inhabitants of the district to +play fast and loose with their priceless treasures, the African +forests, well knowing that the country will be permanently injured +thereby. Examples are to be found to-day of countries which have +allowed their forests to be destroyed. Spain and Portugal are +typical of this, and even in Africa one has the spectacle of France +putting untold millions into Forestry in Algeria in order to +restore the rainfall. Morocco and Mesopotamia are further examples +of countries in a similar condition, where the forests have been +destroyed. Palestine, with its ancient forests of Lebanon, is the +most drastic example of forest destruction, quite apart from +Turkish misrule. A similar process has taken place in the Soudan, +and this locality is only now being laboriously re-afforested by +the Forest Department there. In India, European countries, Canada, +Australia, and in the United States it has been proved that it is +only by a central Government Agency that the forests will be +properly preserved both for this generation and the next; +therefore, before it is too late, it behoves the Gold Coast people +to recognise their responsibility to future generations and allow +the necessary legislation, so that the forests may be preserved and +rightly utilised.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_93">[93]</span><a id= +"c06s3"></a>LIST OF INDIGENOUS TREES AND RUBBER VINES</h3> + +<p class="sch3">(From Mr. H. N. Thompson’s Report on the Gold Coast +Forests.)</p> + +<p class="tax1">Pandanaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus sp.</i> Ntung (Fanti); Ntung (Ashanti); +Ndau (Apollonian); Ndau (Aowin); Ekpa (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Screw Pine. Often found near villages on the coast +and where drier conditions prevail, in sheltered spots. Reaches +height of 30 feet. Leaves used in mat-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Gramineæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bamboo sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Some of these attain a great height. Used for many +purposes by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Cyperaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bulbostylis barbata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bulbostylis laniceps</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Quite small trees.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ancistrophyllum sp.</i> Eye (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Large kind of rattan. Scandent palm.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus flabellifer</i>. Makube (Fanti); Makube +(Ashanti); Kube (Akwapim); Malankwi (Apollonian); Ago (Quitta); Ago +(Krepi); Ago (Accra).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus æthiopica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood, exclusive of pith, extremely hard. +Pericarp of nut edible. Savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia vinifera</i>. Adube and Doka (Fanti); +Doka (Ashanti); Tombo (general West Coast); Doka (Apollonian); Doka +(Aowin); Alati (Quitta); Alati (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia Hookeri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wine (from stem) and bamboo palm. Piassava fibre +prepared from the rachis and the leaves, poles from bamboo in +building; pinnæ for baskets and thatch. Seed beaten to pulp thrown +in water to catch fish.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>. Abe (Fanti); Arere, +Abeletia (Apollonian); Beteng (Aowin); Ede (Quitta); Ede +(Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Oil Palm of commerce. Derived from this tree, also, +the chief supply of palm wine and piassava fibre. The coast natives +use the leaf rachis for building and the leaves for thatch.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_94">[94]</span><i>Calamus Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Scandent palm.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Calamus deerratus</i>. (West) Uwatia and Oyea +(Ash.) (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The common rattan; marshes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cocos nucifera</i>. Kube (Fanti); Kukwi +(Ashanti); Ajui (Aowin); Eue (Quitta); Eavune (Krepi); Hukwi +(Axim).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Cocoanut, found in the vicinity of villages on the +coast, sometimes inland.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>Fan Palm</em> or <em>Doum</em>. Ago (general +West Coast).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood provides beams for building; fruit edible; +leaves for thatching; and a strong wine is made from the stem.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phœnix reclinata</i>, or Wild Date Palm. +Euchresia (Fanti); Mileishia (Apollonian); Mileishia (Aowin); +Aeyedi (Quitta); Iedi (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small date palm; grows on the sea-shore. Fruit +edible. The terminal buds are cooked as a vegetable. A wine is made +from the stem.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Liliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sansevieria</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree, fibre-yielding.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna arborea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">40 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">30 feet in height. Yields a light-coloured dye.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna surculosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ulmaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema affinis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree of secondary forest.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus sp.</i> Shedua or Abonsandua (Twi); +Mousandua or Okitsiwanfu (Fanti); Shedua (Ashanti); Adowa +(Apollonian); Adowa and Dupain (Aowin); Kapro (Grunchi); Aiu +(Krepi); Kingkanga (Hausa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Some Ficus are tapped for rubber, others fruited. +This species is a large, smooth-barked tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus platyphylla</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit edible, cf. <i>Vogelii</i>, and in great +demand.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Vogelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium-sized tree. Latex extracted by tapping. A +good shade tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_95">[95]</span><i>Ficus asperifolia</i>. Yankran (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Savannah forests. Called Sandpaper Tree, because +the rough leaves are used to smooth planks. The ashes are used in +making dyes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus elegans</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus eriobotryoides</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Ottoniæfolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus triangularis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Musanga Smithii</i>. Juma (Wassaw); Ajama +(Fanti); Ajama (West), Ojamba (Ashanti); Eguni (Apollonian); Egeun +(Aowin); Ajama (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Umbrella or Corkwood Tree; used as buoys for +fishing-nets in Apollonia, and roof shingles in Ashanti.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>. Niankuma (Fanti); +Niankuma (Ashanti); Niankuma (Apollonian); Niangama (Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is eaten by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus serratus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree with edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris sp.</i> Chenchen (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, the timber of which is liable to +attacks by white ants; when seasoned, used for planks. The latex is +one of the chief rubber adulterants.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris toxicaria</i>. Ofu, Ohonton +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. Odoum or Odum +(Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber very hard and durable; not easy to export, +because it will not float in its green state. A large and valuable +timber-tree found in the fringing forests, the driest parts.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Urticaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Urera</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, very common. Fibre very useful.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coula edulis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium-sized tree with edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Olax subscorpoidea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wild Custard Apple. Fruit edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona palustris</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit edible. Both these grow in savannah forests. +Roots used in making floats.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_96">[96]</span><i>Monodora brevipes</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in mixed deciduous forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora tenuifolia</i>. Dubiddi (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexalobus grandiflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large, handsome tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia parviflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia striata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Xylopias all small trees, except +<i>Æthiopica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia Æthiopica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fairly large tree. Wood resists attacks of white +ants. Used for native house-posts.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>. Ote (Twi). Oti or Etsu +(Fanti); Oti (Ashanti); Tika (Apollonian); Attenli (Aowin); Oti +(Accra).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is useful for domestic purposes, roof +shingles, etc. A fatty oil is obtained from the seeds. A +medium-sized tree, straight-stemmed; wood not durable.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Lauraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tylostemon Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium sp.</i> Affram (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood used by natives for building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium curatellæfolium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very common locally. The fruit edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium robustum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very little known about this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium polyandrum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium mobola</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree, but good timber. Fruit edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysobalanus ellipticus</i>. Ababele +(Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found near fresh-water lagoon. The fruit of a blue +colour, small and edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Connaraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cnestis ferruginea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Agelæa obliqua</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminoseæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia sp.</i> Dahumah (Twi); Adadawa +(Wassaw).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_97">[97]</span><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>. Dahomah (Twi); +Odahuma (Wassaw).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Feathery foliage. Fruit a pod 1 foot long, 1 inch +broad. A common forest tree; hard timber, good for railway +sleepers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cylicodiscus Gabonensis?</i> Denya (Twi); Odenya +(Wassaw).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very large tree of the evergreen forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia Ogea</i>. Ahedua (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Gum Copal.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>. Atawah or Althawah +(Twi); Ekuana (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Oil-bean Tree. Fruit edible; vegetable oils and +fats. Timber hard, suitable for turnery.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium sp.</i> Biunwe (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A gigantic forest tree. Timber good.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium sp.</i> Bowiwunua (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Much like the first. Timber good.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium Senegalensis</i>. Bowiwasi (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Not so large as other species; doubtful if the +timber would be durable on exposure to the atmosphere.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit edible. The Locust-bean Tree. Savannah +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Peltophorum sp.</i> Memchin (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bauhinia reticulata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bast fibres are very long and tough; used as +ropes by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Paradaniella thurifera</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Balsam Copaiba Tree—wood oil. Timber of little +value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetrapleura Thonningii Prekese</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Feathery-leaved tree. Four-angled fruit (pod), +edible. Used for medicinal purposes. Wood of medium hardness.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylia Evansii</i>. Samanta (Twi); Samantawa +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pithecolobium altissimum</i>. Augwameatee +(Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, growing on river banks. A good +shade tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>. Duakobin or Duabayi +(general West Coast).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree. Timber good, reddish colour; has been +sold in Liverpool as satinwood. Canoes made from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia Africana</i>. Opapao (Twi); Papao +(Ashanti); Opapao (Akwapim).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A first-class, durable tree. Timber very valuable. +The dominant tree of the savannah forests. Pod 4 to 7 inches long. +Used for railway sleepers, furniture, and building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia fastigiata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_98">[98]</span><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fine, spreading tree of the savannah forests. +Wood hard and durable; used for building. The Sasswood or Ordeal +Tree. The bark is poisonous; infusions of it are used by the +natives for the ordeal test, especially on the Kroo coast. It +regenerates freely from seed. Impervious to attacks of white +ants.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum micranthum</i>. Potedon (Wassaw); +Potedon (Fanti); Potedon (Ashanti); Potedon (Apollonian); Etsa +(Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A reddish-brown coloured poison obtained from +it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tamarindus Indica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood very ornamental; fruit edible. The tree is +found near the large rivers Volta and Affram.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Palisotii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium stipulaceum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium sp.</i> Wulfram (Fanti); Ofarm +(Ashanti); Ndukwun (Apollonian); Kotopapa (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Common in marshy places.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium limba</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium reticulatum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Afzelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Cynometra all grow near streams.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fringing forests, close to streams.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the fringing forests. Small tree, of +little use.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Senegal Rosewood Tree. The savannah +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Brownei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fringing forests. Valuable wood, rich brown colour; +hard and very durable. Height of tree about 100 to 120 feet, girth +of 10 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Angolensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia <span class="msg" title= +"sic">Abruana</span></i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found on disused farms. The timber should be useful +for local bridge-making, etc., also furniture. A gum of little +value obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia Sieberiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia catechu</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree, very gregarious, in open grass +country. Catechu procured from it. Similar to the species in Burma. +The heartwood less well developed than Burmese variety. Sometimes +called the Cutch Tree. Gum arabic.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_99">[99]</span><i>Baphia nitida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, frequently found, except in the +driest parts. The Camwood of commerce, though camwood is really the +product of Pterocarpus.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Guineense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Known as Sierra Leone Tamarind. Very local; fruit +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia acuminata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium-sized tree. Gum obtained from it. Ornamental +wood; does not work well.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia Auriculata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia Heudelotii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium height. Grows on river banks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia bicapsularis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia fistula</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tree much like a laburnum, of medium size.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia tora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia alata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Flowers more brilliant than <i>C. fistula</i>. +Found near villages.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia lophira</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia Sieberiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia Occidentalis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Milletia Thonningii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Milletia Zechiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bussea Occidentalis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with bright-yellow flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newtonia insignis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree with very smooth bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Calpocalyx</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree of the evergreen forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber not much good; branches for hoe-handles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus cyanescens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The young leaves for making blue dye.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada Soudanica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, spiky tree; grows in dry, open +country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada Abyssinica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows in savannah forests. Small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dichrostachys nutans</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of about 30 feet in height, much gnarled and +twisted.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Copaifera salikounda</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i>. Ajumkobi +(Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Sold as greenheart in the Liverpool market; 90 or +100 feet in height. Very much like <i>Piptadenia Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_100">[100]</span><i>Distemonanthus Benthamianus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ecastaphyllum Brownei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small white-flowered tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, found chiefly in the dry +parts. It has very ornamental scarlet flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Linaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hugonia acuminata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hugonia Planchoni</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hugonia platysepala</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hugonia octhocosum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Hugonia species are all small trees growing on +the sea-shore.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum Senegalense</i>. Ainyere +(Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber good quality. Bark used medicinally. A tree +of the fringing forests—from a shrub on the sea-shore to a tree of +40 feet in height inland.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Simarubaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hannoa Klaineana</i>. Feutia (Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree. Timber soft.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia sp.</i> Okurii (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yields a latex copious white when tapped, but +turning red on exposure. Used as a rubber adulterant.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia Barterii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">One of the species that bears the Dika Nut or Wild +Mango of commerce. Edible. Vegetable oils and fats. Tree of medium +size.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Harrisonia Abyssinica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Burseraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Boswellia Klaineana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Ehye or Incense Tree. Timber good.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Santiriopsis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber good.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya anthotheca</i>. Kwabohri (Twi); Akwabohori +(Fanti); Kwaboho (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">White Mahogany. Medium-sized tree; timber good.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_101">[101]</span><i>Khaya grandis</i>. Appapayi or Wausauwah +(Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A mahogany growing on the shores of the Sacred +Lake. Fringing forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree attains the height of from 50 to 60 feet +and a girth of 6 feet. Grows best in open dry-zone grass country. +Not easy to export, as it does not grow near waterways. A gum of +little value obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Punchii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in fringing forests, rainy districts and +swamps. Timber very useful in furniture-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The principal mahogany-yielding tree (Mr. +Thompson).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya caudata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya sp.</i> (<em>Dubon</em> or +<em>Dubini</em>). Dubini (Twi); Dubini (Wassaw); Odupon or Dubini +(Fanti); Odubin (Ashanti); Tiame Tiame (Apollonian); Tiama Tiama +(Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The ordinary mahogany of the moist evergreen +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya sp.</i> Krubua (Twi); Okunmankra +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya sp.</i> Afana or Apurro (Twi); Appapyayi +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Two small unidentified trees from the mixed +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lovoa Klaineana</i> (<em>Pebedum</em>). +Akwantanuro (Fanti); Kwantanura (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Shipped sometimes as African Walnut. A good +timber-tree, closely resembling the teak in colour and structure. +Very ornamental wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pynærtia ealænsis</i>. Kokotswi (Twi); Anchi +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A good timber-tree, much used locally.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Guarea sp.</i> Bossè (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A good timber-tree; appearance of cedar, and +exported as such. Moist evergreen forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela utilis</i>. Effnobrodidwa (Twi); +Effnokonkonti (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Cedar; the largest of the species. A fine +timber-tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Savannah forests; attains a great height. Timber +hard, of reddish colour, gnarled and twisted, so difficult to +obtain timber of any size. Used for building by the natives. Roots, +bark and leaves used medicinally (rheumatism).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela sp.</i> Tiama Tiama +(Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A new species of the cedars.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela cylindrica</i>. Peukwa (Twi); +Punkwa (Wassaw); Tiama Tiama (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This cedar produces excellent timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_102">[102]</span><i>Carapa Guianensis</i>. Osuabise +(Akwapim); Asokoru (Apollonian); Asoroa (Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree of the fringing forests, growing on +the banks of the streams; sometimes shipped as mahogany. Vegetable +oils and fats obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma cylindricum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma ferrugineum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma macrophylla</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma Septentrionale</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma utilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found near Mansu and Supom. The timber of the +Entandrophragma species is exported under the name of cedar. The +<i>cylindricum</i> attains a height of 100 feet. Wood gummy, and +unsuitable for veneers. Sometimes called “unscented mahogany.” The +<i>utilis</i> under the name of “sapele scented wood.”</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Heudelottii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of little value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia rubescens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Attains a height of 30 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Prieuriana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium-sized tree with flaky bark and much-curled +branches. Wood of red colour, not unlike cedar, but close-grained +and hard, and has a tendency to twist when sawn.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Malpigheaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heteropterys Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree; not very well known.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Africanus</i>. Assomah (Twi); +Asoma (Fanti); Owama (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">In fringing forests on the banks of streams. +Vegetable oils and fats obtained from this tree. The wood is soft, +but burns well; used by natives as fuel.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia micrantha</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree of the dry zone. A deep reddish-brown +dye obtained from this tree. It is made a fast colour by the +admixture of old iron, such as old kerosene tins, which seems an +important part of the fixing.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga Barterii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga heterophylla</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga monandra</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga Rowlandii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">These four Macaranga species are all small, +little-known trees. The Monandra species is a small cauliflorous +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_103">[103]</span><i>Mæsobotrya cauliflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree; has conspicuous red fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mæsobotrya sparsiflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, little-known tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Megabaria Trillesii</i>. Chuiansa +(Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree bearing poisonous fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Microdesmis puberula</i>. Aforwa (Wassaw); +Offenma (Ashanti); Chuiansa (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree. Wood very useful in the making of +agricultural instruments, also chew-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Heudelottii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree; very common on river banks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hasskarlia didymostemon</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree; wood of little worth.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenocardia acida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenocardia Chevalieri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Hymenocardia are both small trees of the +savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Excœcaria</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree of the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllanthus reticulatus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree of the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia ferruginea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">An antidote against poisons.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia atroviridis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Not well known. About 10 feet in height. A small +tree of the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Discoglypremna caloneura</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæophorbia drupifera</i>. Kamhan (Fanti); Dudu +(Apollonian); Ajurlo (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing near the sea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cleidion Gabunicum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree. Chew-sticks obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma venosum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma laciniatum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma <span class="msg" title= +"sic">anbryanthum</span></i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A white latex obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spondias lutea</i>. Atwaba (Fanti); Atawa +(Ashanti); Twani (Apollonian); Tongoma (Aowin); Akukan (Quitta); +Akukan (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the fringing forests. A very fine tree. +Fruit edible, called Hog-plum—like yellow plums in appearance; a +sharp, acid taste, not unpleasant.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_104">[104]</span><i>Odina sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, uncommon tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudospondias microcarpa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree, not unlike the <i>Spondias +lutea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichoscypha</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, little known.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Celastraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Salacia debilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall shrub, 20 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Icacinaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Apodytes Beninensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, little known.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Blighia sapida</i>. Takwadua (Twi); Takwadua +(Wassaw).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Often planted near villages. A useful shade tree, +and part of the fruit edible, called Akee. In the forest a +good-sized, straight tree. Timber excellent; hard, good grain, and +easily worked.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Paullinia pinnata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree or shrub.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phialodiscus unijugata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree. Wood of little account.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lecaniodiscus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree. Wood of little account.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriocœlum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A river-side tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Aphania</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree, little known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Deinbollia insignis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree, little known.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Melianthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bersama Chippii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small ornamental tree with sweet-scented +flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhamnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zizyphus Spina-Christi</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with edible fruit. Wood very useful in +cabinet-work.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lasiodiscus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, little-known tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zizyphus mucronata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_105">[105]</span>Vitaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Leea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of the savannah forests. Fruit +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Tiliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grewia carpinifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Glyphæa Grewioides</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triumfetta sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Three small fibre-yielding trees. The Grewia has +brilliant yellow flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Malvaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hibiscus tiliaceus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A yellow-flowered tree. Wood durable under +water.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Thespesia populnea</i>. Fref (Fanti); Eijan +(Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing on sea-shore.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax Buonopozense</i>. Akata (Twi); Akata +(Denkira); Ekuba (Apollonian); Eku (Aowin); Kafro (Grunchi); +Agutesi (Krepi); Akronkron (Accra).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Silk Cotton Tree. Red-flowered. A tall tree +with horizontal branches with spiny protuberances. Grows in the +mixed forests. It yields a kapok (fibre) similar to the +Eriodendrons.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax brevicuspe</i>. Kuntunkun (Twi); +Kuntunkuni (Denkira).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A new species of cotton-tree. Timber used for +canoes, bark for dye, and cotton for native pillows.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax sp.</i> Eku (Twi); Nyi-nu-kobin (general +West Coast); Akata (Denkira); Ekuba (Apollonian); Ekui (Aowin); +Kafro (Grunchi); Agutesi (Krepi); Akronkron (Accra).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is confined to the rain forests of the +maritime zone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adansonia digitata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Baobab Tree. The pulp of the fruit is eaten by +the natives; flavour acid. The seeds are washed, pounded and +steeped in water for ten days. The North-west Ashanti natives use +it to flavour soup. This tree is very rich in wood fibre, which +realises from £9 to £10 per ton, and is of great commercial value. +A gouty-looking tree, and grows in open country, rocky soil.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron anfractuosum</i>. Ongina (Twi); +Enyena (Wassaw); Onyina or Enyena (Fanti); Enyena (Ashanti); +Enyenga (Apollonian); Enyo (Aowin); Gung (Grunchi); Ofwho (Quitta); +Ofwho (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The white-flowered silk cotton-tree of the fringing +forests,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_106">[106]</span> one of the +largest trees of West Africa. The wood is very light, and should be +useful in making light wood articles, such as boxes and toys, but +there is no market for it at present. The fibre is good, and the +wood should also make pulp in paper-making; but there is no market, +owing to the expense involved in collecting it.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heritiera utilis</i>. Awabima (Twi); Pteryyota +Wawampe’e (Ashanti); N’yankon, Yankom or Yankun (general West +Coast).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Good timber-tree, medium-sized.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia cordifolia</i>. Wawapupuo (Twi); +Duamenyi (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tall tree; height, 60 to 100 feet. The wood of +little value, as it is very soft. Found in the fringing and +intermediate forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tomentosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 40 to 50 feet. Intermediate and fringing +forests. The fruit grows in clusters, kidney shaped, with a dense, +reddish tomentum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia Barterii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Flowers when the tree is leafless—appears covered +with red flame. The wood is soft and of little value; it should +make a good paper-pulp. The inner bark used to make rope.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tragacantha</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree. Wood of little worth.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton Johnsonii</i>. Wawa or Wawwaw +(Twi); Owawa (Wassaw).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A good timber-tree. Bark used locally for roofing. +Strong, works well and has satiny sheen. When used in exposed +places it is subject to dry-rot. Tall, straight-growing tree. +Should be useful for inside building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola Afzelia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fringing forests. Monkey Cola. Fruit bright-red in +colour, something like Kola. Tree grows to a height of 40 or 50 +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola laurifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very small species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola acuminata</i>. Bessi (Ashanti); Esseri +(Apollonian); Ewasi (Aowin); Gwe (Grunchi); Evi (Quitta); Guru +(Hausa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Kola Nut of commerce is obtained from this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola caricifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mansonia altissima</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber-tree; useful for domestic purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola cordifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola sublobata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_107">[107]</span><i>Cola vera</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Hausa, supposed to be the best.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola verticulata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tree little known and of little value.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Scytopetalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Scytopetalum Tarquense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of the evergreen forests, bearing +white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira procera</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Lophira is also called the Kaku or Red Ironwood +Tree; the most durable timber of the West Coast. Very valuable as +fuel; it has highly calorific properties. It grows solely in the +maritime zone, in swampy land. It is of great weight, and will not +float. Very useful for piles in wharves, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira alata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very fine, tall tree, growing from 20 to 50 feet. +The bark is dark and rough; timber very hard and durable. The seeds +are rich in oils. The tree is sometimes mistaken for the Shea +Butter Tree. Common in open grass country.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma butyraceæ</i>. Pija (Wassaw); Pija +(Fanti); Ehukei (Apollonian); Asuaindokun (Aowin); Bromabina +(Axim).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Butter or Tallow Tree. An edible fat is obtained +from the seeds. Also used in soap-making. A thick yellow juice +exudes from the tree when cut. A fine tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Allanblackia floribunda</i>. Suein (Apollonian); +Anane (Axim).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree, not well known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia Guineensis</i>. Ablari (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A purgative is made from a decoction of the +leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Haronga Madagascariensis</i>. Ngodua (Fanti); +Kursua (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A yellow dye is obtained from the bark. The leaves +are used as a medicine for dysentery. There is a red watery +exudation from the bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Psorospermum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large shrub, sometimes may be called a tree, in +the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Cochlospermaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cochlospermum tinctorium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large shrub of the savannah forests. The bark is +used in rope-making. A yellow dye is obtained from the roots.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lindackeria dentata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_108">[108]</span>Violaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alsodeia</i>. Notonima (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubbery tree of little value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Smeathmannia pubescens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubby tree with conspicuous white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba echinata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with white cauline flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba Gilgiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large shrub.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba dentata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rawsonia spinosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Smeathmannia pubescens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubby tree with conspicuous white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Lecythidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Napoleona Vogelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, grows by river banks. The wood is +easily worked. Fruit edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anopyxis ealænsis</i>. Kokoti (Wassaw); Anchi or +Kokoti (Fanti); Abari (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Good timber-tree, much used for fuel.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Combretaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum Afzelia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found near rivers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Laguncularia racemosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">White Mangrove. Grows in swamps.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree, from 30 to 50 feet in height. The +roots are used as chew-sticks. The heartwood very durable, brown or +blackish-brown. The grey ash of sap and heart woods used as a +mordant. Tannin and gum obtained from this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum Zenkerii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large, shrubby tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum sp.</i> Esseah or Essia (general West +Coast).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The “Stinkwood” Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia sp.</i> Emril, or Emil or Emiri +(general West Coast).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is used locally for shingles. In +intermediate forests. Branches in tiers or whorls. A huge tree, +bark black.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_109">[109]</span><i>Terminalia superba</i>. Offram (Twi); +Offram (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the fringing forests, of great height and +extremely straight. Branches in whorls, barely noticeable in the +full-grown tree. Timber medium strength and hardness, light +coloured, with discoloured patches. Works up very well, but of no +great value for export.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia macroptera</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia Togoensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of dry zone, of no particular +value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pteleopsis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree. Timber little used.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strephonema Apoloniensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, species little known.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eugenia Guineensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree. Work used for many purposes. Fruit +edible and medicinal.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eugenia Owariensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows in the dry zone. A spreading tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Psidium Guajava</i>. Aduaba (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Guava Tree. Fruit edible.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapotaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Omphalocarpum sp.</i> Assoro (Twi); Ketibubaka +(Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A workable wood obtained from it, also guttapercha. +The seeds worn as ornaments at their feasts by Apollonians.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops multinervis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows to the height of 60 or 80 feet, with a +corresponding girth. Timber hard and durable, red in colour, with a +fine grain. Its weight and hardness are against its ordinary use, +but it is a fine wood for sleepers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>. N’ku (Fanti); N’ku +(Akwapim); Iakuni (Quitta); Sakuni (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Shea Butter Tree. One of the most valuable trees, +found very frequently. Bark thick, rough, and often gnarled and +twisted. Flowers creamy-white, leaves straplike. The fruit is +something like a yellow plum, ripe in May. It is very similar in +appearance to the <i>Lophira alata</i>, but the Shea butter tree +exudes a white latex when cut; the Lophira does not. Timber good, +but as the tree is usually only from 20 to 30 feet in height +(occasionally 50 feet), it is not large enough for most purposes. +The vegetable oil or butter has an agreeable sweetish taste, much +used in cooking.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_110">[110]</span><i>Mimusops sp.</i> Opapea (Twi); Opepeli +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Vegetable oils from all the Mimusops species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops Djave</i>. Baku (Twi); Baku (Fanti); +Baku (Ashanti); Makure (Apollonian); Makwe (Aowin); Abaku +(Accra).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Vegetable oils and fats obtained from <i>M. +Djave</i>. A very good timber-tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vincentella impressa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A new species. A large tree, found growing on the +river banks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum albidum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Edible fruit. Not so well known as <i>Chrysophyllum +Africanum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum Africanum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Star-apple Tree, often cultivated for its +fruit, and also as a shade tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ebenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of the fringing forests—the Ebony Tree. Very +abundant. Of medium size, 50 to 60 feet in height, 6 to 8 in girth. +The heartwood is usually streaked with brown. The larger trees are +generally hollow.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Mombuttensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros xanthochlamys</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Oleaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Schrebera Golungensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the fringing forests. Very uncommon. A +large tree; timber very good.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Loganiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strychnos emarginata</i> and others.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, near fresh-water swamps. Large +white flowers. Wood of no special value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista magnifica</i>. Honum (Twi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree with very large leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista nobilis</i>. Otendui (Fanti); +Tendeba (Apollonian); Tendeba (Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, of little value.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia bracteata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A vine-like tree. Does not yield rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia ferruginea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Like the above.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_111">[111]</span><i>Landolphia Owariensis</i>. Pau (Twi); +Kwantama (Wassaw); Opaina (Fanti); Jama (Ashanti); Kwantama +(general West Coast); Amale (Apollonian); Faia (Aowin); Danko +(Hausa); Jahdanko (Accra).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Two kinds of rubber obtained: “root-rubber,” after +crushing the bark and stems and washing out the rubber, or +“white-ball,” by tapping and scoring, and coagulating the latex as +it exudes by lime-juice rubbed on the bark. It is valued at 1s. 9d. +to 2s. a pound, the root-rubber at 1s. 6d. a pound.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia florida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A quantity of milky juice which becomes a pasty +mass, but has no market value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Droogmansiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Good rubber obtained when growing in dry ground, +worthless when in swampy ground.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Thompsonii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Widely spread in the fringing forests; does not +yield good rubber, only a pasty mass from the latex.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia scandens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">No yield of rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Klainei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Inferior rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carpodinus hirsuta</i>. Alibida (Hausa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Very robust and hairy (hence its name). Found in +mixed forest belts. It yields a flake or paste rubber, extracted by +tapping and coagulated by boiling.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clitandra elastica</i>. Beckindanko (Hausa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yields a good rubber, sold at 1s. 3d. or 1s. 6d. a +pound.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia elastica</i>. Fruntum (Ashanti); +Efunmundon (Apollonian); Efunmundon (Aowin); Puni (Krepi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The yield of this rubber-tree is called the Lagos +or Silk rubber. Found in the evergreen rain forests. Very little +inferior to Para rubber. The amount procured from <i>F. +elastica</i> is less than Para rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Spurious rubber-tree; though in appearance very +much like <i>F. elastica</i>, the leaves are coarser and pods +longer. The latex, when coagulated, forms a sticky mass like +birdlime, sometimes used for adulterating other latices.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alstonia Congensis</i>. Niamidua (Twi); Sindra +(Ashanti); Nimeribaka (Apollonian).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood rather soft; only fit for inside building or +toy-making. It grows best in the swamp country. A fairly large +tree, slightly<span class="pagenum" id="Page_112">[112]</span> +buttressed with smooth bark. The natives mix the latex with +rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia Cumminsii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, not over 20 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polyadoa umbellata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tree of 30 feet in height, growing in the fringing +forests near rivers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Holarrhena Wulfsbergii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows in the fringing forests. A tree with drooping +branches. Flowers white and fragrant. The wood is very soft, of +little value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Voacanga Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, widely distributed. It has a milky +latex, which is used in adulterating rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Asclepiadaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kanahia consimilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubby tree growing near water.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Convolvulaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Prevostea Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree, little known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Prevostea Heudelotii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree; wood of no value.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Borraginaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia Irvingii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the rain forests of the Okwawu hill +system. Timber used locally for shingles. A spreading tree, +reaching to about 60 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ehretia cymosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree. Wood used for various purposes. Fruit +edible and medicinal.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Verbenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lantana camara</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Shrubby tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lippia adoensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Shrubby tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex megaphylla</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Both Vitex species grow in the savannah +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex cuneata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree about 30 feet in height. Of no known +value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_113">[113]</span><i>Avicennia Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">One of the tallest trees in the mangrove +association, yielding a workable wood, medicine and tannin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clerodendron splendens</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubby tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spathodea campanulata</i>. Osisiru +(Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, found in the fringing forests. +Provides a useful timber, medicine, and from the seeds an article +of food. Large yellow trumpet-shaped flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dolichandrone lutea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of about 30 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kigelia pinnata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit has a thick rind and is edible. Timber +and drugs obtained from it. Sometimes called Sausage Tree, from the +sausage-shaped fruits which hang down a long stalk. A small +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newbouldia lævis</i>. Sasanemasa (Ashanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">An evergreen tree, from 30 to 40 feet in height. +Pink trumpet-shaped flowers. The natives use it as a boundary +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Acanthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acantha montana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubby tree having medicinal properties.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mitragyne macrophylla</i>. Baya (Twi); Yar-yar, +or Ya-ya (general West Coast); Baya (Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree growing in the fresh-water swamps. +Timber good.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>. Kusia (Twi); +Ekusawa (Fanti); Kishia (general West Coast); Baya (Aowin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Good timber, used locally. Wood of a golden yellow +colour, very ornamental, hard and durable, easily worked.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus Russegeri</i>. Osupawa +(Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Russegeri grows in the savannah forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia tenuifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit edible. A bushy, ornamental tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Urophyllum hirtellum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrubby tree. Dyes obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia genipæflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree having fine trumpet-shaped +flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_114">[114]</span><i>Randia maculata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A bushy tree, very ornamental when in flower.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oxyanthus tubiflorus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very ornamental shrub or small tree. Timber, dyes +and medicine obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Compositæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia conferta</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large-leaved, small tree. The timber of one +variety fairly good.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Flintwood</em>, not identified. +Okisibisi (Fanti).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Good timber, used for mine-props.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_115">[115]</span><a id="c06app1"></a>APPENDIX</h3> + +<p class="sch1">GOLD COAST—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t115"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Product.</th> +<th colspan="3">1909.</th> +<th colspan="3">1910.</th> +<th colspan="3">1911.</th> +<th colspan="3">1912.</th> +<th colspan="3">1913.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Cola nuts</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">93,850</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">77,716</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">93,099</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">134,231</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">144,705</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Lumber</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9,838,959</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">82,937</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">14,938,749</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">148,122</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13,975,196</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">138,836</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">23,573,891</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">228,748</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">37,392,100</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">366,097</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">11,598</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">112,425</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">14,182</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">185,058</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13,254</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">175,891</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">14,628</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">205,364</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9,744</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">159,128</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,007,296</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">120,978</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,044,868</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">161,388</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,610,209</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">128,916</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,444,432</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">112,885</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">860,155</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">65,652</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber (raw)</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,233</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">263,694</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,438</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">355,876</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,191</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">219,447</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">888</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">168,729</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">588</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">87,915</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">12,831</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">673,884</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">15,620</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">928,160</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">14,445</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">756,189</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">15,516</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">849,957</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">10,332</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">823,497</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,007,296</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,044,868</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,610,209</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,444,432</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">860,155</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="gals.">gl</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">gals.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9,838,959</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">14,938,749</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13,975,196</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">23,573,891</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">37,392,100</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="sup. ft.">sf</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">sup. ft.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_116">[116]</span><a id= +"c07"></a>CHAPTER VII</h2> + +<p class="sch1">TOGO</p> + +<h3 class="sc space-above1">Introduction.</h3> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">During</span> the latter part of +1911 I had the opportunity of visiting Togo. Since August 1914 it +has been in the occupation of British and French troops, +administered as a co-dominion.</p> + +<p>Forest Station work has been the main work of the Forest +Department since the inception, both under the District Officer and +subsequently under the trained officer. There is only 1 per cent. +of forests in the whole country.</p> + +<p>Lome, the capital of Togo, formed my starting-point, and there +His Excellency the Governor and the Secretary of the Colony advised +me as to the best route and supplied me with many interesting +details as to the system of taxation, etc.</p> + +<p><em>Taxation.</em>—In Lome every man above sixteen years of age +has the choice of paying 6s. per year or working twelve days for +the Government. On the coast it is found that the natives prefer to +pay the tax, but inland the twelve days’ work is usually given. +This Government work consists of plantation and road making, +bridge-building, erecting rest-houses, and many other kinds of +public work.</p> + +<p>The subject may be divided into three sections:</p> + +<p><a href="#c07s1">(1)</a> <em>The Forests between or at the +Stations</em>.</p> + +<p><a href="#c07s2">(2)</a> <em>The Forest Department +Plantations</em>.</p> + +<p><a href="#c07s3">(3)</a> <em>District Plantations</em>.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c07s1"></a>I. The Forests between or at the +Stations.</h3> + +<p>Near Lome the ground is very sparsely covered with thorny shrubs +and occasional Baobabs, <i>Adansonia digitata</i>, but on nearing +the valley of the Schio the soil improves and small plantations of +sugar-cane appear. Though no attempt has been made here to develop +this industry, the natives of Tagblekovke and other places sell +large quantities of the cane. Oil palms are seen on both sides of +the line, chiefly, however, on the river banks, owing to the annual +grass fires. Scattered silk cotton-trees also occur along the river +banks, otherwise only the normal dry-zone vegetation is found.</p> + +<p>The rainfall, however, is quite sufficient for the growth of a +deciduous forest. The remains of fringing forests on the banks of +the Rivers<span class="pagenum" id="Page_117">[117]</span> Schio, +Lili and Haho consist of <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>, +<i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>, <i>Terminalia Togoensis</i> and a +few specimens of Afzelia or Cynometra.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i017" class="iw14"> +<p class="cp2">I.</p> +<a href="images/fig017.jpg"><img src='images/fig017.jpg' alt= +''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 17.—<span class= +"bold">One-year-old Oil Palms amongst seven- to ten-year-old Trees, +1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i018" class="iw14"> +<p class="cp2">II.</p> +<a href="images/fig018.jpg"><img src='images/fig018.jpg' alt= +''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 18.—<span class= +"bold">Two-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, Sokode.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="clear"> +</p> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i019" class="iw2"> +<p class="cp2">III.</p> +<a href="images/fig019.jpg"><img src='images/fig019.jpg' alt= +''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 19.—<span class= +"bold">Three-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, Sokode.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i020" class="iw2"> +<p class="cp2">IV.</p> +<a href="images/fig020.jpg"><img src='images/fig020.jpg' alt= +''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 20.—<span class= +"bold">Four-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, Sokode.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 116.</p> +</div> + +<p>Passing on to the Haho-Baloë district, plantations occur at the +junction of these rivers in an open plain of scanty dry-zone +forest. A fringing mixed forest of the normal type, varying from +200 to 500 yards in width, was found on the banks of each river, +and as it formed a complete fire protection, was left untouched. In +the open forest the most common trees are the Pseudocedrelas, +<i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>, <i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i> and +Terminalia.</p> + +<p>The rainfall varies at this spot from 28 to 39 inches annually. +The higher rainfall is probably the true average, if considered in +conjunction with the natural vegetation. A great change in the +vegetation was noticeable between Nuatjä and Atakpame; the typical +dry-zone trees, such as <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>, Shea Butter, +Lophira and others, were soon left behind, and on nearing the hilly +country of Atakpame a more flourishing condition was evident. Oil +palms were growing in profusion both on the banks of the rivers and +also on the sides. Large cotton-trees, <i>Triplochiton +Nigericum</i>, Iroko, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, <i>Sterculia +cordifolia</i> and other trees of this kind were seen. The rainfall +is much higher here, averaging from 58 inches, spread over the +months of April, May, June, July, August and September, and a +little in October. This rises to 58 inches, falls to 52, 105 miles +to the north of Atakpame, in the Sokode District. This is spread +over the usual rainy season of West Africa; more rain, however, +falls in September than in the northern part of Southern Nigeria +during the same month. After leaving the hills of Atakpame behind, +we took the road to Sokode, and between the Rivers Tagbadja and Au +the following dry-zone trees were most prevalent: <i>Lophira +alata</i>, Shea Butter, <i>Terminalia Togoensis</i> and +<i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>. As we advanced the Shea Butter Tree +ceased, but more Terminalia were seen; Pterocarpus in groups and +<i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyi</i> became very prevalent. Fringing +forests were seen in the level country which followed along the +banks of the Ana River.</p> + +<p>On the third day’s march I found a large specimen of <i>Khaya +Senegalensis</i> and several smaller ones at a place just above the +eighth parallel of latitude, below which the <i>Khaya +Senegalensis</i> is rarely found. Beyond this were <i>Paradaniella +thurifera</i>, <i>Borassus flabelliformis</i>, Fan Palm, <i>Afzelia +Africana</i> and Shea Butter, and less of the species already +mentioned.</p> + +<p>These were succeeded by small pure forests of <i>Berlinia +Kerstingii</i>, Afzelia, <i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>, <i>Bauhinia +reticulata</i>, <i>Erythrina Senegalensis</i>, <i>Parinarium +polyandrum</i> and <i>Parkia Africana</i>, syn. <i>filicoidea</i>. +Nearing Blita rest-house, bamboos appeared, <i>Agave rigida</i>, +and also a Ceara-rubber plantation.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_118">[118]</span>It was +interesting to find on inquiry that this plantation was the result +of 1,000,000 Ceara seeds distributed to the natives in 1907. The +vegetation on the banks of the rivers and streams consisted mostly +of deciduous forest, with typical dry-zone trees at the edges. In +addition, <i>Pentadesma Kerstingii</i> and <i>Dalbergia +melanoxylon</i> were seen.</p> + +<p>The last-named species has, according to German botanists, been +confused with <i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>, so far as the timber +is concerned. The last two miles before reaching Sokode were +covered with extensive plantations.</p> + +<p><em>Dry-zone Trees.</em>—Between Sokode and Bassari, a distance +of 37 miles, are the Malfakassa Mountains, of which the summits are +mostly bare, owing to the annual grass fires, but a dense growth of +<i>Berlinia Kerstingii</i>, Terminalia and <i>Afzelia Africana</i> +grow in the moister valleys.</p> + +<p>On the more open ground the usual dry-zone trees were seen, and +the <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i> on the banks of each of the four +rivers.</p> + +<p>The rainfall is the same as that of Sokode, about 52 inches, +although the atmosphere is moister, which is partly due to the +higher altitude.</p> + +<p>The somewhat cooler temperature of the air causes heavy dews, +and these also, in their turn, increase the moisture of the air. +The differences are thus very marked between Sokode and Bassari as +to the atmospheric moisture, and also as to the variation in the +growth of the trees at the two stations.</p> + +<p>After a short visit of two days I left Bassari for Jendi, 70 +miles to the north-west. One range of hills on the way is +noticeable for the pure formation of iron ore which “crops out” and +causes the tree-growth to be small.</p> + +<p>The vegetation becomes very sparse towards the valley of the +Oti, 30 miles distant from Bassari, and this is owing to a great +change in the climatic conditions as compared with Bassari, as well +as the annual grass fires. The sole representatives of the dry-zone +vegetation, which, near Bassari, had originally consisted of +<i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, Afzelia and Shea Butter trees, are the +Baobabs, <i>Adansonia digitata</i>.</p> + +<p>The rainfall is only 43 inches per year. The poor vegetation +found near Jendi gradually gives way, between that station and +Kete-Kratschi, to more typical dry-zone trees, such as Shea Butter, +Lophira, Afzelia and <i>Berlinia Kerstingii</i>.</p> + +<p>Oil palms were found on the third day growing near the banks of +the streams, and more Afzelia in the open country. <i>Mimusops +multinervis</i> and Diospyros were found near the River Volta, at +the edge of a wide belt of evergreen forest.</p> + +<p>The dry season is much prolonged in most years. On the average +the rainfall is 46·8 inches. At the next station on the tour, +Pfandu,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_119">[119]</span> the +rainfall rises to 55 inches per year. Near the summit of the +station hill the soil is poor, but excellent on the lower +slopes.</p> + +<p>The climatic conditions of Pfandu, a substation to Misahöhe, are +unfavourable, and labour is less obtainable. The road between these +two stations passes through very poor dry-zone forest, but on +entering the Misahöhe mountainous region we came upon a fine +evergreen forest. The most common trees noticed were <i>Khaya +Klainii</i>, Mahogany, Iroko and <i>Terminalia superba</i>, the +shingle-wood tree, also Triplochiton, <i>Sterculia cordifolia</i>, +<i>Carapa procera</i>, <i>Piptadenia Africana</i>, <i>Pentaclethra +macrophylla</i>, <i>Detarium Guineensis</i>, <i>Brachystegia +spicæformis</i>, <i>Berlinia acuminata</i>, <i>Afrormosia +laxiflora</i>, Satinwood, <i>Alstonia Congensis</i>, +<i>Ricinodendron Africanum</i> and <i>Eriodendron Nigericum</i>. +The mahoganies of this district were remarkably fine trees, mostly +over 10 feet in girth.</p> + +<p>A written permit, costing 3s. per tree, has to be obtained for +cutting trees, and also permission from the Commissioner, before +forest land may be cleared.</p> + +<p>The high rainfall of Misahöhe, which is 62 inches per year, +produces a very moist atmosphere.</p> + +<p>After a visit of three days to the Misahöhe Station, I left for +Palime, the terminus of the Lome Railway. On the way down the +mountain, the contrast between the eastern and western slopes was +very noticeable, a deciduous forest covering the eastern slope and +an evergreen forest the western. For the first 10 miles from Palime +on the way to Lome, mahoganies, oil palms and other trees abounded, +but gradually gave way to the same drier type of forest as that +seen on the Nuatjä railway-line.</p> + +<p>This condition of vegetation continued until Lome was reached, a +distance of 75 miles.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c07s2"></a>II. The Forest Department +Plantations.</h3> + +<p>During 1907 there was a Forestry Conference in Berlin with +regard to the afforestation of the Colony of Togo (which is wooded +only to the extent of 1 per cent.), with the result that the area +of Haho-Baloë was first chosen, and the plantation started at the +junction of the rivers.</p> + +<p>A fringing mixed forest on each bank of the river was left +untouched, as they formed a fire protection for the plantation. +Pseudocedrelas, <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>, <i>Butyrospermum +Parkii</i> and Terminalia were the most common trees found in the +open forest between the rivers.</p> + +<p>The altitude of this area above sea-level is about 480 feet. It +slopes slightly from north to south and is triangular in shape.</p> + +<p>Seedlings were first tried, but did not survive the first +season,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_120">[120]</span> and since +that time seeds have been sown, and this proved a great success. +Eight species of trees have been used to form these +plantations:</p> + +<ul class="simple3"> +<li>(1) Teak, <i>Tectona grandis</i>.</li> + +<li>(2) <i>Afzelia Africana</i>, also called Rhodesia Mahogany or +Apa.</li> + +<li>(3) Sasswood, <i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>.</li> + +<li>(4) African Mahogany, <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>.</li> + +<li>(5) <i>Khaya Klainii</i>, Mahogany.</li> + +<li>(6) Iroko, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>.</li> + +<li>(7) Kapok, <i>Ceiba pentandra</i>.</li> + +<li>(8) <i>Anogeissus Leiocarpus</i>, Chew-stick Tree.</li> +</ul> + +<p>One-sixth of the total area, however, has been planted with +teak; in all, 491,300 seedlings. The Erythrophlœum seedlings are +most numerous, the wood of this species being hard, durable and +termite resisting. It has been used with great success for piles +and trestles in bridge-building.</p> + +<p>Afzelia and the two mahoganies will be valuable and useful +timbers, especially the mahoganies, as they are indigenous to the +country, and there is not the element of speculation attending +introduced trees.</p> + +<p>In addition to the eight chief species named above, a few +specimens of <i>Detarium Guineense</i> (the Dita fruit of Sierra +Leone) and Cynometra were planted, but their growth is slow. A +mixed crop, consisting of <i>Parkia filicoidea</i>, the Locust +Tree, <i>Prosopis oblonga</i>, <i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i> and +<i>Detarium Guineense (Senegalense)</i>, has also been planted.</p> + +<p>The mixture is a good one, but the growth has been slow. The +general appearance of the area where teak has been planted, in +spite of the fact that the bush was left standing, is that of a +teak plantation, for the teak has outgrown all the indigenous trees +and formed a complete thicket.</p> + +<p>Owing to the lack of drainage in the soil, as well as attacks of +the borer, the <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i> has grown slowly. Slow +growth is noticed also in the Apa, <i>Afzelia Africana</i>, but +that seems to be typical of the tree.</p> + +<p>During the first year the cost of planting (including building +and labour) worked out at £4 4s. an acre, but by the third year +this amount was reduced to £1 2s. The valuation of the whole +plantation is at least £10,000.</p> + +<p>The second Forest Department’s afforestation area is Mo-Kamaa, +which is being planted in a similar manner and with similar +planting methods to the area situated near the Haho-Baloë. Tax +labour has been used to a large extent in these plantations. The +situation is particularly suitable for planting operations, owing +to its being protected<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_121">[121]</span> on two sides by the rivers from the +annually recurring fires of this locality. The altitude is about +500 feet above sea-level.</p> + +<p>As in the case of Haho, nurseries were made for oil palms only, +various species being sown in lines, between which the forest +growth was left standing, so as to form shade for the seedlings. +Approximately 600,000 seedlings have survived, about 400,000 Khayas +and 200,000 teak.</p> + +<p>Dry-zone mahogany, <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, and teak have been +planted in addition to the oil palm. The Khaya, even up to 12 feet +in girth, is found all over the locality, and near the bank of the +Kamaa a few oil palms.</p> + +<p>The teak has grown much faster than the Khaya, the average +height of the former being 6 feet and that of the latter only 2 +feet. The teak seedlings are beginning to outstrip the indigenous +trees in the locality.</p> + +<p>The mixture of these two trees, as far as can be judged, has +been a great success. For, by the persistent foliage of the Khaya +falling to the ground at a different period to that of the teak, +the necessary protection to the soil, when the teak-trees are +leafless, is thus given, and the Khaya (Mahogany) benefits by being +drawn up by the quickly growing teak, and in both cases there is +less tendency to form strong side branches.</p> + +<p>With the advent of the proposed railway, the timber in this +locality will be of great value; but even without this advantage +the present value is at least £1,000.</p> + +<p>The planting scheme contemplated is enormous, and includes an +area of 96,000 acres. An actual start has been made with 295 +acres.</p> + +<p>It is an interesting fact that the mixed plantations in the +afforestation areas have nearly all been made by the Forest +Department, and the pure plantations by the Commissioners at the +District Stations.</p> + +<p>Approximately 300 acres are composed of mixed plantations and +256 of pure plantations.</p> + +<p>The following mixed plantations are found in the Haho-Baloë +afforestation area:</p> + +<ul class="simple3"> +<li>(1) Sasswood and Teak.</li> + +<li>(2) Sasswood, Teak and Mahogany, <i>Khaya +senegalensis</i>.</li> + +<li>(3) Sasswood, Teak and <i>Khaya Klainii</i>.</li> + +<li>(4) Sasswood, Afzelia and <i>Cynometra Afzelia</i>.</li> + +<li>(5) Sasswood and <i>Afzelia Africana</i>.</li> + +<li>(6) Sasswood, <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i> and <i>Afzelia +Africana</i>.</li> + +<li>(7) Sasswood and <i>Khaya Klainii</i>.</li> +</ul> + +<p>The most profitable mixture of all these is the teak, <i>Khaya +Klainii</i> and Sasswood, though all have something in their +favour.</p> + +<p>These mixed forests need much attention, as one species +frequently<span class="pagenum" id="Page_122">[122]</span> outgrows +another, one suppressing the other, and the mixture consequently no +longer existing. More European supervision is required to remove +suppressed or crooked trees.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c07s3"></a>III. District Plantations.</h3> + +<p>Avenues of trees suitable for street-planting have been largely +made in Lome. The <i>Terminalia catappa</i> (almond-tree) is one of +the most useful trees for this purpose; at least 12 feet of the +stems are quite free from branches, and thus the trees cannot +harbour many insects.</p> + +<p>The coconut, though made use of for this purpose, is not so +suitable, as it lacks height-growth; the Dracæna also, which does +not improve the roadside, and a species of Ficus, probably +<i>platyphylla</i>, which loses its foliage in the dry season, are +neither of them a success. Near the Government House a large number +of <i>Casuarina equisitifolia</i> have been planted; these have +flourished well, as they can stand the ocean wind blowing almost +continuously at Lome.</p> + +<p>In the Experimental Gardens, which are situated 80 feet above +sea-level, there are many interesting varieties.</p> + +<p>The soil, a mixture of very poor sand with a great deal of iron, +is not favourable to height-growth of the teak (<i>Tectona +grandis</i>); the seeds, though in great quantities, are small and +ill-developed. The mahogany, too, showed poor height and girth +growth, the locality was evidently not suitable for it. Other trees +that did not seem to thrive were <i>Cedrela odorata</i>, the +Cigar-box Cedar Tree, <i>Pithecolobium dulcis</i>, <i>Funtumia +elastica</i>, Bread-fruit, <i>Artocarpus incisa</i>, <i>Ficus +Vogelii</i>, <i>Borassus flabellifer</i>, <i>Bixa orellana</i>, +<i>Acacia catechu</i>, <i>Casuarina equisitifolia</i>, <i>Manihot +Glaziovii</i> and <i>Manihot dichotoma</i>; but the oil palms, +<i>Elæis Guineensis</i>, and <i>Ficus elastica</i> were doing +exceeding well and were of a healthy green colour. Bamboos and the +usual tropical fruits had also been planted. The Kapok tree +(<i>Ceiba pentandra</i> according to German botanists, and +<i>Eriodendron Nigericum</i> according to Kew botanists), which has +been planted too far apart, has made very little growth.</p> + +<p>Under the guidance of the Director I visited the Agricultural +School at Nuatja, 50 miles from Lome. Experimental work of all +kinds was carried on here. In the nurseries were to be found Kapok, +<i>Ceiba pentandra</i>, cotton and oil palms. In a machinery shed +were a cotton gin and press, and husking machines for other seed. +Lectures are given early in the year, and as the season advances +practical work takes their place.</p> + +<p>A great drawback to the extension of the Atakpame District +plantations (95 miles from Lome) is the shortness of labour, as the +natives pay their tax instead of working.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_123">[123]</span>The main +plantations have been made on the east side of the station, on a +slope facing south. Teak has been very largely planted here, no +less than 25,400 seedlings since 1901, when the work was started. +Others are <i>Treculia Africana</i>, African Bread-fruit, Sasswood, +<i>Mimusops multinervis</i>, the hard red wood of the Olokomeji +Reserve, Kapok, <i>Ceiba pentandra</i>, and Cashew Nuts. A new +Piptadenia, named <i>Kerstingii</i> after Dr. Kersting, was tried, +but most of the plants died. An avenue of <i>Eucalyptus +citrifolia</i>, with its delicate foliage, has developed well and +fully deserves mention.</p> + +<p>The teak has grown well everywhere, except in a small swampy +area, where the trees look unhealthy. The very large crops of seeds +during the last three years have caused the height-growth to fall +off in comparison with earlier years.</p> + +<p>Most of the trees are planted too far apart, but nevertheless, +seeing the whole hillside, east of the station, covered with a teak +forest produces a very wonderful effect on the mind.</p> + +<p>If the teak alone is taken as a basis of valuation, the total +value cannot be less than £2,500.</p> + +<p>The Sokode District plantations have a great advantage over +those at Atakpame, as tax labour has been used almost entirely and +the population is much larger than elsewhere. As soon as an +experiment with regard to agricultural crops, fruit and forest +trees proved satisfactory, plantations were at once made.</p> + +<p>The orchards, farms and plantations begin on the south-east +slope of the hillside, round the station to the south, finishing to +the west and north-west of the office building. The plantations +occur between the altitude of 1,000 and 1,260 feet. The variations +of soil are very remarkable, from poor laterite to rich loam, from +sand to swamp; but it is not to be wondered at, when the large area +is taken into account.</p> + +<p>As at nearly all the other stations, teak has been the most +extensively planted tree, some 81,000 seedlings having been set out +on an area of 115·9 acres. Oil palms have also been planted in +great numbers. These are set some distance apart to get the full +benefit of the sun and develop large crowns and stems. Some of the +other species planted are: <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, Iroko, +<i>Funtumia elastica</i>, <i>Ficus elastica</i>, Ceara Rubber, +<em>Para</em>, <i>Hevea Braziliensis</i>, <i>Manihot dichotoma</i>, +<i>Manihot heptaphylla</i> and <i>Manihot Pianhyensis</i>. Three or +four species only of the following trees: <i>Albizzia +Cæsalpinia</i>, including <i>Sappan</i>, <i>Cassia florida</i>, +<i>Cedrela odorata</i>, <i>Berlinia Kerstingii</i>, <i>Ceiba +pentandra</i>, <i>Detarium Senegalense</i>, <i>Diospyros +mespiliformis</i>, <i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>, Eucalyptus, +<i>Melia azedarach</i>, <i>Morinda citrifolia</i>, <i>Ormosia +laxiflora</i>, <i>Parkia Africana</i>, <i>Pentadesma +Kerstingii</i>, <i>Poinciana regia</i>, <i>Pseudocedrela +Kotschyi</i>, <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i> and <i>Aspidosperma +Quebracho</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_124">[124]</span>The mixed +plantations are not very plentiful, but teak and oil palms have +been planted together, though not systematically, and have proved a +very profitable mixture, which is worthy of notice here. In its +early years the oil palm is a shade-bearing tree, so that the shade +of the teak does not hinder its growth. In the oil-bearing season +the teak is leafless, which is beneficial to the formation of fruit +in the oil palm. The dense foliage of the oil palm kills the +adventitious shoots or side branches of the teak, so rendering +pruning unnecessary. In the dry season the soil is protected most +thoroughly by the evergreen foliage of the oil palm, and its masses +of small roots conserve the moisture of the soil, while the +wide-spreading roots of the teak allow the surface water to run +away. For instance, teak and Iroko are not so suitable a mixture, +as they both cast their leaves at the same time, though when +planted together the teak tends to accelerate the height-growth of +the Iroko, and also keeps it freer from the attacks of the gall +bug.</p> + +<p>If space permitted, many more instances of the advantage and +disadvantage of these mixtures might be given.</p> + +<p>Orchards have been largely planted at Sokode too. Oranges, +limes, tangerines and <i>Cola vera</i> have done well, and the +<i>Spondias dulcis</i> yields very large fruit. The date palms have +not yet fruited. Fibre plants, including sisal hemp, and the Panama +palms seem to be growing well; fibre for Panama hats is obtained +from this palm.</p> + +<p>A substation of Sokode, Bassari, was my next stopping place. The +station is situated on the northern side of the mountain, +overlooking the valley of the River Kamaa. The plantations, with +the exception of the <i>Ficus elastica</i>, which is 200 feet +higher up, are all planted below the station. The approximate +altitude is 1,350 feet above sea-level.</p> + +<p>The following species have been most extensively planted: Teak, +Oil Palms, Afzelia, <i>Khaya Senegalense</i>, Iroko, Ebony, Kapok, +<i>Funtumia</i>, <i>Ficus elastica</i>, <i>Manihot heptaphylla</i>, +<i>Manihot Pianhyensis</i>, <i>Aspidosperma Quebracho</i>, +<i>Cæsalpinia Sappan</i> and <i>Cassia florida</i>. Large orchards +had been made, and these contained tangerines, lemon and many other +kinds of tropical fruits; and very fine specimens of Eucalyptus +trees showed how suitable this locality was for them.</p> + +<p>About 200,000 trees have been planted here within ten years.</p> + +<p>Funtumia, when planted with teak, grows well in this area, as +the shade of the teak is beneficial to it; but planted alone, the +leaves become a poor colour and drop prematurely. The same thing is +noticeable when planted with mahogany.</p> + +<p>In the case of Ebony, one of the knottiest forestry problems of +Europe, viz. that of finding suitable trees for admixture, has been +solved. Many of them died when planted pure, but the gaps being +filled with teak, the ebony seedlings, put into competition with +this<span class="pagenum" id="Page_125">[125]</span> fast-growing +tree, have been “drawn” up quicker than they would have otherwise +grown, and have done remarkably well.</p> + +<p>The most northerly station that I visited was Jendi, +approximately on latitude 9·30, at an altitude of 640 feet above +sea-level. The method of planting was slightly different at Jendi, +agricultural crops being grown for three years between the rows of +forest-tree seeds, only the oil palms and teaks being planted out +as one-year seedlings from the nursery.</p> + +<p>Besides these two species, <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, <i>Afzelia +Africana</i>, Date Palms, Ceara Rubber, and Rambong Rubber have +also been planted. Altogether 457,200 seedlings are growing.</p> + +<p>As firewood alone is worth 3d. a bundle, timber of all kinds is +very valuable in this locality, the teak plantation alone being +worth £200.</p> + +<p>Kete-Kratschi, the station adjoining Jendi and overlooking the +Volta Valley, is a specially interesting one, because it was +started by Graf Zech, the late Governor of Togo, who was so +desirous of seeing plantations made everywhere. At this station the +plantations were first made half a mile away, and these have done +better than the later ones planted to the east of the station.</p> + +<p>Teak has been largely planted, and considering the poor soil and +low rainfall, has done remarkably well. For the first time a +parasite in the shape of a species of Loranthus was found growing +on the upper branches of two large teak-trees, but no diminution in +the growth of the teak was noticeable. Afzelia, <i>Khaya +Klainii</i> and <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i> have been planted in +large numbers, and experiments made with <i>Albizzia lebbek</i>, +<i>Poinciana regia</i>, <i>Acacia catechu</i> and <i>Ceiba +pentandra</i>. A few oil palms and Casuarinas have found a place in +the plantations. Eight miles from the Volta Valley is the station +of Pfandu, situated on an open, isolated hill with a sheer cliff to +the east and sloping gradually away to the north-west and +south.</p> + +<p>The only variation here in the planting system was that Cassada +was largely used as an agricultural crop between the rows of tree +seedlings, which were put in the year after the Cassada had been +planted. Though the Cassada afforded a shade for the young +seedlings, the latter did not seem to show sufficient growth to +warrant a further trial of the system. The teak especially thrives +here, the tree having reached a height of 36 feet and a girth of 14 +inches, and these trees have already been felled for house-building +purposes. The plantation is valued at £550.</p> + +<p>Ceara rubber is now being tapped on a large scale. Sasswood, +<i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>, Iroko, Oil Palms, and <i>Funtumia +elastica</i> have been planted in large numbers, and a few +Afzelias, <i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i> and Kapok trees.</p> + +<p>The hill station of Misahöhe overlooks the valley of the +Chedscho and Agu, with the highest mountain in Togo opposite. The +people<span class="pagenum" id="Page_126">[126]</span> have means +to pay the tax here, so labour is scarce and prisoners are employed +in keeping the plantations clean. The altitude of the highest +plantation is 1,800 feet above sea-level. <i>Manihot Glaziovii</i> +has been planted in greater numbers than any other tree; next comes +Teak, then Para Rubber, of which one had been tapped with +satisfactory results, <i>Funtumia elastica</i>, Oil Palms, <i>Khaya +Klainii</i>, Sasswood and <i>Cola vera</i>. Small plantations of +<i>Ficus elastica</i>, Cocoa and <i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i> have +also been made. One curious mixture was seen, Teak and <i>Cola +vera</i>; the teak-trees tended to grow much faster, and the Cola +benefited by the shade.</p> + +<p>The most northerly and the driest stations are Sansane Mangu and +Kalangasshi, where I was told 1,037 acres had been planted with +Teak, <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, Ceara Rubber and Afzelia. It is +proposed to form the third afforestation area of 15,000 acres at +Kalangasshi.</p> + +<p>In smaller quantities are to be found the Locust Bean, <i>Parkia +filicoidea</i>, <i>Manihot Glaziovii</i>, Shea Butter, Iroko, +<i>Ficus elastica</i>, Oil Palms, <i>Funtumia elastica</i>, +<i>Afzelia Africana</i> and Kapok. Some teak and a few other trees +had been planted at Bismarckburg, an old substation to +Kete-Kratschi, and the same varieties at Ho, a substation to +Misahöhe.</p> + +<p>I was unable to obtain figures as to the number of trees planted +at the above three stations, but teak is reported to be doing well +at them all.</p> + +<p>In addition to the species of indigenous trees planted, and also +introduced, species such as Teak, <i>Tectona grandis</i>, and many +others have been planted on a small scale.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i021" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig021.jpg"><img src='images/fig021.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 21.—<span class= +"bold">Chlorophora excelsa, 1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i022" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig022.jpg"><img src='images/fig022.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 22.—<span class= +"bold">Five-year-old Oil Palm Plantation, Sokode.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i023" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig023.jpg"><img src='images/fig023.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 23.—<span class= +"bold">Five-year-old Khaya Senegalensis, 1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 126.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_127">[127]</span><a id="c07s4"></a>IV. NOTES ON INDIGENOUS +TREES</h3> + +<p class="tax1">Pandanaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus Togoensis</i>. Kpa (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">6½ feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus Kerstingii</i>. Abá (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">32½ feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Gramineæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oxytenanthera Abyssinica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Bamboo. 19½ feet to 26 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Andropogon Sorghum</i>. Wo (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used in broom-making and roof-covering.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia vinifera</i>. Ala (Ewe); Taro +(Tschaudjo); Kpakó (Anago); Ollo (Akposso).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Leaves used for brooms and brushes, mats, baskets, +weaving, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phœnix spinosa</i> or <i>Phœnix +reclinata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">32½ feet high. Leaves, weaving nets, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Oil palm. Covering for roofs from leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Weaving of all kinds, coco fibre, carpets, brushes. +Nuts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus flabelliformis</i> or <i>Hyphæne +Togoensis</i>, <i>Hyphæne coriaceæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Plaiting for hats, nets, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carludovica palmata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flagellariaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Flagellaria indica</i> L.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tough outer stems used as ropes.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bromeliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ananas</i>. Atóto (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">An attempt has been made to bring the Togo +pineapple into the markets, but without success. Fibre much used in +weaving, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Liliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2">——: Dzogbeblôbe (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sansevieria Guineensis</i>. Baugbaningbamu +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Long, flat leaves, 4⅞ feet long. Fibres useful in +commerce. Bowstring hemp.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_128">[128]</span><i>Sansevieria cylindrica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">6½ feet long. Fibres useful in commerce. Bowstring +hemp.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Aloe Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Aloe Buettneri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fibre from leaves of both Aloes.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Amaryllidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Agave Sisalana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>Mauritius hemp</em>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Both have been introduced into Togo. Fibre used in +weaving.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Taccaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tacca pinnatifida</i>. Dzogbenyabo (Ewe); Ludjŭ́ +(Tschaudjo); Bōti (Dyakossi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used as a vegetable, having tubers like a potato, +about the size of the fist. Leaves much divided. Fibres used in +weaving all sorts of articles.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Musaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>Wild bananas</em>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Mohammedan rosaries are made from the seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Musa textilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fibre much used.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Marantaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Aframomum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Leaves for roofs.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clinogyne flexuosa</i>. Fita (Haussa); dworom +(Asante).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Leaves used in paper-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ulmaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Celtis Prantlii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Dwarf variety. Bark fibre very much used.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Celtis integrifolia</i>. Tyentyem (Mangu); Diki +(Haussa); Kokojắ (Losso); Patakli (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">130 to 162½ feet high. Wood not very good.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. Logo asagu (Ewe); Ssäre +(Tschaudjo); Ukloba (Akposso); Odum (Asante); Sserre (Kratschi); +Roco (Dahomey).</p> + +<p class="tax3">130 to 195 feet high. From 39 to 65 feet in +circumference. One of the highest trees in the Colony. One of the +most useful trees of West Africa for building purposes and +furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_129">[129]</span><i>Musanga Smithii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 feet in height. The wood very light, sometimes +takes the place of cork. Wood used for cigar boxes, also sometimes +in cellulose factories.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>. Avogolo or awogolu +(Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus serratus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Like horse chestnut in appearance; orange flowers. +Wood brittle, used for fences.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris Africana</i> (syn. <i>Antiaris +toxicaria</i>). Logo (Ewe); Ssäre (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fruit fig-like.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus grandicarpa</i>. Furu (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Milky juice oozes from bark when cut. 65 feet in +height. Bark smooth; regular branching. Figs gathered in March.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus vallis choudæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus exasperata</i>. Fola (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus bembicicarpa</i>. Kedā (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">There are about 30 varieties of figs.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus lutea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus rokko</i>. Kedā (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus tiliifolia</i>. Adyokŭkola +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus umbrosa</i>. Tisemu (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus djurensis</i>. Tura (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus brachypus</i>. Ebö (Ewe); Bauri +(Haussa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Reddish bark. Wood heavy.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus tesselata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus dusenoides</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Togoensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus sokodensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Proteaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Faurea speciosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Protea Bismarckii</i>. Düdürede (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood yellowish-red in colour, used for furniture. +Height 32½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ximenia Americana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yellow heartwood resembles the scented white +sandalwood.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria chamæ</i>. Agbana (Ewe); Pereng (Kabure); +Liasá (Atakpame); Padiivīn (Difale).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree with edible fruit. Wood greyish-brown, +fairly heavy.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_130">[130]</span><i>Cleistopholis patens</i>. Baledia or +Welengéle (Tschaudjo); Nuso or Aru (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 32½ feet to 65 feet. Wood light—used for +barrels and drums—of a grey colour.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexalobus monopetalus</i>. Tschabola buanda +(Tschaudjo); Tumbalaka (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows to large tree in Gallery Forests—small in +Savannah. No trial of wood made yet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia æthiopica</i>. Tso (Ewe); Ssosi +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Light yellow wood of flexible nature, used for +masts of boats.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia parviflora</i>. Tschabolabunda +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Root wood takes place of cork.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia Eminii</i>. Akatapuressosi +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fairly large tree, wood reddish, used for +furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Root wood of all the species forms a substitute for +cork.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>. Óbala (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Soft wood. Used in box-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Capparidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cratæva religiosa</i>. Anamolum (Tschaudjo); +Dengma (Mangu); Tschengunga (Asante). Wood can be turned +easily—like boxwood in appearance.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium curatellifolium</i>. Molemṓle +(Tschaudjo); Insofaniwŏche (Mangu); Pótepote (Kratschi); Yafo +(Kpedyi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Trees of stunted appearance in Savannah, but +growing higher in better soil. Wood is oak-like and very +hard—uniform texture. Used for wooden pegs or pins, and other +purposes in building, when durability is important.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium subcordatum</i>. Bende noso +(Tschaudjo); Insuopangi (Mangu); Pekĭre (Losso).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used for rafters in roofs by the natives of +Mangu.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium polyandrum</i>. Bende noso +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium mobola</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Never attains any great height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium Kerstingii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Attains much greater height than the last, a tree +worthy of notice.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Brownii</i>. Pangalan (Tschaudjo); +Kokpara (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Large, handsome forest tree, with greyish-green +cracked<span class="pagenum" id="Page_131">[131]</span> bark. Wood +fairly hard. Light sapwood, dark brownish heartwood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Angolensis</i>. Atikuzẽ (Ewe). +Kŭpaussŭto (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 97½ feet. Diameter 4⅞ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i>. Asihuë (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Albizzias are all proof against the termites on +account of their hardness. Wood of <i>A. fastigiata</i> used for +the felloes of wheels.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia catechu</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia Arabica</i>. Magarua or Bagarua +(Hausa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">About 19½ feet in height. Characteristic tree of +the Steppe north of Oti. Numerous.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia suma</i>. Gudjápūpŭ or Gudzawuwu (Ewe); +Chrinika (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 32½ feet. Yellowish-white wood, heavy and +very hard; used for agricultural implements.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dichrostachys nutans</i>. Ssossōsi (Tschaudjo); +Beniti (Agome).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Hard wood—dark heartwood, almost black—used for +making walking-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Prosopis oblonga</i>. Akä́ka (Ewe); Pato +(Tschaudjo); Pangi (Mangu); Kaki (Atakpame); Kpánenã +(Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Hard wood—termite-proof. Young branches used for +handles of axes and hatchets.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetrapleura Thoningii</i>. Prékese (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A stately tree, only known in Akposso at present. +The wood not yet much used.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Kerstingii</i>. Kapaussuto +(Kabure).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Huge tree—stands singly. Blossoms in January, when +it is leafless. Fruit appears in April.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>. Alagbáta +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood doubtless of great value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada Abyssinica</i>. Ondutu (Tschaudjo); Kiria +(Hausa); Ketschikantscha (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tree stunted, leafless in the dry season. Wood +spongy, not of much value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada scandens</i>. Klokpakpa (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The well-known Liana, with husks 3¼ feet long, +growing abundantly in the coast provinces. The fibre is much used +in the making of nets, ropes, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia Africana</i>. Wo (Ewe); Ssuto +(Tschaudjo); Dorana (Haussa) Soroño (Asante); Gotschö́ne +(Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 65 feet. The hard, heavy, pale yellowish +wood, locustwood of Sierra Leone. In commerce known as Caindah +wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>. Ena (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows plentifully on the coast of Atakpame.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_132">[132]</span><i>Parkia biglobosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 97½ feet. Bark from a clear grey to dark +brown, much furrowed.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>. Tsa (Ewe); Kekëū +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood much valued for its heartwood and because of +its rarity. Withstands the attacks of termites, and therefore much +used in house and ship building, wheels for gun-carriages, etc. +Takes a foremost place in export of wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Burkea Africana</i>. Tschĭ́sili (Tschaudjo); +Kiriandutschi (Haussa); Esseresu opĭrimú (Asante); Atakpla +(Atakpame); Kinkiri (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 78 feet. Broad crown. Leaves covered with +silky hairs; wood used by the natives for sword handles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra megalophylla</i>. Agumuắ +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the coast forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Afzelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium microcarpum</i>. Depapātē (Tschaudjo); +Naparli (Mangu); Kökpakpa (Kratschi); Záklu (Misahöhe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very heavy wood of a brown colour. Used in +boat-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium Senegalense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Has a larger fruit than the <i>D. microcarpum</i>. +A beautifully marked hard wood. Grows to a great height. Found +exclusively on the coast.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium Guineense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tamarindus indica</i>. Keditia (Tschaudjo); +Samia (Haussa); Tamarese (Asante); Kö́pu (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows near farms and in the prairies. A +clear-coloured wood—very heavy to work; will not float in water; +used for mill-wheels, powder coal, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia Africana</i>. Papac (Ewe); Welu +(Tschaudjo); Apakka (Anago); Ukpami (Akposso); Kao (Haussa); Papau +(Asante); Kebarre (Kratschi); Kpakpa (Fõ).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 48¾ feet. A very beautifully marked wood. +Proof against attacks of termites; much valued in building and for +table-making, also mortars for crushing yams.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia thurifera</i>. Lipiti or Dsati (Ewe); +Tschato (Tschaudjo); Orokpo (Anago); Auwolo (Akposso); Masche +(Haussa); Saingja (Asante); Kenjang (Kratschi); Sa (Fõ).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height from 65 to 97½ feet. Common in the prairies. +The sapwood is white, and the heartwood reddish and very hard. +Barrels are made from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia Heudelotiana</i>. Ademá or Baba (Ewe); +Buda͡u (Tschaudjo); Kochoá (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Large tree with white showy flowers, growing on +banks of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_133">[133]</span> rivers. +Heavy wood of light brown colour. Only of secondary importance.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia Kerstingii</i>. Tau (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 to 97½ feet high, grows on open prairie. Wood +used for rafters in house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia acuminata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia tomentosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bauhinia reticulata</i>. Klo (Ewe); Bākū +(Tschaudjo); Nyama (Mangu); Okokotaka (Asante); Tamenasi +(Atakpame); Aklō (Anecho).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fairly heavy wood of dirty brown colour, easily +worked. Very plentiful in the prairies.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Guineense</i>. Zigbli or Toë (Ewe); +Madŭ́ (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">32½ to 48¾ feet high, valued as a wood for +building, known as Black Tumbler or Velvet Tamarind on the +market.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Distemonanthus Benthamianus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">One of the hardest woods of Togo, a gigantic +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia Sieberiana</i>. Gagamagati (Ewe); +Tschamanu (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows best on dry, stony parts of the prairie. +Light brown wood, extraordinarily hard, proof against termites. +When burnt it causes headache.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Swartzia Madagascariensis</i>. Subando +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree growing by river banks and on the +prairies. Heartwood reddish black.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordyla Africana</i>. Kessing (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood used in table-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>. Kedeleā or Kodoleā +(Tschaudjo); Kokoro or Golloklo (Mangu); Obri (Asante); Kekpili +(Kratschi); Akũgre (Kpedyi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Beautiful clear brown wood, used by the natives for +building. It is termite-proof.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia nitida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small slender tree. Tons of the wood are sent +yearly to England as red dye-wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Milletia atite</i>. Atite (Ewe); Sso abalu +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Spread through all the colonies. Wood very +uniformly marked of clear yellowish-white.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>. Doti (Ewe); Tim +(Tschaudjo); Segbe (Mangu); Keleyu (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used as a red dye. Height 65 feet. Very heavy wood +of reddish-brown colour. Sold as teak—one of the best woods of +commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>. Keruwowo +(Tschaudjo); Futu (Kirikiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Smaller tree than the last, found in prairies. Wood +fairly heavy and yellowish-white.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_134">[134]</span><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>. Lo (Ewe); +Bäbäle (Atakpame); Alobla (Kpedyi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in prairies and terrace woods. Flowers +reddish-violet. Wood not well known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Derris Stuhlmanii</i>. Tschaloware (Tschaudjo); +Bembu (Mangu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 32½ feet. Hard, yellowish-white wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Andira inermis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Fairly large mountain tree. The Cabbage Tree of the +W. Indies. Hard, yellowish-white wood. The partridge wood of +commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina Senegalensis</i>. Yrewo (Ewe); Nyimu +(Mangu); Baklesu (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Slender tree 32½ feet in height. Bark deeply cleft, +cork-like, and thorny. Wood very light and useful in many ways.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dalbergia melanoxylon</i>. Atiyi (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The heartwood is almost hard as iron, proof against +attacks of insects. Used for pillars and piles, also in the making +of musical instruments.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Brachystegia spicæformis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium stipulaceum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Zygophyllaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Balanites Ægyptiaca</i>. Kunjanapcule (Mangu); +Gushiocho (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 19½ to 26 feet. A beautiful golden brown +wood, used in the making of ploughs, clubs, sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Fagara zanthoxyloides</i>. Eché or Alãfe (Ewe); +Kelengma͡u (Tschaudjo); Polu-Dyenye (Mangu); Tigu Schirafinsa +(Mangu); Ata (Anago); Uche (Akposso); Che (Fõ); Klongbaŭ (Tim).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fairly large tree of the prairie. In appearance +like an apple-tree. Bark rough and knotty.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Limonia Warneckei</i>. Kugŏ́nu (Tschaudjo); +Nguni (Kabure); Tyanka or Hogogo (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood light yellow, uniform, hard, and very +heavy.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Limonia Preussii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Simarubaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hannoa undulata</i>. Dikbere (Tschaudjo); Yayabé +(Mangu); Kelantori (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is of a light greyish-white colour, fairly +heavy.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>. Frimu (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree sometimes attaining a height of 130 +feet and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_135">[135]</span> over. 13¼ +feet in diameter. Has a beautiful surface; is most useful in +commerce for furniture, carriages, cases for microscopes, etc. The +fruit is about the size of an apple, with four valves and four rows +of flat seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Klainii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The seed vessel has five valves, and the fruit is +larger than the last. Known as the African or Gambia mahogany of +commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyi</i>. Alu (Ewe); Dituturi +(Tschaudjo); Krŭbete (Asante); Kedemponasi (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 feet in height. The wood is of a greyish colour, +serviceable in building and furniture industry. The natives use it +for drums and barrels.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carapa procera</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Not much known, though used in Senegambia as a +building mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Melia Azedarach</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, much cultivated tree; the purplish blue +flowers are like the Spanish elder. The sapwood whitish, the +heartwood reddish. Easy to work; used in the making of +furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ekebergia Senegalensis</i>. Frimŭabalŭ́ +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree growing in the mountainous districts. +Wood light yellow and fairly heavy, and uniform texture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia emetica</i>. Adyanyapesō +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Prieuriana</i>. Dilifū +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">These two are small trees, fairly easy to work, of +a light yellowish-coloured wood.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Polygalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Securidaca longepedunculata</i>. Foji +(Tschaudjo); Dyōro (Dyakossi); Ua magungŭ́na (Haussa); Atakpati +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small tree. A strong useful fibre obtained from the +small branches.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllanthus discoideus</i>. Kongkonga +(Tschaudjo); Dantivi (Atakpame); Kamfuắ (Bagu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall primeval forest tree—occasional clumps in +the villages. Hard heavy wood of a beautiful red colour.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenocardia acida</i>. Adudze (Ewe); Atidje +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is fairly hard, light brown, with the +year-rings clearly marked. Very brittle, so only fit for +firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_136">[136]</span><i>Hymenocardia ulmoides</i>. Taboia +(Atakpame); Bälä (Afem).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 130 to 162½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Togoensis</i>. Egba (Ewe); Kidgeling +(Tschaudjo); Nagudi (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A prairie tree of medium size. Beautiful +brown-coloured wood; used for firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Heudelotii</i>. Oli (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows in the terraced woods. Useful in +building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alchornea cordifolia</i>. Tschufṓu (Tschaudjo); +Awowlo (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small prairie tree. The hollow twigs are used in +pipe-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sapium Guineense</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sapium Kerstingii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sapium Mannianum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">These three trees are not of much importance.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Africanus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Vegetable oils and fats obtained from this tree. +The wood is soft and used for fuel.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mangifera Indica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Mango tree. A greyish wood, useful for building +purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anacardium occidentale</i>. Atisiā (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Reddish, fairly hard wood, used in boat-building, +also for charcoal.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spondias lutea</i>. Kinyelu (Tschaudjo); Akiko +or Agliko (Atakpame); Nayile (Konkomba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tall, slender tree. The fruit is edible, yellow, +and downy. Abundant in the prairies, now introduced in many +localities. Bright-coloured wood, fairly hard and heavy.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudospondias microcarpa</i>. Onyangba +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Stately tree, 65 feet in height. Nothing is known +of the wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lannea acida</i>. Eknalokpoe (Ewe); Käla +(Tschaudjo); Tyĕtĕbu (Mangu); Asogedaka (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree in the prairies. The greyish hard +wood is used by the natives for arm-rings, chairs, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lannea Barteri</i>. Tingbatau or Patandeu +(Tschaudjo); Bēnature (Mangu); Akú (Atakpame.)</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree has a characteristic spiral bark. It +grows to a height of 65 feet, with reddish edible fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hæmatostaphis Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Has a beautiful fruit of a delicious flavour, the +blood-plum of Sierra Leone. The wood has not yet been tried.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i024" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig024.jpg"><img src='images/fig024.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 24.—<span class= +"bold">Teak Plantation made in 1907 at Pfandu, in 1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i025" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig025.jpg"><img src='images/fig025.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 25.—<span class= +"bold">Khaya Klaineana, 17 feet in girth, Misahohe +Station.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i026" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig026.jpg"><img src='images/fig026.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 26.—<span class= +"bold">Corner of a 1907 Teak Plantation, Pfandu, in +1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 136.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_137">[137]</span><i>Heeria insignis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is much valued in the making of specially +good furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Blighia sapida</i>. Adza or Adja (Ewe); Peso +(Tschaudjo); Aki (Asante); Keká (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is light yellow, not of any value. Planted +near houses as an orchard tree, and also for its shade. 97½ feet in +height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriocœlum Kerstingii</i>. Nimwau Pesō +(Tschaudjo); Yevo-Gboma (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">97½ feet in height in the coast forests. A good +furniture and building wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Talisiopsis oliviformis</i>. Waogbŭ́m +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Perhaps identical with <i>Zanha golungensis</i>. 65 +to 97½ feet high, with reddish bark. Wood used for furniture and +building. The fruit is downy, of an orange colour, and edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Allophyllus Africanus</i>. Weti (Atakpame); +Kōtīa (Yendi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small bushy tree. The wood used for cleaning the +teeth. Useful for working in many ways.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Melianthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bersama Doeringii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree has aerial roots. The blossoms in long +bunches of white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhamnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zizyphus Jujuba</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small shrub-like tree with edible berries. The +wood is used in saddle-making and for agricultural implements.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zizyphus mucronatus</i>. Pangbaïngu (Tschaudjo); +Sausanyebui (Mangu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is used in wagon-building.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Tiliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grewia gigantiflora</i>. Adzadze (Ewe); Tolábŭ +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grewia villosa</i>. Adzadze (Ewe); Yumba +(Mangu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives use the wood for handles of spears.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Malvaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Thespesia populnea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sap-wood is a bright red, and the hard +heartwood a dark red; used for carriage-building and furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_138">[138]</span>Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax Buonopozense</i>. Fulṓ or Folṓ +(Tschaudjo); Sanbúgo (Mangu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows on high ground and also by the streams. +Height about 162½ feet. A marvellous sight when covered with its +crimson blossoms. The bark is smooth and bright grey, with rough +cracked appearance. Of small account in commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adansonia digitata</i>. Adido (Ewe); Kuka +(Haussa); Dádie (Asante); Kelle (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Called also bread-fruit tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ceiba pentandra</i>. Wu (Ewe); Komu (Tschaudjo); +Ogu (Anago); Ju (Akposso); Huti (Fõ).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Wood little used, though it should be valuable in +the cellulose factories.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron Nigericum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tragacantha</i>. Akplẽ or Loloẽ (Ewe); +Kaderabobo (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tomentosa</i>. Akpoklo or Bofuti +(Ewe); Modetu (Tschaudjo); Bolusila (Mangu); Oduduku (Atakpame); +Kelipotu (Kratschi); Apokpo (Anecho).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia oblonga</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood of these three trees is soft and of little +value. The fibre strong and tough. Tree medium height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola cordifolia</i>. Uuti (Ewe); Dagbongbore +(Tschaudjo); Nutssunutssu (Anago); Anwolo (Akposso); Eussŭ́ +(Misahöhe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A huge tree of the Gallery Forests, also found +singly near villages. The leaves are a foot long. The wood hard and +heavy, used in Senegambia for strengthening the coast and for +rafters.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola acuminata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree resembles the poplar. Proof against the +attacks of insects; useful for carriage and furniture-making, and +ship-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola laurifolia</i>. Jojau (Kabure).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is very pliable and used in the making of +bows (for shooting).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola caricifolia</i>. Alensuneku (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola astrophora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola supfiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola Afzelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton Johnsonii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton Nigericum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterygota Schumanniana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood of these five trees is little known.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_139">[139]</span><i>Firmiana Barteri</i>. Tschingbelika +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">From 130 to 162½ feet high. The regular, +pyramidal-shaped trunk ends in plank-like roots. The natives make +cups and bowls and floats from the wood. The flowers are a +beautiful scarlet, appearing before the leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochna Afzelii</i>. Tanam (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Moderately high tree, with hard, beautifully-marked +bright brown wood. Used in turning and table-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira alata</i>. Parapára (Tschaudjo); +Akpakpla (Anago); Otugba (Akposso); Kekrefunde (Asante); Belengbe +(Kratschi); Kotublassu (Fõ).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common tree of the prairies, so much like +the Shea butter as to be frequently mistaken for it. The wood is +hard, heavy, and dark, reddish-brown, and sold as African oak.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma Kerstingii</i>. Budyonū +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows on the wooded banks of streams. A tall, +slender tree with lightish brown wood, very similar in texture to +that of the Ochnaceæ family. Used by the natives in various +ways.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Dipterocarpaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monotes Kerstingii</i>. Kesáng (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height about 48¾ feet. It is found frequently in +the prairies. Easily recognized by the likeness of its leaf to a +curved hollow of a hand. The wood is only useful for burning.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba spinosa</i>. Kpoe (Ewe); Krutū +(Tschaudjo); Kongowura (Kotokoli).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall, thorny shrub, with white rose-like flowers. +The wood is capable of taking a good polish, used in inlaying.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Caloncoba Gilgiana</i>. Efiohlĕ (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree. The wood is also used for +inlaying.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora mangle</i>. Woto or Atrati (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora mucronata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Little is yet known of the mangroves of Togo. The +<i>Rhizophora mucronata</i> of East Africa has a reddish brown +wood, hard and heavy, but easily worked; used in building.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Combretaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum sokodense</i>. Ssissiku +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Flourishes in pasture land and by streams. The bark +is<span class="pagenum" id="Page_140">[140]</span> cork-like and +deeply corrugated, the wood brownish and very hard. Height, 35 +ft.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum Kerstingii</i>. Alembole +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Hard, greyish-brown wood, used for firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia dictyoneura</i>. Ssua +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia macroptera</i>. Ssua dau +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">These two Terminalia both have a beautiful glossy +brown wood, useful for many purposes. Both are about 48¾ feet in +height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia Baumannii</i>. Opäti (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A beautiful prairie tree, the wood not yet +tried.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia superba</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia Togoensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pteleopsis Kerstingii</i>. Ssissinā +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree in the Bassari savannah. The +natives say it has neither flowers nor fruit, but this naturally +cannot be the case.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>. Tsetse or Echéché +(Ewe); Kodelia (Tschaudjo); Anyi (Anago); Ogo (Akposso); Kánnâ +(Asante); Kakanla (Kratschi); Chlehó (Fõ).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 97½ feet high, growing on the river banks +and on the moist savannahs, very widespread. The fruit is much like +that of our alder. The wood very hard, proof against attacks of the +termites, with a black heartwood like ebony, and used as such. The +most valuable wood of the Colony.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Syzygium Guineense</i>. Tschapēa +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree on the shore slopes. A white, +easily-worked wood. Used by the natives for making tools, images of +their gods, chairs, etc. In some parts for building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Araliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cussonia Barteri</i>. Fegblo (Ewe); Kongolu +(Tschaudjo); Indoabaka (Mangu); Digo (Anago); Obbŏ (Akposso); +Bōnugŭ́ (Misahöhe); Gotti (Fõ).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A characteristic tree of the Baobab savannahs near +Misahöhe. The wood is spongy and cannot be worked, but the ashes +are of use in making a blue dye.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Umbelliferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Peucedanum araliaceum</i>, var. +<i>fraxinifolium</i>. Ländo (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree under medium height, of the pasture lands. +The bark of the young shoots is used for squirts and syringes. The +wood is easy to cut.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_141">[141]</span>Sapotaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>. Yotsa or Yo (Ewe); +Ssomū (Tschaudjo); Káde (Hausa); Krangkú (Asante); Kedempo +(Atakpame); Aiomiti (Kirikiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Shea butter tree. Height 48¾ to 65 feet. The +tree is so plentiful that it is a rare thing not to find one in any +district. The fruit is soft and edible; the wood a beautiful +brownish-red of even texture, and capable of taking a good polish. +Much used in furniture-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachystela cinerea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">An immense tree growing along the coast. Wood +unknown in the market.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum obovatum</i>. Katumbulia +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of medium height with edible fruit. Its wood +not known in commerce. It should be of use, as are most of those +belonging to this family.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Malacantha Warneckeana</i>. Akara (Atakpame); +Pusum (Lamatessi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree found among the mountain streams, and +also in the plains of the coast regions. The trunk has on the +outside wavy cross-lines that look like a border, and give it a +very curious appearance. The hard wood is made into shuttles, +shovels, scoops, etc., by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops multinervis</i>. Ewelisomū (Tschaudjo); +Bräkrankū (Asante); Gjira (Kratschi); Ewäti (Anecho).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops Kerstingii</i>. Ewelisomu +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood of both these two Mimusops is like that of +the Butyrospermum in colour and structure. Rarely found higher than +32½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops lacera</i>. Wueti (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tallest and most beautiful tree in the +immediate neighbourhood of the sea. Its hard red wood is made into +walking-sticks, also for inlaying and veneering of furniture and +parquets.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ebenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>. Dongke or Jeti +(Ewe); Tingalō (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A semi-cultivated tree growing to the height of 81¼ +feet. The trunk is often from 3¼ to 4¹⁄₁₆ feet in diameter. A +widely spreading shady tree. Its height in the prairies is much +less. Found very abundantly and takes a high place as in copses and +park lands. The fruit is edible, round, and of a bright red colour. +The heartwood is hard and durable, and black as ebony. The tree is +of great value commercially for many purposes as ebony.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_142">[142]</span><i>Diospyros mombuttensis</i>. Liä-nuwasaure +(Tschaudjo); Etjannaka (Akposso).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree growing only from small to moderate size on +the hill slopes, with a bright-red fruit—a thorn-bearing tree. The +wood is durable and hard, used for shovels, walking-sticks, +rafters, etc., and the flexible branches in the making of +traps.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros tricolor</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">One of the most frequent trees on the shore and +prairies of the coast region, growing only to the height of a man. +It has a yellowish-red three-sided fruit; the stem seldom attains +more than the thickness of the finger. It is used for +walking-sticks. A hard white wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Maba Warneckii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized noticeable tree, rarely found, and +little known.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Oleaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Linociera nilotica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small, unimportant tree. The wood is light brown, +of even texture, and great durability.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Loganiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strychnos Buettneri</i>. Kongofura +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strychnos laxa</i>. Wagbebĕ (Ewe); Naprámpŏgo +(Dyakossi); Egbo (Atakpame); Go͠ngóvi (Kpedyi); Yokharaúgu +(Dagomba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Both these trees have a strong stem of +bright-coloured wood, with a fine grain, and should be of value. +The fruit of the Buettneri is edible, something like an orange.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strychnos pubescens</i>. Kongŏ (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives only use it as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista Kerstingii</i>. Kuwondëü +(Tschaudjo); Egu (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height 97½ feet, growing in the terraced or gallery +woods, and also in small groves. The trunk is very straight at +first, then widely branched. The trunk of the young trees is marked +with leaf-scars; the leaves attain the length of feet, and are used +by the natives as quivers for their arrows. The white, +easily-worked wood is used for many purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Holarrhena Wulfenbergii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree of the Agome Mountains and the coast +forests of Sokodé-Bassari, also found singly near villages and +farms. The white wood is fairly heavy and easily worked, used in +carving figures, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Conopharyngia crassa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of varying height, with drooping branches. +Found only in Misahöhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_143">[143]</span><i>Voacanga Africana</i>. Kongkong +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized, widely-spread tree in copses and by +the streams. The wood is like that of the Holarrhena, only of a +deeper shade. The round white-coloured fruit, growing two together, +look like spots on the dark foliage.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kickxia Africana</i> (syn. <i>Funtumia +elastica</i>).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Reaches the height of 65 feet. Growing in Misahöhe +and Kete-Kratschi. The wood is little known. All the trees of this +family are distinguished by a rich milky juice in bark, leaves, and +fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alstonia congensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Borraginaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia Gharaf</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree known only in one locality. A +hard, durable wood used in building. There is no doubt that there +are other species in Togo, and so far as the Cordia has been used, +it has proved to be a most useful tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ehretia cymosa</i>. Okoni (Kratschi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the coast regions, growing to the height +of 13 to 16¼ feet. Seldom met with. It has masses of white +blossoms; the fruit is a berry about the size of a pea. The wood +has not yet been proved.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Verbenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex Cienkowskii</i>. Fõ (Ewe); Panyero +(Tschaudjo); Orli (Anago); Uoli (Akposso); Koto (Dyakossi); Gidjiko +(Kratschi); Fõjiti (Anecho); Narenga (Dagomba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large barkless tree, with spreading crown. Leaf +with five divisions in the form of a hand, the flowers in large +clusters of white blossoms. Ink is made from the shiny black, +edible fruit and the young leaves. This tree is widely spread over +the hill slopes and forest prairies. The wood is moderately hard +and useful for inlaying; the natives make ribs of boats from +it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex Camporum</i>. Panyerōbuda (Tschaudjo); +Insuakoto (Mangu); Idjawli (Akposso).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Leaves with three divisions, the underside hairy. +Flowers blue, in clusters like the last. The fruit is more like an +acorn, and the tree shrub-like. The natives make fishing-tackle +from the wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex cuneata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Premna Zenkeri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tall tree growing on the mountain slopes of +Bassari.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_144">[144]</span> Leaves +simple and broad; the small, white flowers are in panicles a foot +long. The wood is entirely like the <i>V. Cienkowskii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Avicennia Africana</i>. Amu-ati (Ewe).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A broad-spreading leafy tree from 39 to 48¾ feet in +height, and about 7 inches in diameter; leaves dark green, the +underside grey, and flowers a smudgy white. Its wood is used for +boat-building in Gabun, but little known elsewhere. It is closely +allied to the <i>Avicennia officinalis</i> of East Africa, which +has a beautiful, violet-coloured wood; is very hard and heavy.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spathodea campanulata</i>. Adadasé (Ewe); +Gbetschigbetschi (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A wonderful leafy tree, 97½ feet in height, with +wide-spreading crown of foliage, and greyish-green warty trunk. In +the flowering time the tree is a mass of crimson flowers—a +beautiful sight in the coast woods and on the hill slopes. In +Europe it goes by the name of tulip-tree. The buds are filled with +a sweet, watery fluid, which the children use as squirts. The wood +should be of great service, but does not seem to be used.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newbouldia lævis</i>. Lifui (Ewe); Akinale +(Tschaudjo); Aboboë (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized prairie tree, found plentifully also +near the villages, where the small branches are used as material +for fences. When the tree is young, it stands very erect, but later +the remarkably long branches bend to the ground. The flowers are +either rose-coloured, violet, or bright blue. The bright-coloured +wood is fairly heavy, uniform in texture, very similar to the <i>V. +Cienkowskii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Markhamia tomentosa</i>. Tschitschíñe +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Appears to grow only among the mountains. The +flowers are yellow, with red stripes; the leaves and husks both +yellowish brown. Children use the flower buds as playthings. The +wood is like that of the <i>Newbouldia lævis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Markhamia lutea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Usually found as a shrub, but occasionally to the +height of 19½ to 26 feet high, with rough or warty, blackish bark, +and yellow flowers in great quantities.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stereospermum Kunthianum</i>. Essobelīa +(Tschaudjo); Eké-deká (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree seldom found taller than 32½ feet, a +greenish-grey bark, divested of leaves. When in bloom it has much +the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_145">[145]</span> appearance of a +peach-tree. The flowers, which appear before the leaves, are pink, +edged with white and reddish-brown, with striped and spotted lip. +Found frequently in the forest savannahs, and occasionally on the +highlands. The brownish dye from the bark is used by the girls for +their lips, and chewed as Kola. The wood is much the same as the +last three species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kigelia Africana</i>. Nyakpekpe (Ewe); Abilū +(Tschaudjo); Njãkpokpo (Anecho); Njãkpẽ (Anlo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in damp places in the prairies and on the +banks of rivers. The well-known liver-sausage tree. The wood is +suitable for small buildings.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kigelia pinnata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenodictyon Kurria</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">All belonging to this family have simple leaves in +pairs. Found as a shrub and a small tree in the terraced woods and +mountains. The solid wood, of a clear mahogany colour, is much used +in India for agricultural implements, but little known here in +Togo.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Crossopteryx Africana</i>. Tyenyeṓlo or Pasau +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Crossopteryx Kotschyana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found to the height of 32½ feet in the prairies of +the coast zone and a few scattered inland. According to the opinion +of an importer, this wood is one of the best of Togo. It is clear +brown, very hard and heavy, and of fine texture. The natives make +shuttles and tablets for the Koran from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adina microcephala</i>. Barā (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree of 97½ feet in height, growing on the river +banks of Sokodé-Bassaris. The wood takes a very high place as to +value, but it has a peculiar odour and an oily feeling to the +touch. The fibres from the twigs are made into tooth-brushes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mitragyne macrophylla</i>. Yŏwi or Togba +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A gigantic tree growing on the swampy banks of +streams, with an excellent wood used by the natives for making +doors, drums and barrels.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mitragyne inermis</i>. Intyú (Dyakossi); Shero +(Dagomba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Smaller than the last, found on ground which is +occasionally under water. Its yellowish-white wood is used for +beams and rafters. It forms also a beautiful, easily-worked +furniture wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mitragyne Africana</i>. Séssëu (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree which flourishes in swampy places and +parts overflowed by the streams. Its blossoms are used as hay. The +particularly valuable wood is proof against attacks of +the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_146">[146]</span> termite, very +hard, and much used in building. The wood of all the Mitragyne +species are valued in Tropical Africa on account of their +durability and being proof against weather and easily worked.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus sambucinus</i>. Akukobasa (Ewe); +Kedjetjelo (Tschaudjo); Nyimo (Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small shrubby tree, with long, tendril-like +branches, white fragrant flowers, and strawberry-coloured fruit. +The wood is used considerably for mosaic work and inlaying.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia Thunbergia</i>. Fifei (Ewe); Kau kutoku +(Tschaudjo); Lángan͠a (Kratschi); Fifäti (Anecho).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree or shrub with rigid branches, fragrant +white flowers, and yellow, spindle-shaped fruit, tasting like a +crab-apple, scattered in small clumps over the prairie. Spoons and +similar articles are made from the white, fairly hard wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia ternifolia</i>. Kau këure (Tschaudjo); +Nassarlĭ or Nabuli (Dyakossi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Similar to the preceding tree in appearance, etc., +but the fruit is cylindrical in form, like a small cucumber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia medicinalis</i>. Kau belia or abalia +(Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The same characteristics as the last; the fruit is +much smaller, round, and furrowed.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia assimilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gardenia Abeokutā</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">These trees are all found in the higher forests as +undergrowth, and are very similar in every respect.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Plectronia vanguerioides</i>. Dädäfunde +(Atakpame).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Medium-sized tree. Occasionally found as a shrub in +the coast and mountain forests. The wood is only useful as +firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pavetta Baconiana</i>. Genferrebiesó +(Mangu).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pavetta crassipes</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Used as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda citrifolia</i>. Amakḗ (Ewe); Ketyĕlenga +(Tschaudjo); Aké (Atakpame); Maticki (Ho).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A tree 32½ feet in height, with a broad, shady +crown, seems to be bearing blossoms or fruit all the year round. +The flowers are in the form of little round bunches; the fruit is +greenish-yellow, spongy, and growing together in large masses—each +fruit about the size of a pear. The white wood is not of much +value, but the rootwood is sold in the native markets for making +yellow dye. Two species of this tree seem to be known in Togo, one +found frequently on the coasts, the best known, and another variety +in North Togo, less common and with a much smaller fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_147">[147]</span>Compositæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia Senegalensis</i>. Avenya (Ewe); Tusima +or Tingma (Tschaudjo).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The only one of the family which attains a height +of 19½ feet, and stem of 6 or 7 inches in diameter. The leaves are +a greyish-green; the flowers, a yellowish-white, appear in great +masses. The wood is fairly heavy, light brown in colour, and very +easy to work. Of the many varieties from which the twigs and roots +are used for brushes, this one is the most valuable.</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_148">[148]</span><a id="c07app1"></a>APPENDIX I</h3> + +<p class="sch1">LIST OF INTRODUCED SPECIES PLANTED</p> + +<ul class="simple2"> +<li> 1. Terminalia catappa.</li> + +<li> 2. Casuarina equisetifolia.</li> + +<li> 3. Tectona grandis.</li> + +<li> 4. Swietenia bijuga.</li> + +<li> 5. Cedrela odorata.</li> + +<li> 6. Pithecolobium dulcis.</li> + +<li> 7. Artocarpus incisa.</li> + +<li> 8. Cassia florida.</li> + +<li> 9. Bauhinia Krughii.</li> + +<li>10. Eucalyptus marginata.</li> + +<li>11. Eucalyptus citriodora.</li> + +<li>12. Eucalyptus robusta.</li> + +<li>13. Cæsalpina arborea.</li> + +<li>14. Cæsalpina sappan.</li> + +<li>15. Cæsalpina rostrata.</li> + +<li>16. Cæsalpina coriaria.</li> + +<li>17. Cæsalpina regia.</li> + +<li>18. Poinciana regia.</li> + +<li>19. Poinciana drepanophylla.</li> + +<li>20. Melia azedarach.</li> + +<li>21. Manihot glaziovii.</li> + +<li>22. Manihot dichotoma.</li> + +<li>23. Manihot pyanhyensis.</li> + +<li>24. Manihot heterophylla.</li> + +<li>25. Aspidosperma quebracho.</li> + +<li>26. Phœnix dactylifera.</li> + +<li>27. Cola vera.</li> + +<li>28. Ficus elastica.</li> + +<li>29. Ficus Schlechteri.</li> + +<li>30. Albizzia amara.</li> + +<li>31. Albizzia stipulata.</li> + +<li>32. Acacia Arabica.</li> + +<li>33. Cynometra megalophylla.</li> + +<li>34. Detarium Senegalense.</li> + +<li>35. Parinarium intermedia.</li> +</ul> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_149">[149]</span><a id="c07app2"></a>APPENDIX II</h3> + +<p class="sch1">CENSUS OF PLANTATIONS IN TOGO</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t149"> +<tr> +<th>Tree.</th> +<th>At all Stations.</th> +<th>District<br> +Plantations.</th> +<th>Forest<br> +Plantations.</th> +<th>At all Stations.</th> +<th>District<br> +Plantations.</th> +<th>Forest<br> +Plantations.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc less">No. Planted.</td> +<td class="tdc less">No. Planted.</td> +<td class="tdc less">No. Planted.</td> +<td class="tdc less">Acreage.</td> +<td class="tdc less">Acreage.</td> +<td class="tdc less">Acreage.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">1,022,014</td> +<td class="tdr">330,714</td> +<td class="tdr">691,300</td> +<td class="tdr">878·27</td> +<td class="tdr">471·77</td> +<td class="tdr">406·5<span class="word-spaced03"> </span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Sasswood (<i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">2,072,877</td> +<td class="tdr">15,877</td> +<td class="tdr">2,057,000</td> +<td class="tdr">586·94</td> +<td class="tdr">30·19</td> +<td class="tdr">556·75</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>African Mahogany (<i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">9,089,184</td> +<td class="tdr">8,169,584</td> +<td class="tdr">919,600</td> +<td class="tdr">2,017·65</td> +<td class="tdr">1,713·65</td> +<td class="tdr">304·00</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Mahogany (<i>Khaya Klainii</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">236,830</td> +<td class="tdr">1,830</td> +<td class="tdr">235,000</td> +<td class="tdr">84·39</td> +<td class="tdr">3·73</td> +<td class="tdr">80·66</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rhodesian Mahogany (<i>Afzelia Africana</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">603,054</td> +<td class="tdr">157,454</td> +<td class="tdr">445,600</td> +<td class="tdr">189·29</td> +<td class="tdr">104·48</td> +<td class="tdr">104·48</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">127,951</td> +<td class="tdr">105,951</td> +<td class="tdr">22,000</td> +<td class="tdr">123·03</td> +<td class="tdr">93·39</td> +<td class="tdr">29·64</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ebony (<i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">4,735</td> +<td class="tdr">4,735</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">18·32</td> +<td class="tdr">18·32</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Oil Palm (<i>Elæis Guineensis</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">57,545</td> +<td class="tdr">47,545</td> +<td class="tdr">10,000</td> +<td class="tdr">251·12</td> +<td class="tdr">250·12</td> +<td class="tdr">1·00</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kapok Tree (<i>Ceiba pentandra</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">77,401</td> +<td class="tdr">32,401</td> +<td class="tdr">45,000</td> +<td class="tdr">113·00</td> +<td class="tdr">68·54</td> +<td class="tdr">44·46</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ireh Rubber (<i>Funtumia elastica</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">26,611</td> +<td class="tdr">26,611</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">47·84</td> +<td class="tdr">47·84</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rambong Rubber (<i>Ficus elastica</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">18,666</td> +<td class="tdr">18,666</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">43·78</td> +<td class="tdr">43·78</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ceara Rubber (<i>Manihot glaziovii</i>)</td> +<td class="tdr">146,634</td> +<td class="tdr">145,634</td> +<td class="tdr">1,000</td> +<td class="tdr">103·70</td> +<td class="tdr">101·87</td> +<td class="tdr">1·83</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad2 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bt">13,483,502</td> +<td class="tdr bt">9,057,002</td> +<td class="tdr bt">4,426,500</td> +<td class="tdr bt">4,456·83</td> +<td class="tdr bt">2,947·68</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,529·32</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_150">[150]</span><a id="c07app3"></a>APPENDIX III</h3> + +<p class="sch1">TOGO—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t150"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Product.</th> +<th colspan="2">1909.</th> +<th colspan="2">1910.</th> +<th colspan="2">1911.</th> +<th colspan="2">1912.</th> +<th colspan="2">1913.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola nuts</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">166</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdr">767</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr">8,013</td> +<td class="tdr">81,750</td> +<td class="tdr">8,216</td> +<td class="tdr">101,700</td> +<td class="tdr">13,073</td> +<td class="tdr">178,932</td> +<td class="tdr">11,452</td> +<td class="tdr">168,978</td> +<td class="tdr">7,025</td> +<td class="tdr">127,905</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr">2,779</td> +<td class="tdr">45,600</td> +<td class="tdr">3,096</td> +<td class="tdr">61,650</td> +<td class="tdr">3,949</td> +<td class="tdr">84,410</td> +<td class="tdr">3,284</td> +<td class="tdr">70,643</td> +<td class="tdr">1,115</td> +<td class="tdr">25,900</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shea nuts</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">34</td> +<td class="tdr">1,192</td> +<td class="tdr">39</td> +<td class="tdr">1,263</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Piassava and tisal</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">14</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +<td class="tdr">357</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kapok</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +<td class="tdr">311</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdr">357</td> +<td class="tdr">9</td> +<td class="tdr">472</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Woods (all kinds)</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">170</td> +<td class="tdr">350</td> +<td class="tdr">137</td> +<td class="tdr">126</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr">146</td> +<td class="tdr">48,450</td> +<td class="tdr">134</td> +<td class="tdr">57,350</td> +<td class="tdr">143</td> +<td class="tdr">41,615</td> +<td class="tdr">163</td> +<td class="tdr">48,787</td> +<td class="tdr">89</td> +<td class="tdr">18,029</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ivory</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">1,797</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">2,085</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">2,806</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hides and skins</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdr">607</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">609</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad2 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bt">10,939</td> +<td class="tdr bt">175,800</td> +<td class="tdr bt">11,448</td> +<td class="tdr bt">220,700</td> +<td class="tdr bt">17,397</td> +<td class="tdr bt">309,344</td> +<td class="tdr bt">15,123</td> +<td class="tdr bt">293,972</td> +<td class="tdr bt">8,241</td> +<td class="tdr bt">175,112</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i027" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig027.jpg"><img src='images/fig027.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 27.—<span class= +"bold">Large Teak Tree, Tectona grandis, Ebuttemetta Gardens, +sixteen years old.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i028" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig028.jpg"><img src='images/fig028.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 28.—<span class= +"bold">Large Para (Hevea Braziliensis), Ebuttemetta Gardens, age +about sixteen years.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 150.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_151">[151]</span><a id= +"c08"></a>CHAPTER VIII</h2> + +<p class="sch1">NIGERIA</p> + +<h3 class="sc space-above1"><a id="c08s1"></a>I. The Rivers, Ports +and Forests of Nigeria.</h3> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">Starting</span> from Lagos, the +first port of call, the coast is flat, sandy, and low-lying as +compared with the typical seaboard of Europe with its cliffs. Long +sandy beaches with scattered coconut palms in the background are +more prevalent in this part of Nigeria than the water-covered +mangrove swamps, showing rather a stunted growth. Westwards from +Lagos there are the scattered mangrove formations in the estuary of +the Yewa River, near which is the trading station of Badagri. +Following the line of the coast, somewhat better mangrove areas are +found towards the mouth of the Benin, Escravos and Forcados Rivers. +The estuary of the Niger, extending from the last-named river as +far as the Sombreiro, shows varied development of the mangrove type +of vegetation, as well as the first admixture of other hardwood +trees at the edge of the mangrove zone. On the way one passes the +Ramos, the Brass, Nun, St. Bartholomew and St. Barbara, each +forming outlets for the forests further north. Beyond the Sombreiro +the estuaries of the New Calabar, Cawthorne and Bonny Rivers +contain further mangrove areas, usually in the form of large +islands. Eastwards of the Bonny River the mangrove to some extent +gives way to comparatively large areas known as rain forests, owing +to the comparatively heavy rainfall in those localities. The +Andoni, Opobo, Kwaiebo form the outlets for these forests.</p> + +<p>The Cross, Calabar, Kwa and Akwayefe are the most easterly +rivers in Nigeria. In the estuary of each, more especially of the +Cross River, the finest mangrove forests are to be seen. Next to +these in point of height and straightness of bole are the forests +on the banks of the St. Barbara and Forcados Rivers.</p> + +<p>The Lagos River, with its present bar-draught of 19 feet, is +followed eastwards by the port of Forcados, showing 19 feet. As +subsidiaries, and northwards from Forcados, are the inland ports of +Warri and Koko, both, and especially the latter, being +timber-shipping centres. Sapeli, another 40 miles up the Benin +River beyond Koko, was and still remains a timber port of some +importance, and from it the trade name of one kind of mahogany, +namely Sapeli wood, is derived. Brass, considerably further +eastward, is practically a seaside port, to which some +produce<span class="pagenum" id="Page_152">[152]</span> of the +Niger Delta is brought. Degema, Bugama, Bakana, Okrika and Port +Harcourt are inland ports all reached from Bonny, situated at the +mouth of the river of the same name. Opobo, on the Imo, is yet +another inland port with a 14-foot bar at the river mouth. Eket is +the small port for the Kwaiebo River, whence small steamers run to +Calabar. Oron, on the western side of the estuary, is also a port +worthy of mention. Though Calabar is some 15 miles above the +junction of the Akwayefe, Kwa and Cross Rivers, it is the chief +port of Eastern Nigeria. It is situated on the side of a hill some +200 feet high on the bank of the Calabar River, which is half a +mile wide at this point.</p> + +<p>Turning now to the next type of forest met with after leaving +the mangrove zone, the thick, heavy, evergreen rain forest is seen. +On the western side in the province of Abeokuta it has very largely +been destroyed, only comparatively small isolated areas remaining. +In the Ondo province, however, some of the most extensive and +heaviest timber areas of this type are found. A good network of +rivers, such as the Ogun, Ona, Oshun, Oni, Shasha and Owenna, when +flooded, form the outlets for timber worked in these localities. In +the northern part of the Warri province and the southern part of +the Benin province large representative areas of the evergreen type +are found, though there they tend to mingle with the tall, mixed +deciduous forests. To a small extent in the Owerri, but to the +largest extent in the Calabar province, the rain forests find their +finest development, culminating in the Oban Hills on the eastern +side of the latter provinces. The rainfall there is 175 inches per +annum.</p> + +<p>The Sasswood is one of the first trees to appear when the +mangrove swamp gives way to the evergreen forest. Other large trees +are the mahoganies, found chiefly on the old banks; red ironwood, +with its brilliant red fresh leaves in the late autumn. In fact, +these leaves are often taken for flowers, owing to their very +bright colour. They gradually, however, assume a dark green colour +as the season advances. An unidentified species of gum-copal which +grows to colossal dimensions is found scattered rather diffusely +and curiously in these areas. Different kinds of ebony, with wood +varying from brown to green black, are seen throughout the zone, +though, as with other trees, a different species is found in the +different provinces; on the whole, the blackest wood is found where +the rainfall is heaviest.</p> + +<p>The mixed deciduous zone, which consists both of deciduous and +evergreen trees, mingles and gradually develops at the northern +edge of the evergreen rain forest; in many cases the one goes over +into the other almost imperceptibly, and it is only perhaps after +half a day’s march that one realizes that one has left the +evergreen type behind and reached the forests where half the trees +lose their leaves every year. A very large development of these +forests is found in the Abeokuta, Oyo, Jebu-ode and Ondo provinces. +Very heavy inroads have<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_153">[153]</span> been made in these forests, and it remains +to be seen whether sufficient will be preserved to ensure the +future fertility of the soil and the requisite rainfall. One of the +most prominent species is the cotton-tree, with its great root +buttresses and muscle-like protuberances from the stem. The Obechi, +or Arere, is another magnificent timber tree, with soft white wood +and maple-like leaves, which grows to huge dimensions. The African +greenheart, which may grow 12 feet in diameter, is hard enough to +break the blade of an axe. The Iroko, taking the place of oak in +African economy, is another tree frequently met with, and it +extends its area of distribution as the forests are opened up with +clearings. East of the Niger this formation is only found to a +small extent in the Onitsha province; a little larger in the +northern part of the Owerri province, and still largest in the +northern part of the Calabar and the southern part of the Ogoja +province. In fact, the finest development of the mixed deciduous +forests is found in the last-named province, just north of the +Cross River, where it is really at the edge of the true deciduous +forest. In this zone some three kinds of mahogany are found, in +some places very diffusely scattered, in others up to a thousand +mature trees in eight square miles, or in a third nearly every tree +a mahogany on both sides of the road for over half a mile. The four +species in this zone vary less from province to province than they +do in the case of the evergreen forest zone, though the total +number may be greater.</p> + +<p>Beginning again on the western side, the open deciduous forest +or dry-zone formation shows itself over a very wide extent in Oyo, +Northern Jebu-ode, and in the Northern Benin provinces. East of the +Niger it is of wide extent in the Northern Onitsha and Northern +Ogoja provinces, but it also occurs in the northern part of the +Owerri province as an artificial product of man’s destruction of +the original forest. In some places this formation, owing to the +trees being close together, more nearly approaches the deciduous +forest. In others, owing to the poor and stunted nature of the +arboreal growth, it more nearly approaches the open grass savannah +formation. Only north of the Oyo province near Shaki, or north of +Ogoja in that province, could it be said that this kind of +formation is seen.</p> + +<p>One of the most prominent kinds of trees found is the Shea +Butter, the nut of which is used in the making of chocolate cream +and margarine. This tree, varying in size from a large oak to a +short, stunted, gnarled and burnt relic of better forest +conditions, is found over very wide areas in the Oyo and northern +part of the Abeokuta province. Strangely enough, this tree does not +appear in the northern part of the Benin or Onitsha province, and +only occurs again in the north-eastern corner of the Ogoja +province. The locust-trees, with their open crown and feathery +leaves and long pods similar to French beans, are conspicuous all +through the zone, and near the villages are specially +preserved.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_154">[154]</span> Mahogany +is represented in this zone as another species which does not +attain a greater girth than 10 feet and which is often gnarled and +crooked owing to the annual grass fires. A medium sized Cedrela, or +hard cigar-box wood, is found in isolated patches in the northern +part of the Abeokuta and southern part of the Oyo province. The +balsam-copaiba-tree is also very common in this zone in the North +Benin, Onitsha and Ogoja provinces.</p> + +<p>The forests of this zone are perhaps the least valuable from the +financial point of view, chiefly owing to their geographical +position and defective means of transport, but economically they +are of great value to the agricultural community, both for their +forest produce as well as their soil-preserving and +rainfall-conserving properties. The chief timber areas are situated +in the heavy rain forest and mixed deciduous forest areas, though a +few have recently been taken up in the mangrove swamps.</p> + +<p>As a minor, though important, development to the main forests +are the evergreen hill forests, which find wide development in the +northern part of the Jebu-ode, Ondo, Benin, Ogoja and Calabar +provinces. On the whole, the species do not vary so much as might +be expected, and in many cases it simply means a further +distribution of certain evergreen trees beyond their zone of +natural development, owing to suitable climatic conditions in these +hills. For instance, the red ironwood appears next the mangrove +swamp on the bank of the St. Barbara River, again in the evergreen +forests near Calabar, and reappears in the hill forests of Oban, +much further north. Probably the most typical trees of the hill +forests are an unidentified species of gum-copal, as well as +several species of Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p>The fringing forests are found chiefly on the banks of the +rivers in an area which is otherwise covered with the open +deciduous or dry-zone formation. Two leguminous trees are most +typical of this zone. Stray deciduous or evergreen trees from the +other zones are also seen. Such forest is thick with a fair amount +of undergrowth, and the trees form a close canopy. The fringes vary +from a few yards to half a mile in width.</p> + +<p>A further subsidiary form is found on the summits of the highest +mountains, such as the Boji Hills, with their stunted satinwood +trees, shrubs and grass. In some places there is yet another minor +formation, that of the freshwater swamps. Some typical examples of +these are found on the banks of the Calabar, Osse and Owenna +Rivers. In most cases only one, or any how only a few species of +trees are found, whereas in the major formations several hundred +different species appear. The growth in these swamp formations, +both mangrove and freshwater, is on the whole not so large as that +of the evergreen forest. Again, the evergreen forest does not show +such fine development or such height of tree as the mixed deciduous +forests, though occasionally the greatest girth of bole is found in +the evergreen forests.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_155">[155]</span><a id="c08s2"></a>II. The Mahogany and +Timber Industries.</h3> + +<p>According to Nigerian law, timber includes planks sawn for logs +and trees hollowed out or shaped for any purpose whatever. The +timber-working industry, then, is a wide one, covering really three +distinct fields of activity, though one or more may be combined. +First, there is the felling of mahogany chiefly, and other +furniture-wood trees for export. In the second place, the native, +and to a slight extent the European firms, cut timber for local +use, mainly in the forest, such as planks, canoes and posts. +Thirdly, there is the Government, which under the auspices of the +Forestry Department chiefly, and to some extent under the Public +Works Department, cuts timber of various kinds, chiefly Iroko, for +railway buildings and road bridges.</p> + +<p>Turning now first of all to the export industry, which is most +important at the present time, though the local demand for timber +will soon dwarf that of the former, there is a definite sequence of +action necessary in embarking on this form of economic +development.</p> + +<p>As soon as a firm decides on timber-getting, an application +(made out in triplicate) has to be sent in with good maps or plans +of the area, which is applied for, to the Conservator of Forests of +that circle. It is understood that the area in question has been +thoroughly examined by the firm before the application is made. A +fee of £3 in stamps as well as a banker’s guarantee of £400 for +each area of 100 square miles is also necessary before the +application can be considered. The species of tree to be cut should +also be stated, as well as the names of the villages and chiefs +occupying or living in or adjacent to the area. Owing to the time +taken in making the fullest inquiries into the occupancy and other +rights, as well as ascertaining the financial standing of the firm +in question, it is usually several months before the applicant +hears that the area has been granted.</p> + +<p>Before this the applicant should also forward a confidential +statement, stating exactly what capital there is available to +develop the timber areas. An additional banker’s reference to the +Crown Agents will save unnecessary delay in the granting of the +area.</p> + +<p>Before the notification of the grant of the area, the licence is +made out in the Conservator’s office, for which a £5 stamp as well +as three good maps are necessary. Roughly, an additional £2 10s. is +required to satisfy the legal fees upon registration, which follows +immediately after the execution of the licence by the licensee of +the grantees. It should be especially noted that anyone acting on +behalf of a firm should be in the possession of a registered power +of attorney, enabling him to act in the fullest possible way for +the applicant or company acquiring land rights. This power of +attorney should be registered beforehand, otherwise another delay +will ensue whilst this is being done.</p> + +<p>As soon as the area is granted, the applicant should mark all +boundaries<span class="pagenum" id="Page_156">[156]</span> with the +necessary marks, which also appear in the licence. Within six +months after the granting of the area, work has to be begun. The +first proceeding is to send in a list of trees, numbered serially +from one upwards, stating the species, size (girth at 10 feet above +ground), where situated, name of nearest village and chief +occupying land in the vicinity, together with the amount of fees +and royalties payable on the trees. The trees have been marked and +numbered previous to the duplicate lists being sent in. It is usual +to pay a cheque or bill for the fees and cash for the royalties, +then one of the two lists sent in is returned to the sender marked +“Permission granted.” Felling can now begin. On the whole, the +general practice is to cut the trees down in the earlier months of +the year and have nearly all completed by March or April. Logging, +with a cross-cut saw or axe, and squaring with an axe and adze, +follows as soon as the trees are felled, and, as it takes longer, +continues afterwards right into May or June. Hauling begins as soon +as sufficient logs are ready to be drawn and the hauling roads have +been cleared. Usually different gangs haul to those employed on the +tree-felling and squaring. Eighty or a hundred boys are lined up +and haul on two ropes attached to the end of the log. The log, +having been shaped at the end to allow easy hauling over the +rollers or ground, is “snaked” along to the nearest waterside, +river bank or creek. Here two timber-dogs are driven in the end for +attaching the cane or rope to hold several together. In the smaller +streams or creeks, single logs, or two joined together, float down +to another station, where a bigger raft of 40 to 100 logs is made +up. In a good many rivers the rise of the water takes place in +July, and it is then that the largest number of logs float out. +Another lesser rise for the most part, except in the largest, such +as the Cross or Niger Rivers, occurs in October, when all logs +possible are got out for that season.</p> + +<p>Logs left by this last flood usually have to stay until the +following year, when the river will rise again. Sometimes as many +as three seasons elapse before it is possible to get out some logs. +The higher reaches of the Owenna have an unenviable reputation in +this respect. Several short rainy seasons following each other +successively cause the same result. The Ijors are the chief +“waterboys,” who contract to take logs down the creeks at 5s., 10s. +or 15s. a log, according to distance and nature of the creek. The +Ossiomo has also a bad name, owing to its swift current and the +liability of losing the logs.</p> + +<p>Most labour is engaged direct, though handed over to a +contractor who is paid 1½d. to 1¾d. per foot of timber squared or +logged brought to the nearest waterside. The labour, however, is +paid by the European firm, which is entirely responsible for the +payment.</p> + +<p>The shipment of the logs is made at Koko, Warri or Forcados from +Lagos and at Lagos itself, the first-named port taking the +majority. Many firms have a branch store and office at this port, +or another firm<span class="pagenum" id="Page_157">[157]</span> +ships logs for others not represented at a fixed charge per log. +Export entries showing numbers of logs, size and value are +presented to the Customs Department before shipment. Koko, which +used to be quite free from the Teredo borer, is now unsafe for logs +after a fortnight’s floating in the water there.</p> + +<p>The shipping companies do not particularly desire logs as +freight, owing to their weight and unwieldiness in handling. Space +is left between them to some extent in the hold. The hatches have +to be especially long to take the biggest logs. From Lagos, +Forcados, Calabar, etc., a freight rate varying from 35s., 40s., to +45s.<a id="FNanchor_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2" class= +"fnanchor">[2]</a> per ton for 2¾, 3 and over 5-ton logs. Koko, on +the other hand, is only 25s., with 10s. extra for primage. This is +the same with the other freight rates.</p> + +<p>During the voyage the logs gradually dry, and often by the time +they are put into the timber yard of the brokers they are split or +cracked. Only the best logs, 30 feet long and quite sound at the +start, stand all the rough handling they get. Auction sales take +place about once a fortnight in the busy season, though sales by +private treaty take place occasionally. Logs can sometimes be sold +ex quay too, though by far the most of the wood is sold by public +auction. The inclusive charge of landing, stacking and selling at +the dock is roughly 10 per cent. of the value of the log. In fact, +it is quite a considerable item of expense, and often makes the +difference between profit and loss on the smaller and lower-grade +logs. All logs are sold by the superficial foot, i.e. one foot +square, one inch thick “sale measure.” Sale measure obtains only in +the mahogany trade for square logs, and is roughly 20 per cent. +less than the actual cubical contents of the log. Round logs are +measured and sold by extreme (full) measure. A wane of six inches +or less is left on the squared logs, because it makes them less +liable to crack and split at the corners, and also it saves a good +deal of timber which would otherwise be wasted.</p> + +<p>Liverpool is the best mahogany market, though fair prices are +obtainable for good logs in London. Hamburg used to be the market +for Gaboon wood, and on the whole new woods were better received +than in the English market. As a rule, figured mahogany always +commands a good price, whereas plain wood, with the exception of +roey or counter-top timber, only fetches a moderate or low price, +unless the market is understocked at the time. The best wood is +obtained from the Ivory Coast, and the next best is Benin or Lagos +wood. Sapeli wood is very heavy, and found a market chiefly in +Germany. Cross River wood has yet to be shipped and proved, though +samples there looked very good and even showed some figure. So far, +only the leased areas have been spoken of. Now we return to the +Reserves, where, however, permits to cut trees can only be +obtained. Here leases are usually not granted. The rules with +regard to replanting do not apply<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_158">[158]</span> in the same way, as all planting is in the +hands of the Department. On the whole, stricter supervision may be +exercised in the Reserves than on leased areas. Although a firm has +no lease, the security of tenure for cutting the trees would be at +least as good as under a lease. No other firm would be in the same +position to fell and extract timber as the first one to whom +permission was granted. The Government would not allow any other +amounts of trees to be felled that would injure the working of the +forest by the first applicant.</p> + +<p>Local felling is conducted by one or two firms in their areas, +which were in the first instance obtained for export timber. For +the most part, however, the natives or native foreigners fell +various kinds of trees such as Iroko, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, +Owussu, <i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>, Ume, <i>Pterocarpus +soyauxii</i> and <i>Pterocarpus Osun</i>, Edat, <i>Saccoglottis +Gabunensis</i>. Nearly half the permits issued are for Iroko, the +main building timber of the Yoruba and Benin and Ibo countries. The +Camwoods or Barwoods are felled next to obtain the brilliant red +heartwood, chiefly from the roots, but also from the stem. A +dyewood which produces a fast colour is obtained by rubbing a small +pointed section on a flattish piece of the same wood. A yellow +dyewood is obtained from Anyeran <i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>.</p> + +<p>The canoe-making industry absorbs a large number of trees. The +native, chiefly Ijor, chooses the tree with great care as to +straightness of stem and length of bole. It is felled near a river +bank or otherwise reasonably accessible place. First of all two +sides are flattened parallel to each other; at the same time the +length of the canoe is chosen and the tree bole cut off at the +required length. A narrow groove about half the depth of the +diameter of the log is now made with small axes and an adzelike +instrument. The log is then shaped externally like a canoe, +especially both bow and stern. Next, more wood is cut away on the +inside and some pieces of wood stuck across to keep the canoe open. +A shelter is put over it during a hot day. As soon as the requisite +amount has been cut out, dry palm branches are placed all round the +canoe outside on the ground; longer cross pieces are fixed over the +canoe of the required length for thwarts when the canoe is +finished. Long stakes are driven into the ground opposite each of +these on each side of the canoe, so that the natives can obtain a +strong leverage over the canoe. Fire is now put to the palms, +beginning with the bow of the canoe. The heat makes the wood expand +and thus opens the canoe; at the same time the natives pull down +the stakes at the side of the canoe and press the cross pieces into +their places. This extends gradually the whole length of the canoe +in the course of the day, which is the most strenuous of all, as +upon the energy and care exercised on this day in making the canoe +open out evenly in its entire length and the same amount each side +depends its future success in the water. It may turn out lopsided, +or, as is often<span class="pagenum" id="Page_159">[159]</span> the +case, a hole may appear in the middle of the stern end, owing to +the centre of the tree having been rather old and rotten. This can +be covered over, and is often above the waterline.</p> + +<p>Canoes vary in size from the Oguta canoe, in which the paddler +has to keep one foot in the water to balance the canoe, to the +twelve-puncheon canoe of the big traders. This last will have a +great hollow dug out fully 6 feet deep at the stern end and over 60 +feet long.</p> + +<p>The sawyers cut the tree all round, fell it, and then cut it +into 12-feet length logs, as far as the bole allows. The huge +branches are left untouched. A large pit is dug quite close to the +logs, and one by one they are placed over and sawn, first two sides +and then into three large planks; finally these are cut into +12-inch planks one inch thick. Most of the work is done within four +miles of the railway line or within twenty miles of a large town, +such as Jebu-ode, Ife, Ibadan, Abeokuta. Truck loads of this timber +may be seen at Ilugun or Ogunshileh, on the Nigerian Railway.</p> + +<p>Permits are also issued for the making of smaller articles, such +as verandah posts, culled out of a guttiferous tree; sleepers, sawn +from Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>); sword-sheaths, made from +Ogohen (<i>Musanga Smithii</i>); mortars, cut from Apa (<i>Afzelia +Africana</i>); pestles, fashioned out of Eba (<i>Lophira +procera</i>).</p> + +<p>The dyewood industry in itself is chiefly developed on the banks +of the Cross River. The trees are felled in the Oban forests, +allowed to lie a year or two, then cut up into long 3- to 4-inch +irregular-shaped scantling or poles. These are sold chiefly in the +Oban market, after which they are cut into small sections. Women +take these up and make lozenge-shaped bricks about a foot long in +the greatest length. These are sold at 6d. each.</p> + +<p>Under Government auspices, one of the first enterprises was the +sawmill at Etehetem. A very hard redwood, termed Apassa by the +Efiks (<i>Mimusops lacera</i>), and also mahogany (<i>Ochrocarpus +Africanus</i>) were cut. Owing to the difficulty of expansion and +the increasing cost of the logs, the plant is to be moved +elsewhere. The railway had a small plant at Han, where timber and +sleepers were cut for the Baro Kano line. At Ebuttemetta the +railway also have a small mill for cutting chiefly Iroko, Apa, and +a little redwood.</p> + +<p>Of the various firms, Messrs. McIver had a small mill in Lagos, +chiefly for sawing up mahogany logs not worth shipping to England. +Later, in 1909, Messrs. Miller Brothers built a mill at Koko town; +Agba (<i>Copaifera sp.?</i>) as well as mahogany logs have been +cut; Ebbe and Obiache, and Obechi (<i>Triplochiton Nigericum</i>), +the last-named being a good whitewood.</p> + +<p>The Anglo-French Company have started a plant near Oron Eastern +Circle to cut sleepers out of mangrove wood, Lagenaria and +Rhizophora.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_160">[160]</span>Lastly, the +Government have started a new mill at Apapa, near Lagos, for +cutting logs obtained near Akilla, on the Oni River, in the +Abeokuta province, and the planing, grooving and recutting is done +in connection with the Public Works yards and furniture-making +establishment in Lagos.</p> + +<p>The Akilla work is run entirely by the Forestry Department. +Trees are felled, cut into logs and brought to the waterside; then, +rafted with others, floated in kerosine tins on lighter wood to +Apapa. A regular rate is charged per cubic foot. Work was started +in August 1914, and already several thousand logs have been +delivered at Apapa.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c08s3"></a>III. The Permanent Forests or +Forest Reserves.</h3> + +<p>In the main, all Forest Reserves become the permanent forests of +a country. So far as Nigeria, for instance, is concerned, certain +definite and well-defined portions of the original forests have +been set aside, by agreement with the natives, as Forest Reserves. +If these areas had not been set aside, they would have been liable +to destruction under the form of shifting cultivation which the +local people practise. For instance, at Olokemeji there are several +thousand acres in the middle of the Reserve which were cleared some +years ago and have not yet grown up. This would have been the fate +of the rest of the forest if it had not definitely been placed +under the care and protection of the Forest Department. The same +applies to other areas scattered over the country.</p> + +<p>It is somewhat hard to define the meaning of a Reserve. +Essentially it is an area permanently set aside for the production +of timber or other forest produce. In many cases, however, the +trees or the forests have to be preserved in the interests of the +climatic conditions of the locality. If it is found that by cutting +down a forest the rainfall decreases every year, the springs dry +up, and the land becomes covered with grass, where actual grass +fires kill all young vegetation and even hinder farming operations, +then the forest must be reserved. To take some examples: In the +colony of Sierra Leone there is a Peninsular Mountain Forest, a +large and valuable Reserve, 80 per cent. of which is covered with +red ironwood, <i>Lophira procera</i>. Then in the Protectorate +there are the Kambui Hills, Kennema, then Nimmini, and the Loma +Mountain Reserve. In the colony and Protectorate of the Gold Coast +there is the Dunkwah Reserve. Some of the most improved reserves in +the southern province of Nigeria are in the Western Circle. There +are Olokemeji, Mamu, Ilaro, Oshun, Owenna and Ondo Reserves. Again, +in the Central Circle there are the Okumu, Obagie, Gilli-gilli, the +Uhi, and the Ogba Forests.</p> + +<p>In the Eastern Circle there are the Oban, Ikrigon and Ajasso +Reserves, in all aggregating about 2,000 square miles.</p> + +<p>Contrary to the usual idea, we have seen that a Forest Reserve +is<span class="pagenum" id="Page_161">[161]</span> in reality only +a permanent forest, which is primarily maintained for the definite +production of some forest or other product. It cannot be too much +emphasized that it is definitely set aside to be used wisely; and +for all the trees taken, suitable replanting operations are +undertaken by the Forest Department. The name “Reserve” is in fact +rather a misnomer. In the early stages of a forest administration +it is convenient to talk about Forest Reserves as distinct from the +rest of the country, which is usually covered with forest and +termed “unreserved” forest. It may, later on, become agricultural +land; it may also be reserved, in which case it becomes a Forest +Reserve or one of the permanent forests of the country. The main +point to be observed with a Reserve is that it is primarily for +use, and not that the timber is to be reserved and not to be +utilized by the general public. Even in those cases where the local +demands of the people are great and have to be satisfied first, +before any outside timber exporter is allowed to work the forest, +it is utilized to the greatest extent compatible with its +maintaining a yearly permanent output of timber or other forest +product. Permanency of output is the watchword, and strict +utilization of the increment-bearing capacity of the forest each +year. The increment is of course the amount which each tree grows +each year. This amount, added together over the whole area, makes +up the quantity which may be felled, on the proportional area +during the rotation, in any one year. Thus, to give a concrete +example: If an area is 100 square miles in extent, and the rotation +is 100 years, then one-hundredth of that area, or one square mile, +may be cut over in one year; also, if the sum of the growth amounts +to 40 cubic feet per acre per year, this means to say that an +annual cut of 25,600 cubic feet can be made each year over one +square mile of the area, in the case of a clear felling of all the +trees, or spread over an area of 10 square miles in the form of a +slight thinning of the trees. In the Temperate Zone, on moderate +soil, 40 cubic feet of timber per annum is a good yield, so that in +the Tropics we may expect a yield of quite double this amount; +therefore it will be seen how readily the forest can grow and how +much timber can be obtained permanently from the Permanent Forests +or Reserves.</p> + +<p>Another great advantage of the Permanent Forest or Forest +Reserve, compared with the ordinary leased areas, is the fact that +the planting is done by the Forest Department and not by the +leaseholder. In an ordinary leased area this planting is a +considerable source of expenditure and worry to the leaseholder, +and even then satisfactory results are hard to be obtained. He is +continually being reminded of his planting duties by the Forest +Department, and he is continually striving to keep up the +proportionate amount of planting, i.e. 24 trees for every tree +felled, and this is by no means easy to attain. Although the annual +leaseholder working in a Forest Reserve may be under<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_162">[162]</span> greater supervision and more +stringent forest regulations than in the ordinary leased areas, on +the whole his prospects of getting out greater quantities of timber +more expeditiously and cheaply are much greater than in the +ordinary areas.</p> + +<p>Particularizing some of the great concrete objects for which +reserve is made:</p> + +<p>Firstly, the permanent supplies of timber of all kinds, with a +view to turning out approximately the same quantity year after year +in perpetuity—in fact, if anything, gradually increasing the output +year after year. This means to say that, although the forest is cut +down, it is replaced at the same rate at which it is cut down. +Putting it in another way, there must be as many blocks, or +portions or actual “stands” in the forest as represent the number +of years which elapse between the time a tree is planted and the +time it is cut down. This period is known to foresters as “the +rotation,” and in northern temperate countries, for Coniferous +trees the time is usually reckoned at about 80 years. In the +tropics, with mahogany, Iroko and other timbers, it may be only +necessary to allow 60 years, or perhaps on very poor ground 100 +years. In the case of teak in Burma, a rotation between 80 and 100 +years is perhaps about sufficient to enable merchantable timber to +be produced. Putting it in another way, in the forest, in order to +have the permanent yield, there must be sufficient trees of each +girth class, so that when the largest, say those over 12 feet in +girth, are cut down, there must be sufficient of those between 10 +and 12 feet, which will grow during a 10-year period (in which they +are cut) from 10 feet to 12 feet in girth. At the present time it +has been found convenient to classify each class as “under 2 feet, +2 to 4 feet, 4 to 6 feet, 6 to 8 feet, 8 to 10 feet, 10 to 12 feet, +and over 12 feet.” The object of this is to clear away, or have +cut, all those trees over 12 feet in girth. This makes room for +younger, quicker-growing timber. Although, under the Nigerian +Forest Law, the girth of mahogany has been reduced to 11 feet, and +in some districts to 10 feet, eventually, as the older and more +unremunerative slower-growing trees are cut down, it will be +possible to reduce the girth still further. To put this question of +the permanent yield in yet another way: All the trees from one year +old, or from the smallest size to those over 12 feet in girth, +represent what we may call the forest capital. Now, the object of +the rotation is only to take the interest on this capital; that is +to say, the amount which grows on all the trees over the whole area +for one year. It would, however, not do to clip off little pieces +from each tree over the whole area, as they would be quite useless +as timber. Therefore this amount is calculated out as so many cubic +feet per annum, or so many trees above a girth of 12 feet or 11 +feet, or whatever the girth limit may be, and this amount, either +in cubic feet or in the number of trees, is allowed to be cut down +each year. Then we know<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_163">[163]</span> that year after year this amount can be cut +down again, and as the soil and other conditions improve and the +rate of reproduction is hastened by proper cultural methods in +improving the soil, by draining and other methods of amelioration, +still larger results may be obtained.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i029" class="iw3"><a href="images/fig029.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig029.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 29.—<span class= +"bold">The Chief Conservator of Forests’ House, with five-year-old +Albizzia Lebbek standing beside it.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i030" class="iw3"><a href="images/fig030.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig030.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 30.—<span class= +"bold">Three Capsules of Mahogany (Khaya grandis Ivoriensis and +Punchii), from banks of Owena River.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i031" class="iw3"><a href="images/fig031.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig031.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 31.—<span class= +"bold">Capsules of three Species of Entandrophragma: E. +Macrophyllum, the largest; E. utilis, the next in size; and E. +cylindricum, the smallest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 162.</p> +</div> + +<p>Secondly, the object of these Reserves is to produce firewood, +more especially in the neighbourhood of large towns; in fact, +already in several cases, firewood plantations or Reserves have +been made, such as those at Ibadan and on the sandy flats near +Lagos. In these cases, trees five, seven or ten years old are large +enough for that purpose, more especially of the following species, +<i>Cassia Siamia</i>, or <i>Albizzia Brownii</i>.</p> + +<p>Thirdly, to provide grazing land, more especially in the more +northern part of Nigeria, where the object is to divide up the +area, so that so many cattle may graze on each area in different +years, or for different periods of the year, so as to give the +pasture and small trees which may be growing a chance to revive and +grow again. By this means the pasture is improved and made of +permanent value. It is also possible under this system to undertake +permanent improvements in these large pastures by a certain amount +of drainage in the lower parts, and fire protection in the upper +and higher parts. In this way the cattle obtain a better pasturage +and reach maturity all the quicker. In times of bad season, too, +some of the closed areas may be opened for pasturage, thus ensuring +that the head of cattle may not be allowed to go down owing to +death due to drought or lack of pasture. In this way the grazing +reserve acts as a kind of insurance against loss of stock in bad +seasons of no rainfall.</p> + +<p>Fourthly, the production of oil seeds and nuts, such as the Oil +Bean, <i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>, or the African Wood Oil-nut, +<i>Ricinodendron Africanus</i>. It may also be the production of +Cola nuts, which thrive in the forests in the shade, or in the +partial shade, of other forest trees, and the Cacao Bean, which +also, in certain localities, should stand in the partial shade of +forest trees, more especially in the dry season.</p> + +<p>Fifthly, the production of fibres, such as that from the tree +known as Eso, <i>Firmiana Barteri</i>, the bark of which is used +for making rope. Then there are the various creepers, such as +Kakoba, <i>Entada scandens</i>, which is also used for making rope +by the Hausa and Yoruba, more especially fly-switches by the Benin +natives. Then there are the canes, such as Egbe, used for roofing +amongst the Yorubas and Okakan, <i>Eremospatha sp.</i> (large Benin +rattan), and Ikan, <i>Eremospatha macrocarpa</i> (small Benin +rattan), also used for making rope, and a kind of string which both +the Benin and Jekii natives use for tying lath pieces together in +house-building and in making coverings for their canoes.</p> + +<p>Sixthly, the production of domestic articles, such as +sponges,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_164">[164]</span> <i>Luffa +Soudanica</i>, or wrapping-leaves for food, termed Ewayon by the +Yorubas, or thatching laths, Ebe by the Benin natives, and the +roofing canes termed Itebe by the Yorubas.</p> + +<p>Seventhly, the production of medicinal plants, such as those for +native Ju-ju; and some, such as <i>Cassia occidentalis</i>, +<i>Cassia fistula</i>, also useful to Europeans.</p> + +<p class="space-above15">The main difference between the beautiful, +untouched existing forests and a Forest Reserve is chiefly in the +matter of management. In the unreserved forests a lease may be +granted for five or seven years, and the leaseholder may fell a +great number of trees, such as mahogany, Iroko, etc. At the same +time there is nothing to hinder the natives or original occupier or +user of the land from clearing the greater part of the forest, +except the protected trees, and making farms throughout the area; +thus, in fact, gradually hindering, or at least reducing, the +possible output of timber from that area. No new seedlings come up +in these areas which are farmed, and, in fact, the fires which are +made in the course of clearing the land for farming operations kill +the young growth of all kinds. In reality, in a Forest Reserve +there is more permanency with regard to the output of timber than +in the original forest; there is, in fact, absolute permanency. +Although no actual lease may be granted for a period of several +years in a Forest Reserve, yet, as a matter of fact and usual +experience, after a year’s working it would be quite unlikely for a +Forest Department to stop the timber merchant from working the +forest again, or rather from allowing him much the same number of +trees as he had in the former year, because not only would the +revenue from the forest suffer, but timber experience would have to +be gained with another firm, which means a loss of time as well as +revenue. Thus, in the ordinary way it is more satisfactory to have +the same firm working in that locality year after year, provided +they pay an adequate price for all the timber trees which they +have. They can then invest the proper amount of capital in plant +and hauling appliances, and thus make a greater profit and exploit +the forest to better advantage than if a fresh firm came in year +after year.</p> + +<p>To give a more concrete idea of what these areas mean, we will +take it that on the average there are only 50 trees per acre which +are of some value or another, either for timber for local use or +for export, and taking the average rate of fee at only 4s. per tree +(it should be noted that mahogany and so on are rated at £2 16s. +per tree), it will be seen that the value of these forests is in +all £12,800,000. This sounds a great deal, but when it is +considered what a very large number of trees can now be utilized, +either locally, in the form of planks and scantlings, and joists +for posts, not to speak of all the various kinds of mahogany, +Iroko, walnut, ebony and other substitutes which can be used for +export, it will be seen that this value is none too great; in +fact,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_165">[165]</span> to the timber +leaseholder they would be worth at least ten times as much. Of +course, in this calculation all sizes of trees above a girth of 4 +feet are considered, for the sake of making the valuation as +complete as possible. Naturally, the smaller girth trees would not +immediately be utilized, but when we are totalling up the amount of +forest or wood capital involved in the valuation, it is necessary +to include them and put a value on them. If the necessity arose, +even they could also be utilized and would at least bring in the +amount of the lowest valuation per tree.</p> + +<p>The Forest Reserves stand also in a special position to the +local people, for, after all, these Reserves formed originally part +of the forest from which were supplied all the major wants of the +native, such as timber, firewood, oil nuts and seeds, fibres, +domestic articles and medicinal plants; therefore, whatever the +main lines of protection of a good forest, the needs of the people +of that locality must have the first consideration. After these +wants have been fully supplied, then any surplus in the way of +timber or other commercial products can be sold or exported +elsewhere. This leads us to consider the fact that a Permanent +Forest or Forest Reserve leads to a permanent source of revenue +from that particular forest. Owing to the fact that there is the +permanent yield of timber established in that area, it means that +permanent money is being obtained from those trees and being +brought into the Treasury as part of the permanent revenue of the +country. If there is any increase, owing to the increased value of +the timber trees thus gained—and the more stability there is, the +better for the country—better arrangements can be made with regard +to the reproduction of the forests. If there is a greater revenue +being obtained from the forests, even more money can be justly +expended by the Forest Department for the buying of better +implements for planting and the Forest Station generally, for the +making of permanent improvements in the forests, such as draining, +road-making and fire protection. If these forests are not protected +and unreserved, then in the course of time they must completely +disappear, owing to the fact that man is so constituted that if he +sees land, which may or may not be suitable for agriculture, +covered with trees, he naturally thinks it would be better to cut +these down and see what agricultural crop will grow there, +regardless of the fact that there may already exist, or he may have +cleared, fifteen times as much land as he requires for farming +operations each year.</p> + +<p>In addition to all the above, there are the indirect effects of +forests, which have been considered in the section dealing with the +relation between Agriculture and Forestry. On the whole, it is +better for the Central Government or Federal Government to manage +the Forest Reserves, as by that means there is greater impartiality +in their management and more stability and continuity in the Forest +policy adopted<span class="pagenum" id="Page_166">[166]</span> +towards them. In each case, however, it is essential to have either +co-opted or elected representatives of the locality, either by the +chiefs or by representatives of the people, so that the wishes and +needs of the locality may be thoroughly considered.</p> + +<p>Lastly, and by no means the least important feature of the +Forest Reserve, is the æsthetic view. In the regions of Permanent +Forests, healthier localities are afforded for the people, and they +are also prettier and more pleasant. This applies not only to +temperate-zone forests, but also to tropical forests. It is a +well-known fact also that where there are permanent forests the +value of the other land in that locality is always rated higher, +and is worth more for leasing if adequately covered with a +sufficient proportion of forest.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c08s4"></a>IV. Afforestation in Nigeria.</h3> + +<p>The Forest Department, not being content with obtaining a +revenue out of the forests from the trees cut down for export or +for local use, have spent and are spending several thousands of +pounds each year in planting valuable forest trees. Going back +historically before the time when the Forest Department had a +sub-head in the estimates for “Labour for Plantations” or “Teak +Plantations” or “Upkeep and Improvement of Forest Reserves,” we had +the annual planting of many tens of thousands of mahogany-trees by +the timber leaseholder. The whole of this was chiefly done in the +Benin district of the Benin province. Although this transplanting +of self-sown mahogany-trees into better situations near timber +camps, or at the side of falling roads and into the spaces left by +the fallen mahogany-trees, was by no means carried out very +systematically or under very expert planters, the results are all +the more creditable to those who so early started to reproduce the +forests. It is most interesting to see in different parts on the +banks of the Osse River young thrifty plantations now nearly twenty +years old and nearly 30 feet high. In a similar way in the forest +there are to be seen large numbers of somewhat smaller sized +mahoganies growing singly or in groups, only needing a certain +amount of clearing and tending to prevent their being overgrown by +other forest trees. Scattered though they are throughout the +forest, it is not too much to say that the prospective younger aged +forest will be more valuable than that which originally stood in +its place.</p> + +<p>Easier to find, though in some way less attractive to look at, +are the regularly made mahogany plantations of the Forest +Department. In addition to isolated specimen trees which are found +in the forest Arboretums at Calabar, Degema, Benin City and +Olokemeji, several thriving plantations are found near Benin City +in the Ogba and Obagie Reserves, in the Ilaro, Mamu and Olokemeji +Reserves. In the last-named are the most extensive areas of all, +and also, despite<span class="pagenum" id="Page_167">[167]</span> +many failures owing to experiments on bad soil and seasons of +extreme drought, the growth of the trees gives the greatest promise +of mature trees, or at any rate merchantable trees, being grown in +a comparatively short period. Plantations have also been made at +Awka, Udi, Okwoga and Ida.</p> + +<p>Already on the old town site of Ijaiye, mahoganies have been +seen over 6 feet in girth which have grown up from self-sown +seedlings within a period of about sixty years. The soil in this +locality is none too good, and the rainfall on the average +certainly does not exceed 50 inches per annum. Near 47 Benin +villages small communal plantations of mahogany have been made.</p> + +<p>All the mahoganies apparently, especially when grown in “pure” +plantations, are attacked by a leading-shoot borer, which so +weakens the leading shoot as to make it fall off, and the tree +subsequently grows with two leaders. Later on this forms a large +fork in the tree, which, when the time comes for felling, is by no +means to be despised, forming as it does usually a very good +“curl.” In other respects it is disadvantageous in reducing the +length of the single straight bole. In this manner it has the +effect of reducing the number of logs of long length and even shape +and large size that can be obtained in one tree. In many cases, a +log can be cut above from each limb forming the fork; but of course +these are both much smaller than those from the bole, and are +usually not nearly so straight, and one or other of the limbs is +liable to be broken when the tree is felled. In the original forest +only isolated trees are attacked by this leading-shoot borer, +whereas in a plantation nearly all the trees suffer by its +depredations.</p> + +<p>Various species are being tried for admixture with the mahogany +in order to hinder the spread of the attacks. At Olokemeji there is +a mahogany plantation largely interplanted with two species of +<i>Mimusops multinervis</i> and <i>Mimusops Elengi</i>. So far this +appears most suitable, as the soil is kept thoroughly covered by +the dense shade cast by the Mimusops, and there is a very +considerable space between each mahogany-tree. However, the +mahogany grows faster than the Mimusops, so that after the first +few years it does not have so much effect. Even so, it tends to +keep the bole of the mahogany clean and the state of the soil in +mechanical and physical condition such as to be most conducive to +the growth of mahogany.</p> + +<p>A mixture occasionally seen in nature has yet to be copied—that +of mahogany and Chewstick (<i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>). To some +extent it is seen at Olokemeji, where the self-sown seedlings have +come up in a mahogany plantation, but of course they were rather +too late to effect the result, i.e. protecting the mahogany from +the leading-shoot borer. At Ilaro a most typical Mahogany Reserve, +an isolated plantation made amongst secondary growth, has more than +held its own with little or no tending after the first two years, +and yet the trees<span class="pagenum" id="Page_168">[168]</span> +overtop all the surrounding growth. In some cases, both at +Olokemeji and Mamu, either self-sown or planted Iroko +(<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>) is found growing amongst the mahogany. +Owing to the attacks of the coccus on the Iroko hindering its +height growth, it has not had as beneficial an effect as might have +been expected. Transplanting self-sown trees from an overshaded +locality in the forest, where they usually first appear in a more +open locality, has proved on the whole most successful. Again, +transplanting self-sown seedlings scarcely one year old from an +overshaded locality into one with more light has accelerated the +growth of the seedlings, preventing them being killed by the +excessive shade, and at much less cost has thus established a small +plantation in the Benin forests.</p> + +<p>With the collection and planting of the seeds from the +teak-trees originally planted about 1889 in the Ebuttemetta garden, +a new area opened in the afforestation of Nigeria. Seedlings +developed rapidly, and were found to grow at least 10 if not 18 +feet in the first year. Although not always keeping up this promise +of exceedingly rapid growth, more especially in height, the teak +bids fair to become, as in Burma so in Nigeria, the most valuable +of all trees. On the whole it has been by far the most extensively +planted tree of any in Nigeria, excepting that in the case of +mahogany many more have been planted in the Central Circle. Teak +plantations are now found as widely apart as on the banks of the +Cross River near Ikom, Inkum, Ndeh and Ikrigon amongst the historic +stones, and in the Arboretum at Calabar. Near Ndeh, for over a +quarter of a mile the river bank is quite enlivened by the large +and showy leaves as well as the tall, thin stem of the teak. To a +lesser extent, though appearing more picturesque, is the riverside +plantation on the opposite bank just below Abragba. In a district +with a rainfall of about 60 inches and a deep sand alluvial soil, +the teak so far has proved quite at home in the Cross River +districts of the Eastern Circle. Even amongst the thickly growing +grass at Ikrigon they have survived after coming up from seeds sown +at stake, and bid fair to become an established tree of that +locality.</p> + +<p>Teak has also found a place in the plantation near Mpot and the +Oban Reserve. Going over now to the Central Circle, we have Oria, +situated near the right bank of the Niger in the Benin province, +with its rapidly growing teak plantations. Again choosing a local +climate similar to that where teak is found has so far proved it to +be a most suitable tree for this locality. Many other trees do not +thrive or attain much size near here, so that the teak is all the +more valuable for that reason. Near Benin itself, with its heavier +rainfall and comparatively approximate to the sea (about 45 miles), +it is doubtful if teak will do so well. Even so, growing more +slowly, it would prove an additional most valuable tree to those +already found growing in the district from which timber has already +been obtained.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_169">[169]</span>Again, in the +Western Circle the very largest teak plantations are found: even +from the railway carriage window you get an impression of the +extent of these just before reaching the Eruwa Road station, and +again just after leaving Olokemeji station, between 85 and 90 miles +from Lagos respectively. Despite one or two fires, trees at Eruwa +Road show quite average growth for the Southern Provinces of +Nigeria. In seven years the trees had reached a girth of over 12 +inches and a height of over 25 feet. Happily, they were not +fruiting so profusely as at Olokemeji. This plantation is all the +more interesting in that it was made primarily for the use of the +Railway Administration to supply teak timber for sleepers and +constructional work.</p> + +<p>On closer inspection it will be seen that the Olokemeji +plantations nearest the railway comprise six “falls,” “stands,” or +“compartments” of 25 acres each, adjoining each other. Although the +trees everywhere have not grown as well as on the better soil, +these are far and away the largest plantations of any in Nigeria. +Each “stand” is separated from the next by a broad ride and top and +bottom by a broad road. Near by these are another two compartments +of 25 acres each, though neither of these is entirely filled with +teak, as also the first one in the other series. Nearer the +bungalows there are the first made plantations of 1908, thriving, +yet growing on the poor laterite soil. These stretch away nearly +half a mile into the open deciduous forests at the back. What a +strange contrast is presented in the dense, close growth of the +teak plantation, with its soil covering of decaying and large brown +leaves of the teak, compared to the stunted growth of Red Ironwood, +small Bauhinia, some Paradaniellas and a few gnarled oak-like Shea +Butter Trees! Such teak plantations open up a long vista of future +developments in the conversion of the poor dry-zone vegetation into +forests of valuable trees, both with and without extensive +permanent improvements of the soil and subsoil. Even the large +raceme-like clusters of the flowers, almost covering the whole of +the teak trees in April and May, are not to be despised for +improving the looks of a grassy lawn near a bungalow. A glimpse +through the tall Terminalias on both sides of the Ogun, just before +the curve is reached at Olokemeji village, reveals yet another teak +plantation on the lower slopes of the easternmost of the two hills. +Olokemeji means the “man of, or owner of, two hills” (<em>oke</em> +means a hill, and <em>meji</em> means two, in Yoruba). Again, still +further along in the valley of the stream, near the station, are +some other older teak plantations from the years 1910, 1911. Here +there is yet a different contrast. The broad, wide masses of the +teak plantation are still on one side rather overshadowed towards +the hillside by the giants of the mixed deciduous forests, such as +the cotton-tree (<i>Eriodendron Orientale</i>) and <i>Sterculia +cordifolia</i> and ebony (<i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>). However, +later on the teak, growing on better soil than is found +in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_170">[170]</span> many parts of +the Olokemeji Reserve, will no doubt equal it, if not surpass +it.</p> + +<p>Further to the south, in the Ilaro Reserve, teak has not proved +to be so much at home; although growing well the first year or so, +the rate of growth since then has been distinctly disappointing. +The soil may have been too damp, and the rainfall of the locality +may be a little high, and perhaps later on it may be proved that it +can be grown on the higher land at a profit.</p> + +<p>Further eastward and further northward, in the Mamu Reserve, the +teak has grown as well, if not better than up the Cross River. +Trees five years old have reached a girth of 24 inches and a height +of 35 feet; with its good soil and comparatively high rainfall, +probably rather more than 60 inches, Mamu bids fair to be one of +the homes of teak in Africa. The older plantations on the river +bank, some three miles away from those on the side of the +Ibadan-Jebu-ode Road, have done nearly as well as those standing on +inferior soil. So far the only damage done to any of the trees +anywhere is that caused by a mistletoe-like parasite termed Afoma +by the Yorubas, and known botanically as <i>Polystachys +odorata</i>. However, only isolated trees having been attacked both +at Olokemeji and Mamu, it is not difficult to combat its presence +by cutting the trees down and burning the parasite. Still further +north, on the bank of the Ogun just above the bridge on the +Oyo-Iseyin Road, is yet another teak plantation. This was mainly +formed by many of the seedlings in the nursery not being +transplanted in time and being allowed to grow up altogether +unthinned. Teak, however, forms such very persistent side branches, +and has such a tendency to flower and fruit early in its existence, +that only helps it to form a clean straight bole and retards the +period of flowering by being planted close together. Also, nearly 5 +per cent. of all the stems have a tendency to bend over and form +stronger side branches than a leader, and have, in fact, rather a +more shrub-like habit than that of a tree. Again, quite 1 per cent. +grow very slowly right from the beginning and thus sooner or later +get suppressed. For these reasons, then, more are required right +from the beginning in order to form a full crop of clean-boled +timber.</p> + +<p>In the Ondo Circle there are some teak at Awshun, where, owing +to rather a high rainfall and somewhat low-lying ground, the trees +have not grown so very fast after the first year.</p> + +<p>In addition to isolated specimens over twelve years old in the +Olokemeji Arboretum region, the oldest trees of all are found in +the Ebuttemetta gardens near Lagos. These trees are nearly thirty +years of age, and show a girth of about 6 feet. By no means growing +on good soil, or in a suitable locality either with regard to +elevation or the close proximity to the lagoon and the sea, useful +for the best growth of teak, they do not at all show the possible +limits of growth of this tree. Already<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_171">[171]</span> sample sections have been cut from one or +two of these trees and reported on most favourably by the Railway +Administration. Similar samples have been sent to the Imperial +Institute for exhibition purposes. In a short time the first +thinnings of the plantations will take place, and it will be +possible to see for what purpose they are most suitable. At any +rate, it is a termite-proof wood, and despite the fact that the +white ants often attack the growing tree, they usually eat only the +outer bark, leaving the tree quite intact and alive.</p> + +<p>In all, about 300 acres have been planted with teak, and even at +the low valuation of the cost of making them they are worth at +least £45,000. In this case a nominal value of only 3s. per cubic +foot is assumed. As has proved the case in Burma, probably on the +best soils only a period of eighty years will have to elapse before +the final filling of the trees is made on the better classes of +soil, and one of a hundred on the poorer soils. At approximately +regular intervals of every ten years after the first ten or fifteen +have elapsed from the date of the making of the plantation, +thinnings are made. With each succeeding period the trees cut out +are of larger size, and thus of increasing value with each decade. +These returns soon more than cover the cost of planting, and assume +greater and greater proportion towards the end of the rotation.</p> + +<p>Another tree with which a considerable amount of work has been +done is the Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>). Here, despite many +disappointing results, care and attention show that this tree is +capable of reproducing itself in a comparatively short period. +Beyond many specimens in the Arboretum at Olokemeji, a whole +plantation was made by the Railway between that place and Eruwa +Road. Seedlings come up in large numbers from fresh seed sown in a +nursery. In fact, sometimes, as at Olokemeji, they have appeared +thicker than grass. Subsequently, when transplanted, many thousands +died, the roots being apparently unable to quickly adjust +themselves to new surroundings and grow again before the leaves +have transpired nearly all the moisture from the plant, and thus +quite withered and dried it up. However, those which have survived +show fair growth, even on poor laterite soil. This soil, of course, +is quite unsuited, and certainly one of the poorest mediums in +which to plant Iroko.</p> + +<p>Natural regeneration or the sowing of seeds at stake seems to be +the best method, as we have in nearly all the Reserves large +numbers of young Iroko seedlings of all ages and sizes coming up. +In that connection one of the most instructive Forest Reserves is +that of Ikrigon, where the Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>) is +the most prevalent tree. Here, where most of the land has been +farmed at one time or another and where the rainfall on the whole +is sufficient to induce a good forest growth, the Iroko has tended +to increase in numbers all through this part of the country. It may +also be said, of course, that<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_172">[172]</span> the natives have directly helped in this +process, by leaving some of the less straight and more branched +Iroko-trees standing. They have used the best for canoe-making. In +this manner seed-bearing trees have been available, and with part +of the ground having been cleared for farms, the conditions have +been most suitable for the reproduction of the tree. Subsequently +the farms have been abandoned and the young trees have grown up +amongst the weeds, creepers, and other inferior tree species, such +as Albizzia, just according sufficient shade and protection for the +young Irokos, and yet not too dense or thick to prevent them from +sooner or later emerging and overgrowing the rest of the trees. +Although, of course, many trees growing up under these conditions +branch somewhat low down, they do not suffer nearly to the same +extent, and sometimes not at all, from the attacks of the leaf +coccus. This has two effects: not only does it not hinder and +retard the sapling’s growth, but also all the sooner it reaches the +higher zone or greater distance from the ground (as far as its +upper foliage is concerned), so that these attacks do not occur. +Again, the competition of the various weeds, Albizzias, creepers, +etc., has the effect of so stimulating the growth of the young +Iroko that in such positions it reaches a much greater height in a +quicker time than when planted in pure plantations. From numerous +observations it appears that after the first year the height growth +may exceed 6 feet in one season. Even later this is kept up, and if +the rest of the forest growth remains comparatively thick, no side +branches can be formed on the bole of the Iroko, so that +clean-stemmed trees are the result. As it gets older the Iroko +stands less shade, and thus any small branches which do form are +soon killed by the surrounding trees. Thus it is seen how we find +these very straight, long-boled Irokos in the forests. Again, too, +it is not very expensive, and at least much cheaper, to undertake +partial cleaning and pruning amongst the self-sown Iroko-trees, +especially to eliminate forks low down in the stem. Various +experiments undertaken in the Ikrigon, Olokemeji and Mamu Reserves +showed how quickly the sapling Irokos respond to this treatment. In +some cases, trees only 2 inches in diameter and forked have reached +nearly 4 inches in diameter and nearly doubled in height in one +year. Another advantageous feature of the Iroko is the rapid, +satisfactory, and smooth way in which the occlusion of the wounds +made by pruning takes place. Even in the case of a very crooked +tree covered with several branches, in fact almost forming a crown, +these may be marked but not all cut until the following year. +Surfaces of less than 2 inches will be nearly occluded over, and a +tendency of the tree towards a crown will be almost obliterated at +that point and be forming much higher up the tree.</p> + +<p>Apparently, the more northward the tree is found the less liable +it is to attack by the leaf coccus. Whilst it is found in the +Olokemeji,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_173">[173]</span> Ilaro +and Mamu Reserve, it is less frequent in the Ikrigon Reserve. In +the Sokode it was quite unknown. This last-named place is in Togo, +and the plantation is situated in a latitude of over 9° North.</p> + +<p>In the Ilaro and to a lesser extent in the Mamu Reserve it has +been remarkable how rapidly the Iroko increases in girth when given +plenty of space after being freed from the surrounding forest +trees. In these trees, when showing a girth of from 4 to 8 feet, +the diameter increment is most rapid. In most cases it averages +over 6 inches in girth, and in one case at Ilaro it was as much as +11 inches in one year. This rapid growth in girth is all the more +valuable as the trees of this size growing in the high forest have +usually nearly completed their height growth. Thus the bole is +comparatively long and clean, and the extra growth is put on evenly +all the way up, tending to make it more cylindrical than +before.</p> + +<p>With the protection of the forests alone as Forest Reserve both +in the evergreen and mixed deciduous forest zone, not only are many +Iroko-trees preserved and allowed to grow to their full size, but +also large numbers of self-sown seedlings come up in the abandoned +ground and augment the value of the forests. This is an additional +reason why the farming in a Reserve cannot be continued for any +length of time. The old farms become more and more filled up with +valuable young Iroko-trees, which would be at any rate damaged, if +not killed, by the farming operations.</p> + +<p>Even without taking into consideration the number of planted +trees, the Forest Department has practically guaranteed certain +future quantities of Iroko timber in the number of small trees +which have been preserved and the potential value of the little +ones grown up since the Reserves were made. Only in one part of the +country is this anything like the case, and that is in the Ahoada +district, where the natives use the Iroko-tree as a boundary mark +between the different village lands and also between many farms. To +a minor extent this can be seen in the Onitsha district, where the +Iroko-trees have been preserved inside the villages, thus giving +them the appearance of being the woods of the country while the +rest of the land is bare. It is, however, just the reverse. They +form the towns and villages amongst the trees, which are thus +preserved from the axe and fire of the local farmer. Despite the +fact that a fair number of large oversized Irokos have been cut +each year in the Olokemeji Reserve, there are many more of the +smaller size now coming on than were in existence when the first +fellings took place.</p> + +<p>Another tree which has received a considerable amount of +attention is the Cigar-box Cedar (<i>Cedrela odorata</i>), and to a +lesser extent the Toon (<i>Cedrela Toona</i>). Although both are +exotic trees, the former especially shows very quick growth. +Despite the unevenness with which it is liable to come up from +seed, the rapid growth of the<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_174">[174]</span> tree soon compensates for this +disadvantage. In three or four years it may be from 18 to 24 feet +high and 8 to 16 inches in girth. Both the largest individual +specimens as well as plantations are found in the Olokemeji forest +as well.</p> + +<p>More in place in the firewood plantations near Lagos and Ibadan +is the Casuarina (<i>Casuarina equisetifolia</i>). At Olokemeji +this tree has only done comparatively well. Also an exotic, it is +most useful for planting near the sea-side on sandy soil, and in +places with a smaller rainfall. It will also stand a comparatively +dry atmosphere. The wood of this tree is very hard, almost like +Ironwood. It is sometimes known as the Australian Beef Tree. Its +numerous small branches on the stem make the wood rather knotty and +of less value for general construction work. However, its heating +power as a firewood is very great. Amongst all the forest trees it +is one which yields the greatest amount of acetic acid, which forms +the basis of an explosive.</p> + +<p>Another Australian tree which has been used to a lesser extent +for Afforestation purposes is the Blue Gum of various kinds. +<i>Eucalyptus citriodora</i> and <i>E. amygdalina</i> have proved +to grow the quickest of any planted in Nigeria. Many others have +been tried, but most have not survived. Specimen trees and small +groups are seen as far apart as Onitsha, on the banks of the Niger, +Ikassa, near the mouth of the Nun branch of the Niger, the +Botanical Gardens, Calabar, the Olokemeji Arboretum and Forest +Plantations, not to forget the streets of Lagos. In a similar way +Casuarinas are seen near Government House at Calabar and in Lagos, +besides the forest Arboretums and plantations.</p> + +<p>Another exotic from India, Lagerstrœmia (<i>Lagerstrœmia flos +Reginæ</i>), has grown well both on the banks of the Ogun and on +poor laterite soil of the Olokemeji Forest Reserve. For the sake of +the flowers alone it is worth planting to ornament a garden or the +edge of a plantation. The masses of mauve flowers last a +considerable time and blend most beautifully with the foliage and +any green grass near by. Although of branching habit when planted +10 feet apart, if planted closer it will grow straighter and with +cleaner bole. The timber is hard and very durable. So far this tree +has proved a valuable introduction, especially for planting poor +soils and river banks liable to inundation.</p> + +<p>A later, though an exceedingly good introduction is that of the +Satinwood (<i>Swietenia chloroxylon</i>), which gives promise in +the Olokemeji Forest Reserve of making a valuable addition to the +number of timber trees of indigenous and exotic origin. This tree +yields the Ceylon satinwood, which is usually worth at least £12 +per ton. The almost silvery-white tufted formation of the leaves is +reminiscent almost of the Eucalyptus, though the leaf is rather +smoother<span class="pagenum" id="Page_175">[175]</span> and not +quite so narrow in proportion to its length as most of the +Eucalyptus family.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i032" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig032.jpg"><img src='images/fig032.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 32.—<span class= +"bold">Cedrela odorata, seven years old, with Forest Office in +background, Olokomeji.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i033" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig033.jpg"><img src='images/fig033.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 33.—<span class= +"bold">Cedrela odorata, Cigar-box Cedar, girth 5 feet, twelve years +old, Olokomeji Arboretum.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i034" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig034.jpg"><img src='images/fig034.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 34.—<span class= +"bold">Teak (Tectona grandis), ten years old, Olokomeji +Arboretum.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 174.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p>Some years ago the seeds of <i>Pinus Mercusii</i> were planted +in several places, including those of higher elevation. Although it +many cases the seed germinated, the seedlings subsequently +died.</p> + +<p>Another exotic, the Swamp Cypress or Bald Cypress, or, as it is +known in England, the Deciduous Cypress (<i>Taxodium +distichum</i>), was tried near Benin City some years ago for swamp +planting. Here, as in the other case, the seeds germinated and the +small trees reached the height of about a foot and then +subsequently died. The swampy ground where they were planted may, +however, have been rather too acid or sour for them. The climate, +of course, was no doubt considerably hotter than that of the +Southern States of the United States, in which country this tree is +indigenous.</p> + +<p>The original Spanish Mahogany, or <i>Swietenia mahagoni</i>, was +intended for Afforestation purposes with a view to its yielding on +the average a more highly valued wood than that of the African +Mahogany. However, in Africa generally, and in the Olokemeji +Arboretum, it has proved a very slow growth and more liable to +attack by the leading-shoot borer than even the indigenous +mahogany-tree.</p> + +<p>For the comparatively dry laterite soil of the Olokemeji Forest +Reserve, Indian Rosewood or Blackwood (<i>Dalbergia latifolia</i>) +has proved a valuable introduction. Growing comparatively fast and +of somewhat branching habit, it soon covers the ground. It is, of +course, better in mixture with others in order to produce clean +stems. Latterly the larger trees have been attacked by a borer and +considerable damage has been done. Still, in spite of it the trees +have gone on growing, and apparently are capable of outgrowing the +damage without an enormous loss of increment. In all, several acres +have been planted with this tree.</p> + +<p>Indian Walnut (<i>Albizzia Lebbek</i>) has found a foremost +place in the firewood plantation at Ibadan and Ede, as well as in +the forest plantations at Olokemeji. Its rapid growth and +comparative indifference to soil make it a comparatively valuable +tree for Afforestation purposes. Although it is usually only +considered suitable for firewood, there is no doubt that its wood +can be used as a substitute for walnut, as it is in India. Already, +in fact, it is largely a forest escape in Africa, and is found in +many of the old farms and cultivated places. Its greyer, almost +silvery-grey, foliage easily distinguishes it from that of +<i>Albizzia Brownii</i>, which has larger leaves.</p> + +<p>A South American exotic, the Lignum Vitæ (<i>Guaiacum +officinale</i>), is found in isolated specimens in the Olokemeji +Arboretum and forest plantations. With such a very slow-growing +tree, which may show half an inch growth in a year, it is difficult +to be patient and wait for the many years before it will attain +even a size large enough from which<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_176">[176]</span> to cut the smallest bowl for a game of +skittles or bowls. Its very yellow small foliage is most +distinctive and not unlike box (<i>Buxus sempervirens</i>), but the +leaf is flatter and does not curl like box.</p> + +<p>One of the most valuable introductions in the forest plantations +at Olokemeji and in the firewood plantations at Ibadan is the +Siamese Cassia or Bombay Blackwood (<i>Cassia Siamea</i>). Almost +indifferent as to soil and not requiring a heavy rainfall, and +casting a heavy shade, it soon grows on the laterite, covers the +ground, killing weeds, and rapidly attaining the size of a tree. In +the plantations at Olokemeji, the trees reached a height of over 20 +feet and a girth of about a foot in five years. It is one of the +few trees that will thoroughly kill the Econ grass. The masses of +yellow flowers which appear in the crown of the tree and also in +the leader rather interrupt the height growth, but make a +magnificent show at the end of the dry season. It continues to +flower and fruit for the larger part of the year. Either as a +firewood tree or as a timber tree, it should always be worthy of a +place in all Afforestation areas where the rainfall is none too +heavy. The hard, almost black wood is of value in India, so that it +should prove of value in Nigeria when the trees are large enough +for cutting into planks or boards. Amongst the exotic trees which +have not yet found a place is the Trinkomali Wood (<i>Berrya +Ammomilla</i>) and Indian Rose Chestnut or Ironwood (<i>Mesua +ferrua</i>), seedlings which were obtained from seeds of the large +trees in the Botanical Gardens at Victoria. If they grow well in +Nigeria, the somewhat heavy and flexible Trinkomali Wood or Petwun +and the Ironwood should both prove of value for local industrial +work.</p> + +<p>Although found as specimen trees in the Olokemeji Arboretum, +<i>Copaifera officinalis</i> has not been formed in plantations, +though small groups of the West African Gum Copal (<i>Copaifera +salikounda</i>) are seen in the Ogba plantation of the Central +Circle. Both these trees are doing very well, more especially the +latter, which have reached a height of over 12 feet in six years. +The former had produced some tears of gum three-quarters of an inch +in diameter in the tenth year of its growth. In addition to these +two, there is the Cameroon Gum Copal (<i>Copaifera Demeusii</i>), +seedlings of which were obtained from the Botanical Gardens at +Victoria. Considering that the last-named tree is indigenous in a +territory so much closer to Nigeria than either of the first-named +Gum Copals, it is highly probable that this one will grow better +than either of the others. Up to the present it is not known, +however, how the yield of the Gum Copal compares with either of the +former. As far as West Africa is concerned, the Sierra Leone Gum +Copal has proved to be the most prolific in this respect.</p> + +<p>The Indian Almond (<i>Terminalia catappa</i>) is seen more as an +avenue tree, mostly in towns such as Lagos, but also in the Mamu +Forest Reserve. It is certainly one of the best shade trees for +planting at<span class="pagenum" id="Page_177">[177]</span> the +side of roads. Its rather formal habit, with the almost even whorls +of branches, fits in with the straightness and even width of a +road. By many it is not realized that the nuts can be comparatively +easily cracked and the kernel inside is good to eat.</p> + +<p><i>Michelia champaca</i> is another most suitable tree for +avenues. The chestnut-like leaf and the large, almost magnolia-like +flowers are of a white colour, giving it a “distinguished” +appearance such as is necessary for a roadside tree. The flowers, +too, are used for making scent.</p> + +<p>Both as a shade tree and for its gum the Balsam of Peru +(<i>Toluifera Pereiræ</i>) is also worthy of a place both in +avenues and in plantations. Some seedlings were obtained from the +Botanical Gardens at Pretoria, where the tree has grown +comparatively well. Not so suitable for plantations apparently at +Olokemeji is the Sugar Palm (<i>Arenga saccharifera</i>). However, +in isolated places small plantations have been made with the Sago +Palm (<i>Corypha elata</i>), such as in the swamp opposite Calabar +and the small grove of the Betel Nut Palm (<i>Areca catechu</i>) +near Lagos. Both these give promise of being useful acquisitions to +the palms of economic use in Africa.</p> + +<p>Before leaving the exotic trees, mention must be made of the +Thuya (<i>Thuya occidentalis</i>), which were obtained from the +Canary Islands by Major Cockburn and planted on the hill at Obubra. +Although somewhat slow growing, they have thrived in that climate +and do not suffer from disease. This is the only example of a +Conifer which has been successfully introduced into Nigeria.</p> + +<p>Amongst the other indigenous trees of which plantations have +been made there is the Cedar Mahogany (<i>Pseudocedrela +Kotschyi</i>), Emi gbegiri, Yoruba, which apparently grows but +slowly in Olokemeji. It is much the same with the self-sown +seedlings and with root suckers, both of which have proved +disappointingly slow in that locality.</p> + +<p>Then also at Olokemeji we have the dry-zone Mahogany, <i>Khaya +Senegalensis</i>, Oganwo of the Yorubas and Ogwangu of the Benis, +growing in a small plantation and raised from seed brought by H. N. +Thompson, Esq., from the Shaki district in 1910. So far the growth +has been comparatively rapid, though the tree is occasionally +attacked by the leading-shoot borer, which makes it fork +comparatively low down.</p> + +<p>Of the African Walnut and the Long-capsuled Mahogany, <i>Lovoa +Klaineana</i> and <i>Entandrophragma Candollei</i>, most isolated +specimens and groups appear to have been planted in the leased +areas of Benin. In addition to these, some other specimens and +small plantations are found in the Calabar, Degama, Benin and +Olokemeji Arboretums, as well as in the plantations of the Ogba and +Olokemeji. Thus far only the Long-capsuled Mahogany has been +planted in these; the difficulty of obtaining seed of the African +Walnut has precluded its wider distribution<span class="pagenum" +id="Page_178">[178]</span> in the various plantations. +Long-capsuled Mahogany grows very fast, usually with an undivided +stem and a big tuft of long pinnate leaves near the top of the +tree. Stump shoots form very readily and soon attain a large size, +as is noticeable in the specimen in the Benin Arboretum.</p> + +<p>The plantations of Ebony (<i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>), +Kanran of the Yorubas, have been made in the Olokemeji Forest +Reserve. Although, of course, very slow growing, it demands further +attention, as it yields a good black ebony.</p> + +<p>Amongst the soft woods there are plantations of <i>Triplochiton +Nigericum</i>, Arere of the Yorubas and Obechi of the Benis, in the +Olokemeji Forest Reserve. At first growing rather slowly, they bid +fair to prove one of the most rapid growing trees. A mixture where +teak was introduced to fill up the blanks will be interesting to +watch in its future development, as to whether the teak will +eventually outgrow the forest maple.</p> + +<p>Although the firewood plantations at Ibadan and certain parts of +the plantations of Olokemeji have been filled up with West African +Walnut (<i>Albizzia Brownii</i>), Ayinre Bonabona of the Yorubas, +they will prove probably of greater value for the production of +timber than for firewood. However, as a firewood tree it has +yielded several cords of wood from one tree after only seven years +of growth. So far it has certainly proved to be the tree which +produces the greatest amount of firewood in the shortest period of +time. It sprouts well from the stump, so that for a time its +reproduction is very easy and assured.</p> + +<p>The Oil Bean (<i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>), Apara of the +Yorubas and Opaga of the Benis, is found chiefly reproduced +artificially, either by being sown at stake or planted along the +sides of the roads in the Owerri and Benin provinces. Considering +the hardness of the wood, the tree grows not excessively slowly, +though, of course, compared to a softwood it is slow.</p> + +<p>Camwood (<i>Pterocarpus Osun</i>), Osun by the Yorubas, Ume by +the Benis, has found a place in the Mamu Forest Reserve, its +congener <i>Pterocarpus Indicus</i> having been planted in the +Olokemeji Forest Reserve. However, as far as the size and habit of +growth is concerned, the African Redwood or Barwood appears to be +much superior to the Indian Paduak. The latter usually soon +develops a triple stem with many small side-branches, whereas the +African species always shows an undivided stem. In rate of growth +“Osun” seems to be rather slow compared to many other trees. +Self-sown seedlings come up readily in suitable localities, such as +the Ikrigon Reserve, and on the whole develop more quickly. Anyhow, +the continual demand in increasing amounts of this red dye-wood +necessitates the careful preservation of the tree in the forest, as +well as its continual reproduction by natural regeneration or +plantations in the Forest Reserve.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_179">[179]</span>Amongst the Mamu +Forest Plantations there is that of African Oak (<i>Afzelia +Africana</i>), Apa (Yoruba), Aligna (Benin), one of the few +survivals of the efforts made to reproduce this tree artificially. +The many insect and rodent enemies give isolated plantation +seedlings very little chance to develop.</p> + +<p>Although Shea Butter (<i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>), Emi Ori or +Emigidi (Yoruba), has been tried as a plantation tree, the +germination of the nuts is very poor, and the rodents attack them +unmercifully. Apparently root-suckers form the chief means of +reproduction for this tree. They are very prevalent and very +persistent once they have sprouted. The forest fires destroy a +great deal of the flower in the early part of the year, preventing +formation of the fruit, and thus the means of reproduction by seed +is very much reduced. The improvement in trees protected from fire +at Olokemeji is most marked.</p> + +<p>At Degema there is a plantation of <i>Mimusops Djave (?)</i>, or +Aganokwi of the Benis, which shows comparatively fast growth; in +eleven years the trees had reached a height of about 25 feet and a +girth of 2 feet 6 inches. Although it sprouts well from the stump, +it is easier to raise from seed, but the seedlings require great +care in transplanting.</p> + +<p>At Olokemeji, Shinglewood (<i>Terminalia Superba</i>), Afara, by +the Yorubas and Egoyn Nufwa by the Benis, is being tried in a mixed +plantation. The growth has been rapid, and would probably surpass +that of teak after the first five years.</p> + +<p>Over considerable areas of the Olokemeji and the Ibadan +plantations the Yoruba Chewstick, or Ayin of the Yorubas +(<i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>), has been planted. Its growth has +been moderately rapid, reaching a height of about 8 feet in four +years. In addition to the value of its wood both as a chewstick and +from the fact that a mordant for dyes can be made from its ashes, +the young plant kills all the Econ grass growing round it with its +leaf fall. This makes the tree one of the most advantageous for +Afforestation purposes. Its light-green foliage and delicate, +graceful build, and slender bole and branches, make it also +valuable as an avenue tree in the dryer parts of the country. In +its similarity to the European birch it might almost be called the +birch of Africa.</p> + +<p>With the Dika Nut (<i>Irvingia Barteri</i>), Oro by the Yorubas +and Okherli by the Benis, small sample plots have been made in the +Mamu Reserve and isolated specimens planted near the Calabar +Arboretum.</p> + +<p>Although not for Afforestation purposes but for the production +of Palm Wine, <i>Raffia vinifera</i>, Ako by the Yoruba, Augor by +the Benis, has been planted and seeds distributed amongst the +villagers of the upper parts of the Cross River districts. When +these are grown there will not be such a demand for cutting down +the oil-palm-tree for making palm wine as there is at the present +time.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_180">[180]</span>Allowing only a +value of 3d. per tree on all the trees planted during the last +fifteen years, all the mahoganies and plantations are worth +£240,000.</p> + +<p>In two circles and parts of a third a great deal of work of an +Afforestation nature was undertaken years before any actual forest +plantation could be made. These are the communal rubber plantations +of the Ireh Rubber (<i>Funtumia elastica</i>). In the Central +Circle, near over 700 villages and towns, plantations varying from +a hundred plants to ones covering several acres and containing many +thousands, were made, aggregating in all the setting out of over a +million trees in a period of about five years. In the Eastern +Circle, in over a hundred villages, and in the Ondo and Western +Circles over two hundred village plantations were made. +Subsequently Para Rubber (<i>Hevea Braziliensis</i>) was added and +substituted for the Funtumia wherever the climate was suitable for +it. Now the communities concerned have a very valuable asset, which +they can tap from year to year and augment at their leisure. +Whatever happens to the forest or the immediate neighbourhood of +the village, there will at any rate remain the rubber plantation, +giving grateful shade to the roadsides and the ground near the +villages. In one case a village planted over 1,200 Para +rubber-trees, which even as a commercial asset are by no means to +be despised.</p> + +<p>In addition to these efforts on the part of the natives, acting +under the advice and guidance of the Forest Department, there are +the numerous rubber plantations in all the Forest Reserves. In the +earlier days these were planted with Funtumia, where, for instance, +in the Mamu Forest Reserve nearly one square mile of land is +planted with this tree.</p> + +<p>Then, again, there are the district plantations, more especially +in the Eastern Circle, where in many cases Para Rubber was planted +instead of Funtumia. These areas are for the most part smaller than +those of the Forest Reserve or Communal Plantations. They served +more as demonstration areas to show how rubber would grow in that +locality.</p> + +<p>Furthermore, near almost each native court in the Eastern Circle +rubber plantations, in many cases of Para and in others of +Funtumia, were made.</p> + +<p>The general cost of the Communal District and Native Court +Plantation was practically limited to the amount involved in +payment of the native Forest staff. These men, however, had other +duties to perform, and on the average certainly not more than +one-third of their time was occupied in the making of these +plantations. For the making of the other plantations of the Forest +Reserve about £2,500, or sometimes £3,000, has been spent annually +in making them and in the cost of their upkeep once they have been +made. Owing to the long dry season in Nigeria the number of plants +failing to survive<span class="pagenum" id="Page_181">[181]</span> +it is somewhat high, and this very considerably increases the cost +of the final establishment of the plantation. For some years the +cost in many cases amounted to £10 per acre for the first year and +£1 or £2 for subsequent years, for the cost of “beating up” and +keeping the plantations clean. With the greater experience gained +both in regard to the habits of the different trees and in the +methods of reproduction most suitable to various parts of Nigeria, +the cost has been somewhat lessened. However, even so, the cost +compared to European or English plantations is not abnormally high. +In Africa there is no land to buy, and no wire-netting is needed +for the plantations, and the land usually planted has not a +“letting” or “sporting” value, as it has in England. The buying out +or compensating of the native rights of the usufruct of the soil is +not so very expensive, especially when it is spread over +comparatively large areas, as it usually is in West Africa. Then, +again, even with the cost of £10 per acre, the total value of a +crop after fifty or sixty years would certainly not be less than +3s. per cubic foot of the timber, which thus allows ample margin +for 5 per cent. compound interest on the original outlay, and a +profit besides. In many cases the timber would be worth a great +deal more, and also the value of the intermediate thinnings is not +inconsiderable. Both these factors have been left out of the +account, in order not to in any way exaggerate or make too +optimistic estimates of the value of a forest plantation. But +beyond the financial side of the value of forest plantations, more +especially in a tropical country like Nigeria, is the very valuable +indirect effect they have on the whole welfare of the country.</p> + +<p>First of all, plantations in forest groves improve and beautify +a locality, whether on the level or amongst hills.</p> + +<p>In the second place, the forest induces a greater rainfall in +itself and its immediate vicinity.</p> + +<p>Then the rainfall which actually falls in the forest is partly +re-evaporated to fall again, thus making extra rainfall, and also +the rain which actually reaches the ground in the forest is only +gradually absorbed, thus making the flow of springs and rivers +regular.</p> + +<p>Both on the level and especially on slopes, a covering of trees, +such as a forest, hinders the washing away of the surface soil or +tilth of the land.</p> + +<p>Forest trees only require one-twelth of the mineral matter out +of the soil that an agricultural crop does, covering the same +area.</p> + +<p>In a forest plantation there is always greater humidity in the +air, and thus many plants of economic value, such as cocoa, can +grow in its vicinity, which would otherwise not be possible to be +grown in that locality.</p> + +<p>A forest acts as a moderating influence on the temperature of +the air, being lower inside the forest than outside, when the sun +is very<span class="pagenum" id="Page_182">[182]</span> hot. +Conversely, when it is cold outside in the “harmattan” season it is +warmer in the forest.</p> + +<p>Nearer the interior of the forest certain better grasses and +pasture are found, which are of incalculable value, in a drought, +to the cattle in that locality.</p> + +<p>During the long period of the rotation, usually at least 60 or +80 years, in most forests there are large accumulations of leaf +mould or litter, which on occasion can be used in reasonable +quantities for manuring neighbouring agricultural lands. This is of +incalculable benefit where the ground outside the forest is +comparatively poor and dry.</p> + +<p>It has been proved also that in these long forest rotations the +mineral rock and subsoil have time to weather, and add further +mineral matter to the enrichment of the soil.</p> + +<p>The forest, too, provides grateful shelter and sanctuary for +game animals and birds of all kinds, thus providing, especially in +Africa, the largest source of meat which the native has.</p> + +<p>When all these indirect advantages and good effects of the +forest are added together and a definite value put on them, and +then considered in addition to all the timber and firewood the +forest produces, it will be seen how wonderfully and providentially +beneficial the forests really are, and also how absolutely +essential they are in a country like Africa.</p> + +<p>Just as effective, and cheaper, except perhaps as regards time, +than the artificially made forest plantation, are the protected +forests; even in the worst case, starting with a poor country +growth and small dry-zone shrubs and trees, after ten years there +is a compact, close-growth, medium-sized tree with straightened +stem and less branching habit, and the ground comparatively free +from grass. During a further period this forest can be thinned out +by removing the poorer shrubs and trees and allowing seedlings of +more valuable species to come up. They will often do this in the +shade of poorer and more hardy trees. Still later, as the +soil-moisture conditions improve, the humidity increases as well as +the rainfall; still other species come in or can be introduced +artificially. Eventually, by the end of the first rotation there is +probably quite a different forest to that in existence at the time +of the annual grass-fires, and one which is more akin to the +original forests before the advent of Man with his firestick.</p> + +<p>Quite apart from any money which has been spent on direct forest +plantations, the indirect effect of the protection afforded to the +trees in the various forest reserves is of almost incalculable +value. If the figure should be calculated out even at a low rate of +only £1 per acre, then the total value is £768,000 for the Reserves +already made. Again, considering this result has only been attained +after<span class="pagenum" id="Page_184">[184]</span> about fifteen +years’ work, it will only go to show the vast potentialities and +resources that may be eventually created, or preserved from +destruction, in Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1">MEASUREMENTS OF +PLANTED TREES IN THE OLOKEMEJI RESERVE</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t183"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Species.</th> +<th rowspan="2">Original<br> +Age in<br> +1911.</th> +<th>1911.</th> +<th>1912.</th> +<th class="thbd-right">1913.</th> +<th>1911.</th> +<th>1912.</th> +<th class="thbd-right">1913.</th> +<th colspan="2">Mean Average Growth<br> +in One Year.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th>Height in<br> +feet.</th> +<th>Height in<br> +feet.</th> +<th class="thbd-right">Height in<br> +feet.</th> +<th>Girth in<br> +inches.</th> +<th>Girth in<br> +inches.</th> +<th class="thbd-right">Girth in<br> +inches.</th> +<th>Height in<br> +feet.</th> +<th>Girth in<br> +inches.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1.</td> +<td>Tectona grandis</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">27</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">30·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">34</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">18·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">21</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">5½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">32·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">37·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">38</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">24·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">28</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">32·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">26·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">32·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">34·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">14·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">19·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">23·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">4.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">25·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">28·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">16·0</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">18·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">5.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">25·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">29</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">13</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">18·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">6.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">27</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">32·35</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">18·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">21·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">7.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">11</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">17</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>8</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">10</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">12</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">8.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">24</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">24·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">10·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">13</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">15·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">21</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">21·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">19</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">10.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">24·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">26·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">13</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">16</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">18</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">11.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">21</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">26·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">14·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">19</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">22</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">12.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">22</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">28·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">27</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">23</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">29·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">13·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">18</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">14.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">32</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">37·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">19</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">22·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">21</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">10</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">16.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">17.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">32·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12·25</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">18.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">22</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">56</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">10·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">45</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">19.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">8½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">51</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">42·75</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">48</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">20.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">8½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">47·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">51·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">37</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">39</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">42</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>7·62*</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·83*</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">21.</td> +<td>Cedrela odorata</td> +<td class="tdc">6½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">40</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">43·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">49</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">36·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">41</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">45</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>6·8</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>6·28</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">22.</td> +<td class="word-spaced10 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">6½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">35·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">40·50</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">44</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">27·25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">30·50</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">34·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>6·15</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·74</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">23.</td> +<td>Chlorophora excelsa</td> +<td class="tdc">4½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">13</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">19·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">23·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">21</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">27·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·16</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·72</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">24.</td> +<td>Triplochiton Nigericum</td> +<td class="tdc">2½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">25</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">31·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">35·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">16</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">19·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">12·3</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">19·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">25.</td> +<td>Terminalia superba</td> +<td class="tdc">8½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">65</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">73·0</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">74</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">48</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">51</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">53</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>8·31</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>6·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">26.</td> +<td>Eucalyptus sp.</td> +<td class="tdc">8½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">95·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">90·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">94</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">34·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">37</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">37</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">10·98</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·26</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">27.</td> +<td>Khaya sp.</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">22</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">33·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">39</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">10</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">19</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>9·0</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·23</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">28.</td> +<td class="word-spaced6 pad1">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">3½</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">15</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">23·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">28</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">9·75</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">13</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">15</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>6·34</td> +<td class="tdl padl1"><span class="padnum">0</span>3·59</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">29.</td> +<td>Casuarina sp.</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">22·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">30</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">11</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">30.</td> +<td class="word-spaced8 pad15">„ „</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1">22·5</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">30</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdl padl1 thbd-right">10·5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="footnotes"> +<div class="footnote"> +<p>* Average for twenty teak-trees.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c08s5"></a>V. The Forest Department.<a id= +"FNanchor_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3" class= +"fnanchor">[3]</a></h3> + +<p>European Forest Officers are of two ranks, the +<em>scientifically</em> trained Conservators of Forests and the +<em>executively</em> trained Foresters.</p> + +<p>The scope of this paper will only cover the former, as very few +of the latter are Europeans, and most of them Nigerians.</p> + +<p>From Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh, graduates in Forestry can +usually be procured. The training at these centres covers roughly a +year or a year and a half’s work on the elementary subjects, such +as Botany, Mathematics, Geology, Mensuration, Surveying, and +Political Economy. In addition, a year or two years’ work on the +professional subjects, Silviculture or the growing of Forests, +Forest Protection, Forest Utilization, Forest Botany, Forest +Entomology, Forest History and Forest Policy is required. At the +end of the course, six months’ practical work in Scottish or +English forests follows, during which period working plans and +market conditions are especially studied.</p> + +<p>After being accepted for appointment in Nigeria, a further three +months’ course is taken at the Royal Gardens, Kew; and six months’ +practical work on the Continent was (before the war) usually +required. At Kew, the object is to acquire a working knowledge of +the most important Botanical Orders which contain the African +trees. The continental course shows the student forests which have +been under a definite scheme of management for over a hundred +years. It takes one, in fact, right through the life-history of a +tree from a seedling in the nursery-bed to the well-grown +financially mature tree, marked ready for the axe, a period of +about eighty years.</p> + +<p>The initial appointment is for three years on probation, after +which it may be confirmed. The initial salary of an Assistant +Conservator of Forests is £300 per annum, rising by increments of +£15 to £400 per annum. The first appointment dates from the day of +sailing, the passage being paid by the Nigerian Government, and +salary on half-pay begins from the date of departure until the +arrival in Nigeria, when full salary begins to accrue. Intending +candidates should bear in mind that an early selection for +appointment entitles them to seniority over other candidates who, +owing to their being fully qualified, are appointed immediately, +and thus reach the Colony before them. Locally, a commuted +travelling allowance of £42 per annum is drawn to compensate for +the extra cost entailed in inspecting the forests. A limited number +of carriers, or other means of transport,<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_185">[185]</span> are provided by the Government. For the +purpose of more rapidly getting about, a bicycle, motor, or horse +may be kept, and an allowance is given for maintenance. The cost of +living is high, even when furnished quarters or a bungalow are +provided.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i035" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig035.jpg"><img src='images/fig035.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 35.—<span class= +"bold">Teak, six years old, Olokomeji Arboretum.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i036" class="iw11"><a href= +"images/fig036.jpg"><img src='images/fig036.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 36.—<span class= +"bold">Khaya Senegalensis, five years old, from seed obtained by H. +N. Thompson, Esq., in Shaki District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i037" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig037.jpg"><img src='images/fig037.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 37.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Iroko Tree (Chlorophora excelsa), over 12 feet in +girth in 1911, since cut down and used for building the Chief +Conservator of Forests’ House.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 184.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p>Lagos is the first port of call in Nigeria, and there is a +railway journey of 123 miles before reaching Ibadan, the temporary +headquarters of the Forest Department. Olokomeji, 90 miles from +Lagos, is the old headquarters, and from here the forestry work of +the Southern Provinces is directed. Zaria, situated some 450 miles +from Lagos, is the headquarters of the Forestry Department in the +Northern Provinces.</p> + +<p>A newly appointed officer would be liable to be sent to either +of these last-named places; but owing to the larger number of men +being stationed in the Southern Provinces, the majority are sent to +that centre. Olokomeji is in the middle of a Forest Reserve 26 +square miles in extent, and is also the headquarters both of the +Western Circle and of its northern division. In each circle there +is a Conservator of Forests in charge, and he has an assistant to +manage each division. In the event of a shortage of staff it may +happen that a new man is put in charge of a division and thus has +an opportunity of learning all about the work much more quickly +than would otherwise be the case. In the ordinary way he only +corresponds with his Conservator and the timber interests of his +division on purely local matters.</p> + +<p>Since 1901, a moderately large Arboretum has been planted at +Olokomeji, containing quite a number of indigenous trees growing +under natural conditions, according to the type of climate found in +that locality, and also some exotic trees which grow in similar +climates in Asia or South America. In a comparatively short time +the new Forest Officer can get a very fair idea of the most +important timber trees found locally, as well as elsewhere. In +connection with the work of renewing the labels on specimen trees, +ocular demonstration of all these trees is obtainable. The local +Ranger can usually supply the vernacular names, and here is a wide +field for linguistic qualifications. Yoruba is the local language, +Benin is spoken by a large number of people in the Central Circle, +and Hausa by nearly all itinerant traders throughout the country. +Ibo, another language, is spoken by nearly 3,000,000 inhabitants, +while many of the Cross River people (Eastern Circle) speak Efik; +some, however, speak New Calabar or Ibibio, while again, in a large +part of the Niger Delta, Brass or Ijor is spoken. Sooner or later +the language of the locality should be acquired, and in fact this +is prescribed by Government order as a necessary preliminary to the +granting of the first increment.</p> + +<p>The routine office work includes simple book-keeping, analysis +of records, appointments of staff, the engagement of native +labour<span class="pagenum" id="Page_186">[186]</span> and all +payments. The executive work outside is carried out by the Forest +Guards, Foresters, and Rangers, who require constant supervision. +Owing to the distance, only some of them can report at Forest +Headquarters each month, and the rest must be seen when the Forest +Executive Officer makes his tour of inspection. If possible, +travelling should take the place of indoor work for at least ten +days a month.</p> + +<p>At first sight, on examining the tropical forest, it appears +like a very mixed collection of different kinds of trees; on closer +inspection, however, similarities and contrasts are apparent, such +as Ebony, <i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>, with its thin, black +scaly bark, and that of the somewhat regularly, deeply fissured +bullet-wood tree, <i>Mimusops multinervis</i>, and its white latex, +which the former does not exude.</p> + +<p>In walking through a forest, it is normally best to make the +carriers precede. Owing to their tendency to lag, and their desire +to sit down at inconvenient times, it is an advantage to have them +in front. Frequently one may have to stop and examine a flower or +leaf, and it only adds to the carriers’ labour if the whole column +has to stop whilst seeds and specimens are being collected. A march +of about 15 miles is sufficient, and takes up the better part of +the day, if an examination of the forests is being made on the way. +In most parts villages are eight to ten miles apart, sometimes +nearer; so the carriers can stop and purchase food. In the larger +forests, however, a distance of over 20 miles is sometimes covered +without sight of a house; in that case the people of the last +village are asked to bring food for the carriers, and the carriers +themselves are given a day’s food as well, which has to be cooked +on reaching camp. In some places the chiefs provide food (yams, +etc.), which is distributed to the carriers, or in some places 3d. +a day per head is allowed them for purchasing food. So long as the +carrier gets food and his load is not excessively heavy, he is +quite cheerful and walks well. He will pick his way in mud, over +roots, and up the steepest rocks in the hill forests.</p> + +<p>Current wages vary from 9d. to 1s. a day, the head-man getting +from 1s. to 2s. a day. Local felling-permits being issued both by +the District and Forest Officers to natives for felling timber for +local use, at District Stations a call is paid the District Officer +to discuss current forest questions and examine the permit books. +At the same time there is an opportunity of seeing what further +development of forest work is possible in the district. The local +Forest Guards, Foresters, or Forest Rangers report themselves, +usually giving a very good account of the local forest conditions. +Since the demand for local timber has been growing, a stop may have +to be made to supervise the marking or girdling of suitable trees +for bridge-building under the auspices of the Public Works +Department. On a journey<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_187">[187]</span> through the mahogany forest, the different +camps of the timber firms have to be visited. These firms have +hundreds of square miles for the purpose of exploiting mahogany and +furniture woods. At the same time the checking and inspecting of +the stumps of all the trees felled has to be gone through. The +young mahogany seedlings are also seen, and from the number of +these it is known whether sufficient have been planted to take the +place of those cut down. The very rapid growth of these trees can +here be studied to advantage; trees now 40 feet high have only been +planted a few years. The relative value of the direct planting of +seedling trees as compared with the natural regeneration of the +forest by self-sown seedlings can be observed with ocular +clearness. In one part of the forest one sees natives standing on a +platform hacking away with an axe into a huge 50-feet mahogany; in +another place a similar tree, fallen, its 90-feet bole already sawn +into three round logs: while in a third locality may be seen a +native, axe or adze in hand, squaring mahogany logs with a 4-feet +side. Later in the season eighty or more natives are engaged in +dragging one of these logs on round billets of wood (for rollers) +along a track, roughly cleared to the height of a man, to the +nearest natural water-way; still later (that is, in July or +August), when the rivers rise, the logs may be seen floating singly +down to the rafting-place on the main creek, where rafts are made +with logs four or eight abreast, each fastened to the next, from a +timber-dog at either end, with cane. From here, riverine natives +such as the Ijors take the logs to the nearest river or ocean-going +steamer port.</p> + +<p>The administrative work of the Department is in the hands of the +Senior Conservators of Forests, under whom the Conservators manage +their circles. The Chief Conservator of Forests, the head of the +Department, initiates and controls the whole policy of the +Department, being relieved of all details of administration. In +order to ensure continuity of policy and action, a Working-plans +Division has been formed. A working plan for the forests is a +scheme of management laid down for a number of years; no change can +be made in such a plan without special reference both to the head +of that division and to the head of the Department. With only one +year’s service, followed by leave of absence, continuity of action +would be broken if it were not for a definitely approved plan.</p> + +<p>The Forest Department has supplied the Railway, Marine, and +Public Works Department with timber of various kinds. In some cases +the timber is obtained by departmental working, and in others is +cut by native contractors under the supervision of the Department. +In the first instance, the conditions under which timber is to be +supplied to other departments are put before the Secretariat, +and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_188">[188]</span> when once the +work has been begun, the local Forest Officer deals direct with the +department concerned.</p> + +<p>Forestry progress in Nigeria has been less tardy than in several +other Colonies, though many forests have been destroyed owing to +lapse of time before the formation of a department. In 1904 there +were eight, and there are now twenty-four administrative +appointments. The amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria +into one administration should accelerate the development of +Forestry. It is as yet only in its initial stages, and scarcely +more than a thousand square miles of forests, out of nearly a +hundred thousand which exist in some form or another, have been +permanently set aside for further timber production. The +revenue-earning capacity of the Forest Department has been somewhat +diminished by the war; but with recent legislation more local +revenue should be obtained, which should more than off-set any loss +already sustained. Provided the financial position of Nigeria +remains strong, the prospects of the Forest Department are quite +bright.</p> + +<p>Although Nigeria has by far the largest Forest Department, very +similar conditions of service obtain in the other West African +Colonies of the Gold Coast and Sierra Leone; but there are no +Forest Officers in the Gambia.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c08s6"></a>VI. A Review of the Botanical +Features of Northern Nigeria.</h3> + +<p class="sch2">By Dr. J. M. Dalziel.</p> + +<p>The Northern Provinces of Nigeria exhibit in an interesting +manner the transition, now familiar in West Africa, of physical +characteristics from the tropical forest to the border region “that +just divides the desert from the sown.”</p> + +<p>So far as the progressive stages may be stated in terms of +geographical latitude, we may place the northern limit of the +forest belt at about 8° North latitude. A convenient natural +boundary in a portion of the area under consideration may be +accepted in the lower course of the Benué River from its tributary, +the Katsina River, or even as far up as Ibi, to the Niger at +Lokoja. On the other hand, the southern limit of the desert is +taken at about 17° North latitude, or higher, and thus falls some +three or more degrees beyond the northern boundary.</p> + +<p>Between these arbitrary limits lies the greater part of Northern +Nigeria and practically the whole of Hausaland, presenting physical +features which vary through grassy plains and rolling downs, +orchard-bush and thin-crowned forest, laterite plateaux and hilly +woodlands, to the mountains of the Bauchi Highlands. The vegetative +covering over a very large area can be classed as one or other type +of savannah, tree and bush savannah, or open orchard and treeless +savannah, with intermediate grades. Local topography alters the +type here and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_189">[189]</span> +there, galleries of evergreen vegetation occupying the intersecting +belts of permanent streams or fringing a marsh, wide meadows +bordered by low forest, but occupied entirely by grasses of few +species, with scattered islets of foliage, or, again, outcrops of +bare laterite and isolated domes and turtle-backs of crystalline +rock, “inselbergs” and “kopjes,” introducing features of their +own.</p> + +<p>The Niger Delta displays admirably the high evergreen or moist +tropical forest. This probably connects itself through the Kameruns +with the great Central African forest of French and Belgian Congo, +which is again said to be continuous through the gap between +Ruwenzori and Lake Albert with that of British East Africa.</p> + +<p>West of the Niger Delta the coast, including Lagos, Dahomey and +Togo, is sandy, and bush rather than high forest commences almost +on the shore. Ascending the Niger, one finds that the true “rain +forest” ends, but not abruptly, in the neighbourhood of Asaba; a +gradual transition occurs, first to an intermediate type, partly +evergreen with many large trees, but mingled with those that lose +their leaves in the months of little rainfall. This change is +apparent even on the river-bank, and below Lokoja a more open but +still semi-evergreen forest clothes the valleys, but shows already +more of the deciduous element on the hills. Farther north the +voyage from the mouth of the Kaduna River to the Zungeru light +railway terminus at Barijuko, as often experienced in previous +years, reveals again the progressively deciduous character of the +foliage, resulting in a still more open forest.</p> + +<p>The river-bank, however, possessing permanent moisture and its +own local climate, is an inadequate index of the general features +over the country at large. To travel by land from Baro to Zungeru, +and thence either through Kontagora to Sokoto, or by Zaria to Kano +and Gummel, is to have the complete vision of the West African +savannah in its various degrees, and, except for local +interruptions associated with considerations of altitude or +geological outcrop, etc., or with the lines of perennial streams, +to have it in its regular sequence.</p> + +<p>Leaving out of account for the present the region south of +Lokoja and of the south bank of the Benué, which in part represents +the “Zone Guinéenne” of Chevalier, we find that the two routes +suggested above will take one through country almost entirely of +the types included by the same writer within the “Zone +Soudanienne,” with an approach at places along the Anglo-French +boundary to the conditions occurring in his “Zone Sahélienne.” It +would be difficult and misleading to express these zones definitely +in terms of latitude, but one might hazard the statement that the +Guinea Zone passes to the Soudan Zone somewhere between 8° and 10° +North, and the latter extends either to the northern boundary or +verges on a drier belt beyond the latitude of 12° or 13° North. If +a complete botanical<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_190">[190]</span> survey were possible, one could then +subdivide each belt into its different areas and provinces, with +their special floral characteristics, but at present one must be +content to indicate broadly the general composition.</p> + +<p>The Soudan Zone, indeed, includes the greater part of Hausaland +and is representative of the typical West African savannah and +savannah forest. It merges into the drier sandy “steppe” conditions +in the north and into the mixed deciduous and semi-evergreen +forests farther south. The only giants in height are the +silk-cotton-trees (<i>Eriodendron orientale</i>), but baobabs of +enormous girth are common, and the largest timber trees are +probably the Maje (<i>Paradaniellia Oliveri</i>) and the Kawo +(<i>Afzelia Africana</i>), fair specimens of the dry-zone mahogany, +Madachi (<i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>), occurring also in favourable +situations.</p> + +<p>Across the central part of Northern Nigeria, let us say from +Kontagora and South Sokoto through the whole of Zaria and South +Kano to South Bornu (but excluding the Bauchi plateau, of which I +cannot speak from personal knowledge), the plants named in the list +here given might be regarded as the average association of species, +trees, shrubs and herbaceous, the chief Natural Orders being +represented as follows:</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Anonaceæ</span> by the common wild custard +apple, Gwandar daji, <i>Anona Senegalensis</i>, a shrub.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Capparidaceæ</span> by the Ingidido, <i>Cratæva +Adansonii</i>, by shrubs or woody undershrubs of genera +<i>Boscia</i> and <i>Mærua</i>, some thorny scramblers of the genus +<i>Capparis</i>, and the familiar weed Gasaya, <i>Gynandropsis +pentaphylla</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Bixineæ</span> by the Rawaya, <i>Cochlospermum +tinctorium</i>, a shrub.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Hypericineæ</span> by the shrub Kaskawami, +<i>Psorospermum Senegalense</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ochnaceæ</span> by the Namijin kade, <i>Lophira +alata</i>, a tree very typical of the region, two or three species +of <i>Gomphia</i>, and a new species of <i>Ochna</i>, a small shrub +with crenulate leaves.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Malvaceæ</span> by numerous species of +<i>Hibiscus</i>, including the cultivated Rama (chiefly <i>K. +cannabinus</i>) and Cotton, with the Ramaniya, <i>Urena lobata</i>, +and various undershrubs and suffrutescent weeds, mostly of the +genus <i>Sida</i>. The Kuka or baobab, <i>Adansonia digitata</i>, +and the Rimi or Silk-cotton Tree, <i>Eriodendron orientale</i>, +marking the sites of human habitations, past or present, are +typical species of this area, as is also the red-flowered Gurjiya, +<i>Bombax buonopozense</i> (Bombacaceæ).</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Sterculiaceæ</span> by the Kukuki, <i>Sterculia +tomentosa</i>, a tree, with which we may place the common +undershrub Hankufa, <i>Waltheria Americana</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Tiliaceæ</span> by several species of +<i>Grewia</i>, the most familiar being the Dargaza, <i>G. +mollis</i>, by two or three species of +<i>Corchorus</i>,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_191">[191]</span> +edible herbs allied to jute, and by shrubby weeds of the genus +<i>Triumfetta</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Simarubaceæ</span> by <i>Hannoa undulata</i>, a +small-sized tree characteristic of the region, and by <i>Irvingia +Smithii</i>, a tree more abundant in the South.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Burseraceæ</span> by two species of +frankincense-tree—<i>Boswellia Dalzielii</i> and <i>B. +odorata</i>—and by <i>Commiphora Kerstingii</i>, a green-barked +tree familiar as an enclosure fence in towns.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Meliaceæ</span> by <i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, +the mahogany of the Soudan Zone, by <i>Trichilia emetica</i>, and +by <i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyii</i>; also by the naturalized Kurnan +nasara, <i>Melia Azedarach</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Olacaceæ</span> by the Tsada, <i>Ximenia +Americana</i>, a shrub with small yellow, acid plums, and by the +evergreen climbing shrub, <i>Opilia celtidifolia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Celastraceæ</span> typically by the shrub +<i>Gymnosporia Senegalensis</i>, and less by two or more species of +woody twining <i>Hippocrates</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Sapindaceæ</span> by the woody twiner +<i>Paullinia pinnata</i>, the 3-foliate shrub <i>Schmidelia +Africana</i>, and the world-wide twining weed <i>Cardiospermum +Halicacabum</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Anacardiaceæ</span> by the tree <i>Odina +Barteri</i>, by other species of <i>Odina</i> of more local +distribution, and by two species of <i>Anaphrenium</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Connaraceæ</span> by the abundant little shrub +<i>Byrsocarpus coccineus</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Proteaceæ</span> by a single species of +<i>Protea</i>, a shrub with large capitate flowers, of local +distribution in the Central areas.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Polygalaceæ</span> by <i>Securidaca +longipedunculata</i> and the field weed <i>Polygala +arenaria</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Leguminosæ</span> by—</p> + +<p>Larger trees: the Maji or Kadaura, <i>Paradaniellia Oliveri</i>, +and the Kawo, <i>Afzelia Africana</i>.</p> + +<p>Medium-sized and smaller trees: <i>Parkia filicoidea</i>, +<i>Prosopis oblonga</i>, <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>, +<i>Isoberlinia doka</i>, <i>Berlinia acuminata</i> in ravines, +<i>Tamarindus Indica</i>; several Acacias, e.g. <i>A. +Sieberiana</i>, <i>A. campylacantha</i>, <i>A. Arabica</i>; +<i>Albizzia Chevalieri</i>, <i>Entada Sudanica</i>; <i>Afrormosia +laxiflora</i> and <i>Burkea Africana</i>.</p> + +<p>Small trees and shrubs: <i>Detarium Senegalense</i>, <i>Bauhinia +reticulata</i> and <i>B. rufescens</i>, <i>Erythrina +Senegalensis</i>, <i>Lonchocarpus laxiflorus</i>, <i>Dichrostachys +nutans</i>, <i>Mimosa asperata</i> on stream-banks, <i>Cassia +Sieberiana</i>, <i>C. Kotschyana</i> and others, along with several +shrubby species of <i>Cassia</i> and the dwarf <i>C. +mimosoides</i>, <i>Swartzia Madagascariensis</i>, <i>Ormocarpum +bibracteatum</i>.</p> + +<p>To these must be added the Zamarke, <i>Sesbania punctata</i>, +and other <i>spp.</i>, and a host of herbaceous plants or half +woody undershrubs, chiefly belonging to the genera +<i>Crotalaria</i>, <i>Indigofera</i>, and <i>Tephrosia</i>, others +of <i>Desmodium</i>, <i>Eriosema</i>, etc., and twiners of +<i>Vigna</i> and <i>Rhynchosia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_192">[192]</span>The chief +cultivated Leguminosæ of the region are: Indigo, <i>Indigofera +arrecta</i> and other <i>spp.</i>, <i>Arachis hypogæa</i>, <i>Vigna +sinensis</i> in numerous varieties, and <i>Voandzeia +subterranea</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rosaceæ</span> mainly by <i>Parinarium +curatellæfolium</i>, to which may be added <i>P. polyandrum</i> in +the South and <i>P. macrophyllum</i> in the North.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Combretaceæ</span> by several species of +<i>Terminalia</i>, of which the commonest are the Baushe (of more +than one species) and the Kandari, <i>T. macroptera</i>; more fully +by a number of species of <i>Combretum</i>, which are trees often +gum-yielding, and very typically by the Marike, <i>Anogeissus +leiocarpus</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Myrtaceæ</span> by <i>Eugenia Owariensis</i>, a +tree, and <i>E. coronata</i>, a shrub.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Lythraceæ</span> by the “henna” shrub, +<i>Lawsonia alba</i>, and the weed of damp places, <i>Ammannia +Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Araliaceæ</span> by an interesting species, +<i>Cussonia Nigerica</i>, a small tree of peculiar habit.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rubiaceæ</span> by <i>Adina microcephala</i>, a +fair-sized tree by bush streams; by very numerous small trees and +shrubs, e.g. <i>Crossopteryx Kotschyana</i>, <i>Sarcocephalus +Russegeri</i>, <i>Pavetta Barteri</i>, <i>Feretia canthioides</i>, +the <i>Gardenia erubescens</i> and the Gauden kura, <i>G. +ternifolia</i>, the Giyaiya, <i>Mitragyne Africana</i>, typical of +the islets of foliage clothing the grassy swamps, <i>Morelia +Senegalensis</i> on stream-banks, and by more humble but abundant +species of <i>Oldenlandia</i>, <i>Spermacoce</i>, <i>Octodon</i>, +etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Sapotaceæ</span> by the Shea Butter Tree, +<i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>, probably the most characteristic +member of the association.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ebenaceæ</span> by the African Ebony, +<i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Apocynaceæ</span> typically by the arrow-poison +woody climber <i>Strophanthus sarmentosus</i>, which is always +wild, and <i>S. hispidus</i>, which is generally planted near +villages—both species called Kwankwanni; also by the more common +and inferior rubber vine, <i>Landolphia florida</i>, and shrubs +<i>Carissa edulis</i> and <i>Cryptolepis Nigritiana</i>, the woody +twiners <i>Tacazzea Barteri</i> and other <i>spp.</i>, with +numerous others.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Asclepiadaceæ</span> by the very typical giant +milkweed Tumfafiya, <i>Calotropis procera</i>, probably always in +association with man, the smaller undershrub <i>Asclepias +lineolata</i>, and several suffrutescent herbs with tuberous and +sometimes edible rootstocks of the genera <i>Xysmalobium</i> and +<i>Schizoglossum</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Loganiaceæ</span> by <i>Strychnos spinosa</i>, +<i>S. alnifolia</i>, and <i>S. triclisioides</i>, all shrubs or +small trees.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Boraginaceæ</span> by <i>Cordia Abyssinica</i>, +a small tree, the undershrub <i>Trichodesma Africanum</i>, three or +four weeds of the genus <i>Heliotropium</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Bignoniaceæ</span> by <i>Stereospermum +Kunthianum</i>, a small tree, and the Aduruku, <i>Newbouldia +lævis</i>, confined to towns and rarely more than a tall, slender +shrub; the Rahaina or Rawuya, <i>Kigelia Æthiopica</i>, occurs, but +in an interrupted distribution.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_193">[193]</span><span class= +"sc">Verbenaceæ</span> by <i>Vitex Cienkowskii</i>, a fair-sized +tree, <i>V. diversifolia</i>, a small tree or shrub, and +undershrubs such as <i>Lantana salvifolia</i>, <i>Lippia +Ukambensis</i>, and a few species of <i>Clerodendron</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Euphorbiaceæ</span> by <i>Uapaca Guineense</i>, +usually only a rather small tree in the deciduous forest, +<i>Bridelia ferruginea</i> and <i>B. scleroneura</i>, both shrubs, +<i>Phyllanthus floribundus</i>, forming sometimes thicket-like +clumps, <i>P. reticulatus</i>, a shrub, <i>Flueggea microcarpa</i>, +a white-berried shrub, <i>Antidesma venosum</i>, and very typically +by the Jan yaro, <i>Hymenocardia acida</i>, a shrub which in these +open regions has nearly always an ochre-red bark. Numerous herbs +and half-woody weeds are common, belonging to the genus +<i>Euphorbia</i> (<i>E. pilulifera</i>, <i>E. Ægyptiaca</i>, and +congeners), <i>Acalypha</i>, <i>Phyllanthus</i>, etc., the Castor +Oil shrub (<i>Ricinus communis</i>) and the Physic Nut (<i>Jatropha +curcas</i>) are cultivated, while thoroughly representative through +the whole area are the familiar cactus-like Tinya, <i>Euphorbia +unispina</i> and <i>E. Poissoni</i>, and the Kerana, <i>E. +Barteri</i>, the latter at least never away from habitations.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Moraceæ</span> by a host of species of the +genus <i>Ficus</i> (or <i>Urostigma</i>) not yet fully elaborated +botanically, e.g. Baure, Chediya, Durumi, Kauriri, Wa, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ulmaceæ</span>. A representative variety is +<i>Celtis integrifolia</i>, a fairly large tree.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Salicaceæ</span> by one species of +<i>Salix</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Loranthaceæ</span> by seven or eight species of +the parasite <i>Loranthus</i>, called Kauchi, clothing deciduous +trees with epiphytic foliage.</p> + +<p>Orders represented mainly by flowering herbs, undershrubs, etc., +are:</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Menispermaceæ</span> by the popular medicinal +twiner Jibda kassa, <i>Cissampelos Pareira</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Nympheaceæ</span> by at least four species of +Bada or water-lily, <i>Nymphæa</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Papaveraceæ</span> by the Yellow Poppy, +<i>Argemone Mexicana</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Caryophyllaceæ</span> by species of +<i>Polycarpæa</i> characteristic of the dry zone.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Geraniaceæ</span> by the familiar weed +<i>Biophytum sensitivum</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Droseraceæ</span> by the widely distributed +Sun-dew, <i>Drosera indica</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ampelideæ</span> by numerous vines of the +genera <i>Vitis</i>, <i>Cissus</i>, and <i>Ampelocissus</i>, of +which perhaps the most striking are Dodoriya, <i>Vitis +quadrangularis</i>, and Dafara, <i>Vitis pallida</i>, while wild +vines with edible berries called Tsiberi kinkini are generally of +one or other species of <i>Ampelocissus</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Cucurbitaceæ</span> by the familiar cultivated +Kabeova or pumpkin, <i>Cucurbita Pepo</i>, and Duma, the +bottle-gourd, <i>Lagenaria vulgaris</i>, with its endless +varieties, the Guna or water-melon, <i>Citrullus vulgaris</i>, and +by many wild and half-wild species, e.g. the Balsam +Apple,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_194">[194]</span> <i>Momordica +balsamina</i>, the Loofah gourd, <i>Luffa Ægyptiaca</i> and <i>L. +acutangula</i>, <i>Cucumis prophetarum</i>, and one or more species +of tuberous-rooted <i>Trochomeria</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ficoideæ</span> by common succulent weeds, e.g. +<i>Trianthema monogyna</i>, <i>T. pentandra</i>, and <i>Gisekia +pharnaceoides</i>, and by species of <i>Mollugo</i> in river-beds, +etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Compositæ</span> by some weeds of cosmopolitan +distribution, e.g. <i>Ageratum conyzoides</i>, <i>Eclipta alba</i>, +etc., and by very numerous herbs and suffrutescent plants, amongst +which the genus <i>Vernonia</i> is the most abundantly represented, +including one typical of the region, viz. <i>V. nigritiana</i>, +with several species of <i>Aspillia</i>, <i>Coreopsis</i>, etc., +and the chewstick shrub, <i>Vernonia amygdalina</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Melastomaceæ</span> by a few species of +<i>Dissotis</i> and <i>Osbeckia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Campanulaceæ</span> by a common little +blue-flowered weed, <i>Cephalostigma Perrottetii</i>, and a water +herb, <i>Sphenoclea Zeylanica</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Hydrophyllaceæ</span> by three or more species +of <i>Hydrolea</i>, e.g. <i>H. Guineensis</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Lentibulaceæ</span> by ten or more species of +<i>Utricularia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Convolvulaceæ</span>, a conspicuous order, well +represented by numerous species of <i>Ipomæa</i>, a few of +<i>Merremia</i>, and a few erect undershrubs of the genus +<i>Astrochlæna</i>, to which one may add the little blue-flowered +weed <i>Evolvulus alsinoides</i>, of wide distribution in the +world.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Solanaceæ</span> by the “Thorn Apple,” +<i>Datura Metel</i>, by numerous species of <i>Solanum</i>, some +edible, e.g. the several cultivated varieties of the native bitter +tomato, Gauta, varieties of <i>S. Melongena</i>; others poisonous, +e.g. Gautan kura, <i>Solanum incanum</i>, and others; also by two +common weeds of the genus <i>Physalis</i>, and the popular herb +simple, Dandana, <i>Schwenkia Americana</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Scrophulariaceæ</span> by <i>Scoparia +dulcis</i>, of world-wide distribution, and by several parasitic +species of <i>Striga</i>, of which the most familiar is the Makasar +adwa, <i>S. Senegalensis</i>. Besides numerous humble weeds of +cosmopolitan genera, e.g. <i>Moniera</i>, <i>Ilysanthes</i>, etc., +mostly occurring in damp places, two or three species of +<i>Sopubia</i> may be taken as characteristic of the +bush-lands.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Acanthaceæ</span> by a variety of weeds, etc., +of the genera <i>Blepharis</i>, <i>Monechma</i>, <i>Justicia</i>, +etc., to which the following may be added as characteristic of the +Order in Hausaland: <i>Nelsonia campestris</i>, a soft herb of +slightly acid taste, <i>Peristrophe bicalyculata</i>, an occasional +fodder plant, and <i>Dyschoriste Perrottetii</i>, the mucilaginous +seeds of which are used to remove spicules from the eye.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Pedaliaceæ</span> by the locally cultivated +Ridi, <i>Sesamum Indicum</i>, and other wild species of +<i>Sesamum</i>, by the weed <i>Ceratotheca sesamoides</i>, and by +the half-shrubby <i>Rogeria adenophylla</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Labiatæ</span> by several cultivated tubers, +such as the Tumuku and<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_195">[195]</span> Risga, by odorous species of <i>Ocimum</i> +and <i>Æolanthus</i>, e.g. the Dodoya, <i>Ocimum Americanum</i>, +the weed <i>Acrocephalus polytrichus</i>, and by many common herbs +of various other genera.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Amaranthaceæ</span> by the native spinage, +Alayafu, <i>Amaranthus caudatus</i>, the Zaki banza, <i>A. +viridis</i>, a wild species sometimes cultivated, and by several of +the common weeds found in other countries—<i>Celosia argentea</i>, +<i>Pupalia lappacea</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Thymelæaceæ</span> by the poisonous Tururibi, +<i>Lasiosyphon Kraussii</i>, a yellow-flowered, low, suffruticose +plant with a woody rootstock, and by two of three species of +<i>Gnidia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Aristolochiaceæ</span> by the twiner +<i>Aristolochia albida</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Lauraceæ</span> by the leafless twiner +<i>Cassytha Guineensis</i>.</p> + +<p>The Monocotyledonous Orders may be said to be represented as +follows:</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Hydrocharitaceæ</span> by the yellow-flowered +aquatic herbs <i>Ottelia lancifolia</i> and <i>Boottia +Abyssinica</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Orchidaceæ</span> by a fair number of tuberous +terrestrial orchids, of which <i>Lissochilus arenarius</i> is the +most typical, several <i>Habenarias</i> and <i>Eulophias</i>, and a +very few epiphytes, e.g. <i>Ansellia Congoensis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Scitamineæ</span> abundantly by <i>Kœmpferia +Æthiopica</i> in open woods, <i>Costus afer</i> in shady ravines, +and Fitta, the food-wrapper leaf, <i>Clinogyne filipes</i>, in +streams, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Iridaceæ</span> by several species of +<i>Gladiolus</i>, e.g. <i>G. quartinianus</i>, and of +<i>Tritonia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Amaryllidaceæ</span> by <i>Crinum +yuccæflorum</i>, the red-flowered <i>Hæmanthus rupestris</i>, +<i>Pancratium trianthum</i>, and <i>Curculigo +Gallabatensis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Taccaceæ</span> by the tuberous <i>Tacca +involucrata</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Dioscoreaceæ</span> by <i>Dioscorea +prehensilis</i> and other cultivated yams, chiefly in the South or +on pagan hills, and by some species which are either wild or +escapes.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Liliaceæ</span> by several species of +<i>Urginea</i>, e.g. <i>U. Nigritiana</i>, <i>U. Indica</i>, etc., +by other bulbous species of the genera <i>Anthericum</i>, +<i>Dipcadi</i>, etc., by the climbing lily, <i>Gloriosa +superba</i>, several species of <i>Chlorophytum</i>, <i>Aloe +Barteri</i>, and by prickly scramblers such as <i>Asparagus +Pauli-Guilelmi</i>, <i>Smilax Kraussiana</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Alismataceæ</span> by some flowering +water-plants, e.g. <i>Burnatia enneandra</i>, <i>Lophotocarpus +Guyanensis</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Commelinaceæ</span> by various species of +<i>Aneilema</i>—<i>A. lanceolatum</i>, <i>A. Sinicum</i>, etc., of +<i>Commelyna</i>—<i>C. nudiflora</i>, <i>C. umbellata</i>, etc., +and of <i>Floscopa</i> and <i>Cyanotis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Palmæ</span> by the Giginya, <i>Borassus +flabellifer</i>, var. <i>Æthiopum</i>, the Goriba, <i>Hyphæne +Thebaica</i>, chiefly in the North, and the Tukuruwa or Bamboo +Palm, <i>Raphia vinifera</i>, in ravines only.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Aroideæ</span> by <i>Culcasia scandens</i>, by +the Kinchia with yellow rhizome,<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_196">[196]</span> <i>Stylochiton Dalzielii</i>, +<i>Amorphophallus Barteri</i> and <i>A. dracontioides</i>, +<i>Anchomanes Dalzielii</i>, and other species.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Cyperaceæ</span> by very numerous species of +<i>Cyperus</i>, e.g. the edible Aya, <i>C. esculentus</i>, and the +uncultivated Aya aya, <i>C. rotundus</i>, <i>C. Fenzelianus</i>, +etc., and several of <i>Pycreus</i>, <i>Fimbristylis</i>, +<i>Kyllingia</i>, <i>Bulbostylis</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Gramineæ</span> by the predominant tribe, +<i>Andropogoneæ</i>, with numerous other genera—<i>Eragrostis</i>, +<i>Aristida</i>, <i>Digitaria</i>, <i>Pennisetum</i>, +<i>Chloris</i>, etc., and by a single locally distributed bamboo, +<i>Oxytenanthera Abyssinica</i>. The chief cereal is Guinea Corn, +Dawa, <i>Sorghum vulgare</i>; both species of sugar-cane, Rake, +<i>Saccharum officinarum</i>, and Takanda, <i>Sorghum vulgare</i>, +var. <i>saccharatum</i>, are cultivated.</p> + +<p>The <span class="sc">Filices</span> are poorly represented by +the widely distributed Adder’s Tongue, <i>Ophioglossum +vulgatum</i>, the water-fern, <i>Cratopteris Thalictroides</i>, by +<i>Adiantum lunulatum</i>, <i>A. Schweinfurthii</i>, and a few +species of <i>Nephrodium asplenium</i>, etc., by no means typical +of the region.</p> + +<p class="space-above15">Having thus given a bird’s-eye view of the +floral composition in the central region of Hausaland, one may +proceed to examine the variations revealed in passing south to the +semi-evergreen forests and north to the drier open savannahs.</p> + +<p>Southwards the transition is gradual, and nowhere abrupt, from +forest savannah with annual bush-fires and consequent tendency to +revert to grass, to forests in which the number of species is +greater and the deciduous element is more mingled with evergreens, +either by the persistence of species which in a drier region are +deciduous, but retain their foliage where the increased rainfall +allows of this variation, or by the appearance of species which +always possess the evergreen habit. <i>Bombax buonopozense</i> is +an example of the former and probably also <i>Afzelia Africana</i> +and several others.</p> + +<p>Some of the added constituents either absent from or more rare +in the area of lesser rainfall are:</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Anonaceæ</span>: <i>Xylopia parviflora</i>, +<i>Hexalobus Senegalensis</i>, <i>Popowia Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Capparidaceæ</span>: <i>Ritchiea sp.</i>, +<i>Capparis viminea</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Bixineæ</span>: <i>Oncoba spinosa</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Sterculiaceæ</span>: <i>Cola +laurifolia</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rutaceæ</span>: the Fasa kwari, <i>Zanthoxylum +Senegalense</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Meliaceæ</span>: <i>Trichilia retusa</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Anacardiaceæ</span>: <i>Spondias lutea</i>, +<i>Hæmatostaphis Barteri</i>, and the cultivated mango.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Sapindaceæ</span>: <i>Blighia sapida</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Connaraceæ</span>: scrambling shrubs, e.g. +species of <i>Agelæa</i> and <i>Cnestis</i>.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i038" class="iw6"><a href="images/fig038.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig038.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 38.—<span class= +"bold">Marsh or “Fadama,” with islets of foliage, Benué overflow, +near Yola.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i039" class="iw8"><a href="images/fig039.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig039.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 39.—<span class= +"bold">The Lower Niger in flood.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i040" class="iw6"><a href="images/fig040.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig040.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 40.—<span class= +"bold">Fringing Forest on River Benué in the rainy +season.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 196.</p> +</div> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_197">[197]</span><span class= +"sc">Leguminosæ</span>: <i>Tetrapleura Thonningii</i>, +<i>Piptadenia Africana</i>, <i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>, +<i>Cynometra Vogelii</i>, <i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>, <i>Dialium +Guineense</i>, <i>Millettia sp.</i> near <i>M. Sanagana</i> and +other species of <i>Millettia</i>, <i>Cordyla Africana</i>, +<i>Berlinia Heudelotii</i>, <i>Cæsalpinia Bonducella</i>, +<i>Lonchocarpus cyanescens</i>, <i>Baphia pubescens</i> and <i>B. +nitida</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rosaceæ</span>: <i>Parinarium +subcordatum</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Combretaceæ</span>: several species of +scarlet-flowered <i>Combretum</i> of climbing habit—<i>C. +racemosum</i>, <i>C. constrictum</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Myrtaceæ</span>: <i>Napoleona Vogelii</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rubiaceæ</span>: <i>Morinda citrifolia</i>, +<i>Cuviera acutiflora</i>, <i>Canthium Vanguerioides</i>, <i>Ixora +radiata</i>, <i>Uncaria Africana</i>, <i>Oxyanthus +unilocularis</i>, some species of <i>Mussænda</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rhizophoraceæ</span>: <i>Weihea +Africana</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Sapotaceæ</span>: <i>Mimusops sp.</i></p> + +<p><span class="sc">Apocynaceæ</span>: <i>Voacanga obtusa</i> and +<i>V. Africana</i>, <i>Landolphia Owariensis</i> and other +<i>spp.</i>, <i>Carpodinus hirsuta</i>, <i>Pleioceras Barteri</i>, +and the tree Wadda, <i>Rauwolfia sp.</i> near <i>R. +Welwitschii</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Loganiaceæ</span>: <i>Anthocleista +Vogelii</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Convolvulaceæ</span>: <i>Calonyction +speciosum</i>, <i>Merremia umbellata</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Bignoniaceæ</span>: <i>Spathodea +campanulata</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Acanthaceæ</span>: <i>Acanthus montanus</i>, +<i>Asystasia Coromandeliana</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Verbenaceæ</span>: <i>Vitex chrysocarpa</i> and +<i>V. Angolensis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Piperaceæ</span>: <i>Piper umbellatum</i> and +<i>Piperomia pellucida</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Gesneraceæ</span>: <i>Streptocarpus +nobilis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Euphorbiaceæ</span>: <i>Alchornea cordata</i>, +<i>Mallotus oppositifolius</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Moraceæ</span>: <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, +<i>Ficus Vogelii</i> and other <i>spp.</i>, <i>Myrianthus +serratus</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ulmaceæ</span>: <i>Trema Guineensis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Ampelideæ</span>: <i>Leea Guineensis</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Polygalaceæ</span>: the cultivated <i>Polygala +butyracea</i> and the dwarf species, <i>P. Clarkeana</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Balanophoraceæ</span>: the root-parasite +<i>Thonningia sanguinea</i>.</p> + +<p class="space-above15">Amongst Monocotyledonous Orders the +<i>Scitamineæ</i> are more in evidence, <i>Palisota thyrsiflora</i> +(<i>Commelinaceæ</i>) appears (along with a <i>Begonia</i> on moist +rocks—<i>B. rostrata</i>), and the water-loving Aroid, +<i>Cyrtosperma Senegalense</i>.</p> + +<p>The Oil Palm, <i>Elæis Guineensis</i>, becomes locally common, +ferns become epiphytic, and the Elk’s-horn fern, <i>Platycerium +Æthiopicum</i>, appears.</p> + +<p class="space-above15">Northwards the savannah forests, with +plenty of broad-leaved trees and shrubs, or the open park-like +formations with surface well covered with grasses and herbs, give +way in some places to still drier Acacia forests, and in others to +open areas of scrub, nearly treeless, the soil<span class="pagenum" +id="Page_198">[198]</span> possessed by grasses and low, scattered +shrubs, often thorny. Nevertheless, good pastures are often to be +found, frequented by the Fulani in the comparatively short rainy +season, and only at some points towards the French boundary do the +conditions approach those described by Barth in the latitude of +Zinder and Timbuctoo. For example, part of North Bornu, with a +rainfall sometimes not exceeding 10 inches, may exhibit features +entitling it to rank with the upper region of Chevalier’s “Zone +Sahélienne.” A typical association in these scrub regions is +familiar to the Hausas in three of the plants mentioned below, viz. +the Sabarra, <i>Guiera Senegalensis</i>, the Magariya, <i>Zizyphus +jujuba</i>, and the Dashi, <i>Balsamodendron Africanum</i>. Sokoto, +with an average rainfall of 25 or more inches, still possesses +thinly treed savannahs and bush-lands, with a vegetation composed +of grasses, small sedges, low shrubs and the commoner leguminous +and other weeds.</p> + +<p>Nor does the transition occur evenly across the whole region. In +the eastern part between Kano and North Bornu the Acacia type +prevails, and whole areas may occur occupied largely by <i>Acacia +Seyal</i>, with yellow or rusty ochrey bark. On the western side +Acacias, though present, do not appear to prevail, and between Kano +and Sokoto there exists a stretch of broad-leaved forest in which +most of the species found in Central Hausaland reappear, but after +all these differences may be found to hold only over limited +areas.</p> + +<p>The wide and well populated circle around large northern towns, +highly cultivated and more or less stripped of trees to supply fuel +does not quite display the natural conditions of the bush, where +uncontrolled fires prevent natural regeneration of forest on +cleared land, and where open grassy formations with stunted +vegetation tend to encroach on the higher types of tree +savannah.</p> + +<p>The species more characteristic of the northern drier belt +within the Soudan Zone—if an arbitrary limit is allowed we may +place it about 12° North latitude—may now be briefly indicated, +though it will be understood that many of them are already present +farther south.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Capparidaceæ</span>: most of the species of +<i>Capparis</i>, <i>Boscia</i> and <i>Mærua</i> existing farther +south here prevail; the low shrub <i>Boscia Senegalensis</i> is +common, while <i>Cadaba farinosa</i> is a characteristic shrub.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Simarubeæ</span>: the Aduwa, <i>Balanites +Ægyptiaca</i>, is a typical species of this region.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Burseraceæ</span>: the Dashi, <i>Balsamodendron +Africanum</i>, a shrub yielding African Myrrh, is familiar, with +its congener <i>B. pedunculatum</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rhamnaceæ</span>: the Kurna, <i>Zizyphus +Spina-Christi</i>, usually planted in towns, the Magariya, <i>Z. +jujuba</i>, and the Magariyar kura, <i>Z. mucronata</i>, the last +two being very characteristic of the open savannah.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Anacardiaceæ</span>: the Danya, <i>Spondias +sp.</i>, a fair-sized tree with yellow, plum-like fruit having a +leathery rind, is abundant.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_199">[199]</span><span class= +"sc">Leguminosæ</span>: Acacias are the most typical, but are not +as a rule markedly flat-topped, e.g. <i>A. Seyal</i>, <i>A. +Senegal</i>, <i>A. albida</i> var. <i>saccharata</i>, +<i>Dichrostachys platycarpa</i>, forming thorny thickets, while +<i>Entada Sudanica</i>, <i>Acacia Sieberiana</i>, <i>A. +campylacantha</i>, <i>Albizzia Chevalieri</i> and others are also +evident. <i>Parkinsonia aculeata</i> is found in towns; the Tripoli +or Senegal Senna, Filasko, <i>Cassia obovata</i>, is common, and +the Tsamiya, <i>Tamarindus Indica</i>, becomes a predominant +tree.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rosaceæ</span>: the Ginger-bread Plum, Gawasa, +<i>Parinarium macrophyllum</i>, is more familiar.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Combretaceæ</span>: the Geza, <i>Combretum +sp.</i> near <i>C. altum</i>, a shrub or small tree, with several +gum-yielding trees of the same genus; the low shrub Sabarra, +<i>Guiera Senegalensis</i>, is perhaps the most typical plant of +the nearly treeless savannah.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Cucurbitaceæ</span>: the half-wild Gurji, +<i>Cucumis Melo</i>, var. <i>agrestis</i>, is common, and the +Bambus, a variety of water-melon, is known in the North.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Rubiaceæ</span>: a characteristic species is +<i>Randia Nilotica</i>, a thorny shrub; <i>Gardenia Sokotensis</i> +is a new species found on low rocky hills.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Apocynaceæ</span>: the Kariya, <i>Adenium +Honghel</i>, an unarmed cactus-like shrub, deciduous, with +rose-coloured flowers, planted in towns, is characteristic.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Asclepiadaceæ</span>: the small milk-weed, +<i>Glossonema Nubicum</i>, and the twiners <i>Oxystelma +Bornuense</i>, <i>Pergularia tomentosa</i> and <i>Leptadenia +lancifolia</i>, are all abundant, while the Karan masallachi, +<i>Caralluma Dalzielii</i>, generally planted farther south, is +found wild on bare rocky places.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Euphorbiaceæ</span>: very typical are the two +milk hedge Euphorbias, Aguwa, <i>E. sepium</i>, and Fidda sartsi, +<i>E. lateriflora</i>.</p> + +<p><span class="sc">Moraceæ</span>: species of <i>Ficus</i> planted +for shade grow to a large size, especially the Chediya, <i>F. +Thonningii</i>, and the Durumi, <i>F. syringifolia</i>; other +species generally start as epiphytes.</p> + +<p class="space-above15">The <span class="sc">Gramineæ</span> is +the prevailing Natural Order of Monocotyledons, and includes all +types—little annuals, perennial-rooted <i>Andropogons</i>, etc., +and the Burugu, <i>Panicum stagninum</i>, which blocks the streams. +The fragrant Nobe, <i>Cymbopogon Sennariensis</i>, is a +characteristic tufted species, whilst the bur-grass Karangia, +<i>Cenchrus catharticus</i>, has long since spread far +southward.</p> + +<p>Rice and wheat are cultivated; the Bulrush Millet, Gero, +<i>Pennisetum typhoideum</i>, tends to displace <i>Sorghum</i>, and +a wild rice, <i>Oryza silvestris</i>, is found. The cultivated +sugar-cane is the Takanda, <i>Sorghum vulgare</i>, var. +<i>saccharatum</i>.</p> + +<p>Of <span class="sc">Liliaceæ</span> the onion and garlic are +features of cultivation. Several bulbous herbs not peculiar to the +North are common, e.g. <i>Dipcadi occidentale</i>, <i>Urginea +spp.</i>, etc.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_200">[200]</span>The Goriba or +Dum Palm, <i>Hyphæne Thebaica</i>, is predominant, accompanied also +by the Giginya or Deleb Palm, while the Date begins to appear.</p> + +<p class="space-above15">Within the limits of the Soudan Zone of +vegetation many different types of savannah may be found, besides +the expected alterations in botanical groupings resulting from the +presence of perennial moisture or due to elevation and rocky +outcrop. Leaving the latter out of account, a few notes may be made +of some of the varieties familiar to travellers in the Northern +Provinces.</p> + +<h4>1. <em>Tree Savannah or Savannah Forest</em>.</h4> + +<p>Across a considerable area of Central Hausaland, e.g. occupying +a large part of the Zaria plateau west of the Bauchi Highlands, the +country, where not cleared for farming, is covered with an open +deciduous forest of fair height. This is a fairly closely wooded +type, and although it contains few truly evergreen elements apart +from those lining the streams, there is, perhaps owing to differing +vegetative periods for different species and to the double +flowering season noted for many trees in West Africa, practically +always a fair amount of foliage present. A proportion of the trees +have well developed stems and fairly high crowns, with a leafy +canopy which filters but never excludes direct sunlight, and the +average height of the larger trees is from 30 to 40 feet. In the +best developed portions of such forest the grasses do not +predominate, but frequent clearings or patches of stony outcrop +lead to the open conditions in which hardy perennial grasses take +root, and annual burning results in the encroachment and +multiplication of areas of the lower bush savannah referred to +below.</p> + +<p>This variety of forest is typically seen in Zaria province, e.g. +between the village of Ruka and the Koriga stream, near which point +a sudden drop in elevation occurs, and is familiar in parts of +South Sokoto, Kontagora and Nassarawa, etc. <i>Lophira alata</i> +has its chief habitat here, but perhaps the prevailing and most +characteristic tree is one called Doka, which has been identified +as <i>Isoberlinia doka</i>, Craib, et Stapf. It has broad, shining +leaves, and large, flat 5-6 seeded pods which dehisce with curling +valves. It seeds abundantly, and young seedlings spring up quickly +in the forest or by wayside clearings, etc. Along with it will be +found its congener, the Fara doka, <i>Isoberlinia Dalzielii</i>, +Craib, et Stapf., less abundant, and differing as to its more +obvious features in having leaves not shining, a paler grey bark +and a general slight degree of pubescence of all parts. Both +species exude a coarse red resin, which does not appear to be of +value.</p> + +<p>Most of the arborescent species mentioned in the list of the +average association detailed above are to be found, sometimes +harbouring<span class="pagenum" id="Page_201">[201]</span> +epiphytic <i>Ansellias</i> and a few woody climbers but no typical +lianes, and an undergrowth composed of Leguminous and Composite +herbs and undershrubs with some grasses. This type of forest +probably at one time covered a much wider area and had a greater +extension northward than at present. As mentioned above, a large +proportion of its constituents may again be found in the Duru +forest between Sokoto and Kano, while within the memory of +officials of the present administration areas of woodland +previously visible from Sokoto have been denuded for firewood. It +tends progressively to give place to the following more open +variety of savannah.</p> + +<h4>2. <em>Bush Savannah</em>.</h4> + +<p>This is probably the form of “bush” with which travelling +officials, hunters, and others are most familiar in every province, +and is, when not overloaded with tall grass, deserving of the term +“open orchard savannah.” It is composed of scattered shrubs and +small trees of short growth and of a considerable sameness, the +whole picture being practically filled in with grasses, which may +grow to a height of 6 to 8 feet in the rains, but which are swept +off by bush-fires in the dry period, leaving bare the intervening +spaces, soon to be reoccupied by suffrutescent plants with +persistent rootstocks, and later by weeds and the same grasses as +before. This resurrection is not due to seeding, which is itself +abundant, but mainly to the fact that the majority of bush grasses +have perennial underground stems, which, once given occupation, are +difficult to dislodge, and, assisted by the recurrent fires, which +kill off the seeds and the seedlings of broad-leaved trees, have +everything in favour of their natural progress to predominance.</p> + +<p>The commoner bush grasses of this habit found here are: +<i>Andropogon Gayanus</i>, <i>Cymbopogon Ruprechtii</i>, <i>C. +diplandrus</i>, <i>C. giganteum</i>, <i>C. hirtus</i>, <i>C. +rufus</i>, <i>Andropogon tectorum</i>, <i>A. apricus</i>, +<i>Rottbœllia exaltata</i>, <i>Pennisetum pedicellatum</i>, etc. In +clumps, generally found in special situations, e.g. near river +banks, etc., are <i>Vetiveria zizanoides</i>, <i>Saccharum +spontaneum</i>, <i>Arundo donax</i>, etc. It is possible that some +of these species which now cumber the soil might be put to use in +supplying the raw material for paper.</p> + +<p>The prevailing shrubs and small trees of this formation are +generally somewhat as follows: <i>Bauhinia reticulata</i> and <i>B. +rufescens</i>, <i>Detarium Senegalense</i>, several species of +<i>Combretum</i> with the dwarf <i>C. herbaceum</i>; also +<i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i> and occasional <i>Acacias</i>, e.g. +<i>A. Sieberiana</i>, <i>Entada Sudanica</i>, <i>Dichrostachys +nutans</i>; bright flowering species, such as <i>Cochlospermum +tinctorium</i>; several shrubby species of <i>Hibiscus</i>; +<i>Cassia Arereh</i>, <i>C. Goratensis</i> and other species, +<i>Lonchocarpus laxiflorus</i>, <i>Securidaca longipedunculata</i>, +<i>Grewia mollis</i>, <i>Feretia canthioides</i>; the +<i>Gardenias</i>—<i>G. ternifolia</i>, <i>G. erubescens</i>, etc.; +<i>Stereospermum Kunthianum</i>, <i>Sarcocephalus Russegeri</i>, +<i>Parinarium curatellæfolium</i>, <i>Psorospermum<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_202">[202]</span> Senegalense</i>, <i>Ximenia +Americana</i>, <i>Anona Senegalensis</i>, <i>Pseudocedrela +Kotschyi</i>, <i>Strychnos spinosa</i> and other <i>spp.</i>, +<i>Bridelia ferruginea</i>, <i>Hymenocardia acida</i>, +<i>Gymnosporia Senegalensis</i>. Occasional larger trees will often +be species of <i>Terminalia</i>, <i>Prosopis oblonga</i>, +<i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>, <i>Lophira alata</i>, <i>Vitex +Cienkowskii</i>, <i>Sterculia tomentosa</i>, <i>Pterocarpus +erinaceus</i>, or even <i>Afzelia Africana</i> and <i>Paradaniellia +Oliveri</i>.</p> + +<p>In the above association remark must be made of the Taura, +<i>Detarium Senegalense</i>, which is here rarely of dimensions +meriting the designation of tree, and therefore very different from +the large timber known in the southern forests and found also on +the forested slopes of Patti at Lokoja; of the Makarfo, a tree of +twisted habit, not often over 30 feet high, with flaking bark, +apparently much inferior to the <i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>, if it +is this species, in the greater mixed deciduous forests farther +south; and of the Tsada, <i>Ximenia Americana</i>, which is here +unarmed, has rather thin, glabrous leaves, sometimes almost +shining, and thus differs in habit from the coastal variety, if the +identity is certain, which is spiny, has dull leaves sometimes +half-succulent, and is appropriately called by the French “Citron +de la mer.”</p> + +<h4>3. <em>Park Savannah.</em></h4> + +<p>The open park-like formation is another which is typical of this +region. It is, perhaps, best seen where the population is not quite +sparse, as in the latter case the previous type tends to take +possession. The Shea Butter Tree is the one which more than any +other gives the tone to this type, but <i>Parkia filicoidea</i> +and, especially in the North, the Tamarind are perhaps equally +representative. The two first-named, though not necessarily +indicating the proximity of a village, have probably in most cases +owners, and the intervening spaces may or may not be more or less +cultivated. Open park-like country may, however, occur apart from +any contemporary interference by man, and wide stretches of it +appear alternating with scattered orchard bush or with open +grass-land. The grasses are of the previously mentioned types, with +many species of <i>Eragrostis</i>, <i>Aristida</i>, small annual +tufted grasses and sedges, along with <i>Cassia mimosoides</i>, +<i>Oldenlandia grandiflora</i>, <i>O. Senegalensis</i> and other +Leguminous and Rubiaceous weeds. Other trees which well maintain +the park-like appearance are <i>Terminalia macroptera</i>, +occasional species of <i>Ficus</i>, <i>Vitex Cienkowskii</i>, +<i>Acacia Arabica</i> and <i>A. Sieberiana</i>.</p> + +<p>In flat, wide-stretching meadows which are often marshy in the +rains, this formation also maintains its character, single trees or +island-like clusters of tree and shrub dotting the expanse of heavy +grass which is burnt to desolation by the yearly fires. These +islets are generally found to be composed of Giyaiya, <i>Mitragyne +Africana</i>, with shrubs such as <i>Feretia canthioides</i>, +<i>Sarcocephalus Russegeri</i>, and<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_203">[203]</span> scrambling undershrubs added thereto, while +the edge of such a meadow or “fadama” is in some cases fringed with +deciduous high woods, in which occasionally timbers like <i>Khaya +Senegalensis</i> and <i>Paradaniellia Oliveri</i> may appear along +with the vegetation characteristic of Type 1.</p> + +<h4>4. <em>Evergreen Fringing Belts.</em></h4> + +<p>Along the water-courses which intersect the savannah lands will +be found dark evergreen strips of foliage, which, when extending +beyond the stream-banks and forming a fairly dense canopy, whatever +the nature of the underwood, are generally implied in the Hausa +word “kurumi.” The streams may not be always truly perennial, but +the verdure remains because the moisture in the soil persists long +enough to maintain the non-deciduous type, although bush-fires may +reach their very margins. Where a perennial stream of any magnitude +occurs, species will be found whose distribution in the Soudan Zone +is confined to such localities, but which are widely represented in +the South.</p> + +<p>Instead of enumerating the constituents of these strips of +fringing forest, we may briefly refer to the vegetation of the +River Benué, which has been already indicated as in some degree +marking the boundary between the semi-evergreen or mixed deciduous +forests and the drier tree savannah and open bush lands. The +evergreen galleries along the streams or fringing the swampy glades +may be taken as on the whole botanically similar to the bank +foliage of the Benué and its backwaters, creeks and tributaries. +One feature of this type is the abundance of woody climbers, often +concealing the foliage of their supports, and conspicuous to the +eye in the flowering season are the <i>Combretaceæ</i>, which are +here scrambling and climbing shrubs instead of erect trees, e.g. +the flame-flowered <i>Combretum racemosum</i>, <i>C. +constrictum</i>, etc., <i>Quisqualis Indica</i> and others; also +two or three species of <i>Landolphia</i> with other rubber vines, +and of <i>Mussænda</i>, scarlet-fruited <i>Connaraceæ</i>, +<i>Uncaria Africana</i>, climbing by its old flower-stalks becoming +woody hooks, and <i>Alchornea cordata</i>, the most typical liane +of these formations. Other twiners are the showy moon-convolvulus, +<i>Calonyction speciosum</i> (<i>Ipomæa bona-nox</i>), the Cowhage, +<i>Mucuna pruriensis</i>, <i>Dioclea reflexa</i>, <i>Entada +scandens</i> and numerous <i>Ampelideæ</i>. These tend to form a +dense and sometimes impenetrable tangle, but where trees of timber +size occur the undergrowth is more scanty and a variety of forest +weeds appear, in which the <i>Scitamineæ</i> may be prominent.</p> + +<p>The Benué region is rich in trees, of which the following +species may be mentioned: Goron ruwa, <i>Irvingia Smithii</i>, and +Gedar kurumi, <i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>, <i>Trichilia +retusa</i>, the large timber tree called Kiriyar kurumi +(undetermined), <i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>, <i>Millettia +sp.</i>, <i>Sanagana</i> and <i>M. sericeus</i>, <i>Cynometra +Vogelii</i>, <i>Anthocleista<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_204">[204]</span> nobilis</i>, <i>Berlinia Heudelotii</i>, +<i>Baphia nitida</i>, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, <i>Cola +laurifolia</i>, <i>Parinarium subcordatum</i>, <i>Kigelia +Æthiopica</i>, <i>Uapaca Guineensis</i> (here a large tree and +sometimes prop-rooted), <i>Ficus spp.</i> Smaller trees and shrubs +are: <i>Spathodea campanulata</i>, <i>Voacanga obtusa</i> and <i>V. +Africana</i>, <i>Morinda citrifolia</i>, <i>Xylopia parviflora</i>, +<i>Zanthoxylum Senegalense</i>, <i>Oncoba spinosa</i>, <i>Vangueria +euonymoides</i>, <i>Ixora radiata</i>, <i>Polysphæria +macrostyla</i>, <i>Garcinia ovalifolia</i>, <i>Myrianthus +serratus</i>, <i>Elæis Guineensis</i> and <i>Raphia vinifera</i>. +Not all of these extend far beyond the Benué, but the majority of +them will be found in one or other fringing belt far into the +deciduous region, and perhaps the two which best represent this +extension of the semi-evergreen to the savannah are the woody +climber <i>Alchornea cordata</i> and the tree <i>Irvingia +Smithii</i>.</p> + +<p>In a general view, Northern Nigeria, thus lying beyond the +equatorial belt, possesses plant features which, apart from river +and stream fringes, range between the mixed deciduous and +xerophilous habit, and in the dry season the prevailing character +of the open savannah forests is a monotonous drab or grey, +intersected by the dark lines of greenery following the streams or +encircling the swamps. The climate is largely of the continental +type, with a temperature ranging from 120° F. to 40° or less +(exclusive of thermometer readings on the Bauchi plateau), and a +rainfall which throughout will usually fall between 30 and 50 or 60 +inches, with diminution to 20 or even 10 inches in the most +northerly provinces. Such a climate, with the concomitant +regularity of two, not four, well marked seasons, the dry and the +wet, is entirely that associated with the occurrence of savannah +formations, scattered bush with prevailing grasses, suffrutescent +herbs and small trees, much open grass or thinly timbered +park-land, with stretches of thick woods which are generally not +heavily grassed and never cumbered with impenetrable +undergrowth.</p> + +<p>Trees which are valuable timber species in the moist southern +forests often scarcely attain reputable dimensions in the deciduous +zone.</p> + +<p>These conditions also, which are doubtless partly the result of +ill-considered human operations, put certain definite restrictions +on cultivated species and determine the character of the natural +products of the wild. The staple cereal is Dawa or <i>Sorghum</i>, +instead of maize, with Gero or <i>Pennisetum typhoideum</i> in the +North. Possibly the limit of Guinea Corn as a staple of native +cultivation is also the limit of the savannah forests, i.e. of the +region of trees of secondary size, short of the region of Acacias, +of Geza, <i>Combretum altum</i>, and of scrub, where Bulrush Millet +is the commoner. Both species are generally cultivated along with +beans, <i>Vigna Sinensis</i>. The sweet potato displaces the yam +and cassava; industrial cultivation is represented by cotton and +indigo. Of forest products, the most representative are Shea nuts +and gum arabic, rather than rubber and large timber; and lastly, +both<span class="pagenum" id="Page_205">[205]</span> cattle-grazing +and horse-breeding are important industries proper to the +region.</p> + +<h3 class="sc"><a id="c08s7"></a>VII. Some Trees of Hausaland.</h3> + +<p class="sch2">By Dr. J. M. Dalziel.</p> + +<p>A few notes on some of the better known trees of Northern +Nigeria are here given, the Hausa name being appended in most +cases.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>, Harms (Leguminosæ). +Makarfo.</p> + +<p>In the mixed deciduous forests towards the coast this appears as +a large timber tree, in certain regions dominant both in abundance +and size, and is also a constituent of the moist evergreen forests. +In Northern Nigeria it never forms a straight stem, never attains +the dimensions of a timber tree, and has generally a twisted stem +and main branches. Its habit, therefore, rather than its mere +presence, affords a striking instance of the changes accompanying +the limited rainfall of the savannah forests, and its distribution +probably does not extend beyond the northern boundary. The trunk +has a somewhat pale piebald appearance, resulting from the flaking +of large pieces of the bark exposing lighter portions below. The +centre wood is so dark in colour as to have led European foremen of +works to report it as lignum vitæ, and the wood is hard enough to +earn for it in some districts, along with other trees, the +designation “break axe.” It has shining leaves, whitish flowers and +thin, flat pods.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Afzelia Africana</i>, Sm. Kawo; “African” or +“Rhodesian” Mahogany, “Mahogany Bean,” etc.</p> + +<p>A large tree, common to nearly all types of forest in West +Africa, tropical high forest, mixed deciduous and savannah. In +Northern Nigeria large specimens may still be found, though these +do not generally have tall, straight stems, but show the +wide-spreading umbrella crown common in drier regions.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Paradaniellia Oliveri</i>, Rolfe. Kadaura or +Maje.</p> + +<p>This has previously been classed with <i>Daniellia +thurifera</i>, Bennett, the so-called West African Copaiba Balsam +Tree.</p> + +<p>In the Northern Provinces of Nigeria it is one of the largest +trees, 50 to 80 feet, with strong, straight stems and affording +good timber for local use. The chief native use of the oleo resin +is to fumigate garments. Its distribution probably stops short of +the northern boundary.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Isoberlinia doka</i>, Craib, et Stapf. +Doka.</p> + +<p>A tree which is the prevailing type in the savannah forests of +Central Hausaland, generally 30 to 40 feet high, with broad, +shining<span class="pagenum" id="Page_206">[206]</span> leaves, +rather small white flowers and large flat pods containing five or +six discoid seeds. The valves of the pods curl up after dehiscence, +and young seedlings spring up vigorously where not choked by grass, +farm clearings in Zaria province being often quickly occupied by +them.</p> + +<p>A coarse red resin exudes from injuries or punctures of the +bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Isoberlinia Dalzielii</i>, Craib et Stapf. Fara +doka.</p> + +<p>Another new species of similar occurrence and habit, differing +in having a more grey appearance associated with a slight +pubescence, leaves not shining and pods less smooth. A species of +the wild silkworm, <i>Anaphe Moloneyi</i>, and perhaps others, are +found on them.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>, Poir. Madobia; +“Senegal Rosewood,” “African Kino,” etc.</p> + +<p>A tree generally of 30 to 40 feet or more in open savannah +forests, easily recognized by its bright yellow flowers, the +regular venation of the leaves, and the bristly, flat, one-seeded +pods. The blood-red resin is a variety of Kino, and in districts +where the Camwood is not found, the bark of Madobia is sometimes +sold as a substitute. The wood is hard and fine-grained.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Cassia Sieberiana</i>, DC. and C.; +<i>Kotschyana</i>, Oliv. Marga or Gamafada.</p> + +<p>These are small trees with conspicuous yellow flower racemes, +having a superficial resemblance to laburnum. They are abundant in +the dry savannah regions as well as in savannah forest, and flower +freely in the dry season. The pods are long and cylindrical and do +not dehisce. <i>Cassia Arereh</i>, Del., is similar, but the leaves +are more acuminated and the pods split up longitudinally.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Detarium Senegalense</i>, Gmel. Taura.</p> + +<p>A good timber tree in the mixed deciduous and higher savannah +forests, as also in the mountainous peninsula of Sierra Leone. +Fairly large specimens of timber dimensions occur in the rocky +forest overlooking Lokoja, but the Hausa Taura, hitherto identified +as botanically the same, is of a very different habit, abundantly +represented in the open bush savannah as a shrub or small tree +having somewhat flattened fruits, oval, less succulent than, and +one-half or one-third the size of, those shed by the forest +specimens.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Tamarindus Indica</i>, Zinn. Tsamiya; “Tamarind +Tree.”</p> + +<p>A very familiar tree in the northern Hausa States and Bornu, as +well as in French territory to the north, but much less common on +parts of the border-line between Southern and Northern Nigeria, so +that probably its actual distribution is local and interrupted. +Barth<span class="pagenum" id="Page_207">[207]</span> places its +limit at Tagalel, in Damerghu, or about 15° North latitude.</p> + +<p>In Hausaland it is a conspicuous tree, less from its dimensions +than from the beauty of its foliage, sometimes umbrella-spreading +and at others compact, and giving a good deal of shade when in full +leaf. The ground becomes littered with the small leaflets in the +dry months, and as a rule little undergrowth is to be found beneath +it.</p> + +<p>In Sokoto and Kano provinces, and elsewhere in the North, +specimens with a dense, compact and symmetrical crown are common, +the branches often reaching to within 3 or 4 feet of the ground. +The fruit has familiar medicinal and culinary uses, but rarely +develops the soft rich pulp of the Indian specimens. One of the +wild silkworms, <i>Anaphe sp.</i>, feeds on the leaf, the silken +nest being called “Tsamiyar Tsamiya.” A familiar association which +did not escape the notice of Dr. Barth is that of tamarind and +baobab, in which case the former is often without a proper bole and +spreads itself half scandent amongst the stout branches of the +baobab.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>, Welw. Dorowa; “West +African Locust Bean.”</p> + +<p>A characteristic tree of the savannah forests, and one of the +most typical members of the open park-like formations. It appears +to be scarce in Bornu, but abundant from Zaria to Katsina, and its +northern limit is probably about 14° North latitude.</p> + +<p>The pods afford both food and fodder, the fermented cakes called +Daudawa, made from the seeds, being an article of local commerce. +In the bush, far from villages, Dorowa trees are ownerless, but +elsewhere they are generally private property.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Burkea Africana</i>, Hook. Farin makarfo.</p> + +<p>A tree of 30 to 40 feet, of irregular distribution in open +savannah forests, fairly common between Yola and Bornu as well as +in Southern Sokoto. It has light, silky foliage, flowers in +pendulous, creamy spikes, and dark, almost black, bark. The hard +wood is used for handles of axes and hoes.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Prosopis oblonga</i>, Benth. Kiriya.</p> + +<p>A common tree of the savannah region, extending beyond the +Anglo-French boundary, but better developed in the Benué region, +where fair timber specimens occur. The wood is hard, with red +centre wood, and takes a beautiful polish. It is recognized by its +acacia-like foliage, spikes of creamy flowers and stout brown pods, +with seeds sometimes used like those of Dorowa.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Bauhinia reticulata</i>, DC. Kargo.</p> + +<p>A shrub or small tree, one of the commonest constituents of the +bush savannahs; readily recognized by the cleft leaves, rusty +bark<span class="pagenum" id="Page_208">[208]</span> and flat, +twisted pods. The tough bark forms an emergency tie-tie, and its +long vast fibres furnish strong cordage, which is its chief use in +Northern Nigeria. The bark and leaves, containing tannin, have +astringent uses.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Acacia Sieberiana</i>, DC. Fara kaya, or “White +Thorn Acacia.”</p> + +<p>A very widely distributed species in the deciduous zone, not +usually gregarious and occasionally flat-topped. It is easily +recognized by its generally dark foliage and pale bark, the flowers +not yellow, but in small, creamy-white balls, and by the long white +thorns. It yields a soluble gum, which is perhaps not of the best +quality.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Acacia Arabica</i>, Willd. Bagaruwa; Indian +“Babool.”</p> + +<p>One of the commonest species, especially in the northern Hausa +States and Bornu, and a source of gum arabic. The flowers are in +bright yellow balls and the foliage is a good camel food. The +jointed pods are “Sant” or “Gambia” pods, used all over the Soudan +for tanning.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Acacia Senegalensis</i>, Willd. Dakwora.</p> + +<p>Usually only a shrub, not often over 10 feet, sometimes +gregarious, and characteristic of the thin bush savannahs; it has +grey bark, flowers in white spikes, and three sharp recurved +stipular hooks at the base of each leaf.</p> + +<p>This species yields probably the best gum from Senegal to +Somali, and the root-bark affords a very tough fibre.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Acacia albida</i>, Del., var. +<i>saccharata</i>, Benth. Gawo.</p> + +<p>A fair-sized tree, confined to the open dry country in the +North, extending into French territory, and an important camel +food, but not a gum yielder. The flowers are in creamy-white spikes +and the pods are yellow and twisted. It is peculiarly deciduous in +the wet season, and bursts into foliage just at the cessation of +the rains.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Acacia Seyal</i>, Del. Dussa; “Talh of the +Soudan.”</p> + +<p>A rather small tree, not often over 20 feet, but gregarious and +very abundant in North-east Hausaland and Bornu, less common, but +local, in Sokoto, etc. It has a yellow or ochrey bark, white thorns +and brilliant yellow balls of flowers, and the pods are narrow, +sickle-curved and constricted between the seeds. The gum is of good +quality, but not equal to that of <i>A. Senegal</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Acacia campylacantha</i>, Hochst. “Farichin +shafu” (= Falcon’s claw).</p> + +<p>A fairly tall tree with white flower-spikes and strongly curved +spines suggesting the native name. It is sometimes gregarious in +limited forest patches, and the gum is said to be good in colour, +cleanliness, etc.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i041" class="iw5"><a href="images/fig041.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig041.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 41.—<span class= +"bold">A Baobab (Adansonia digitata).</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i042" class="iw5"><a href="images/fig042.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig042.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 42.—<span class= +"bold">Giginya or “Fan Palm” (Borassus flabellifer, var. Æthiopum), +with Water-lilies (Nymphæaceæ).</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 208.</p> +</div> + +<p class="tax2b"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_209">[209]</span><i>Albizzia Chevalieri</i>, G. et P. +Katsari.</p> + +<p>A tree of 30 to 40 feet, common in the more open savannah +formations, especially in the northern districts. It has whitish +flower-balls, with long, pinkish stamens and thin, flat pods. The +bark is sometimes used for tanning.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Entada Sudanica</i>, Schweinf. Tawatsa.</p> + +<p>A small tree of the savannah forests and open plains, easily +distinguished by the peculiar jointed pods, each embossed seed +section falling out and leaving the empty marginal frame. The +flowers are in yellowish axillary spikes, generally two or three +together.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Mimosa asperata</i>, Linn. Kaidaji.</p> + +<p>Forms dense thorny thickets fringing the open bush streams. The +flowers are in pinkish balls, and the leaves possess the sensitive +quality in a mild degree.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Lophira alata</i>, Banks (Ochnaceæ). Mijin +kade.</p> + +<p>An “African Oak” and one of the most familiar trees of the +savannah forests and open country. It is apparently very similar to +<i>Lophira procera</i>, the “Red Ironwood” timber tree of the +southern forests; frequently stunted by forest fires. The seeds +yield an oil and the bark is medicinal. The flowers are in handsome +white panicles, appearing about November or December, and the leaf +and habit often give it an appearance resembling the Shea Butter +Tree, but the leaf is beautiful and finely veined. An extraordinary +fact is the widespread belief of pagan tribes in the efficiency of +the leaf as a charm.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Eriodendron orientale</i>, Steud. (Malvaceæ). +Rimi; “Silk-cotton Tree.”</p> + +<p>A giant in the evergreen forests, and still a comparative giant +in the dry zone. In Northern Hausa towns the only very tall trees +are Rimi; the wood is light and the stems are sometimes hollowed +out for canoes: the floss of the seeds is Kapok, and has the usual +local uses. Barth says its distribution eastwards stops at 11° East +longitude, and that it is therefore absent from Bornu proper.</p> + +<p>Northwards it apparently scarcely extends beyond the +Anglo-French boundary.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Bombax buonopozense</i>, Beauv. Gurjiya; +“Red-flowered Silk-cotton Tree.”</p> + +<p>A member of the evergreen forests, but quite a common tree of +the open country and savannah forests, sometimes more or less +gregarious, and extending at least beyond the Anglo-French border. +It reaches about 40 feet or more in height, with crowded spines on +the bark and tulip-like red flowers appearing during the deciduous +period, generally after the middle of December and in January.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_210">[210]</span><i>Adansonia digitata</i>, B. Juss. Kuka; +“Baobab.”</p> + +<p>A characteristic tree of the dry savannah regions, often grouped +in inhabited areas, with enormously stout stems, but in height +limited to 40 to 60 feet. Specimens of 30 to 40 feet girth are not +quite uncommon, the swollen stem, with soft, spongy wood, being an +adaptation to a dry climate, by storing water to meet excessive +transpiration by the leaves.</p> + +<p>The bark is smooth and often has a shiny purplish tinge. Apart +from fibre from both bark and wood, the dry fruit pulp and the +seeds are prepared in various ways as food and drink. Large +specimens are still found at Maradi, north of the Sokoto boundary, +but chiefly stunted trees are met with at Zinder.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Sterculia tomentosa</i>, G. et P. +(Sterculiaceæ). Kukuki.</p> + +<p>A member of the semi-evergreen forests and common also in the +dry zone as a medium-sized tree with soft, palmate-shaped leaves +and pods four or five together, splitting to expose the black seeds +with yellow arils. A watery juice from the bark refreshes thirsty +travellers and a kind of gum tragacanth exudes from the trunk.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Hannoa undulata</i>, Planch. (Simarubeæ). +Namijin gwabsa or Takandar giwa. (One of two species called by the +latter name, <em>vide</em> <i>Cussonia</i>.)</p> + +<p>A common tree of no great size in the savannah forest. The +leaves are pinnate, with five to seven leaflets on long stalks, the +flowers, in creamy, fragrant panicles, appearing in October or +November, and the fruit is a black plum with unpleasant taste.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Irvingia Smithii</i>, Hook. fil.</p> + +<p>A tree of evergreen and mixed deciduous forests which invades +the ravines and fringing belts in the savannah region as far at +least as Kontagora. In the Benué region it is a fairly large tree +of 40 feet or more, often gregarious, as in a patch of moist forest +opposite Katsina Allah, along with <i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>. +The scarlet fruits are known as Goron ruwa or Goron biri (i.e. +Water or Monkey Kola), and are eaten by monkeys.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Balanites Ægyptiaca</i>, Del. Aduwa; “Desert +Date.”</p> + +<p>Typical of the Soudan and of the northern drier provinces of +Nigeria and extending into French territory; characterized by its +bifoliate deciduous leaves, spiny habit in dry soil and evergreen +bark. The yellow oval fruit has a thin layer of sugary, +bitter-sweet pulp, and the kernel yields Betu oil.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Boswellia odorata</i>, Hutch., and <i>B. +Dalzielii</i>, Hutch. (Burseraceæ). Hano or Ararabi.</p> + +<p>Two new species of “Frankincense Tree,” yielding a +fragrant<span class="pagenum" id="Page_211">[211]</span> gum resin. +They reach 30 feet or so in height, have white bark which peels off +in thin sheets, racemes of white flowers and pinnate leaves with +serrate leaflets.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Commiphora Kerstingii</i>, Engl. Dali or +Bazana.</p> + +<p>A small tree, commonly used as a fence support around native +compounds. The bark is smooth and green, and the soft wood can be +hollowed out for quivers.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Balsamodendron Africanum</i>, A. Rich. +Dashi.</p> + +<p>A shrub commoner in the northern regions, extending beyond the +Anglo-French boundary. In arid regions it forms a good hedge, with +some resemblance to the blackthorn. The leaves and bark are +fragrant, and it yields a gum resin which is a variety of African +myrrh.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>, A. Juss. (Meliaceæ). +Madachi; “West African Mahogany” of the dry zone.</p> + +<p>A large tree for the dry savannah region, but one of the smaller +of the mahoganies. In the North, where dry conditions prevail, it +tends to favour the banks of streams or the edges of marshy +meadows, and is never buttressed, but often acquires a good +spreading crown. Good timber specimens have been found on the +Gurara River, but apart from this, and perhaps some other favoured +localities, it does not as a rule exceed about 4 feet to 4½ feet in +girth. It occurs from Gambia to Nigeria and Kamerun, and is again +found as a West African element in the flora of Uganda and +Mozambique. Northwards it reaches North Sokoto, but apparently does +not extend to Zinder. The bark is a reputed bitter tonic in native +medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyi</i>, Harms. Toman or +Tonas; “Dry-zone Cedar.”</p> + +<p>In Northern Nigeria this is rarely more than a small to +medium-sized tree of 20 to 30 feet, and not usually of good +straight growth, probably from the effect of annual fires, but +yielding a fine wood. The leaflets are undulate-margined, the +flowers are in graceful panicles, appearing about February and +March, and the dry, erect capsules, full of winged seeds, split +from above downwards in five valves. Occasionally little copses of +the species occur, as it seeds freely and numerous seedlings +arise—most of them, however, doomed to perish in the next +bush-fire. In protected localities it might be fostered into a +useful timber tree. Natives find various medicinal uses for the +bark.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Trichilia emetica</i>, Vahl. Jan sayi.</p> + +<p>A fairly common tree across Central Hausaland, not often much +over 20 feet in height. It has medicinal properties; the white +flowers are fragrant and used to rub the teeth, and the seeds yield +a less important oil.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_212">[212]</span><i>Trichilia retusa</i>, Oliv.</p> + +<p>A large timber tree with tall, straight stems, found in the +Benué region. The flowers are white, appearing about January, in +axillary racemes or below the leaves; the leaflets are generally +five or three, with wide, shallow indentation at the tip.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Odina Barteri</i> (Anacardiaceæ). Faru.</p> + +<p>A fair-sized deciduous tree of the savannah forests, with +pinnate pubescent leaves and inconspicuous flowers in pendulous, +clustered racemes. It yields a sort of resin, and the small fruits, +tipped with four sharp points, are eaten by birds.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>? Spondias sp.</i> Danya.</p> + +<p>A very common tree of the drier savannah forests, very abundant +in the North; it has light foliage of pinnate leaves with small +leaflets and a yellow, very pleasantly flavoured fruit, with a +tough rind like that of the mango. The fruits litter the ground in +the months of May and June. The wood is very hard and used for +making a heavy kind of basin known as <em>akushi</em>.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>, G. et P. +(Combretaceæ). Marike.</p> + +<p>This is one of the “Chew-sticks” of Yoruba, and while occurring +in fringing forests and evergreen patches, it is very common in the +open savannah regions, but probably does not extend beyond the +northern boundary. It may be 50 feet in height, and possesses +light, graceful foliage, pale bark and small yellowish flowers in +globose heads, forming tiny dry two-winged fruits. It affords an +inferior gum and is much used medicinally.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Terminalia sp.</i>, near <i>T. macroptera</i>, +G. et P. Baushe.</p> + +<p>A fairly large tree, 40 feet or more in height, with the oval +winged and embossed fruits of the genus, along with its congeners, +e.g. <i>T. Elliotii</i>, Engl. and Diels, <i>T. Baumanii</i>, Engl. +and Diels, etc., very abundant and typical of the savannahs of +Northern Nigeria. Bows and sticks are made from the roots.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Terminalia macroptera</i>, G. et P. +Kandari.</p> + +<p>A smaller tree with much broader leaves, typical of open +park-like formations.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Combretum spp.</i> +</p> + +<p>Several arborescent species of <i>Combretum</i> are truly +characteristic of the open and bush savannahs, and are well +represented even in the northern parts, where, however, in some +districts, they are replaced by Acacias. They are practically all +gum-bearing; the flowers are small and yellowish in axillary +spikes, but the genus is generally<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_213">[213]</span> easily recognized by the fruits having four +papery wings and the usually whorled arrangement of the leaves. The +Northern Nigerian species have not all been fully determined, and +the native names are at present somewhat confused and may include +more than one species. Most of them in this region are shrubs or +small trees, occasionally reaching 30 feet or so, with smooth or +hoary foliage. The Taramniya is generally <i>C. leonense</i>, Engl. +and Diels; the Chiriri of Sogoto includes probably <i>C. +Hartmannianum</i>, Schweinf., and other species; the Dalo is <i>C. +glutinosum</i>, Perr., or near it.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Parinarium curatellæfolium</i>, Planch +(Rosaceæ). Rura.</p> + +<p>A small tree, very common in the bush and forest savannah, +usually only about 10 to 15 feet high, with pale leaves and a dry, +pear-like fruit. Of its congeners, <i>P. macrophyllum</i>, Sabine, +the Gawasa or Gingerbread Plum, is its representative in most +northerly provinces, and <i>P. polyandrum</i>, Benth., with +grape-like bunches of purple not edible fruit, is common in the +southern parts of the deciduous region.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Eugenia Owariensis</i>, Beauv. (Myrtaceæ). +Malmo.</p> + +<p>A small tree, generally about 20 to 30 feet in height and always +found in moist places, by streams, etc. It has shining, odorous +foliage, white, fragrant flower-clusters, and a small black-purple, +succulent fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Cussonia Nigerica</i>, Hutch. (Araliaceæ). +Gwabsa or Takandar giwa.</p> + +<p>A new species, occurring in the open and bush savannahs as a +small tree from 10 to 15 feet in height, with peculiar bare, raking +branches, producing at their ends clusters of digitate leaves or of +long catkin-like spikes of inconspicuous flowers. Incisions in the +rough, fissured bark yield a clear gum. (For the native name +compare <i>Hannoa undulata</i>.)</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Cratæva Adansonii</i>, G. et P. (Capparideæ). +Ingidido.</p> + +<p>A small tree, occasionally 20 feet high, fairly abundant in the +North, of local distribution and common in towns. The leaves are +trifoliate and can be used as a vegetable; the flowers are white +and the fruit yellow, spherical, and about the size of a small +orange.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Zizyphus spina-Christi</i>, Willd. (Rhamnaceæ). +Kurna.</p> + +<p>A small tree characteristic of the dry open regions and commonly +planted in northern towns. It is generally about 10 to 20 feet +high, spiny, with leaves three-nerved, and a rather dry, edible +berry of pleasant taste.</p> + +<p><i>Z. jujuba</i>, Lam., is the Magariya, and is similar, but in +these regions generally has less of a stem and is more shrubby and +thorny, and is not, as a rule, planted, though the fruit is even +pleasanter.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_214">[214]</span><i>Sarcocephalus Russegeri</i> (Rubiaceæ). +Tafashia.</p> + +<p>A shrub, or occasionally a small tree, common in moist meadows, +but found also in the open dry bush. The flowers are in rather +large creamy balls, and the coarse red, succulent fruit is the +analogue of the Sierra Leone peach, <i>S. esculentus</i>, Afzel, +which grows to a large tree in the evergreen forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Mitragyne Africana</i>, Korth. Giyaiya.</p> + +<p>This is a characteristic tree of swampy areas in the deciduous +regions, found by streams and marshes or forming island-clumps with +a few lesser shrubs and weeds in the grassy meadows, which dry up +in the rainless months. It is generally from 20 to 30 feet in +height and has close, spherical heads of whitish flowers and +smooth, but not shining, leaves with regular venation.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Crossopteryx Kotschyana</i>, Fenzl. +Kasfiya.</p> + +<p>A small tree of 15 to 20 feet, with foliage resembling that of +Giyaiya, bunches of whitish flowers, and abundant small black, +pill-like fruits, which remain attached long after they are +ripe.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Adina microcephala</i>, Hiern. Kadanyar +rafi.</p> + +<p>A fairly tall tree of 30 to 40 feet, found in stream-banks in +the savannah region. It has whitish balls of flowers and tapering +smooth leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Morelia Senegalensis</i>, A. Rich. Innuwar +bauna.</p> + +<p>An evergreen shrub 10 to 20 feet high, common on stream-banks, +and found both in the semi-evergreen forests and in the fringing +belts of the deciduous region. The flowers are white and somewhat +fragrant, and the fruit is spherical, tipped by the tubular remains +of the calyx.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>, Kotschii. +(Sapotaceæ). Kadanya; “Shea Butter Tree.”</p> + +<p>A typical tree of the savannah hinterlands, and one which gives +the park-like character to many parts of Northern Nigeria, it +barely extends to the northern boundary, and is rarer on the Bornu +side. It is generally 25 to 30 feet high or more, with a dense +crown and a curiously corrugated bark. Flowers, in white, head-like +clusters generally appear about December. The brown, chestnut-like +kernels are ripe about July. The milky juice and the coarser +venation of the leaves readily distinguish this tree from +<i>Lophira alata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>, Hochst. +(Ebenaceæ). Kanya or Kaiwa; “African Ebony.”</p> + +<p>A fairly large tree, up to about 40 feet in height, in the +savannah forests and open country, extending north to beyond the +Anglo-French<span class="pagenum" id="Page_215">[215]</span> +boundary, larger in the mixed deciduous forests farther south and +in fringing evergreen belts. The foliage is dark and the bark +blackish; the inconspicuous whitish flowers, of separate sexes on +different trees, are attractive to bees. The wood is white, with a +black heartwood, and the spherical yellow fruits (“Monkey Guava”) +have a crisp rind and sweet edible pulp, with four or five +seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Strychnos spinosa</i>, Lam. (Loganiaceæ). +Kokiya.</p> + +<p>A small thorny tree with opposite three- to five-nerved leaves, +conspicuous by its round yellow fruit, which is orange-like, but +has a hard rind and flat seeds embedded in a pleasant acid edible +pulp.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Cordia Abyssinica</i>, R. Br. (Boragineæ). +Aliliba.</p> + +<p>A shrub or small tree with broad leaves and white flowers, +valued for the sweet yellow berries, which are used in making +sweetmeats.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Kigelia Æthiopica</i>, Decne.; var. +<i>Bornuensis</i>, Sprague (Bignoniaceæ). Rahaina or Rawuya.</p> + +<p>A species of “Sausage Tree,” of irregular distribution in +Northern Nigeria, known in Sokoto, etc., but commoner in the Benué +region and in Bornu (possibly more than one species occurring). It +grows to a fairly large size, with dense foliage and pendulous +racemes of lurid purple and spotted flowers and large, yam-like +fruits.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Stereospermum Kunthianum</i>, Cham. Jiri or +Sansami.</p> + +<p>A small tree of the savannah forests, with smooth pale bark, +beautiful pink caducous blossoms and long slender pods.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Vitex Cienkowskii</i>, Kotschii et Peyr. +(Verbenaceæ). Dinya.</p> + +<p>A fairly large tree, chiefly of open forest country and +extending at least as far as the Anglo-French border. The bark is +somewhat smooth, the crown of digitate leaves fairly dense, and the +black, damson-like fruits are used in making molasses and +sweetmeats. The natives value the wood as strong and suitable for +local use.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Uapaca Guineensis</i>, Muell. Arg. +(Euphorbiaceæ). Ka Jafogo.</p> + +<p>In the open country a rather small tree, with the habit of a +Ficus, but becoming a large tree, sometimes prop-rooted, in the +Benué region and in some ravines.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, Benth. and Hook. +(Moraceæ). The “Iroko” or “Odum.”</p> + +<p>Some of the splendid Nupé canoes are made of this, but the tree +really belongs to the southern forests, though it occurs in the +Benué region and perhaps in some northward extensions in river +valleys.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_216">[216]</span><i>Celtis integrifolia</i>, Lam. Zuwo or +Dukki.</p> + +<p>This is a fairly large tree of the savannah forest region, found +as far north at least as Sokoto. The leaves are edible and are used +as fodder.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Ficus</i> or <i>Urostigma spp.</i></p> + +<p>This genus has not yet been fully elaborated, and the native +names cannot in all cases be definitely applied to distinct +botanical species. The following appear tp be fairly established: +Chediya, <i>Ficus Thonningii</i>, Bl., one of the commonest shade +trees, planted in towns and abundant far North in French territory; +Durumi, <i>F. syringifolia</i>, Warb., perhaps equally common, with +shining heart-shaped and pointed leaves; Baure, <i>F. +gnaphalocarpa</i>, A. Rich. (the rough-leaved species with soft +figs which are sometimes considered edible); Uwar yara, <i>F. +Capensis</i>, Thunb. (<em>sensu lato</em>), recognized by the wavy +or indented-margined leaves, and especially by the figs being borne +in dense clusters on the trunk; Gamji, <i>F. platyphylla</i>, Del. +(the source of “Red Kano Rubber” and the host of one of the wild +silkworms, <i>Anaphe sp.</i>). Kawuri probably includes <i>F. +kawuri</i>, Hutch., and <i>F. glumosa</i>, Del. Wa is a species +with broadly cordate leaves, strongly veined, and Shirinya is a +narrow-leaved species. <i>F. Vogelii</i>, Mig., is a glossy-leaved +rubber-tree, more abundant in ravines and in the moister forests +farther South.</p> + +<p>The Gamji and Shirinya, and perhaps some of the others, almost +invariably begin life as epiphytes.</p> + +<p>Most of the species have abundant aerial rootlets, and the latex +of <i>F. Vogelii</i>, of Gamji, and perhaps of Kawuri and Shirinya, +yields rubber of varying quality.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Raphia vinifera</i>, P. Beauv. (Palmeæ). +Tukuruwa; “Bamboo Palm,” “Wine Palm.”</p> + +<p>This well-known palm is found in ravines in the savannah region +as far as Zaria province, but is a proper member of swampy patches +and moist forests of the South. Roofing poles and palm-wine are its +products most used in the North.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Borassus flabellifer</i>, var. <i>Æthiopum</i>, +Warb. Giginya; “Deleb,” “Palmyra” or “Fan Palm.”</p> + +<p>The most characteristic palm of Hausaland, with tall, straight +and often beaded stems. The germinating shoots from the planted +nuts are a vegetable called <em>muruchi</em>, and the wood and +leaves have the familiar uses in house-building, mat and basket +weaving, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Hyphæne Thebaica</i>, Mart. Goriba; “Dum” or +“Gingerbread Palm.”</p> + +<p>The typical palm of the more northerly Hausa provinces, +characterized by its forked stems and obliquely fan-shaped leaves. +The kernel<span class="pagenum" id="Page_217">[217]</span> and the +rind of the nut are used in certain food preparations, and the +fronds have the usual applications for plaited utensils, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2b"><i>Phœnix dactylifera</i>, Linn. Dabino; “Date +Palm.”</p> + +<p>Introduced by Arabs and confined (with a few exceptions, e.g. at +Yola Mosque) to the Northern towns.</p> + +<p>In Kano it may be possible to see the three palms, Deleb, Dum +and Date, together, but the last is in no sense a tree of +Hausaland.</p> + +<p class="right pad-right2">J. M. <span class= +"sc">Dalziel</span>.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i043" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig043.jpg"><img src='images/fig043.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 43.—<span class= +"bold">Mahogany (Khaya grandis), 6½ years old, showing bent leader, +owing to previous one being eaten out by the leading-shoot +borer.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i044" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig044.jpg"><img src='images/fig044.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 44.—<span class= +"bold">1909 Mahogany (Khaya grandis and K. Punchii). Plantation +after six years’ growth, near road to Chief Conservator’s House, +Olokemeji Arboretum.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i045" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig045.jpg"><img src='images/fig045.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 45.—<span class= +"bold">The largest Mahogany (Khaya Punchii), seven years old, +Olokemeji Arboretum, in the Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 216.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_218">[218]</span><a id="c08app1"></a>APPENDIX I</h3> + +<p class="sch1">NIGERIAN TREES.—A LIST OF TREES FOR THE NORTHERN +PROVINCES</p> + +<p class="sch3">(Hausa names obtained from <em>Hausa Botanical +Vocabulary</em>, by J. M. Dalziel.)</p> + +<table id="t218"> +<tr> +<th><em>Botanical Name.</em> +</th> +<th><em>English Name.</em> +</th> +<th><em>Hausa.</em> +</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Gramineæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Oxytenanthera Abyssinica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gora.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Palmæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Raphia vinifera</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bamboo Palm, Tukuruwa Palm or Wine +Palm</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gongola or Gwongola gwangwala (Nupe), +Tukuruwa; also Murli, Gangame.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Hyphæne Thebaica</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dum Palm or Gingerbread Palm</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Goriba, Kaba or Kodago and Kwalo +(nut).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Elæis Guineensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Oil Palm</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwakwa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cocos nucifera</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Coconut Palm</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwakwar, Attagura.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Borassus flabellifer, var. Æthiopum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Deleb Palm, Fan or Palmyra Palm</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Giginya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Salicaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Salix</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Willow</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ba ruwana, syn. Rimni (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Ulmaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Celtis integrifolia</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Nettle Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dukki or Dunki, syn. Zuwo (Kano, Zaria, +etc.); also Dinkin.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Moraceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Artocarpus incisa</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Breadfruit</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Barabutu (corruption of Breadfruit).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus gnaphalocarpa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Baure, Bauren fadama, Bauren rafi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bijaje.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus populifolia</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bishiyapl bishiyoyi, generic.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus Thonningii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Chediya, Gazari or Gizeri (Hadeija).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Danko maiwari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Large Fig</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dulu.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus syringifolia</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Small Fig</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Durumi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus platyphylla</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Guttapercha Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gamji or Ganji (Kano).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus Capensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Garicha (Zanfara), Haguguwa (Kano and +Bauchi), Uwar yara (Kano and Katagum).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_219">[219]</span>Ficus Kawuri and Ficus glumosa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kawuri.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Chlorophora excelsa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Loko.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Non gwanki.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Narrow-leaved Fig Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shisinya, syn. Shiriya (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus Vogelii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Taba ni ka samu, cf. Kurnan nasara and +Zogalagandi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Wa or Ya (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Wan kurumi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ficus Capensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Uwar yara (Kano, Katagum), syn. Haguguwa +(Kano, Bauchi).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Anonaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Anona Senegalensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Custard Apple</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gwandar daji.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Xylopia Æthiopica</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">African, Guinea or Negro Pepper</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kimba.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Capparidaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Mærua Angolensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Chichiwa (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cratæva Adansonii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ingidido.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Moringaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Moringa pterygosperma</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Horse-radish Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Samarin danga or Zogalagundi, syn. +Bagarumar makka (Sok.), Barambo (Gobir); also Taba ni ka saniu (cf. +Kurnan nasara).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Rosaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Parinarium macrophyllum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gingerbread Plum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gawasa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Parinarium polyandrum</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kaikai.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Parinarium curatellæfolium</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Rura; also Gwanja kusa and Kaikai.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Leguminosæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Sesbania leptocarpa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Alambo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Sesbania aculeata</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Sesbania Ægyptiaca</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Sasabani and Zamarke.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Lonchocarpus cyanescens</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Yoruba Wild Indigo</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bahar tahki.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia Arabica</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Egyptian Mimosa</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bagaruwa, Gabaruwa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Afrormosia sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ba-jini, syn. Jina-jina (Sok. and +Zanf.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia Sieberiana</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bauji (E. Hausa), syn. Fara kaya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_220">[220]</span>Swartsia Madagascariensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Cassia Tribe</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Bogo zage (Zanfare), Bayama (Kontagora), +syn. Gwazkiya, Gamma fada.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cassia Occidentalis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ba-Zanfare (Katagum), syn. Rai dore, +Sanga-sanga (Sok. and West).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Tetrapleura Thonningii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dawo (Hausa?), Ai-da (Yoruba), cf. +Kalangon daji and Sandan mayu.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Isoberlinia doka</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Doka.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Isoberlinia Dalzielii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Fara doka.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Parkia filicoidea</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">African Locust Bean Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dorowa, Dorawa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia Seyal</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">“Tall” Gum Acacia</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dushe (Kano), Dussa (E. Hausa), syn. +Jimshi (Sok.), and (?) Ishishiya (Zanfara).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia Sieberiana</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Acacia</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Fara kaya, syn. Bauji (E. Hausa).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia campylacantha</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Acacia Catechu</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Farachin shafo or Kumbarshafo. Karkara +(Kano), Karki (Sok., Kats., and Zanf.), Kayar rakumi; also Karo +(Kano, Sok., and Kats.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia macrostachys</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gardayi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia albida</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gawo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Lonchocarpus laxiflorus</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Farin sansami, syn. Shunin Biri Zanfara +halshen sa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Afzelia Africana</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">African Mahogany or Mahogany Bean</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Fasa-daga, Kawo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cassia Kotschyana</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gamma fada hada fuda (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Pterocarpus esculentus</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gedar, Kurumi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Erythrophlœum Guineense</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Sasswood or Ordeal Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gwaska or Itchen gwaska.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Bauhinia rufescens</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jirga (Sok. and Kats.), syn. Tsatsagi +(Sok. Zaria, Kano, etc.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Paradaniellia Oliveri</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">West African or Ilorin Copaiba Balsam +Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kadaura (Kano, Zaria, etc.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Mimosa asperata</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kaidaji, Kardaji (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Tetrapleura</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kalangen daji.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Ambygonocarpus Schweinfurthii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kashi Kashi (Kontagora Kols).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Albizzia Chevalieri</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Katsari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Prosopis oblonga</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kiriya, Akiye or Akwiye (seeds), +Kokara.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Burkea Africana</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Break-axe Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kurdi, Bakin makarfo, Kariye gatari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Acacia Caffra?</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Thorny Acacia</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwandariya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_221">[221]</span>Pterocarpus erinaceus</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Africa Rosewood or “Bloodwood”</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Madobia.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Paradaniellia Oliveri</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Balsam Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Maje (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Syn. Daniellia Thurifera</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">West African Copaiba Balsam Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Syn. Kadaura (Kano, Zaria, etc.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Baphia pubescens</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Camwood</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Majigi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Erythrina Senegalensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Coral Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Majiriya (Sok. and Kats.), Minjiriya +(Kano).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Afrormosia laxiflora</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Break-axe Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Makarfo, also called Kariye gatari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Indigofera secundiflora</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dan marike.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cassia goratensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Runhu or Rumfu.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Parkinsonia aculeata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jerusalem Thorn</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dan sarikin itatuwa (Sok. and Kats.), +Sasabani (Hadeija, etc.), Sharan lobbi (Sokoto), cf. Alambo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Lonchocarpus laxiflorus</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shunim biri, syn. Farin sansami (Sok. and +Kats.), Halshen sa Zanfar.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Lonchocarpus cyanescens</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">West African Indigo or Yoruba Wild +Indigo</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Talaki or Talakin Yarubawa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Detarium Senegalense</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Taura.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Entada Sudanica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tawatsa or Tawassa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Tamarindus Indica</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tamarind Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tsamiya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Rutaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Zanthoxylum Senegalense</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Fasa-kwari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Limonia</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kokuwa (Sok. and West).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Simarubaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Irvingia Smithii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Goron biri or Goron ruwa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Hannoa undulata</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Takandar giwa (Kats., Sok. and Zanf.), +syn. Namijin gwabsa (Kontagora, etc.); also Raken giwa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Burseraceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Canarium Schweinfurthii</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">“African Elemi Tree”</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Atillis.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Boswellia odorata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Frankincense Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Basamu (Sok. and Zanf.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Boswellia Dalzielii</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Frankincense Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Syn. Hano (Sok. and Kats.), and Ararabi +(Kats.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Commiphora Kerstingii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dali and Dalu (Kano and Katsina), syn. +Bazano (Kano and Zaria), Gurzundali (Katagum), Hana gobard +(Zanfara), Ka Ki ganin bula (Zanfara); also Bar nagada.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Balsamodendron myrrha</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Myrrh</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jawul.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_222">[222]</span>Meliaceæ</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Melia Azedarach</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Pride of India, Persian or African Lilac, +or Bead Head</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Itchen kurdi, syn. Kurnan nasara, E. +Hausa Kontagora.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Trichilia emetica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jan saye (Sok., Zanf., Kontaga).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Khaya Senegalensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Species of African Mahogany</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Madachi or Madwachi (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Pseudocedrela Kotschyi</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tuna (often pronounced Tunam or +Tunas).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Euphorbiaceæ</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Hymenocardia acida</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jan yaro or Jan itache.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Uapaca Guineensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ka fafogo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Euphorbia Barteri</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kerana.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Euphorbia Abyssinica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Phyllanthus floribundus</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Majiriyar kurumi (Kano); also called +Kumchi (Sok. and Zanf.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Anacardiaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Spondias sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Yellow Plum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Danya (fruit called Nunu), C. Tsadar +Masar.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Odina Barterii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Faru, syn. Tudi (Zanfara), Farum biri +(Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Anacardium Occidentale</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Cashew</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kanju.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Mangifera Indica</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mango</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Mangoro.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Spondias lutea</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Hog Plum, Yellow Spanish or Jamaica +Plum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tsadar Lamarudu or Tsadar Masar.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Hæmatostaphis Barteri</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Blood Plum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tursuje.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Sapindaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Blighia sapida</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Akee Apple</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Alale, usually called Gwanje kusa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Rhamnaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Zizyphus Spina-Christi</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwina, cf. Magariya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Zizyphus jujuba</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jujube Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Magariya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Zizyphus mucronata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Buffalo Horn</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Magariyar kura.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_223">[223]</span>Vitaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Vitis quadrangularis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dodoriya or Dadori.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Bombacaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Bombax buonopozense</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gurjiya, syn. Kuriya (Sok. and +Zanf.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Bombax buonopozense</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Red-flowered Silk-cotton Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kuriya (Sok. and Zanf.), syn. +Guriya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Adansonia digitata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Baobab, Monkey-bread Tree, or Sour +Gourd.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kuka.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Eriodendron Orientale</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">White Silk-cotton Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Rimi (Kano) or Rini (Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Sterculiaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cola acuminata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kola Nut</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Goro or Labuje goriya (largest +nuts).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Sterculia tomentosa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kukudi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Flacourtiaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Oncoba spinosa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kokochiko.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Combretaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Terminalia sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Baushe.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Nr. Terminalia macroptera</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kandari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Terminalia Elliotti</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Terminalia Baumanii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Terminalia Avicennioides</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum Kerstingii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Chiriri (Sok. and Zanf.), syn. Dagera and +probably also Zindi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum glutinosum</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dalo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum sp., probably Combretum +altum</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Geza.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum sp. (?) Combretum leonense</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Goga jiki.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Anogeissus leiocarpus</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Chew-stick Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Marike.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum verticillatum</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Taramniya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum geitonophyllum and others</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum leonense</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Wuyan damo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Combretum sp. near</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Zindi (Katagum, Kanuri).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_224">[224]</span>Combretum Hartmannianum, probably same as C. +Kerstingii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Chiriri.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Myrtaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Eugenia caryophyllata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Clove</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kanumfari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Eugenia Owariensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Malmo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Araliaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cussonia Nigerica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gwabsa (Sok., Kats. and Zanf.), Raken +giwa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Sapotaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Butyrospermum Parkii</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shea Butter Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kadanya or Kadai.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Ebenaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Diospyros mespiliformis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kaiwa (Sok.) or Kanya (Kano).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Loganiaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Anthocleista nobilis (G. Don)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Cabbage Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Anthocleista Vogelii (Planch)</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Anthocleista parviflora (Baker)</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kwari.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Apocynaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Voacanga obtusa</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kokiyar biri (Kontagora)</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Rauwolfia Welwitschii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Wadda.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Borraginaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Cordia Abyssinica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Aliliba</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Verbenaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Vitex Cienkowskii</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dinya (Kano), Dumya (Sok.)</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Vitex diversifolia</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_225">[225]</span>Solanaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Solanum sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jaudari (E. Hausa), syn. Gorgo.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Bignoniaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Newbouldia lævis</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Aduruku, syn. Ba reshe (?).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Stereospermum Kunthianum</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Jiri or Sansami or Sasami, syn. Jiri dan +sarikin itatuwa (Sok. and Kats.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Kigelia Æthiopica, var. Bornuensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Sausage Tree</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Rahaina, syn. Rawuya (Sok.) and Nonon +giwa.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Rubiaceæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Randia malleifera</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Gardenia sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Katambiri.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Randia Nilotica</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Barbaji, syn. Tsibra or Tsura +(Sok.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Mitragyne Africana</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Giyeya or Giyaiya.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Crossopteryx Kotschyana</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kasfiya (Sok., Kats. and Zanf.).</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Sarcocephalus Russegeri</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">A common Chew-stick</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tafashia.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Adina microcephala</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kadanyar rafi or Kadanyar kurumi.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="sect1top sc">Compositæ.</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Vernonia amygdalina</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Fate fate.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang2">Vernonia sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top pad2">—</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Shiwaka.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_226">[226]</span><a id="c08app2"></a>APPENDIX II</h3> + +<p class="sch1">NIGERIA—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t226"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Products.</th> +<th colspan="3">1909.</th> +<th colspan="3">1910.</th> +<th colspan="3">1911.</th> +<th colspan="3">1912.</th> +<th colspan="3">1913.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +<th colspan="2"><span title="Quantity">Qty.</span> +</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">158,849</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,815,967</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">172,998</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,450,814</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">176,389</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,574,405</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">184,624</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,797,411</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">174,720</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">3,109,820</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernel shells</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">853</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,512</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,168</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,070</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">943</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">973</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,472</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">3,140</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">649</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,313</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernel oil</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">499</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">16,341</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3,857</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">129,443</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">6,335</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,447,163</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">76,850</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,742,234</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">79,336</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,696,876</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">76,994</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,654,933</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">83,085</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,854,384</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kernel cake</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">31,484</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">619</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">109,076</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1,175</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">311,691</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">961</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">179,355</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">705</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">25,022</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">510</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">89,995</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum arabic</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">373</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">6,559</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">307</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,785</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">710</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">3,133</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum copal</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">10</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">362</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">72</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,686</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">19</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">322</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gutta-percha</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">104</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">8,787</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">106</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">5,419</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">74</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,424</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shea butter</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">309</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">5,230</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">340</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">6,804</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">248</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,978</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">179</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,798</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">120</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">4,044</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shea nuts</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9,728</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">78,029</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">4,464</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">43,510</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3,629</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">35,518</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">7,756</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">46,609</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">9,420</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">70,427</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola nuts</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">79</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,377</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">72</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2,136</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">48</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,459</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Coconuts</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2,240</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">71,916</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">20,500</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="nuts">nt</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">nuts</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">82</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15,550</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="nuts">nt</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">nuts</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">51</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">147,745</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="nuts">nt</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">nuts</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">496</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kapok</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">2</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">152</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">1</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="ton">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">ton</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">69</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">19</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,097</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Copra</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">21</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">259</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">96</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,672</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">94</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,628</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">96</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1,890</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Timber, mahogany</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">46,372</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">60,191</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13,675</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="logs">lg</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">logs</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">55,575</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15,565</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="logs">lg</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">logs</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">78,006</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">19,152</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="logs">lg</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">logs</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">105,440</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span class="word-spaced6"> „ </span> ebony</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">74</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">266</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">37</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">102</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">119</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">608</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class= +"word-spaced6"> „ </span> other than furniture</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">3</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">5</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">10</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Camwood</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">46</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">67</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">314</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Mangrove bark</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">504</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">671</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">213</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">448</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">48</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">200</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rafters</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">280</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">28</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">95</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">40</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Beeswax</td> +<td colspan="2" class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">256</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">11</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">566</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">4</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">247</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">5</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="tons">tn</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr">388</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">178,955</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">3,574,524</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">257,252</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">4,617,314</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">262,767</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">4,569,211</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">273,158</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">4,639,892</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right bt">273,583</td> +<td class="bt"><span class="althead" title= +"tons">tn</span><span class="x-ebookmaker-drop">tons</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">5,410,695</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">20,500</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="nuts">nt</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">nuts</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15,550</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="nuts">nt</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">nuts</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">147,745</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="nuts">nt</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">nuts</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">13,675</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="logs">lg</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">logs</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">15,565</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="logs">lg</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">logs</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">19,152</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="logs">lg</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">logs</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="bdless-right"> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">280</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">95</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bdless-right">40</td> +<td><span class="althead" title="pkgs.">pk</span><span class= +"x-ebookmaker-drop">pkgs.</span> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_227">[227]</span><a id="c08app3"></a>APPENDIX III</h3> + +<p class="sch1">IMPORTS OF TIMBER INTO NIGERIA</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t227"> +<tr> +<th class="width8">Wood and Timber, Rough Hewn, Sawn and +Split.</th> +<th>Superficial Feet.</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1910</td> +<td class="tdc">5,754,135</td> +<td class="tdr">34,166</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1911</td> +<td class="tdc">3,246,924</td> +<td class="tdr">35,920</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1912</td> +<td class="tdc">3,915,004</td> +<td class="tdr">37,904</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1913</td> +<td class="tdc">4,531,262</td> +<td class="tdr">43,157</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1914</td> +<td class="tdc">6,094,126</td> +<td class="tdr">54,673</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1915</td> +<td class="tdc">4,194,935</td> +<td class="tdr">45,027</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1916</td> +<td class="tdc">Information not yet available</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdc bt">27,736,386</td> +<td class="tdr bt">£250,847</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_228">[228]</span><a id="c08app4"></a>APPENDIX IV</h3> + +<p class="sch1">NIGERIAN TREES PROTECTED UNDER THE FORESTRY +ORDINANCE</p> + +<p>With the gracious permission of the Nigerian Forest Department +and the Nigerian Government a copy of the schedule of protected +trees under the Nigerian Forestry Ordinance has been inserted +here.</p> + +<h4>SCHEDULE A</h4> + +<p class="sch1">PROTECTED TREES</p> + +<h5>1st Class Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 46<em>s.</em>; <em>Royalty</em>, +10<em>s.</em>; <em>Total</em>, 56<em>s.</em> <em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>a</em>) 11 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Khaya</i>. All species except <i>K. Senegalensis</i>. +Mahoganies. Ogangwo (Yoruba); Gedu (Benin); Digiten (Brass); +Dirinshi and Odala (Ibo); Efriyo-moniba (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Entandrophragma</i>. All species, scented Mahoganies. Ijebo +(Yoruba); Onomokyukyu and Ikwapobo (Benin); Eden (Efik); Etori +(Ekoi).</p> + +<p><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. Iroko (Yoruba); Iroko (Benin); Odji +(Ibo); Nsan (Ekoi); Efriyo (Efik).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>b</em>) 10 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Gaurea Thompsonii</i>. Walnuts. Obobonikwi (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Gaurea</i>. All other species.</p> + +<p><i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>. Anamomila (Benin).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>c</em>) 8 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>. Moist forest form. Opepe +(Yoruba); Obiache (Benin); Owessu (Brass); Awesu (Jekri).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>d</em>) 6 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Funtumia elastica</i>. Rubber trees.</p> + +<p><i>Ficus Vogelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>f</em>) No minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>. Oil Palm.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i046" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig046.jpg"><img src='images/fig046.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 46.—<span class= +"bold">Corner of the 1908 Teak Plantation, Olokemeji Arboretum, +showing it at the end of the dry season, March 1915; Captain +Owens.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i047" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig047.jpg"><img src='images/fig047.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 47.—<span class= +"bold">Cedrela odorata (Cigar-box Cedar), three years old (seen +close); R. E. Dennett, Esq.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i048" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig048.jpg"><img src='images/fig048.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 48.—<span class= +"bold">Corner tree of the 1908 Teak Plantation, with H. N. +Thompson, Esq., 1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 228.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<h5><span class="pagenum" id="Page_229">[229]</span>2nd Class +Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 28<em>s.</em>; <em>Royalty</em>, +8<em>s.</em>; <em>Total</em>, 36<em>s.</em> <em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>b</em>) 10 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Mimusops Djave</i>. Efam (Efik); Mfam (Ekoi); Ungu (Ibo).</p> + +<p><i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>. Eben-etridon (Efik); Njasun +(Ekoi).</p> + +<p><i>Detarium Guineensis</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>. Agboin (Yoruba); Chen (Ibo); Ekhimi +(Benin); Sanga (Ijaw).</p> + +<p><i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i>. Anyan (Efik); Okan (Benin); +Aja-igi or Olosan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><em>Agba</em> of the Benis. Mobonran (Ijaw).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>d</em>) 7 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Afzelia Africana</i>.<a id="FNanchor_4"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> Apa (Yoruba); Kanwo (Hausa); +Adja (Ibo); Ayin-bukbo (Efik); Aligna or Adya (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Blighia sapida</i>. Ishin (Yoruba); Alale or Gwanja-kusa +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Lophira procera</i>. Eki (Yoruba); Eba (Benin); Kuru (Ijaw); +Umowenek (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Tamarindus Indicus</i>.<a id="FNanchor_5"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> Tsamia (Hausa).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>e</em>) 6 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Mimusops multinervis</i>. Emido (Yoruba); Apassa (Efik).</p> + +<h5>3rd Class Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 18<em>s.</em>; <em>Royalty</em>, +6<em>s.</em>; <em>Total</em>, 24<em>s.</em> <em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>b</em>) 10 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Santiriopsis Klaineana</i>. Incense Tree. Odonomo-kyu-kyu +(Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Poga oleosa</i>. Inoi (Efik); Inyere (Ekoi); Imonor +(Ibo).</p> + +<p><i>Brachystegia spicæformis</i>. Ako or Eku (Yoruba); Akpakpa +(Ibo); Ukung (Efik).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>c</em>) 6 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Carapa</i>. All species. Ibegogo (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i>. Ayinre-eta (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Albizzia Brownii</i>. Ayinre-bonabona (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Pterocarpus tinctorius</i>. Camwood. Ukpa (Efik); Nkohen +(Ekoi); Uhie (Ibo); Auchi (Brass).</p> + +<p><i>Pterocarpus Osun</i>. Barwood. Osun (Yoruba); Ukpa +(Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>. Dry-zone Mahogany. Ogangwo (Yoruba); +Madachi (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>. Sasswood. Erun (Yoruba); Ifwan +(Efik); Inyi (Ibo); Gwaska (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Erythrophlœum micranthum</i>. Ihi (Ekoi); Iringi (Ibo).</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_230">[230]</span><i>Schrebera +Golungensis</i>. Opele (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>. Yellow Satin Wood. Ainyesan +(Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Parkia biglobosa</i>.<a id="FNanchor_6"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> + +<p><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>.<a id="FNanchor_6b"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> Darowa (Hausa); Irugba +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyi</i>.<a id="FNanchor_7"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> Tuna (Hausa); Emigbegi +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Irvingia Barterii</i>. Oro (Yoruba); Okherli (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Mammea sp.</i> Bolo (Ijaw); Bolo (Brass).</p> + +<p><i>Casearia sp.</i> Ebo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><em>Otutu</em> of the Yorubas. Aiye (Ondo).</p> + +<p><i>Klaineodoxa Gabonensis</i>. Alukon-raba (Yoruba); Ifainaki +(Egba); Odudu (Ondo).</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros</i>.<a id="FNanchor_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8" +class="fnanchor">[8]</a> Ebonies. Kainya (Hausa).</p> + +<h5>4th Class Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 9<em>s.</em>; <em>Royalty</em>, +3<em>s.</em>; <em>Total</em>, 12<em>s.</em> <em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>c</em>) 8 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Terminalia</i>. All species except <i>T. Togoensis</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Terminalia Superba</i>. Afara (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><em>Uputtu</em> of the Benis.</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros dendo</i>. Obiletu (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>. Kanran (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros Mombuttensis</i>. Ogan-pupa (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros atropurpurea</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros crassiflora</i>. Aborpor (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Cordia Millenii</i>. Omo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Triplochiton Johnsonii</i>. Arere (Yoruba); Obeche +(Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Triplochiton Nigericum</i>. Arere (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Mitragyne macrophylla</i>. Uwen (Efik); Ebar (Brass); Ebar +(Ibo); Abura (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Daniellia Ogea</i>. Ojia (Yoruba); Udeni (Ibo); Ozia +(Benin).</p> + +<p><em>Yinrin-yinrin</em> of Ijaws and Ikales.</p> + +<p><em>Jebere</em> of the Ondos. Alofin (Jebu).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>e</em>) 6 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Berlinia acuminata</i>. Apado (Yoruba); Ekpogoi (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Berlinia auriculata</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Cordia</i>. All species except <i>C. Millenii</i>. Aliliba +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Pausinystalia sp.</i> Idagbon (Ondo); Wenren-wenren +(Jebu).</p> + +<p><i>Microdesmis sp.</i> +</p> + +<p><em>Ohiomo</em> of the Benis.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_231">[231]</span><em>Ewai</em> of +the Benis.</p> + +<p><i>Spondias sp.</i> Ekika-aja, Opon (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Saxoglottis Gabunensis</i>. Ndat (Efik); Tala (Ibo); Tala +(Brass); Edat (Ekoi); Atala (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Sarcocephalus sp.</i> Opepe-ira (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>. Akomu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Ormosia monophylla</i>. Akoriko (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><em>Ashasha</em> of the Yoruba.</p> + +<p><i>Alstonia Congensis</i>. Awun, Ahon (Yoruba); Dubu (Brass); +Eba (Ibo).</p> + +<p><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>.<a id="FNanchor_9"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> Danowa (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Parkia biglobosa</i>.<a id="FNanchor_9b"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a></p> + +<p><i>Acacia</i>.<a id="FNanchor_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10" +class="fnanchor">[10]</a> All species. Gabarua (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>. Shea Butter. Emi-emi (Yoruba); +Kadanya (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>. Apepe, Ara (Yoruba); Madobia +(Hausa).</p> + +<h5>5th Class Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 4<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; +<em>Royalty</em>, 1<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; <em>Total</em>, +6<em>s.</em> <em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>b</em>) 10 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Eriodendron</i>. All species. Silk Cotton Tree. Araba +(Yoruba); Ukum (Efik); Shakka (Brass); Okha (Benin); Akpe (Ibo); +Rimi (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Bombax</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><i>Antiaris toxicaria</i>. Oro (Yoruba); Nuwo (Ekoi); Odjiwawa +(Ibo).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>c</em>) 8 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><em>Iya-Igbo</em> of the Yorubas.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>e</em>) 6 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Tetrapleura Thonningii</i>. Aridan (Yoruba); Dawo +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Erythrina</i>. All species except <i>E. Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Paradaniellia Oliveri</i>. Balsam Copaiba Tree. Iya +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>. Apara (Yoruba); Ukana (Efik); +Ukpakara (Brass).</p> + +<p><i>Lonchocarpus Zenkeri</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Daniellia</i>. All species except <i>D. Ogea</i>. Gum Copal +Trees. Iya (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Cynometra</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><i>Ricinodendron Africana</i>. Erimmado (Yoruba); Okwen +(Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Uapaca Guineensis</i>. Ile (Ibo).</p> + +<p><i>Uapaca Staudtii</i>. Akun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_232">[232]</span><i>Garcinia +sp.</i> Agberibede (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Scottelia Kamerunensis</i>. Okilolo (Ijaw).</p> + +<p><em>Oropa</em> of the Yorubas. Odoko (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><em>Erohun</em> of the Ikales.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>f</em>) 4 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Xylia Evansii</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Trichilia Heudelotii</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyi</i>.<a id="FNanchor_11"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> Emigbegi (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><em>Ukpi-nikwi</em> of the Benis. Enyin Mbukpo (Efik).</p> + +<h5>6th Class Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 2<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; +<em>Royalty</em>, 6<em>d.</em>; <em>Total</em>, 3<em>s.</em> +<em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>c</em>) 8 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Sterculia cordata</i>. Ogugu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>e</em>) 6 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Sterculia oblonga</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Pentadesma butyracea</i>. Candle Tree. Udia Ebiong +(Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Adina microcephala</i>.<a id="FNanchor_12"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> Kadanyar rafi (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>. Ayin (Yoruba); Marike (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Isoberlinia</i>.<a id="FNanchor_12b"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> Both species. Doka +(Hausa).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>f</em>) 4 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Chrysophyllum</i>. All species. Osan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Polyadoa umbellata</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Baphia nitida</i>. Irosun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Baphia pubescens</i>. Ubara (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Baphia polygalacea</i>. Mbomo-nkuku (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Parinarium macrophyllum</i>. Gawasa (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Parinarium mobola</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Funtumia Africana</i>. Ako-ire (Yoruba); Bassa-bassa +(Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Tamarindus Indicus</i>.<a id="FNanchor_13"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> Tsamia (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Eugenia Owariensis</i>. Malmo (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Vitex</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><i>Sterculia Barterii</i>. Eso (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Lophira alata</i>. Ipawhaw (Yoruba); Namijin-kadai +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Zanthoxylon Senegalensis</i>. Ata (Yoruba); Fasa-kwari +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Spondias lutea</i>. Hog Plum. Iyeye (Yoruba); Tsada-Masar +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Cola</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><em>Ita</em> of the Yorubas.</p> + +<p><i>Hannoa Klaineana</i>. Igbo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Macrolobium</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_233">[233]</span><i>Ormosia +laxiflora</i>.<a id="FNanchor_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14" class= +"fnanchor">[14]</a> Ba-fini, Makarfo (Hausa); Shedun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Prosopis oblonga</i>. Kirya (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>. Ipapo (Yoruba); Njassi (Ibo); +Obong (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Dialium Guineense</i>. Awin (Yoruba); Ohiorme (Benin).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>f</em>) 3 feet minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Adina microcephala</i>.<a id="FNanchor_15"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> Kadanyar Rafi (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Isoberlinia</i>.<a id="FNanchor_15b"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> All species. Doka +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>.<a id="FNanchor_16"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> Makarfo (Hausa).</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>g</em>) No minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Borassus Æthiopica</i>. The Fan Palm. Giginya (Hausa).</p> + +<h5>7th Class Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fees, Nil, except when taken under a Fuel +Permit.</em> +</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">(<em>g</em>) No minimum girth +limit.</p> + +<p><i>Acacia</i>. All species, when in Southern Provinces.</p> + +<p><i>Anona</i>. All species. Afe (Yoruba); Gwandar-daji +(Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Conopharyngia</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><i>Deinbollia insignis</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Erythrina Senegalensis</i>. Majiriya (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Garcinia conrauana</i>. Efiari (Efik); Odji (Brass).</p> + +<p><i>Hannoa undulata</i>. Ikwepokin (Benin).</p> + +<p><i>Holarrhena Wulfsbergii</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Kigelia pinnata</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Millettia Thonningii</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Musanga Smithii</i>. Umbrella Tree. Aga (Yoruba); Uno (Efik); +Oro (Brass).</p> + +<p><i>Pachylobus edulis</i>. Eben (Efik).</p> + +<p><i>Parinarium</i>. All species except those detailed in 6th +class.</p> + +<p><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i>. Gedar-kurumi (Hausa); Gbingbin +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Ochna multiflora</i>. Toi-tsi (Ibo).</p> + +<p><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Spathodea</i>. All species.</p> + +<p><i>Sterculia</i>. All other species except those detailed in +other classes.</p> + +<p><i>Terminalia Togoensis</i>.</p> + +<p><i>Treculia Africana</i>. Afon (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Xylopia Æthiopica</i>. Eru (Yoruba); Kimba (Hausa).</p> + +<p><i>Chrysobalanus Icaco</i>. Ikate (Yoruba).</p> + +<h5><span class="pagenum" id="Page_234">[234]</span>8th Class +Trees.</h5> + +<p class="center">Minimum girth limit, 12 inches.</p> + +<p class="hang3"><em>Fees</em>—<em>On trees over</em> 24 <em>inches +in girth</em>, 6<em>d.</em> <em>per tree</em>.<br> +<em>On trees</em> 12 <em>to</em> 24 <em>inches in girth</em>, +3<em>d.</em> <em>per tree</em>.</p> + +<p><i>Rhizophora racemosa</i>. Red Mangrove. Egba (Yoruba).</p> + +<p><i>Rhizophora mangle</i>. Red Mangrove.</p> + +<p><i>Avicennia Africana</i>. White Mangrove. Ofun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p>For the purposes of this schedule, the girths must be measured +at a vertical distance of 4 feet 6 inches from the ground at the +foot of the tree, or in the case of buttressed trees at the place +where the highest buttress merges into the stem.</p> + +<h4>SCHEDULE B</h4> + +<p class="sch1">PROTECTED MINOR FOREST PRODUCE</p> + +<h5>1st Class.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 15<em>s.</em>; <em>Royalty</em>, +<em>5s.</em>; <em>Total</em>, 20<em>s.</em> <em>per +permit</em>.</p> + +<p><em>Rubber</em>—taken from wild rubber-yielding trees and +vines.</p> + +<h5>2nd Class.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 7<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; +<em>Royalty</em>, 2<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; <em>Total</em>, +10<em>s.</em> <em>per permit</em>.</p> + +<p><em>Bamboo poles</em>—taken from the midribs of the Tombo palm +(<i>Raphia vinifera</i>) or other species of Raphia. <em>Piassava +fibre</em> from the stem and midribs (leaf stalks) of the Raphia +and other species of palms.</p> + +<p>And in the Northern Provinces:</p> + +<p>Poles, gofas, etc., not to exceed 6 inches in diameter, taken +from <i>Isoberlinia sp.</i>, <i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>, +<i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>, <i>Lophira alata</i> or <i>Pterocarpus +erinaceus</i>.</p> + +<h5>3rd Class.</h5> + +<p class="center"><em>Fee</em>, 4<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; +<em>Royalty</em>, 1<em>s.</em> 6<em>d.</em>; <em>Total</em>, +6<em>s.</em> <em>per permit</em>.</p> + +<p><em>Chew-sticks</em>—or native tooth-brushes taken from the +roots of the Iyin tree (<i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>).</p> + +<p><em>Native sponges</em>—made from the bast fibres of various +species of vines and lianes.</p> + +<p><i>Pandanus</i> fibre (from the screw pine) and the leaf stalk +of all species of Phrynium, taken for the manufacture of mats.</p> + +<p><em>Gum copal</em>.</p> + +<p><em>Gum arabic</em>—and other gums procured from +<i>Acacias</i>.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i049" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig049.jpg"><img src='images/fig049.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 49.—<span class= +"bold">Shea Butter Tree (Butyrospermum Parkii) standing near the +Conservator of Forests’ House, June 1915, after being protected +from fire eight years.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i050" class="iw10"><a href= +"images/fig050.jpg"><img src='images/fig050.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 50.—<span class= +"bold">Teak (Tectona grandis), three years old, Compartment 2, +Range 2, Olokemeji Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i051" class="iw10"><a href= +"images/fig051.jpg"><img src='images/fig051.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 51.—<span class= +"bold">Shea Butter Tree (Butyrospermum Parkii) in fruit, April +1911, standing near the Conservator of Forests’ House. This tree +has been protected from fire nearly four years.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i052" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig052.jpg"><img src='images/fig052.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 52.—<span class= +"bold">Shea Butter Tree (Butyrospermum Parkii) standing near the +Conservator of Forests’ House. The same tree of which the fruit was +photographed, April 1911.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 234.</p> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_235">[235]</span><a id= +"c09"></a>CHAPTER IX</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE NIGERIAN TIMBER TREES</p> + +<p class="sch3">INDIGENOUS TREES OF NIGERIA</p> + +<p class="center space-above1">B. <span class="sc">Southern +Provinces</span>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia Hookeriana</i>. Hooker’s Palm or the +Piassava Palm. Aiko (Yoruba); Iya (Efik); Angor (Benin); Ori (Oban, +Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found chiefly in the Calabar, Warri, and Ondo +provinces of Nigeria, mixed with <i>R. vinifera</i> at the edges of +estuaries and rivers in the evergreen forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">One of the main differences between this palm and +<i>R. vinifera</i> is that the fruit is much shorter (at the most +1½ inches long and ¾ inch in diameter) and more stumpy in shape, +coming abruptly to a point at the tip. <i>R. vinifera</i>, on the +other hand, is much longer, reaching 2½ to 3 inches in length and ¾ +inch to an inch in diameter, and it is very elliptical in shape. +The bunches of fruit of this palm, <i>R. Hookeriana</i>, are much +smaller, rarely exceeding more than a foot in length, and +containing 50 to 75 nuts, whereas <i>R. vinifera</i> may have +bunches 3 feet long, each containing 500 nuts or more. In the stem, +too, this palm is smaller, often not reaching more than 6 to 9 +inches in diameter, with a total height of 20 feet, whereas <i>R. +vinifera</i> will reach over a foot in diameter and a total height +of over 60 feet. The natural cleaning of the stem begins much later +in this palm, and does not reach anything like the height of that +of <i>R. vinifera</i>. In many specimens, in fact, the stem remains +always more or less covered with the very upward tending branches. +In this respect it reminds one a little of <i>R. Ruffia</i>. The +leaves, however, are more similar to <i>R. vinifera</i>, but only +about half the size, especially in length; they are not quite so +wide, nor are the leaf stalks quite so large.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very similar, but more fibrous and of +a looser texture than that of <i>R. vinifera</i>. It is a little +easier to cut. In the older specimens the foliage still retains its +dark green colour compared with the dry, yellowish hue which <i>R. +vinifera</i> takes on as it gets older. It is a somewhat +slow-growing,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_236">[236]</span> +shade-bearing tree. It likes a somewhat rich soil, but can, +however, stand in water, and apparently withstands floods. Natural +regeneration appears to be good.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been cut for export nor for +local use. The fronds are occasionally used for a similar purpose +as that of <i>R. vinifera</i>, and sometimes the leaves also.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><i>Native Use</i>.—The fronds and leaves are used +in a similar way to those of <i>R. vinifera</i>. The base of the +leaf stalk is cut off into lengths up to 6 feet (it almost +encircles the tree and extends much further up than in the case of +<i>R. vinifera</i>) and laid in stagnant water. After the +intervening substance between the fibres has got more or less soft +and partly rotted away, the whole is taken out and the fibres +cleaned with a kind of comb. These are then dried, and packed +together in bundles of 20 pounds upwards, and sold to the European +factory as Piassava. This industry is more widespread in the Eket +district of the Calabar province, but it has taken a great number +of years of thought and careful attention to bring it up to its +present dimensions. The cutting of the leaves is undertaken mostly +by the men and the rotting and cleaning of the fibre mostly by the +women. Before the war Piassava fibre was rarely worth more than £28 +per ton. It is now worth over £70. Unless, however, a price of at +least £20 per ton is offered in Liverpool market for this fibre, it +is doubtful if the industry can be made profitable for everyone +concerned, producers included.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia vinifera</i>. The Palm Wine Tree, or +Tombo Palm, or Bamboo, the last named being the name used by the +English-speaking Jekris. Ako (Yoruba); Emmaha Augor (Benin); Oukot +(Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, Warri, +Owerri and Calabar provinces and the Colony of Nigeria, at the +edges of the streams and rivers in the evergreen forest zone, where +it grows in large groups and pure forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized palm, growing separately with +one stem, which clears itself of the leaf fronds for about half its +height between the twelfth and fifteenth year. The trunk then is +comparatively smooth, except for the very large scars of the leaf +stalk. The fronds are the longest of any of the African palms, +reaching sometimes a length of 40 feet, roughly sickle shaped; in +section they reach about 2 inches diameter at the broadest part, +and are a yellow-brown colour. The leaves come out from the stalk +almost at a right angle, thus making them much wider and, owing to +their greater length, much finer and heavier foliage than that of +the Oil Palm, or<span class="pagenum" id="Page_237">[237]</span> +even the Coconut Palm. In fact, an isolated specimen growing well +could be not unfavourably compared to the Royal Palm in the +grandeur of its spread of leaf and the beauty of the +outward-spreading, fan-shaped bold crown. Both the male and the +female flowers are very conspicuous. The bunches of fruit, up to 3 +feet in length, hang down like enormous elongated bunches of yellow +grapes. The nuts are covered with a smooth yellow hard skin, set in +scales very similar to those of a cone, except that each scale is +tightly joined to the next. When the fruit decays, or is boiled, +the scales come off as well as the yellow, fibrous matter, which +gives a yellowish tinge to the water. The main difference between +the base of the Oil Palm and that of the leaf of this tree is the +extension of it more than half round the bole in the case of <i>R. +vinifera</i>, and also flatly and smoothly down the stem. On the +other hand, in the Oil Palm the leaf grows more abruptly out of and +away from the stem. Owing to the Tombo Palm stem being smaller (on +the average only 9 inches in diameter), the base of the frond +extends nearly all round the tree, the lower one overlapping the +higher one, and each placed in revolving fashion round the trunk, +one above the other. The leaf scars of the Oil Palm are much +smaller. Owing to the greater length of the leaf of this palm, the +crown does not appear to be such a tuft of leaves at the top of the +tree as in the case of the Oil Palm. In old age it appears more as +a cylindrical mass of leaves occupying the upper half or third of +the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is more fibrous and soft than that of +the Oil Palm. The fibres, however, are dark brown, almost black +when very wet or after they have lain in water for any length of +time.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the whole the tree is slow-growing, even slower +than the Oil Palm. It stands a good deal of shade in the earlier +stages, but later on is apparently a light-demanding tree. It grows +in freshwater swamps and at the edges of such places. Although it +thrives best in certain localities, it can be planted and does grow +on solid and comparatively dry land near Calabar. In the Calabar +province they are often planted as an avenue leading up from the +main road through the farm to the house. It will stand floods. +Natural regeneration is good, and with the spread of propagation it +tends to be more widely distributed. In the Calabar and Ogoja +provinces seeds were distributed to the natives for planting for +the production of palm wine to take the place of that obtained from +the Oil Palm. The timber has not been used for export, nor has it +been cut for local use. The leaf stalks, however, have +been<span class="pagenum" id="Page_238">[238]</span> used for +building labourers’ lines and in some European houses. In a similar +way the leaves themselves have been used as a roofing material +after being made up into small mats.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The tree is tapped near the +base of the leading leaves, or at the base of the male +inflorescence, for the production of the sap, which is collected in +calabashes. These are placed in position every evening and emptied +every morning, and replaced in position. Occasionally the +chimpanzees climb up the palms, drink the wine in the calabash and +replace it. A native once shot a chimpanzee, finding it was the +thief of his palm wine and not a human being. The wine is of a +white, sometimes almost creamy colour, and when fresh is quite thin +and foamy. It has a rather pleasant, sweet, and almost sharp taste. +After being kept a few days it begins to ferment, and even moderate +quantities are intoxicating. Either fresh or fermented, it is sold +in bottles or calabashes in the local markets. The supply scarcely, +if ever, exceeds the demand. The natives often put pieces of the +bark of Tala, <i>Saccoglottis Gabunensis</i>, in the wine to give +it a more bitter taste. Occasionally also the bark of mahogany and +other trees is used. Tala, however, is the correct bark to use, and +it forms an article of local commerce for this purpose. Owing to +the comparative inaccessibility of some of the “stands” of this +tree away in the swampy regions near the estuaries of some of the +larger rivers, such as the Benin and the Siluko, there are still +vast areas where neither the leaves are cut nor the palms tapped +for wine. The seeds are boiled and placed in the bottom of a canoe, +and when sufficient canoes have been got together, each with its +quota of boiled nuts, these are trodden with the feet of those in +the canoe, and both the nuts and the scaly shell as well as the +small amount of yellow flesh are thrown in the water of a +half-stagnant river. This yellow substance partly blinds and +stupefies the fish, the smaller ones of which come half floating +and swimming to the surface, the larger ones being washed along +near the bed of the river. These are caught in convenient places +where the river has been staked all across its width and bamboo +netting put down, except for an opening where a flexible net is +used. Some of the people go about in small canoes, netting the fish +that come to the surface. One of the most famous spots to see this +is in the Osse River, in the reach just below Noami, where the +combined fishery forces of the Jekris and, to a lesser extent, +Sobos and Ijors, for a day or two in succession in April each year, +carry on this work. The catch of fish obtained is enormous. Unless, +however, it can be soon<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_239">[239]</span> smoked and dried, much of it goes bad. This +method of getting fish is also used by individual natives in +stagnant backwaters of rivers and in isolated pools. The poison +apparently does not spoil the taste or other quality of the fish. +Occasionally this palm is also used for getting out the Piassava +fibre, but it appears to be more difficult, and it is doubtful if +it is as valuable as the fibre obtained from <i>R. Hookeriana</i>. +Owing, however, to the fact that both species grow in the same +locality and often quite mixed together, it is highly probable that +part of the Piassava obtained is taken from this palm. In order to +stimulate the flow of sap, a fire is often made at the base of the +tree, which burns all the lower leaves and even part of the top, +and thus induces an extra flow of sap, but of course to the +detriment of a continual yield, as the tree subsequently dies.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In many parts of the country there is a regular +local industry in the making of roofing mats from the leaves of +this palm. The small ones, about 3 feet long, are, however, sold 25 +for 3d. and the big ones, over 6 feet long, 25 for 6d. In some +places they are cheaper. As a roofing material they are very +durable, and will last at least seven years. If, however, they are +put on very thickly, overlapping more than two-thirds of their +width, and the roof is thoroughly smoked from the inside, it +becomes nearly black, and will last fifteen years. For native +houses it is one of the most used roofing materials, except in the +Benin country, where the large Ewayon leaves are used. Roofing mats +are, of course, being superseded by galvanized iron in the more +civilized places. The leaf stalk is used both as a pole for pushing +lighters or heavily laden canoes through comparatively shallow +water, or as a boat-hook, or pushing and guiding pole for the +smaller canoes in getting up swift, winding and comparatively +narrow rivers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia Ruffia</i>. Roofing Palm.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It does not form a +proper stem, like other raphias; the long, thin leaves sprout out +from the ground, and only when the tree is some years old is there +any trace of a stem, which is quite short. The petioles are thin, +compared to the length, and the leaflets are thin and narrow.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Calabar +and Ogoja Provinces of Nigeria. It is often planted near +watercourses in damp valleys to provide roofing material for the +natives, who make mats from the leaves (Ikom, Obubra +districts).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phœnix reclinata</i>. Swamp Date Palm. Elekikobi +(Yoruba); Ukukon (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree of the Warri province of Nigeria. It +is<span class="pagenum" id="Page_240">[240]</span> usually found in +or at the edge of the mangrove swamp, where it appears to thrive. +It is often rather bent in shape, and does not exceed 10 feet in +height. It is usually partially gregarious, though the groups of +this species are much smaller than those of <i>P. spinosa</i>. The +natives in this locality scarcely use it at all. The fruit is +rather smaller, and it bears in a less prolific manner than <i>P. +spinosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phœnix spinosa</i>. Wild Date Palm. Okun +(Yoruba); Ukukon (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Ogoja, Benin, Ondo and +Ibadan provinces of Nigeria. In appearance more like a very thin +stemmed Oil Palm, on nearer approach the bluish-green, almost +silvery, more open, shorter and rather sharply pointed fronds +readily distinguish it from the Oil Palm group. The fruit is the +shape of a very small date, many of which are borne on thin fibrous +twigs of a very stout stalk. It is usually found in the open +deciduous or savannah forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives use the stems for rafters and +house-posts; the fruit and bark are used medicinally; and the +leaves are used for making sieves, hats, mats and bags.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Calamus deerratus</i>. Benin Cane or Rattan. +Erogbo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province of Nigeria. It is +one of the rarer canes of the forest, has a yellow flower, and is +found near Okenuhen. The canes are used for fences and +house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eremospatha macrocarpa</i> (Mann and Wenal). +Small Benin Rattan. Ukan (Yoruba); Ikan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin, Calabar, Ondo and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common ½-inch thick cane, which attains a +length of nearly 200 feet. It grows in clumps and climbs up over +the surrounding trees. The fruit is yellow and rather like a small +larch cone which has not opened. It is used for making rope and +baskets, tying timber rafts, house-building, etc.; in fact, it is +the best cane in West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eremospatha sp.</i> Large Benin Rattan. Okakan +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in Ondo, Abeokuta, Benin, Warri, Brass, +Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large creeper, nearly an inch in diameter +and attaining a length of nearly 200 feet. It is usually found +partly growing on other trees in more or less open places at the +edge of the forest, near river banks, in the evergreen forest zone; +it is also found at the edges of swamps in the same region. It +often forms dense cane brakes. One of the most typical features of +this cane is the reddish-orange cone-like<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_241">[241]</span> fruit, which is borne in large clusters on +the terminal shoot of the creeper.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The light-yellow, long spikes of the male flowers +are most conspicuous early in the season, especially when seen from +a canoe when passing down a river like the Osse.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives strip off the bark and long shoots of +fish-hooklike spines, and use the comparatively smooth canes as +supports for the canoe mats and for making tying material for +house-building; it is also used for making rope. When whole, it is +used in making bridges as well as for joining logs together for +rafting purposes. When cut into short lengths and bent at one end, +it can be used for walking-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather a slow-growing creeper, and usually +ten or twelve grow out of one root stock. In 1904 this cane was +examined in England as a substitute for rattan, but it was found to +be more brittle, and the internodes were found to be too close +together to be attractive as walking-sticks. Still later, in 1908, +it was tried for basket work, but was found to be too coarse both +in structure and texture of grain.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>. The Oil Palm, the West +African Palm. Ope, Ipa ukoro (Yoruba); Udin (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in all the Southern Provinces of +Nigeria and as far North as Zungeru, in the Northern Provinces. It +belongs to the evergreen forest zone, though it will spread with +cultivation into the mixed deciduous and dry zones.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is the common palm of all the farms and forests +of the moist and mixed zone of Nigeria. It bears a bunch of fruit +containing as many as two thousand individual fruits in one drupe. +In the drier parts there may be only as many as one hundred seeds. +There is one forked palm on the right-hand side of the line about +seven miles from Ibadan, just beyond Moor Plantation. This is a +very rare occurrence, and I have only seen one in twelve years’ +travelling in Nigeria. The male inflorescence is not unlike a very +close horse’s tail, turned up on end. The orange-brown-coloured +female flowers are very small, and do not last long (a few days). +The male flowers always appear first, and above the female in each +case. The natives say some trees only bear male flowers, but it is +doubtful if this is ever true, except in very isolated cases. It +bears fruit in the fifth year, and will go on for about a hundred +years. There is a most marked difference in the height of a tree +which has grown up in the “high forest” and one which has come up +in an old farm, the former being fully 100 or even 150 feet high +and the latter only 20 to 30 feet in height. In a similar way the +bole of the forest-grown palm is only about 3 feet in<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_242">[242]</span> girth, whereas the farm-grown +palm may be over 6 feet in girth. It goes without saying that the +latter bears larger bunches of fruit and the individual nuts are +larger and also more numerous.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Between the twelfth and fifteenth year the tree +begins to clear itself of the lower leaves, thus forming a clean +bole up to the tuft of fronds at the top.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Owing to the fact that the bunches of fruit form in +the axis of the leaf stalk, they are compressed very tightly, and +thus ripen comparatively slowly. By cutting off the leaf +immediately below the fruit, the ripening period is shortened by +three weeks. This is, of course, partly due to the increased amount +of light. Cutting leaves, however, above the fruit, or at all +excessively in number, leads to a deceleration in growth, so that +pruning should only be moderate. Both in the forest and in the +open, epiphytic ferns, figs, and other plants grow amongst the +leaves on the stem, and more especially later at the top of the +tree. The trees are rarely, if ever, cleaned of these hindrances to +healthy growth, but naturally they retard the flowering and +ripening of the fruit. The leaves are also used for making brushes +for sweeping the ground.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Oil is made from the pericarp +of the fruit, and from the kernels, for rubbing on the skin. The +leaf stalk is used for roof-poles.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural regeneration is good, although the Oil Palm +thrives best in a deep, moist soil with considerable mineral +content. It is, however, found growing amongst rocks on laterite +and poor sandy land, and that in such case the rainfall is +deficient, i.e. below 40 inches. A few small plantations have been +made. It is noticeable that self-grown seedlings grow much slower +than those transplanted. In the first year the self-sown seedlings +grow only one pair of leaves, whereas those transplanted grow five +or six in the same period. Apparently the Oil Palm does not thrive +unless the soil is kept well covered and a good surface tilth +maintained. With a planting distance of 20 to 24 feet there is +considerable scope for the planting of other crops between. The +chief difficulty appears to be to grow these at a profit without +impoverishing the soil or hindering the quick development of the +Oil Palm. On suitable soil the most profitable crops appear to be +the following: ground-nuts, beans (three or four kinds), Egusi +Bara, <i>Citrullus vulgaris</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fuller consideration of this subject, and the Oil +Palm generally, will be found in the separate section about it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>, var. <i>Thompsonii</i>. +The Palm of Everlasting<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_243">[243]</span> Life or King Palm. Eviromilla (Benin). This +is the meaning according to the Benin name.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Colony of Lagos, and Abeokuta +and Benin provinces of Nigeria. On the whole, it is an uncommon +tree, but there is no doubt of its being an indigenous tree to this +part of Africa. The leaves are long and very compressed, being set +at an acute angle to the leaf stalk and of smaller size than in any +other species. It gives the palm almost the appearance of a Cycad. +It also looks as if the leaves had closed up with the cold or were +not fully developed. The leaves also are of a much darker green +(almost olive-green) than the ordinary palm. Amongst the Benis it +is considered the Sacred Oil Palm Tree, the nut obtained from it +being especially revered. From the Resident’s office is seen one of +these trees which was planted in the Benin City Arboretum some nine +years ago. It is a very slow-growing palm, having scarcely one +quarter of the rate of growth of the ordinary oil palm. The stem is +much thinner in proportion to the height than the ordinary oil +palm; and it does not attain more than half the height of an oil +palm. When growing in a group, it gives quite a funereal +appearance.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The nuts are used by the natives as “Ju-ju” of +divination to see into the future. It is said that “the nuts talk,” +in the Benin country, where the tree is held to be that of +everlasting life.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis sp.</i> Ope trumfo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Abeokuta province, Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis sp.</i> Small Oil Palm. Ope Ifu No. I +(Yoruba); Ogiedi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Abeokuta province, Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>, var. <i>Lisombe</i>. Palm, +or Lisombe Palm, or Soft-shelled Palm. Ogeddin (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The main difference of this species is in the small +oblong, pointed fruit on a much smaller drupe, and the larger +quantity of oil obtained from the pericarp and the very small +kernel in the nut. It is also much softer to crack. The foliage +looks a fresher green than the ordinary variety; also the leaflets +are placed at an acuter angle to the leaf stalk than the other.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is not very prevalent in the Benin, Abeokuta, +Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silviculture.</em>—The nuts, when sown, do not +germinate true to species, except for a few per cent. It is planted +in the Indem country of the Ogoja province.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The oil is collected in a +similar way to the other, but is liked more by the natives of +Benin. The kernels are used for making oil as well.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_244">[244]</span><i>Hyphæne</i>. Dum Palm or Forked Palm. +Kaba, Kodago, Kwalo (nut), Goriba (Dr. Dalziel’s Hausa list).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Zaria and Niger provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The only branched palm in West Africa. It attains a +height of 30 feet. It is more or less gregarious in habit, though +the individual groups of palms are not very large. It is apparently +somewhat fire-resisting, though this may be due to its being found +amongst the dry-zone vegetation. The stem is short and the two +forks often crooked, so that little or no use is made of the wood +by the natives. The seeds are turned into buttons, and so have +recently obtained a value for this purpose. They were first sent to +England from the Soudan, where apparently the tree is much more +common than in West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Borassus flabelliformis</i>, var. +<i>Æthiopica</i>. Palmyra or Black Run Palm, Fan Palm, Bottle Palm, +Arac Palm. Agbon, Olodu, Igoti (Yoruba); Oluwa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the dry-zone forest regions +of Ibadan, Benin, Onitsha, and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. This +palm, with the swollen upper part of the bole making it appear more +like a large inverted bottle, is thus not to be mistaken for any +other. The huge fan-shaped leaves distinguish it from either the +Coconut Palm or the Oil Palm. In the distance, too, the leaves +appear more silvery-green, and not the yellow-green of the Coconut, +or the bright, fresh green of the Oil Palm, or the sombre dark +green of the Wine Palm. A large mass of coconut-shaped nuts, but +with a smoother, more yellow surface, and more cylindrical in +shape, without the ridges of the coconut, are another feature of +this tree. At the base of each nut the old sepals of the flower +remain, appearing like large dark-brown leaf scars. The young +seedlings are easily seen amongst the grass, sticking up as they do +like little silvery-green fans of varying size, in detail showing +the folds of a fan most distinctly, the leaf opening out in a +similar way to a fan. The bole is dark brown and practically +smooth, showing no leaf scars, and only faintly lined vertically +down the stem. The base is only slightly swollen, and the roots do +not form a large mound round it, as is the case with the Oil Palm, +and to some extent with the Tombo Palm. Inside the fruit there are +two or three large, flattish nuts.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is fibrous, hard, but very durable and +quite termite proof. Although the upper part of the stem is hollow, +long sectional pieces, four by two, and even thicker, can be cut +out. It planes up with a smooth surface, and the grain looks very +pretty with the thick fibres. It nails fairly well and splits +longitudinally.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_245">[245]</span>It +is a light-loving tree, moderately fast growing for a palm. It is +usually found growing gregariously in groups of a few acres up to +hundreds of acres in extent. However, it is rarely thick enough to +thoroughly shade the ground. Natural regeneration is good, even +though in most areas annual grass-fires run through the trees and +to some extent char the fruit. No plantations have been made of +these species.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, but locally it +has been used for house-building, as well as for fences near the +railway. The natives occasionally use it for house-building, but +they do not know how to tap it for the wine. The leaves are +sometimes used for making temporary shelters. The fruit is +sometimes eaten, and has a pleasant taste. The nuts might be +exported for making into buttons.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Cyanastraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cyanastrum cordifolium</i>. Ikoto.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has an edible fruit. Found in the Benin province +of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Liliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna sp.</i> Dragon’s Blood. Ewanenimi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a very long, thin leaf of the usual +monocotyledonous type and with a somewhat branched stem, with thin +papery bark.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is fairly common in the Benin country. It is one +of the few monocotyledonous trees of the forest, and thus easily +distinguishable from other trees. The parallel veins of the leaf +are very long and laid fairly close together. The stem is very +porous and not woody, being more fibrous in type. It reaches a +girth of about 4 feet and a height of 40 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The leaves are used by the +natives medicinally; and occasionally the sap is used to blind +people.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna surculosa</i>. Dragon’s Blood. Ope, +Igbo.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Is found in Olokemeji.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna cylindrica</i>. Boundary tree. Peregun +(Yoruba); Ukpogun, Ogihu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna cylindrica</i>. Boundary tree. Peregun +(Yoruba); Ukpogun, Ogihu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a wider and shorter leaf than the Ewanenimi +tree, but again with the parallel veins, which are, of course, +typical of the monocotyledon. It does not really form proper +timber, but the stem is of a spongy, fibrous nature. It reaches a +girth of about 5 feet and a height of about 50 feet. It usually has +one stem, which is unbranched for a very considerable length, but +sometimes a whole group will grow up in one place.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_246">[246]</span>Both this and the former species are +propagated very easily by cuttings. In fact, it is possible to take +the end of a branch complete with the leaves and put it in the +ground, when it will grow. It likes a comparatively deep moist +soil, though it will stand any amount of drought without actually +dying. It stands pruning well and grows moderately rapidly.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is useful for making live fences.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Both Yorubas and Benis use the +tree for boundaries, simply sticking cuttings in wherever it is +wished to mark a place. “Ju-ju” places are also marked in this way. +The leaves are used medicinally in Benin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna Perrottetii</i>. Boundary tree. Ope, +Kanakan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Mamu Forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dracæna sp.</i> Boundary tree. Oro Igbo +(Yoruba); Uruaro (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common Dracæna found in the Benin and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria. It is often used for making fences to farms +and boundaries for village or farm land, and for marking special +“Ju-ju” places. The Benin people state that it has more latex than +the other species of this genus.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Marantaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clinogyne</i>, syn. <i>Donax cuspidata</i>. +Yoruba Soft Cane. Toto (Y.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. It +is a small soft cane which grows gregariously in groups from a +quarter to half an acre in extent in the Olokemeji Reserve, to a +height of about 5 feet, and has large, alternating, very fine +parallel-veined leaves. Inflorescence, raceme or panicle-like +bracts, deciduous. Some species yield starch or fibre. Toto is +found quite abundantly in the middle of the Olokemeji Reserve. It +is used for mat-making, and considered most valuable.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Orchidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polystachya sp.</i> (Lindl.). Eme-ela +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve in the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polystachya odorata</i>. Afoma (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a parasitic plant, very similar to +mistletoe, which attacks many kinds of trees and has recently been +found on the six-year-old teak at Mamu and Olokemeji, in the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ulmaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Celtis solenostigma</i>. Hard Celtis (large). +Ita (Yoruba); Ita, Uta (Ikale); Ohianamemme, Ohia (Benin); Omoin, +Itako, Ita gangan (Egba).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_247">[247]</span>It +is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, Owerri, and Ogoja +provinces of Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forest zone, where it +is usually very prevalent. In many places it is almost +gregarious.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree 10 feet in girth, with smooth +stem and large, long, thin buttresses. It has a bigger leaf (6 +inches) than the other Ita, with a very prominent mid vein on the +leaf.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is dark coloured. The root buttresses are +very long and thin, extending sometimes 15 feet up the trunk of the +tree. They are, however, shallower and thinner than in the case of +mahogany and cotton trees. They merge gradually at an angle of +about 15 degrees into the stem. The bole may reach a length of +about 90 feet, and is usually very straight. The crown is +compressedly spherical, rather shallow in proportion to the size of +the tree, but fairly wide-spreading. Occasionally, if the bark has +a yellow tinge, especially in smaller specimens, the tree may be +mistaken for Opele, <i>Schrebera Golungensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber is white and very hard, and splits well when +it is dry. When dry it is inclined to be brittle, though it shows +considerable lateral strength. The texture of the grain is fine, +and it planes up with a smooth surface. It is liable to split with +nails, but it saws well. Under cover it is durable; in the open, +unless very carefully dried, it is liable to decay. When thoroughly +dry it hardens very considerably, and is not attacked by white +ants, especially when used in a suitable place. When dry it will +float, but the wood is liable to become discoloured by contact with +water.</p> + +<p class="tax3">As firewood it burns slowly, gently and steadily, +giving out much heat. It is a fairly rapid-growing tree, at first +shade-bearing and later somewhat light-demanding; in the older +stages it scarcely protects the soil. Up to the pole stage it is a +soil-improving tree, the leaves making a rich humus. Natural +regeneration appears to be good. It does not sprout from the stump. +Considering its size it is fairly wind-firm. No plantations have +been made of this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, not has it been +sawn up for local use. Considering its prevalence, it deserves a +trial.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is considered the best +firewood in Benin, and also used as firewood among the Yorubas.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Celtis sp.?</i> Soft Celtis (small). Ita ita +(Yoruba); Ohia (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, +and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forest zone, +where it is very prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_248">[248]</span>It +is a medium-sized tree up to 4 feet in girth, with medium sized, +thin leaves and white-coloured twigs. The stem is slightly scaly +and yellowish-green in colour, especially in the upper parts. A +very common tree in the deciduous forest. With its yellowish-green +bark in the upper part of the bole it is very similar to Opele, +<i>Schrebera Golungensis</i>, and can often be mistaken for it. The +trunk, however, is not slightly pitted, as is the case with +Schrebera. On the whole, this tree is shorter, reaching a height of +about 40 feet. The root buttresses are much slighter than in the +case of <i>C. solenostigma</i>, though they are of a similar shape, +being very thin and merging gradually into the trunk to a height of +about 5 feet from the ground.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber is white and fairly hard, but not durable. +It hardens somewhat on exposure to the air. The texture of the +grain is fine, but occasionally cross-grained. It planes moderately +well, and takes nails moderately well also, more so than <i>C. +solenostigma</i>. It saws easily and splits well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">As a firewood it burns steadily and slowly, giving +out great heat. It does not crackle nor cause sparks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast growing, at first +shade-bearing, and subsequently a light-demanding tree. During most +of its life it is a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. +Natural regeneration is good. It sprouts a little from the stump, +but not strong enough for purposes of reproduction.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +sawn up for planks for local use. Being smaller than <i>C. +solenostigma</i>, after trial it may not be found so useful, but it +could be used for similar purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Firewood of the best kind, and +occasionally used as side house-posts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema Africana</i>. African Elm. Ehunogo, +Ehrunbogo (Benin); Affi (Ibadan and Oyo); Afoforo (Egba); Offun +(Lagos).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin +provinces of Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forests, where it is +moderately prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree with nettle-like leaves, +which wither rapidly. It has a very thin, smooth bark. The fruit is +small, thin and long, and is eaten by pigeons. It grows up where +old trees fall in the forest, and is also a common tree in old +farms. Medium-sized specimens are in general appearance, from a +little distance, very similar to Iroko, and it can be mistaken for +this tree. The crown, however, is narrower, and the foliage is +somewhat thicker, and the leaves and branches are placed rather +closer together than those of Iroko. The bark<span class="pagenum" +id="Page_249">[249]</span> is slightly fissured, and does not show +lenticels like the Iroko, especially not on the roots. In +proportion to the size of the tree, the root spurns are larger than +in the case of Iroko. It it usually found growing singly, whereas +groups of Iroko are often common, or anyhow several are found in +one locality.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white and of medium hardness, but +very durable indeed. It is termite proof. It planes well, but does +not split easily. It saws well and takes nails fairly easily.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is of fairly rapid growth, at first +shade-bearing, and later a somewhat light-demanding tree, with +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural regeneration +only appears to be moderate. It sprouts from the stump.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, not has it been +sawn up for local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The timber is used amongst the +Benis as rafters and ceilings for house-building, as it is uncut or +squared.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema affinis</i> or <i>T. Africana</i>. African +Elm. Afofero (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris toxiaria</i>. False Oroko. Oro Aiyo, +(Egba) (Yoruba); Ogiovu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Ogoja, Owerri, +Warri, Benin, Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, reaching a girth of 15 feet and +a bole length of 70 feet, of very cylindrical shape. There are +large surface roots, which stick up out of the ground on roadsides, +but form only low root spurns. The bark is grey, smooth and almost +shiny in the sun. The crown is heavier and less open than Iroko, +but otherwise in habit it is similar. The leaves on the whole are +smaller and the foliage generally is of a lighter green than the +Iroko, except when the latter puts on new leaves in February or +March. The fruit is a little spherically shaped nut with a papery +covering easily removed, disclosing a round nut with small markings +all round it. Two kernels are found inside on cracking it. The +slash is yellowish white, and gradually a little thin white latex +exudes. The tree usually appears after a few years on abandoned +farms. The leaf is rough to the hand, almost as bad as <i>Ficus +asperata</i>, but there are no hairs on the under surface. On the +whole the branches are much flatter than Oroko, though the top of +the crown is round. The timber is soft and white all through. +Termites attack it. It is very light and might almost pass as a +substitute for cork. It has large and wide medullary<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_250">[250]</span> rays, more especially in the +root. In cross section the root looks almost porous.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Amongst the Yorubas the bark +is used medicinally and the wood for doors, benches and matchet +handles.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows very fast and likes light. Scale insects +like to make their nests in a junction of a branch with the stem, +where there is quite a hollow. In youth the firm and almost +horizontal branches are quite a contrast to the long, up-shooting +or drooping branches of Oroko. It has not been cut either for local +use or for export.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The roots are used for making corks in the Calabar +district.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is used often as a “Ju-ju” tree, like the Iroko, +chiefly in the Calabar Division. The hunters sit near the tree, +when in fruit, because the Maxwell’s Duika, Yellow-backed Duika, +Red-headed Duika, etc., eat the fruit. The bark is used in sections +for making bags by sewing the two ends together, as well as one +side.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris sp.</i> Ovu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin and Ondo provinces +of Nigeria. It is medium-sized, reaching a girth of 9 feet and a +bole length of about 50 feet. The leaf is larger, but the crown +appears thicker and heavier than <i>Antiaris toxiaria</i>. The seed +is the same size as <i>Antiaris T.</i>, but the root spurns are +very slight, even less than <i>Antiaris T.</i> The branches spread +out from the stem, thus making the crown longer and narrower than +<i>Antiaris T.</i> In this respect the <i>Antiaris sp.</i> is more +like the Oroko than the <i>Antiaris T.</i></p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white and soft. No proper heartwood. +It splits well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer and is often found in the +thick forest. It grows much slower than <i>Antiaris T.</i></p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been cut for local use or exported to +Europe. Perhaps it could be tried for wood pulp.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In Benin the branches of this tree are used for +making figures of their ancestors, which are placed outside the +house. The bark is used for making bags in a similar way to that of +<i>Antiaris T.</i> It is also used for making rope or string for +tying bags.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris sp.</i> Cedar-like Lauro. Oregbon I +(Yoruba); Opputtu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree found in the Benin and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria. It is very similar in habit and shape to the +<i>Antiaris toxiaria</i>, but it does not attain nearly such a +large size. The tree exudes very fine, white latex in a very small +quantity. The timber is soft and white and not durable.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i053" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig053.jpg"><img src='images/fig053.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 53.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Opepe (Sarcocephalus esculentus), in middle of +picture, across Ogun River, Olokemeji Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i054" class="iw16"><a href= +"images/fig054.jpg"><img src='images/fig054.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 54.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Oganwo (Khaya Punchii), near Dajopa, Olokemeji +Reserve, showing base of stem for nearly 12 feet stripped of +bark.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i055" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig055.jpg"><img src='images/fig055.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 55.—<span class= +"bold">Large Emido (Mimusops multinervis), 10 feet in girth, +Dajopa, Olokemeji Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 250.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_251">[251]</span>It +is a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree, and stands a good +deal of shade. The tree has not been cut for local use, nor has it +been tried as a timber for export.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus sp.</i> Common Fig. Obobo (Yoruba); Ohau +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Calabar, Ogoja, Owerri, +Warri, Benin, Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. One +of the most typical features of this tree is its free growth, open +crown, and green, yellow and orange-coloured bark from the base +upwards. It is a medium-sized tree, attaining a girth of 10 feet. +The small red-coloured figs attract pigeons especially, as well as +other birds, to the trees in the fruiting season. The leaf is small +for a Ficus and oval in shape. The wood is white and soft. The +white latex which exudes from the trunk when cut distinguishes this +tree from the satinwood, <i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>, with which it +might be confused owing to the similar shades of green, yellow and +orange-colour of the bark. It is chiefly found in the secondary +forest, also near villages in the evergreen forest zone. Owing to +the parrots and pigeons carrying the seed, reproduction from this +source, both in epiphytic and tree form, is very good, but it is +most usually found growing alone in an open place, without any +support from other trees. It is very fast growing and impatient of +shade.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood has not been used locally nor for export, +nor does the native apparently have any use for it, as it soon rots +when cut down.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The native occasionally eats the ripe fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus exasperata</i>. Emido, Oboba (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Thonningii</i>. Opoto (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the smaller fig-trees of the mixed +deciduous zone. As with the others, it is not used as a timber +tree, but occasionally for fences.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus triangularis</i>. Abadan (Yoruba); +Obadan-nikwi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin, Ibadan and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. It is chiefly found in the mixed +deciduous forests. It is of no use as a timber tree, but is used +occasionally for fences by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Vogelii</i>. Lagos, Abba or Abbo Rubber. +Abadon (Yoruba); Obadan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is the common tree of the Calabar, Ogoja, +Onitsha, Benin, Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. This is the +most common fig-tree, and is usually found along the sides of roads +in the native villages. The very large, shiny leaf (not quite as +glossy as <i>Ficus Indica</i>) is one of the most typical +features<span class="pagenum" id="Page_252">[252]</span> of this +tree. In Benin it is usually deciduous for about thirty-six hours, +and the pinkish tips of the fresh leaves and the great rapidity of +their development are remarkable. The bark is dark brown and +rougher than the other species. In the Benin Forestry Compound +there is a large specimen. On the whole, it is less common in the +evergreen forest than near villages or roads. In the forest it is +most often found as an epiphyte growing on oil palms, Sasswood, and +oil-bean trees. The timber is white and soft; it has not been used +for local purposes nor for exports. The “Balata rubber” of the +Upper Niger district is obtained by roughly coagulating the latex +of this tree in the air, with or without reagents, such as the +latex of <i>Bauhinia reticulata</i>, or salt. The natives use the +tree for making fences by sticking in pieces of the stem of +suitable length, and in a similar manner it is used as a shade tree +on the sides of roads in the villages. This is more especially the +case in the villages in the dry zone, where other shade trees are +scarce. Pigeons and parrots spread the seed, and thus its +reproduction is assured.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus platyphylla</i>. Gambia Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is also found in the upper reaches of the Ogan +River, in the Ogo province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus asperata</i>. Sandpaper Leaf. Ekpin +(Yoruba); Ameme (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Ogoja, Owerri, Benin, +Onitsha, Ibadan, Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is often found as a small, scrubby tree, though +when fully grown it reaches a girth of 8 feet, especially in the +Benin province. The rough leaves are harsh to the touch.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The pigeons are very fond of eating the fruit and +seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is white and soft.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaf is of the usual Ficus style, with a short +stalk and deeply dentated, making almost a five-lobed leaf.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaves might be useful as a substitute for +sandpaper. It has not so far been cut for export or local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The leaves are used for +cleaning calabashes by the Yorubas and Benin people.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus sp.</i> Ograw (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Abeokuta province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Musanga Smithii</i>. Cork-wood or Umbrella Tree. +Agbawo or Aga (Yoruba); Ogohen (Benin); Oro (Brass).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very common tree, found growing in new +clearings amongst the evergreen and mixed forests of the Calabar, +Ogoja, Owerri, Onitsha (?), Warri, Benin, Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_253">[253]</span>It +is a medium-sized tree with an umbrella-shaped crown. It is the +most distinctly gregarious tree of any in the forest, often alone +covering many acres of land, supported on a series of aerial roots, +the centre one of which is really the tap-root. The tree looks +altogether top-heavy when mature (it is short-lived). It reaches a +girth of nearly 5 feet. The bark is thin and of a light brown +colour, spotted here and there with large yellow lenticels. The +large pink sheath containing the immature staminate flower is often +found lying on the forest pathway after the storm. The leaf is +reminiscent of the horse chestnut, but with about eight digits. The +young leaflet is of an orange-red colour. It is doubtful if it +passes an age of thirty years.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white and soft, with no +distinguishing heartwood, but with brown pith half an inch in +diameter. When properly dried it has a fine, smooth grain and is +usually free of knots. It dries much harder than when freshly cut. +It splits well, but it is rather brittle.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is the quickest growing of all the African +forest trees, and certainly reaches timber size before any other. +Regeneration by seed is prolific, seeds often germinating after +lying dormant for over a hundred years, when a heavy forest is cut +down. It is a light-lover, protecting the soil with its heavy +foliage, and enriching it by making a good mould when it falls to +the ground. It will stand a little shade as a young seedling. Very +few trees will grow under it, though it is a useful “nurse.”</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is used for floating other wood heavier +than water, but it has not been exported or cut for local use. The +roots are used medicinally, and hunters tap the tree for water in +the dry season.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—As the Yoruba name implies, a +group of the aerial roots is used for a native chair. Young 6-inch +stems, split in half, cut about 4 feet long and dried, are used +upright to form the walls of temporary farm-buildings. The wood is +also used in place of cork, and for making matchets and knife +scabbards in the Benin and Ibo countries respectively.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. African Oak, African +Teak. Iroko (male), Iroko (female), Oba’s Tree, Rock Elm. Iroko +(Yoruba); Uloko, Oroko Ulokoodigpe, Uloko-nushinogbon (Benin); Odji +(Ibo, Asaba); Ofryio (Efik); Nsan (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very large forest tree, reaching a girth of +30 feet and a bole length of 90 feet under favourable conditions. +The male tree is usually thinner and of more compressed build, +whereas the female shows more spreading growth and +larger<span class="pagenum" id="Page_254">[254]</span> size; it is +also quicker growing than the male. The female has stout, +finger-thick, solid catkins, whereas the male has thin, long, open +catkins up to 6 inches long. The timber of the male is darker brown +and closer grained than that of the female, and also harder. The +sapwood is wider in the female tree, but there is also a very wide +difference between trees of both genders when they are grown in the +open, old farms, or in dense, high forest, the latter yielding the +hardest and closest-grained timber. The crown is almost +umbrella-shaped and open, so that the leaves appear large in +proportion, and it is usually possible to see through it. Three or +four large limbs form the mainstay of it (see plate <a href= +"#i037">No. 37</a>). The yellow lenticels on the stem, especially +in younger specimens, and also on the red roots, are typical of the +tree. The slash is yellowish, with little red spots in it. A little +white latex flows out too.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In proportion to the size of the tree the root +spurns are not very large, reaching 3 or 4 feet up the tree, and +being well rounded, do not spoil the shape of the base of the bole. +In older specimens the bark becomes brown, and finally almost grey +in colour, and scales off to a slight extent. Although it forms +very large side roots, it has a tap-root going to considerable +depth. The loose seeds are small and flat, being not unlike those +of alder, but rather larger and thinner.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in all the Southern Provinces of +Nigeria, both in the evergreen and mixed forest zones, where it is +none too prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—Sapwood is yellowish white, and +the heartwood of a yellow brown to dark brown (oak to teak brown). +It is moderately hard, very durable and termite-proof. It does not +plane very well, being sometimes cross-grained; it can, however, be +worked up to a smooth finish. The grain is rather open and the +pores very long. It has, however, an oily feel, and a certain +amount of sheen. It takes nails with difficulty, splits moderately +well and saws easily. It soon darkens on exposure to the air and +light, becoming in this respect much darker than oak in a similar +period. When seasoned properly it does not warp excessively. If +taken green from the forest zone into a drier climate it will +split. In the past a good deal of timber has been used in this +state.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast-growing, at first +shade-bearing and subsequently a light-demanding tree, with +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. It is deciduous for a +few weeks in the year, generally in February or March, but +specimens vary a great deal in this respect. Natural regeneration +is very<span class="pagenum" id="Page_255">[255]</span> good, and +in suitable localities it tends to spread more and more with the +advance of the native farms into the forest. It stands +transplanting very badly. Nursery sowings, however, show an +enormous percentage of germination, the seedlings often coming up +more thickly than grass. The ground pig eats the roots of +transplanted seedlings, especially in localities where there are +less desirable trees. It will grow as much as 6 feet in one year, +and wherever it has much light in the forest, self-sown seedlings +will grow 3 or 4 feet each year. The leaves are attacked by a +minute coccus which causes them to swell up into an irregular +shape, including the bud, thus stopping the growth for that season. +Inside each of these swellings there are several of the young +insects. Only the younger trees are attacked, and from the pole +stage onwards trees do not appear to suffer nearly so much. In +localities, too, where the trees grow very rapidly they appear to +be less attacked, if at all. It is not very susceptible to fire, +though in the mixed deciduous the base of the stem is often burnt. +It is one of the most storm-firm of all the African trees. The bole +is very cylindrical, especially if the tree which has been growing +in the forest is given plenty of space to grow. The increment put +on the bole is very great, being as much as 11 inches in +circumference in one year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as Iroko at 5d. per superficial foot, sale +measure. Since that date it has been sold as African Oak and +African Teak at a similar price, and appears now to be fairly well +established in the market. As there are large supplies in many +districts, such as the Yoruba country, Onitsha, Ahoada and Ogoja +districts, there should be no difficulty in keeping the market +supplied with moderate quantities year by year, at perhaps, though, +slightly increasing costs. Locally the tree has been felled and +sawn up for planks, scantlings, rafters, beams and general +constructional work. By the Railway Administration it has thus far +been considered the best wood for sleepers. Amongst the natives it +is often worth more than it is to the European, the price varying +from half a crown to 4s. 6d. per cubic foot for sawn boards 12 feet +long, 12 inches wide and 1 inch thick.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The most valued of all woods +for wall-plates and door lintels, treasure-boxes, washing-basins +for chiefs. Doors, too, are made of it in Benin. Women place little +pieces of chalk, yams, plantains, cowries, coco yams at the base of +the tree, and it is said they will be blessed with children. Chiefs +sacrifice a goat with a mat and a fine white cloth to +propitiate<span class="pagenum" id="Page_256">[256]</span> the +witches, who are supposed to hold their court in the Iroko tree and +try to catch one of the sons of the chief.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Treculia Africana</i> (Decne). African +Breadfruit. Afon (Yoruba); Ije (Benin); Ijeni (fruit).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is usually found near the edge of the +villages of the Calabar, Benin, Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows to a large size, with a bole length of 20 +feet and a girth of 9 feet, but it is usually a rather +open-crowned, spreading tree. For its size the foliage is not +over-dense. The leaves are single and roughly lanceolate, with a +dark-green and rather shiny upper surface. The most conspicuous +feature of this tree is the huge green, perfectly spherical-shaped +fruit. Immature fruits of all sizes, from a cricket-ball upwards to +a size of 18 inches in diameter, are seen growing close against the +stem of the trunk and bigger branches of the tree. Some years ago, +one of these ripe fruits fell off a tree at the edge of the Benin +market and struck a woman on the shoulder with such force that she +died a few days later. The natives subsequently cut the tree +down.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The chief use of the tree is the fruit, which is +placed in water to rot so that the seeds can be more easily +extracted from the concentrically arranged fibres growing from the +centre of the fruit outwards to the periphery. These are +subsequently cooked and eaten, often being beaten up in a soup. +From the outside the fruit looks as if it were made up of thousands +of little green fibres closely packed together from the centre of +the fruit, with the ends sticking out on the surface, thus giving +it a rough feeling to the touch and making it appear as if it were +full of holes.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The junction of a branch with the stem shows a +large swelling all round the base of the branch, which thins out to +its regular size about 6 to 9 inches away from the trunk.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is comparatively slow-growing, but of a +soil-protecting and light-loving nature. In the dry season, great +quantities of dew condense on this tree, so that underneath the +soil is kept moist. Probably more dew falls on this tree than +<i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>, which shows a similar feature.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Thus far the wood has not been used for any +purpose.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Treculia sp.</i> Small-fruited African +Breadfruit. Izenagan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morus sp.</i> Aye (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province in Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>. Shapo Obibere (Yoruba); +Ihege (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small to medium-sized tree, with short stem +rarely<span class="pagenum" id="Page_257">[257]</span> exceeding 8 +feet in height, and a much-branched, heavy crown, with very large +leaf, cut up in the form of a large digit, much more pronounced +than the horse chestnut. The leaves, on falling, rot and form a +heavy layer of black humus. In the dry season the dew condenses to +such an extent on the leaves that the tree drips in the morning, +and the neighbourhood of such trees is always moist when the rest +of the forest is dry.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The large, rough, elongated, pear-shaped fruit, +like an overgrown sweetsop, is quite characteristic of this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin, Owerri, Warri, +Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is scarcely big enough for timber, but would +make a good undergrowth for a light-loving species such as mahogany +or teak, and would kill all weeds on good soil. Usually found on +good soil. The timber is white and soft.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>No botanical name</em>. Iragbo-Amuje (Yoruba); +Igogo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree with almost hard white wood, +more the texture of Triplochiton. The fruit is a drupe, with a +small nut inside. Termites do not attack the wood. It is a +quick-growing tree, which comes up very frequently in old +farms.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin country.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—In the Benin country it is +used for door lintels and cross-pieces in house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Urticaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Urera</i>. Ela (Yoruba); Akinrankiri +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Yoruba and Benin countries.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Proteaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Faurea speciosa</i>. Red-brown timber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Calabar province.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heisteria parvifolia</i>. White Nut (?). +Ikereoha (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It rarely exceeds the height of about 8 feet and a +girth of about 1 foot.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small shrub with red flowers of four +petals at right angles to each other, in the middle of which a +white-coloured fruit forms. On peeling off the white skin, a black +nut is disclosed, which is edible. It tastes more like a hazel-nut. +The red flower is the most distinguishing feature, and makes this +plant show up amongst the evergreen zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin, and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_258">[258]</span>It +is a shade-bearing and slow-growing shrub, with soil-protecting and +soil-improving qualities. It serves a very useful purpose amongst +the undergrowth in the forest. Natural regeneration appears to be +fair, but no plantations have been made with this species. The nuts +have not been tested in the export market. Amongst the natives the +nuts are very popular, and it is the only use which they have for +this shrub. This chiefly refers to the Benin district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heisteria sp.?</i>. Benin Nut, Edible Nut. +Evialegbi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found chiefly in the Benin province of +Nigeria, though probably its area of distribution extends to the +Ondo and Ogoja provinces as well. It is a tall, comparatively +thin-boled tree in proportion to its height. Attaining a girth of +about 8 feet, the bole is 40 feet in length. The bark is dull green +and not very thick, being more in the nature of cortex than real +bark. The most typical feature of the tree is the fruit, which is a +spherically-shaped nut with a pointed tip. When dry, it is marked +with shallow groves about half a millimetre apart, all converging +to the tip. When cracked, the kernel obtained is rather pleasant to +the taste, with plenty of oil. The timber is a yellowish colour and +moderately hard. It is fairly durable, though it is attacked by a +small wood-borer when it is left lying in the forest. It is a +moderately fast-growing tree, but is a shade-bearing, soil +protecting and improving tree. Natural regeneration appears to be +poor. No plantations have yet been made with it, but its yield of +nuts should be tested. The timber has not yet been exported, nor +has it been cut for local use. So far, the chief use of the tree is +the nut, but even here proper tests have not yet been made, and it +is only the natives who really know the tree. The exact oil content +has yet to be tested.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coula edulis</i>. Nkula in the Gaboon, Gaboon +Nut. Omumu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">An edible nut containing oil. It is nearly round in +shape, but slightly depressed at the top, with a soft shell.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The tree is of +medium size, with narrow crown and small leaves, the fruit being +borne on the upper side of the branches. It is moderately common +near Ugo and also on the Siluko road (both in Benin). This is +apparently a rare tree in reality, and it may be mistaken for +Ivialegbi.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is brown with a red tinge, almost +hard.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The nut decorticated is sold +in the native markets and eaten as a delicacy.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Value.</em>—According to report made some years +ago, it was<span class="pagenum" id="Page_259">[259]</span> valued +at £7 per ton in Liverpool. It was difficult to get sufficient for +a sample.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Loranthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Loranthus leptolobus</i>. African Mistletoe, or +Red-flowering Loranthus.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Yoruba and Benin country.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Menispermaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cissampelos Owariensis</i>. Ebewaki (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medicinal plant.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cissampelos Pareira</i> (L.). Jokoye +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Enantia polycarpa</i> (Kew). Abeokuta Bark, +Kanda or Canta Bark. Ghido (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Egba province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Enantia chlorantha</i>. African Yellow Wood. +Yaru (Yoruba); Ehranbabogo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Ondo, Benin, Owerri, +Ogoja and Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, attaining a girth of 5 +feet and a bole length of 25 feet. The most peculiar feature of the +tree is the fruit, a bundle of reddish clubs all coming out of the +twig at one point. The stem is dull green, with scattered lenticels +here and there. The bole is uneven near the base and almost divided +by large spurns, which makes it difficult to cut out a square log. +Standing in dense shade usually, and often with a piece of the bark +removed, showing the yellow cambium layer or wood, it is easily +distinguished from other trees.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The yellow wood is similar both in the sap and in +the heartwood. It splits well, even into tiny thin, lath-like +pieces. It is soft, but planes up into a smooth surface. The +medullary rays are often prominent, and make the wood look very +pretty. The sheen of the wood also adds to its appearance.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is a shade-bearer and rather slow-growing; +perhaps in more open localities it would grow faster. Natural +regeneration does not appear to be good, though more extensive +observations on this point may reveal more. Small quantities of +seed are borne each year. It sprouts a little from the stump, but +this method of reproduction cannot be relied upon. Cuttings have +not yet been tried. It likes a good moist soil of<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_260">[260]</span> the evergreen forest and lower +parts of the mixed deciduous forest. It has not yet received a +place in the forest plantations.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Samples of the timber have been tried in England +and used with good effect as a substitute for American “Whitewood,” +to which it is similar in texture. Its small size rather hinders +its more extensive use. In the Benin district it is used as +cross-pieces and rafters in building; wooden shovels are also made +from it. It is occasionally used to make a yellow dye, especially +the bark. Native caps are made from the bark, which is fibrous. It +is also used for verandah-posts and door-frames.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dennettia tripetala</i>. Igberi (Yoruba); Ako +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin, Ondo (?) and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a maximum girth +of 6 feet, with a short bole and a much-branched crown. Most +commonly seen as a shrub-like tree in the mixed deciduous forest. +The flower has three petals, with red colour inside and brown +outside. The flowers grow on the stem or the twigs with little or +no stalk, usually two or three in one place.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber, which is white and soft, is eaten by +termites. There is no proper heartwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer, and rather slow-growing tree. +It likes good soil, and is rather an indication of a loose, good +and deep soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported or used locally.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit, which has a peppery +taste, is eaten. The chiefs only eat the fruit after it has become +red and really ripe. The small boys use the new young leaves +uncooked to make the mouth warm when the rain falls.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dennettia sp.</i> Agedegbo, Ako (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree was determined from specimens obtained in +the early part of 1917 from Olokemeji, where it is somewhat common. +Owing to the fact that only immature and mature fruiting specimens +were sent, it may be identical with <i>Dennettia tripetala</i>. It +is, however, a much smaller tree, and the fruit is not nearly so +large and is a more oblong shape than <i>D. tripetala</i>. It is a +small, much-branched tree and yields a hard, whitish-yellow wood +which might be used as substitute for lancewood. The Benis eat the +fruit, but the Yorubas have no use for the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia Æthiopica</i>. Negro Pepper. Eru +(Yoruba); Unie (Benin); Atta (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Is a medium-sized tree with silvery smooth, grey +trunk,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_261">[261]</span> and found +growing near the banks of rivers in all the southernmost provinces +of Nigeria.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i056" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig056.jpg"><img src='images/fig056.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 56.—<span class= +"bold">Large-leaved Mahogany (Khaya grandis), 14 feet in girth, +with smaller Iroko (Chlorophora excelsa) standing at the side, +Olokemeji Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i057" class="iw15"><a href= +"images/fig057.jpg"><img src='images/fig057.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 57.—<span class= +"bold">Arere (Triplochiton Nigericum), 120 feet high, thirty years +old.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i058" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig058.jpg"><img src='images/fig058.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 58.—<span class= +"bold">Ebony (Diospyros mespiliformis), 7 feet 6 inches in girth, +on Dajopa Road, Olokemeji Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 260.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax3">It is stated to be useful for oars and masts for +small boats, according to the report on the Exhibition of 1867. +Since that date, however, it has not been used for this purpose. +The bole reaches a girth of about 5 feet and a length of about 45 +feet. The crown is narrow and comparatively long, but rather +compressed and compact. The foliage is dense and comparatively +close together. The root spurns are slight and narrow, not +extending very far up the bole. In proportion to its height the +trunk is thin and very cylindrical in shape, though occasionally +near the base it may not be absolutely round and tends to bulge out +rather more on one surface than the other. The fruit, when ripe, is +like a bunch of black keys, or little short, round-ended pieces of +wood, all projecting out of one central stalk or fork, which is the +most typical feature of the tree. The cortex is comparatively thin, +and remains smooth even in the mature trees. The bole tapers only +very slightly, and does not divide or send out any branches until +the crown is reached.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white, as also the heartwood, except +that the latter tends to have a very light yellowish-brown tinge, +especially as it seasons. It is moderately hard, showing great +elasticity, planing with a smooth surface, splitting moderately +well, taking nails and not warping or shrinking to any great +extent. Even fresh it is comparatively a dry wood. It saws well and +shows considerable textile strength, as also strength in +compression, is moderately heavy and termite-proof. The texture of +the grain is very fine and even, and the grain is very +straight.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting, and soil-improving. Natural regeneration is +moderate. It does not sprout from the stump. It stands a certain +amount of flooding, but it seems to demand a good soil with plenty +of moisture, including a very moist atmosphere. No plantations have +been made of this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been felled for export, nor has +it been cut for local use, but it appears to deserve a trial as a +substitute for lancewood, or other woods which show considerable +elasticity. It should be noted that it belongs to the same family +as that of the lancewood. Owing to the straightness and comparative +evenness of the bole for a very considerable length, it might be +suitable for shafts or even telegraph poles.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is used as a kind of comestible amongst +most of the natives, as it has a peppery taste which is not +unpleasant.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_262">[262]</span>It +is usually dried and sold in the native markets, several bunches +for a penny. By some it is almost looked upon as a medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia parviflora</i> (Eng. and Diels). +Small-flowering Negro Pepper. Sesedo, Issa oku (Yoruba); Aghako or +Oziza (?) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta and Benin +provinces of Nigeria, where it is none too prevalent. It is a +medium-sized tree with a very straight, thin and tall bole. Except +for its size it is very much like <i>X. Æthiopica</i>; the fruit is +much smaller and scarcely to be seen from the ground. The timber is +grey-white, and the heartwood, though occasionally a light brown, +is scarcely to be distinguished from the sapwood. It is hard, +durable, and said to be termite-proof. It does not take nails +easily, nor does it split well, but it saws comparatively easily. +Natural reproduction by seeds appears to be poor. It scarcely +sprouts from the stump. It is a shade-bearing, soil-protecting and +soil-improving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported. The bark and +roots are used medicinally.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is used locally for house-building, as +verandah-posts or supports for the roof. It has considerable +tensile strength and stands compression better still.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona Senegalensis</i> (Pers.). Wild Custard +Apple. Abo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is found in the Oyo and Ogoja provinces of +Nigeria. It is a small, shrub-like tree, with a short stem of about +4 or 5 feet, and has a very oval leaf, almost ovate in shape. It +bears a yellow fruit which divides up into the typical segments +common to this family. It resembles the Sugar Apple, has a +delicious taste, and the fruit is most refreshing on a hot day at +the end of the dry season. The tree is fire-resisting. Being +deciduous, it is not a soil-improving tree. It is soil-exacting, +but is also found in rocky localities. The tree is not very +prolific, but sprouts very strongly from the stump and to a less +extent with root suckers. The small timber is occasionally used for +house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona palustris</i> (Foster). Alligator Apple. +Afe (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is supposed to be soft, and to have been +introduced into the country some years ago.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. +The fruit is edible, the foliage dense and heavy. In the dry season +the dew condenses on the leaves and towards morning drips off on to +the ground, thus keeping the immediate vicinity of the tree quite +moist. The leaves, when decayed, make a rich humus. It is one of +the most valuable soil-improving trees.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_263">[263]</span><i>Anona Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows in the forest region of the Central and +South Provinces of Nigeria. It is a medium-sized tree bearing large +green fruit close to the stem.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Popowia Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A specimen of this Popowia has been found in +Alasko, near the Oha River in the Ibadan province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anona Afzelii</i>. Probably the same as +<i>Dennettia sp.</i> Ako, Aggedegbo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Benin and Warri +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree of the more swampy parts +or moister regions of the evergreen forest zone. The leaves are a +very large size, often reaching a length of 1 foot. The wood is +yellowish-white and soft and not very durable. Owing to the very +dense foliage, quite a thick layer of humus is formed in the shade +of the tree, so that its soil-improving properties are very great. +It would be a valuable tree for underplanting mahogany or any +deciduous tree, both with a view to providing soil cover and +improving the soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives do not use this wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexalobus grandiflorus</i> (Benth.) Afara +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Abeokuta province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Afzelii</i>. Gbogbonshe (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. A +small tree with hard wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Busgenii</i>. Paddlewood. Umaja or Umazza +(Benin); Uruiju Arogu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Ogoja (?), Benin, Ondo +and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, and reaches a girth of about 10 +feet with a good bole and limbs. The crown is narrowish, being +formed by many small branches. The bark is light green, scaling off +and leaving yellow patches with a red edge to each; otherwise it is +smooth and almost shining. It is a common tree of the evergreen +forest. With the exception of slight hollows near the base of the +stem the bole is quite round.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is a faint orange-colour with a reddish +tint. There is very little difference between the heart and sap +wood, except that the former is a lighter colour. It splits well +and planes into a smooth surface. At the corner of a square block +pieces are liable to split off. The grain is a little open and the +pores are rather long.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Termites (white ants) make no impression on it. +The<span class="pagenum" id="Page_264">[264]</span> timber is hard, +with a certain amount of rigidity, and yet has no resilience.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing tree and shade-bearer. Judging +by the number of small trees found, reproduction from seed must be +good. It does not sprout from the stool, and root suckers are +thrown up after the trees have been felled. It likes moist and deep +soil, which must be moderately good, e.g. the red soil of Benin and +sandy loam of Badagry district.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of the wood were sold in the +Liverpool market as Sabicu and realized 1s. to 2s. per superficial +foot. It has also been used for European house-building in the +Calabar province.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is chiefly used for making +paddles. It is also used for joists and posts by the Benin +people.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Chamæ</i> (Kew). Eruju (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large shrub with sweet-scented flowers. +Lagos Island.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Artabotrys sp.</i> Ako gbogbonshe (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora tenuifolia</i>. African Nutmeg. Lakosin +(?) (Yoruba); Unyenghen (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">In younger trees there are a few narrow white +streaks in the dull green bark, which gives it quite a distinctive +appearance.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a +medium-sized tree with yellow flowers tinged with white, most +conspicuous after they have fallen to the ground. The flower has +three petals with wavy edges, and reminds most people of an orchid. +In fact, many have asked whether it is not an orchid. The leaves +are light green, especially on the under-side, though darker as the +rainy season advances. The fruit is a spherical drupe, containing +several small nuts or seeds. The tree flowers before the leaves +come fully out, so that it looks very handsome indeed. It is, in +fact, one of the prettiest of all the flowering trees. It flowers +at the end of February or at the beginning of March. It reaches a +girth of about 2 feet and a bole length of about 10 feet, though it +is often much branched from about 4 feet from the ground.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is quite common in the Abeokuta province of +Nigeria, especially in the Olokemeji Reserve and on the road +between that place and Mamu, in the Benin province, as well as +being found in the mixed deciduous forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is hard and white and fairly durable. It +is tough and does not split well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although it stands a little shade it is a somewhat +slow-growing,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_265">[265]</span> +light-loving tree, but does not protect the soil. Natural +regeneration appears to be fair. It sprouts well from the stump, +often in this way forming quite a clump. On these stool shoots it +bears flowers and fruit early. It transplants badly, more +especially when placed in the open. It is somewhat exacting as to +soil, demanding a certain amount of moisture as well as depth. It +is somewhat fire-resisting, sprouting out again after such +injury.</p> + +<p class="tax3">As it does not really reach timber size, it is not +of much use for local constructional purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The smaller trees are used as +walking-sticks and the larger ones are sometimes used for hoe and +axe handles. In clearing the land for farms, stool shoots are left +standing, to act as supports for the tendrils of the yams after +they have been planted.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora myristica</i>, var. <i>grandifolia</i>. +Calabash Nutmeg. Lakoshe or Abo Lakoshe, Ilakosin, Igbo (Yoruba); +Ukposa, Eddo Binoyoba (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the mixed deciduous forests of the +Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, Owerri, and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, where +it is somewhat prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a large tree, +up to 7 feet in girth, with open crown and thin foliage. The +flowers are very conspicuous when they fall, having three very +large pointed red petals streaked with white, almost reminiscent of +an orchid. The edge of the petal is wavy, too. On the tree, the +flowers hang from the under-side of twigs with very short petioles. +It is the most handsome and largest flowering tree amongst the +Monodoras. It is, however, never quite so much covered with flowers +as the <i>M. tenuifolia</i>. The flowers are considerably larger, +being quite half to one inch longer. The bole reaches a length of +about 15 feet, but is often branched lower down. The fruit is a +large drupe, containing a number of small nuts.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is whitish, hard and somewhat tough, and +does not split well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast-growing, light-demanding +tree. With the exception of the period when it loses leaves, it is +a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although it scarcely reaches timber size, it might +be tried for smaller constructional purposes, such as handles, +posts, or rails. The quantities, however, are not very large.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The nut is ground up and used +in soup.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora brevipes</i>. Yellow-flowering Nutmeg. +Ause, Lakosin (Yoruba); Iyoha (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_266">[266]</span>Grows abundantly throughout the Tropics. The +seeds are useful as condiments or as medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ sp.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>. White Cedar. Akomu +(Yoruba); Omocham (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Ogoja, Owerri, Benin, +Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very common tree, especially at the edges +of roads and in old farms. It is not so common in the original +forest. It grows up to 15 feet in girth. It has a very cylindrical +bole, with long, straight, outstanding branches growing close +together, more or less forming a flat crown. The leaves are large +and pinnate, and the small fruit, which grows in clusters, half +opens, disclosing a bright red interior with one round seed covered +with pink, mace-like fibre. The slash is pinkish-white, and heavy, +sticky white latex streaked with red exudes very freely after it +has been cut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is soft and white and not durable. It +has not so far been used either for export or locally.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Lauraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ocotea</i> cf. Egg-shaped fruit tree. Agkwokhau +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Capparidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cratæva Adansonii</i> (Guill. et Perr.). Egun +oran (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Tree 30 feet high with yellow flowers. Found +growing at Fiditi, Oyo province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Capparis Thonningii</i>. Ekkana, Awoa +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium sp.</i> Babu (Yoruba); Oria (Benin); +Oko (Ibo, Owerri); Oguru (Brass); Edat (Efik); Ukpoi, Edat, Mpuri +(Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria, and Asaba district, Benin +province.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree with irregular surface to the +bole, muscular-like protrusions being seen here and there, as well +as similar shaped depressions. The crown is wide and flattish, and +of light foliage. The fruit is a large, nasty-smelling, +apple-shaped drupe.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white, with apparently little +difference between<span class="pagenum" id="Page_267">[267]</span> +sap and heart wood, and it is hard and tough, not splitting at all +easily.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree, said to be termite-proof. +It has considerable resiliency, and stands a certain amount of +bending strain.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been used for export, nor has it +been sawn up for planks for local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The Yorubas use the timber for +making mortars for food.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium sp.</i> Red Mahogany. Abue (Egbado, +Yoruba); Dabadogun (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is plentiful in the Benin and the Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It grows into a +large tree, but is often seen as a small tree, suppressed by other +quicker-growing trees. The dense, somewhat spreading crown is a +typical feature of the tree. Its large leaves attract attention, +especially compared to the size of the tree. The bole is often +crooked and covered with dark green cortex, with only a limited +amount of fine bark.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a hard, red wood, not unlike mahogany, but +with a more fibrous grain. It is durable, especially when left in a +wet place. It works up with a good surface and very pleasing +colour, making it thoroughly worthy of being a substitute for +mahogany. Being a shade-bearer, soil-protecting and soil-improving +tree, it should eventually find a place in the forest plantations. +Despite its slow growth, its other silvicultural qualities are +worthy of attention.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not yet been exported, not has it been +felled for local use. For the former it appears to deserve a +trial.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used for firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium robustum</i>. Sometimes called +Mahogany Nuts, Nikko Nuts; Benin Mahogany. Ugibisaro (Benin); +Aiyeni (Egbado); Aiye, Aghaghe, Aiyeni (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta and Benin provinces of +Nigeria, in the evergreen forest zone, where it is not very +prevalent. It is a large forest tree, reaching a girth of over 12 +feet and a bole length of about 70 feet. In the dry season, in the +distance, the leaves show the typical dried-up yellow appearance of +the Parinariums, especially being somewhat shiny in appearance. The +fruit is not unlike a very large, very dark green plum, but rather +more flattened and not so round. The inside nut is compressedly +spherical, showing five large eyes or holes out of which seeds +germinate.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_268">[268]</span>The +sapwood is yellowish-white and somewhat broad in proportion to the +size of the tree, and the hard wood is mahogany-red coloured, but +with more fibrous grain. It planes up with a smooth surface and +splits fairly easily, especially when nailed. It is moderately hard +and quite durable, and is not supposed to be attacked by white ants +(termites). Like most of the Parinariums, the fresh wood smells +something like honey, and the timber tends to darken on exposure to +the air, thus improving in colour.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the whole it is a shade-bearing tree and not +very fast-growing. It has soil-protecting and soil-improving +qualities. Natural regeneration only appears to be very moderate. +Like most of the Parinariums, the kernels of the fruit are pecked +out by various birds. No plantations have been made of this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Quite by accident, in 1906 some logs obtained from +this tree were cut and exported, and sold in the Liverpool market +as Benin mahogany at 4d. per superficial foot. Since then, however, +none has been cut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Amongst the Benin natives the timber is +occasionally used for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium excelsum</i>. Essago (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin, Owerri and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria, in the evergreen forest zone, where in +certain localities it is very prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In appearance it is like the rough-skin plum of +Sierra Leone, but a larger and taller tree. The leaf usually looks +dry and grey, especially underneath. The crown is oval and very +dense, with a mass of large limbs. The bark is covered with white +lenticels, which make it look grey. It usually bears a large crop +of fruit each year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It reaches a girth of over 12 feet and a bole +length of about 50. In proportion to the height, the bole is not so +long as in the cases of many other forest trees. The fruit is more +uneven in surface than that of <i>P. robustum</i>, and the surface +is also more or less speckled with little white raised lumps, +giving it a roughness to the touch. The fruit inside is +yellowish-white, rather hard and not unpleasant to taste. Where it +is found, especially in the more swampy parts, it is often almost +gregarious in habit. It is an evergreen tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood when freshly cut smells like honey. The +sapwood is yellowish-white and the heartwood is brown. On the whole +it is much harder than <i>P. robustum</i>. Occasionally it appears +cross-grained, and does not plane up with such a smooth finish. It +saws less easily, and it is hard to drive nails<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_269">[269]</span> into it. It does not split +well. It is rather a heavy wood and does not float.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing tree, +which thoroughly protects the soil and improves it with its leaf +fall. Natural regeneration appears to be none too good. No +plantations have been made of this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been felled for local use, but +occasionally it has been used for firewood, which is of somewhat +high calorific power. The fruit is occasionally useful to +temporarily assuage hunger in the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was sold as African greenheart at 1s. 6d. to 1s. +9d. a cubic foot in the Liverpool market in 1906.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—None, and the fruit is not +eaten. Elephants eat the fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium polyandrum</i> (Benth.) (?). Plum. +Ako Idofun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Smaller fruit than <i>P. curatellæfolium</i> and +very hard; similar flowers, the leaves rough and only slightly +grey-green on the under-surface. Stem reddish-brown with long +lenticels, leaves larger and longer.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The tree is used by the +natives for building farmhouses.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium curatellæfolium</i> (Planch.). +Abo-Idofun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree 10 feet in height and 1 foot in +diameter, with large umbelliferous flowers of a white colour. The +leaves are rough and shiny on the upper surface, and with more +white underneath than the <i>P. polyandrum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is edible, though +not usually eaten. No use as firewood. The wood is used for +building farm-sheds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium Gabunense</i>. Mahogany Nut. Abere +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ondo province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysobalanus sp.</i> Niko Nut. Igata +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found at Ebuttemetta.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ (Cæsalpineæ).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia Sieberiana</i>. Cassia. Aridan-toro +(Yoruba); Ezzi, Apagban (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is commonly found in Benin, Ibadan and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria, more especially in the latter. It is a small +tree bearing large and long racemes of yellow flowers in February, +making it very reminiscent of the laburnum. The tree is leafless at +the time, so that the flowers are all the more conspicuous. The +almost rectangular branching habit of this tree, combined with the +rather thin twigs, is very typical. It yields a hard, red wood, but +the sapwood is yellowish-white.<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_270">[270]</span> The natives use the fruit medicinally and +the timber for house-building. The pods are usually about a foot +long and half an inch in diameter.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia tora</i>. Cassia. Ako Kere (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found at Olokemeji, in the Abeokuta province +of Nigeria. Its medicinal use as a remedy for ringworm is not known +to the natives of that locality.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia fistula</i>. Cassia. Bembedo +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather an uncommon tree of the Benin province +of Nigeria, one specimen being found in the Idah district; the +longer (1 to 2 feet) and stouter (¾ to 1 inch) pod is most typical +of this tree. It is otherwise much the same size as <i>Cassia +Sieberiana</i>. The natives use the fruit medicinally, but look +upon the tree as a “great medicine.”</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia podocarpa</i> (G. and P.). Cassia. +Asunwon (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Shrub with yellow flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cassia occidentalis</i>. Blackwater Plant. Rere +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small shrub-like herb with large upright +flowers, which is usually found growing in waste places at the edge +of villages in the Yoruba country, in the mixed deciduous forest +zone. A medicine to cure blackwater fever is made from this plant, +though doctors now say it is not an infallible cure.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ormosia laxiflora</i> (Benth.). False Dalbergia. +Shedun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan, Abeokuta, Onitsha and +Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, chiefly at the edge of the dry-zone +forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, 12 feet high and 18 inches in +girth, with almost brick-red or orange-coloured bark, which is thin +and often scarred by natives. It has a long, thin pod with thin, +flat seeds. It reminds one very much of a small Dalbergia. It +stands the annual fires well, though it gets singed each year. The +base of the bole is often somewhat enlarged with the constant +cutting of the bark both of the stem and the uppermost roots.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is yellowish-red and not very hard, but +rough to work up, being more in the nature of a turner’s than a +joiner’s wood. The grain is often by no means straight, and the +wood shows a little figure.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Withstanding the fires so well, it serves, or +should serve, as a nurse for the introduction of more valuable +species amongst the dry-zone trees, especially on the laterite +soils. Natural regeneration is good and it sprouts well from the +stump. Root suckers do not appear to be so prevalent as in many +dry-zone species. It is a light-loving species, which does not +protect<span class="pagenum" id="Page_271">[271]</span> the soil +properly, though the foliage is comparatively dense for that type +of tree. It is slow-growing. No plantations have been made.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It does not attain sufficient size for export, but +it might be tried for local turnery work. It is useful for local +hut-building.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—House-building, and the roots +when boiled are used in medicine as a tonic.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afrormosia elata</i>. African Satinwood, Yellow +Satinwood. Ayin (Yoruba); Anyeran, Anyesan, Ehranobapotineddo +(Benin); Egbi (Ibadan); Elo Uta (Ibo, Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very conspicuous tree, with its orange-red trunk +near the base, gradually shading off to yellow higher up, and +towards the branches a light-green colour. Large, irregular-shaped +pieces of bark fall off from time to time, in a similar way to the +plane-tree of Europe, though with its reddish trunk it is not so +much like the plane as <i>Afzelia Africana</i>. The root flanges or +spurns are very thin and do not extend beyond about three feet up +the stem of the tree. In plate <a href="#i082">No. 82</a> one of +these trees, growing near Benin, shows the open, rather narrow +crown with its few main limbs supporting it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is commonest in the Benin, but also found in the +Ondo, Owerri and Calabar provinces in the moist evergreen forests. +It is also seen in secondary forests of the same zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber planes well, but does not split. It saws +easily, but takes nails with difficulty. It is sometimes figured, +especially logs from the base of the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is pretty easily killed by fire at the roots, +though otherwise it tends to spread with cultivation. The sapwood +is almost white and the heartwood a yellowish-green, when fresh, +but a dull yellow when dry. It is very hard and withstands the +attacks of white ants (termites). Even the sapwood of a young tree +had not rotted after six years near the bank of the Ogba, Benin +province. It grows moderately quickly.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The flower is inconspicuous and small, and the pod +is also small, being about 2½ inches long and ½ inch broad, +containing two or three flat seeds. The tree does not bear very +heavily, and in consequence natural regeneration is not very good, +though such seeds as actually form properly seem to germinate well. +In youth it bears some shade, but in middle age seems to be almost +a light-demander.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although when freshly cut the wood does not float, +when thoroughly dry it would not be difficult to float it with a +lighter species.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_272">[272]</span>The +timber was reported as satinwood and worth 3d. to 1s. per +superficial foot in the Liverpool market in 1906, and that moderate +quantities (of fair length and squares) would be taken.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus esculentus</i> (Schum. and Thon.). +Edible-fruited Padouk. Gbingbindo (Yoruba); Akpanagya, Uruhe +(Benin); Nja (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is one of the most common waterside trees of all +the Southern Provinces of Nigeria; some of the rivers on the banks +of which it is found are the Ovia, Ogun and Cross River. Belonging +to the mixed deciduous forest zone, it is in the middle reaches of +these rivers where it is most prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A typical feature of this small tree is the bright, +yellow-coloured flower, which quite brightens up the banks of the +rivers at the end of February or March. Another most peculiar +feature is the odd, somewhat kidney-shaped fruit with its rough +surface corrugations, containing inside a hardish nut about 1 inch +in diameter. Either the nuts or the fruit are often seen floating +down the rivers, especially where they are tidal. The leaves are +more typical of the Pterocarps, otherwise the fruit is most unlike +either those of the genus or even of the family. The bole of the +tree is short, smooth and almost silver-grey in colour, though it +is often discoloured with the mud from the perennial floods of the +river. It is usually seen with more than one stem.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white and not over-hard. It is not +very durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is not very fast-growing, but is an +evergreen, with a short period in which nearly all the leaves fall. +It serves a most useful purpose in holding the banks of the streams +wherever it is found, and it is noticeable that its roots appear to +extend a long way back and that it is one of the last trees to be +washed out by floods. It sprouts fairly well from the stump when +cut, unless it is almost at once submerged by the floods, which +points to the fact that it should be cut only at the beginning or +towards the end of the dry season. Natural regeneration appears to +be fair, but no plantations have been tried with this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The nuts have not been examined to see what they +contain, though they are of nutritive value.</p> + +<p class="tax3">For export it does not yield large timber, and for +local use it is rather small, but for local huts it might +occasionally be used where other timber is scarce, as in the dry +zone. It makes a fair firewood in those places. Although the fruit +is supposed to be edible, very few natives have tried it, and +apparently it is only used in times of great scarcity.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i059" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig059.jpg"><img src='images/fig059.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 59.—<span class= +"bold">Large Ayin (Anogeissus leiocarpus), 10 feet in girth, +Dajopa, Olokemeji Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i060" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig060.jpg"><img src='images/fig060.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 60.—<span class= +"bold">Oil Palm in bearing, two bunches of fruit in view, Olokemeji +Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 272.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_273">[273]</span><i>Pterocarpus Osun</i>. African Padouk or +Barwood. Osun, Osun dudu (Yoruba); Ume, Ureben (Benin); Opepe +(Ikala, Ijor).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ogoja and Calabar provinces of +Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forest zone, where it is none too +prevalent. A specimen was found near Ibami, in the Obubra district. +It is a small tree with small yellow flowers and rather small +leaves. The branches are placed close together and the crown is +very dark and thick. The bole is short, rarely exceeding 15 feet in +length, and the bark a dark brown colour. The bole reaches a girth +of about 5 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood of a +dull-red colour, but in proportion the sapwood is rather wide. It +is moderately hard, fairly durable, but not termite-proof. It +planes well, saws easily, takes nails; it does not split very +well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration does +not appear to be very good. It is doubtful if it sprouts from the +stump. It has not been cut for export, nor has it been felled for +local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the Cross River the Camwood was sold to the +European merchants, at the rate of 409 billets per ton, for £4 +10s., so that with the added cost of river and ocean freight and +sale charges, there was no profit when it was being sold at £6 10s. +per ton in the Liverpool market. Better prices are always secured +if it is shipped in squared logs, 24 inches square and 24 to 30 +feet in length.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Apparently it is not the Camwood used by the +natives, because plenty of trees are seen scattered about in the +neighbourhood of Obubra untouched.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>. African Rosewood. +Apepe, Ara (Yoruba); Oyo, Upeka (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows in the dry-zone savannah forests of +the Ogoja province of Nigeria. It is of small size; the flowers, +which are yellow, appear in March. The timber is of little value, +the tree not being large enough to yield a useful timber, but it +has been sold as African Rosewood. It has a beautiful rose-red +colour.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus sp.</i> So-called Camwood. Osun pupa +(Yoruba); Akume (Benin); also spineless fruited Camwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Ogoja, Benin and Ondo +provinces of Nigeria. On the bank of the Cross River, near the +Ossizza factory, there is a large specimen, standing about 20 feet +away from the water’s edge.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is not very common, and chiefly found near river +banks in the evergreen forest towards their northern limit. It is a +medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of 9 feet at the +most<span class="pagenum" id="Page_274">[274]</span> and a height +of 70 feet. The bole length does not exceed 40 feet. The bark is +light-brown, almost yellow-brown, with rough fissures and fibrous +surface, more like an elm, though thinner. The branches are thin +and light-coloured. In flower the tree is a mass of little yellow +peaflowers, and numerous bees swarm round the crown of the tree, +indicating its presence. Again, when the fruit ripens the crown is +a mass of yellow-brown winged fruits all fluttering in the wind. +They are always in bunches near the ends of the twigs. The fruit is +round and flat, with no hairs on it, with a thin papery wing +completely surrounding and joined to it, which makes it rather +thicker and stiffer than the other species. It is not at all +typical of the Pterocarpus genus. The seed in the centre has a +rough surface. The trunk usually is not quite straight, having a +slight bend or two in its length. In habit, more like a Combretum +or young elm to look at. The crown is round, almost spherical, and +does not usually occupy more than one-third of the height of the +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white; the heartwood is of a dull +purply colour, which is inclined to stain into the sapwood after +the tree is cut down and exposed to rain. On the whole the colour +of the wood is deeper than that of the other Pterocarpus, but it is +said to yield a less fast and poorer coloured red dye than that of +the other species, <i>P. Osun</i>. It is moderately hard. It planes +well, and is sometimes cross-grained. It takes nails easily, but +does not split very well, though it saws with comparative ease.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although it stands a good deal of shade in its +youth, it is apparently a light-demanding tree with soil-protecting +and soil-improving qualities. It is not very fast-growing. Natural +regeneration appears to be poor, chiefly, perhaps, owing to the +fact that the seeds are quickly eaten by small boring insects soon +after they fall to the ground. It is rather exacting as to soil, +and prefers the deep, moist, sandy loam. Only isolated specimens +are seen.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported yet, and despite +the fact that it does not reach such a large size as <i>P. +Osun</i>, it deserves a trial. For local use it should find a place +for house construction in a similar position to which the Osun and +others are used by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been cut or used as a dye root, chiefly +owing to its poorer colour. It is, however, used in +house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus</i>. Cross River Camwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Obubra district of the Calabar +province of Nigeria. In habit it is very similar to the other +Camwoods.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_275">[275]</span><i>Pterocarpus Soyauxii</i>. Large Fruited +Camwood. Arakpa, Ume (Benin); Ukpa (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ogoja, Benin, Warri (?), Ondo, +Ibadan (?) and Abeokuta (?) provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the mixed deciduous forests, +reaching a height of 80 to 100 feet, with a bole length of 50 feet +and a girth of 10 feet. The bark is a darker colour than <i>P. +Osun</i>, but a little rougher. The leaf is smaller than <i>P. +Osun</i>, but is unarmed. The most typical difference in this tree +is the fruit, which is the largest of all, 2½ to 3 inches in +diameter, with plenty of prickly thorns in the centre of each +surface. The wood is a much darker red, quite a dull, almost purple +red. The root spurns on the whole extend higher up the trunk than +<i>P. Osun</i> (up to 4 feet). The slash is white, but thin red +latex soon exudes out of it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is hardish, but the sapwood is very white +and soft. The wood does not make the same kind of stain as <i>P. +Osun</i>, though apparently it keeps its colour much better than +<i>P. Osun</i>. When exposed to light, <i>P. Osun</i> loses it very +quickly and becomes a dull-brown colour. The grain is open and +varies a little in colour, giving it a pleasing effect. Termites do +not attack it. It splits well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It sprouts from the stump slightly, but such shoots +do not attain any size. Seedlings come up readily from fallen +seeds. The seeds are liable to be eaten by the “ground pig” almost +at once. It grows moderately quickly, but is a light-lover. It has +an undivided stem.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Samples were sent to Liverpool in 1916 and sold as +African Padauk, and it was reported that “small quantities sell” +satisfactorily. It has been cut for local use for buildings.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used for making wooden +shovels, all out of one piece. Also in house-building as +wall-plates at the top of the mud walls, also in the Oba’s house +for uprights.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum sp.</i> Sasswood. Inyi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree was determined from material from the +Central Circle.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i>. Sasswood, or Sassy +Bark, or Ordeal Bark. Erun obo (Yoruba); Oginyi (Benin); Akpa +Etuidiwi (Efik); Arachi (Ibo, Asaba); Inyi, Ibo (Onitsha, Ibo, +Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, +Onitsha and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria in the mixed deciduous +forest zone, where it is often very prevalent, more especially +north of Ifon and Alabeta in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_276">[276]</span>It +is a large tree, reaching a girth of over 10 feet and a bole length +of over 30 feet. The crown, however, is large and wide-spreading, +but generally spherical in shape. Comparatively low down, the bole +divides up into three or four main limbs. The trunk is seldom very +straight, usually having a twist in one direction or another. The +root spurns are moderately large, but are rounded in shape. The +bark is dark-brown and thick, scaling off to a slight extent in old +age. The fruit is a pod about 3 inches long and an inch wide, +containing six or eight flattish black beans, black to brown. These +burst when ripe, but the seeds only gradually fall to the ground. +The fine pinnate leaves are close together and open out into dense +foliage most typical of the Leguminoseæ. The upper part of the +limbs and trunk is light-brown. The flowers are minute and not +often seen.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is dull yellow and the heartwood a dull +red-brown. It is very heavy and hard, but not as hard as red +ironwood or the Yoruba ironwood. It is very durable and quite +termite-proof; although sometimes a little cross-grained, with good +tools it can be worked up to a smooth finish by planing. Holes have +to be made in it for nails. It saws well, but splits only +moderately easily. In the saw mill it was found that the hardness +of the wood blunted the saws, which needed constantly +sharpening.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting, soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration appears +to be good, and it is moderately resistant to fire. Tends to +condense dew in the dry season. It suppresses most other trees by +shade. Amongst the dry-zone vegetation it clings to the banks of +rivers, and is common on the upper banks of the upper reaches of +the Ogun. No plantations have been made with this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of the sister tree, <i>E. +micranthum</i>, were exported and sold in the Liverpool market as a +species of oak, so that this timber deserves a trial as a +substitute for teak or oak.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was cut for the Public Works Department at +Onitsha and found very suitable for decking of bridges. The small +bridge over the Nkissi, near Onitsha, was built entirely with this +timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum micranthum</i>. Sasswood or Ordeal +Bark. Ovinni (Benin); Erinji (Ijor); Ihi (Ibo, Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Warri, Benin and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">As a small tree, one of the first to appear when +the mangrove swamp gives way to the evergreen rain forest near the +coast.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_277">[277]</span> On solid +land it attains a large size, even larger than that of <i>E. +Guineense</i>. The pod is a little larger than that of <i>E. +Guineense</i>, and the bark smoother. The crown is dense and very +large, almost spherical in shape, and reaching more than one-third +down the length of the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very similar in its qualities to +<i>E. Guineense</i>, but has a straighter grain in the larger +specimens. It is very durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing, shade-bearing tree, with +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural regeneration +does not appear to be very good, though numerous pods are borne on +the tree almost every year. No plantations have yet been made with +it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">For local use, it has not been cut in a similar way +to <i>E. Guineense</i>. The natives occasionally use this tree for +making canoes. In the 1906 timber report from the Liverpool market +it was valued as a species of oak at 1s. 9d. per cubic foot, and +was not considered so good as either red oak, <i>Lophira +procera</i>, or white oak, <i>Ostryoderris impressa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The bark is boiled in water +and a beautiful red-coloured liquid is produced. It is administered +as an ordeal trial for witchcraft, and is not poisonous if given in +large doses.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Brachystegia spicæformis</i>. Agberigeddi, Ako +(Yoruba); Okkwan (Benin); Etare (Oban, Ekoi); Ungu (Ibo, Owerri); +Mpanju, Akpanya, Ikpanya (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan (?), +Ondo, Benin, Warri, Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a rough, scaly-barked tree of huge size (see +<a href="#i104">illustration</a>), reaching a girth of 30 feet and +a height of 150 feet. The crown is flattish, formed by a few +wide-spreading limbs and numerous small branches. The foliage is +moderate for a Leguminous tree. The yellowish flowers are almost +unseen, being placed underneath the leaves. The dark-brown woody +pods burst with a bang not unlike a gunshot, and release four or +five flat black, shiny beans about ½ inch across. The foliage goes +almost black on reaching the ground, killing all the small plants. +A brownish gum exudes from the tree when cut, and this hardens into +a reddish, opaque mass similar to Almeidina, and in fact is the +source of this gutta percha-like substance.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—It is a rather hard, light-brown +wood with pretty, almost evenly distributed streaks of darker brown +shade in it. It is very durable. The white sapwood soon rots on +exposure to the weather. It is suitable as a furniture wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_278">[278]</span><em>Silvicultural Characteristics.</em>—It +bears a good deal of shade. It reproduces almost every year +plentiful mature seed; grows fast, but not so rapidly as the +cotton-tree, Ricinodendron and others. It is sometimes distinctly +gregarious, as, for instance, south-west of Benin City.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>European Use.</em>—It has not been exported, +but the P.W.D. have used it for verandah-posts and planks. It has +been much admired for the good colour of the wood and the streaky +grain.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—By the Benin people it is not +considered a good wood, but the gum is sometimes used.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia ogea</i>. Gum Copal. Ogea (Yoruba); +Ogea (Benin); Udeni (Ibo, Owerri); Mpanju, Ikpanya, Akpanya (Efik). +Also known as <i>D. oblonga</i> and <i>Cyanothyrsus ogea</i>, but +now called <i>D. ogea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found growing in the heavy-rain +intermediary forest of Benin, Ondo country and Mamu Reserve. It is +a very fine tree with straight rounded bole, often reaching a +height of 120 feet before the first branch. The bark is light grey +and slightly ringed. The flowers blue and not very noticeable.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—Of no commercial value, as it is +soft and rots quickly.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—A good gum copal is obtained from +it, the best in the ground, after the tree has rotted. It is used +for varnish making; worth 30s. to 60s. a hundredweight.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia Fosteri</i>. Gum Copal. Oguja or Ogea +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found near Olokemeji and Ijebu-Ode. It yields a +third-quality resin according to Holland in <em>The Useful Plants +of Nigeria</em>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia Punchii</i> (Kew). Gum Copal. Ajia +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia caudata</i>. Benin Gum Copal. Mogbara, +Ashuwole (Yoruba); Ogea (Benin); Agbara (Ikale.)</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin and Ogoja provinces +of Nigeria. The bole is the straightest and most cylindrical of any +of the African forest trees. It often attains a height of over 100 +feet before the first branches are reached. The cylindrical shape +is further enhanced by the few quite concentric rings on the bark, +horizontally arranged round the trunk of the tree. The bark is +otherwise quite smooth and of a silvery-green or light-green +colour; for the size of the tree it is very thin, and the tree may +reach a girth of 25 feet, and the bark then is usually only ½ to ¾ +inch thick. The slash is yellowish-white; the sapwood is white and +scarcely distinguishable from the heartwood, which gradually takes +a pinkish tinge when it is dry. The flowers are blue and not unlike +those of the fuchsia, and the tree is easily seen at the end of the +dry season<span class="pagenum" id="Page_279">[279]</span> by the +bare crown with its blue flowers. The path later on is covered with +these. There are practically no root spurns, the stem emerging +straight away from the ground. The crown is very flat, and does not +usually occupy more than one-fifth of the total height of the tree. +The branches are few and of slight and almost feathery build. The +timber is soft, not durable nor termite-proof. It saws easily, does +not split very well, and considering its softness it does not plane +at all well nor with a very smooth surface. Natural reproduction by +seed appears to be poor, although plenty of seeds seem to ripen; +there is one seed in each pod. It is a light-loving, deciduous +tree, but for eleven months of the year it is certainly a +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. It demands a deep, moist +and somewhat rich soil, though judging by the various localities in +which it is found it is doubtful if it is really exacting as to +soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this timber were sent to the +Liverpool market and considered to be a species of mahogany, but of +no value. Natives have not used it to any extent for local +purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Africana</i>. Light African +Greenheart. Agboin (Yoruba); Sanga (New Calabar); Iteruku (Efik); +Ebbome (Oban, Ekoi); Ekhimi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a common tree in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, +Warri, Owerri, Onitsha, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It +is one of the most prevalent trees in the evergreen forests, but is +also found in the mixed deciduous forests, especially, in both +cases, near the edges of the waterways. It is a very large tree, +attaining a height of over 120 feet and a girth of over 12 feet. +The bole is often 80 or 90 feet in length and perfectly straight. +The crown is thin, ovally flat, but wide-spreading. The thick, +heavily foliaged and drooping appearance at the ends of the +branches makes the tree a most handsome ornament to a station. At +the root, flanges are comparatively long and widespreading, +reaching often over 6 feet up the stem, having root spurns quite 12 +or 15 feet away from the tree. The stem divides up into a few large +branches which form the crown; the bark is yellow-brown and smooth, +but when the tree is growing in the sunlight it becomes a much +lighter colour and sometimes almost grey. The slash is yellow, with +a light-brown tinge; the flowers are quite inconspicuous when they +appear in January or February, being formed of little narrow +spikes. One of the most conspicuous features of this tree is the +thin, flat pod, which may grow as much as 1 foot long and nearly 1 +inch broad. Six to eight seeds<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_280">[280]</span> are contained in each pod, and these, +including the wing, are 2 inches in length. The flat seed, which is +found in the centre, is brown and shiny, and is only about +one-sixteenth to one-eighth of an inch in thickness. It has a tiny +string-like attachment to the centre, which distinguishes it from +Newtonia on the one hand and Cylicodiscus on the other. The young +green foliage is also most distinctive and attractive in its +freshly salmon-pink colour, also the greenish tips of the older +leaves. The leaves themselves are bipinnate; there are often twenty +to twenty-four pairs of pinnæ, each of which is about half an inch +long.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and comparatively wide; the +heartwood is a pretty light-brown colour, a little darker when +fresh, but still retaining a good light-brown colour when it is +dry. Although at first rather heavy and hard, it seasons as a +comparatively light and scarcely hard wood; it planes well and saws +fairly easily; takes nails moderately well, but does not split at +all easily, especially when fresh; has an open grain and the pores +are comparatively long. It is a durable wood and is almost +termite-proof, especially when it is quite dry. When moderately dry +the logs float in water. It weighs 53 pounds per cubic foot.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a light-loving species which does not protect +or improve the soil, except in so far as it is a leguminous tree +and its roots thus improve the ground. It is a moderately rapidly +growing tree which stands a little shade in its youth. Natural +regeneration appears to be only moderate. It sprouts well from the +stump, and stump shoots appear to be very persistent. It is rather +sensitive to fire and is easily killed by placing rubbish near its +roots and then burning the heap. No plantations have yet been +formed for this tree. In the forest the seeds fall to the ground +and are soon eaten by a small boring insect. It likes a +comparatively good soil, but is found on sandy soil which has great +moisture; it does not like flooding, but will stand a little.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally, it is occasionally used as a +house-building timber. The bark is occasionally chipped off for use +medicinally. Europeans have cut it up and used it as +verandah-posts, joists and verandah handrails. However, in an +unseasoned state the sapwood was attacked by termites, and thus it +was not entirely satisfactory. The heartwood when quite dry does +not warp and appears to be very durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as “Greenheart” at 2s. 9d. per cubic foot. Since +that date no regular supplies have been sent to the +market,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_281">[281]</span> so that it +has not been thoroughly tested as to its value as an export +timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Isoberlinia Doka</i> (Kew).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ogoja, Abeokuta and Owerri +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree with rather large, +widespreading pinnate leaves. It is one of the few trees that are +gregarious in habit, groups from half an acre to an acre in extent +being found. The tree is used for house-building and withstands a +certain amount of fire, as it grows at the edge of the dry-zone +forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia acuminata</i>. Red Oak. Apado +(Abeokuta), Ewon Pala (Ikale), Adugbin (Ibadan) (Yoruba); Ekpagoi +(Benin); Ajia (Ibo, Asaba); Obuba (New Calabar); Hanabali (Oban, +Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a common tree in all the Southern Provinces +of Nigeria. Although it is found most frequently in the evergreen +forest zone, a small, bush-like variety is also found in the open +deciduous forest. The most conspicuous features of this tree are +the large foot-shaped unripe pods; these stick out, isolated, at +right angles to the general direction of the surface of the +ground—this makes them appear all the more prominent and most odd +in appearance. When the pods burst, the large flat beans are +released, and each side of the pod curls up, but appears speckled +white with round dull spots along the middle. The flowers are +white, nearly 2 inches across, with one red streak in the centre. +In the evergreen forest zone these flowers do not seem so +conspicuous, but in the dry zone the tree is covered with blossom, +making it one of the most beautiful. In the heavy forest zone the +bole reaches the length of nearly 80 feet and the girth of over 20. +With its smooth, shiny grey bark, at the first glance it is not +unlike a beech-tree. The root spurns are usually quite small, and +do not extend beyond 2 feet up the stem. The slash is white and of +a yellow colour on the inner edge. The leaves are pinnate, with one +odd leaf at the end, being usually nearly 3 inches long; the total +length of the leaf is often over 1 foot. The freshly ripened beans +are almost square in shape, flat, and nearly a quarter of an inch +thick. Each side of the pod is usually the size of an average man’s +foot, and sometimes larger; it is also not unlike it in shape, but +the curve where the instep should be is very slight. The crown is +spherical and very large, often occupying one-third of the total +height of the tree. The foliage is comparatively dense, and it is +not possible to see through the top of it. The tree loses its +leaves for a very short time each year. In the dry zone<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_282">[282]</span> it is often not much more than +a shrub, or at most a small tree 35 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and wide. The heartwood is of +a deep-red colour, especially when freshly cut; when dry it still +retains a good red colour, and from this feature it has been termed +“red” oak. The timber saws fairly well, but splits badly; it is +somewhat hard to plane it up to a smooth surface, as it is +sometimes cross-grained. The heartwood is termite-proof; it takes +nails only moderately well. It is a moderately hard and durable +wood; it does not warp very much. When the logs are dry they will +float in water. The weight of the timber is 55 pounds per cubic +foot.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Considering the prevalence of the tree, natural +regeneration is poor—rodents may account, of course, for many of +the beans; it sprouts well from the stump. In the dry-zone forest +region root suckers appear too. It is a shade-bearing and +soil-improving tree; it does not grow very fast. No plantations +have yet been made with this tree, though it deserves a place in +experimental plantations. It demands a good soil, and the roots go +down to a greater depth than many of the other trees.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally it is used as a house-building timber, and +occasionally the dried pods are used as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this tree were sold in the +Liverpool market as red oak at 2s. per cubic foot. It was not +considered as good as Aligna or as Erumacie. Since that date no +further shipments of this timber have been made. A further testing +of the market by small trial shipments of logs would thoroughly +reveal its value as an export timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia auriculata</i> (Benth.). Red Oak. +Ekpagoize (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found near the Okwo River in the Siluko +sub-district of the Benin province. It is not quite such a large +species as the <i>B. acuminata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia biglobosa</i>. African Locust. Aridan +Abatta, Irugbo Abatta Iru (Yoruba); Ubgori, Lakobemi, Enymi +(Benin); Inya (New Calabar); Ekok (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very common tree in the Calabar, Owerri, +Warri, Benin, Ondo (?) and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, with wide spreading fruit +flanges. It has darker and heavier foliage and a wider crown than +<i>Parkia filicoidea</i>. It often shows up on river banks with its +light-red young leaves. It should be easily distinguished from +other similar trees of this family by its cluster of beans, similar +to French beans, when ripe. These are yellow, and the spice-like +scent and the round balls of staminate flowers of a +crushed<span class="pagenum" id="Page_283">[283]</span> strawberry +colour are not easily forgotten. Often only the yellow pistil is +found lying on the path. It likes a damp to wet soil, and is +usually found growing at the edge of, or actually in, freshwater +swamps.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The wood is hardish, but is said +to rot easily, though it appears to be rather doubtful, and +probably only applies to unseasoned wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural regeneration by seed is good. The tree +stands a good deal of shade in its younger stages of growth. No +other trees will grow under it, and few can stand any or much of +its shade.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>European Use.</em>—It has not so far been used +by Europeans for export or local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The seeds are cooked and eaten +to some extent by the Yorubas and Benin people.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia filicoidea</i>. African Locust. Irugba +(Yoruba name for fruit); Igba the tree (Yoruba); Gumui (Mendi); +Olibracha (Egba) (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a common tree in Abeokuta, Oyo, Benin, and +Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It is found in the deciduous forests. +It reaches a height of over 60 feet, with a girth of 5 feet. One of +the most distinguishing features of this tree are the very feathery +leaves, which appear after the flowers. The large spherical balls +of the red staminate flowers enliven the tree in the early part of +the year; later in the year masses of pods, each about 9 inches +long, hang down from the ends of the twigs. The base of the bole is +often gnarled, partly with the slight root flanges and by the +almost continual cutting of the bark by the natives. Normally the +bark is brown and comparatively smooth. The bole is short, dividing +about 20 feet from the ground into a large number of small +branches. On the whole, as the tree advances in age the branches +tend to become pendulous. The crown, spherical in shape, is +inclined to be irregularly broken up—partly by the different length +of the branches.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood a dull-brown +colour; for the size of the tree the sapwood is wide. It saws +indifferently well, splits badly; it is hard to plane; it is said +to be termite-proof. The wood is hard and tough.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is a light-loving but not soil-improving +species, except in so far as the root globules take up nitrogen and +free it for the use of other plants. Naturally, generation is none +too good. Root suckers appear to some extent; it sprouts most +readily from the stump. Perhaps the lack of young self-sown +seedlings is due to the fact that the seeds are largely<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_284">[284]</span> used by the natives. In a few +places small plantations have been made with this tree. It is very +fire-resisting, and apparently the fruit-bearing capacity of the +tree is not reduced to any extent by the prevalence of the annual +grass-fires in the localities where it is found. During the whole +of its life it is a slow-growing tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The yellow pulp in the pods is eaten by the +natives. The bark at the base of the tree is chipped off and used +for making a tonic when infused with water. The tree is +occasionally used locally as a house-building timber; for this +purpose it is used chiefly as uprights in the main buildings.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been tried for export, and it is +doubtful whether its size warrants its use for this purpose.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tetrapleura Thonningii</i>. Angular Pod. Aridan +(Yoruba); Igmikkia (fruit), Ikhememi (tree) (Benin); Osshosha (Ibo, +Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The dark-green feathery foliage on its oval crown +is very typical of this tree, especially when it is found near a +roadside in the mixed forests. It is also often found on river +banks at the edge of the dry zone or in other parts of the mixed +forests. The indehiscent pods with four edges, leaving practically +no centre, are most typical of the tree; they are shiny and have a +peculiar medicinal smell. The fruit is known as Igmikkia, by which +name the tree is most usually called by Europeans, in the Benin +country.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is prevalent in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Oyo, +Benin, Onitsha, Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer and thoroughly protects the +ground all the year round, except for about two weeks when the +leaves fall. Natural regeneration does not appear to be good, +seedlings being rarely found, and no plantations have been made +with it, though if of more value it might be mixed with teak. The +seeds always command a ready sale at a low price.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is hard, brown, and splits badly. No use +has yet been found for it. It is sometimes cross-grained, the +sapwood white.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives use the timber for making doors, +window-frames and benches. The seeds are sold in the Yoruba, Benin +and Ibo markets; they are cooked for soup, which acts as a slight +aperient or is of other medicinal value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia Thonningii</i> (Baker). Ito (Yoruba); +Ebakwe (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria. It is a small tree really, reaching a girth of only 4 +feet, with a short bole and a few somewhat slender and drooping +branches. The twigs and new leaves are distinctly of weeping habit. +In February, in the mixed forest, the bare tree shows up +with<span class="pagenum" id="Page_285">[285]</span> its beautiful +clusters of lilac-coloured, pea-shaped flowers, and later in +delicate contrast to the fresh, light-green leaves. The trunk is +usually not quite straight, being bent about 8 or 10 feet from the +ground. The bark is smooth, thin, and almost of a silvery-grey +colour. The branches are very whippy and difficult to break.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The wide sapwood is white and the +narrow heartwood green-brown when freshly cut. It is very hard, of +fine grain and texture, and planes with a smooth surface. It does +not split; is very rough and flexible.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer and grows slowly. The fruit is +a small black and pointed pod which opens when ripe, having about +three or four beans inside. It is easily killed by fire, but +sprouts freely from the stool. It does not crack nor warp.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported nor cut for local use, but +it should be a good wood for turnery.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used for knives and +axe-handles.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i061" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig061.jpg"><img src='images/fig061.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 61.—<span class= +"bold">Base of Bilinga (Afzelia Africana), 14 feet in girth, Dajopa +Forest Reserve Olokemeji Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i062" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig062.jpg"><img src='images/fig062.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 62.—<span class= +"bold">Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii), 7 feet in girth, near +Oniloku Road, Olokemeji Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="clear"> +</p> + +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i063" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig063.jpg"><img src='images/fig063.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 63.—<span class= +"bold">Afara (Terminalia superba), base of mature tree over 12 feet +in girth, Olokemeji Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i064" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig064.jpg"><img src='images/fig064.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 64.—<span class= +"bold">Afzelia Africana, 14 feet in girth, showing bole and usual +fork, Ijaiye Range, Dajopa, Olokemeji Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 284.</p> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Afzelii</i>. Waterside Cynometra. +Akushunmajadin, Alade (Ikale); Iku (seeds), Aka, Eggi (Yoruba); +Ogabezzi, Ogikiomi Upakeka (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin province of +Nigeria. On the whole it is smaller than <i>C. Mannii</i>, though +it has a similar habit. It grows, too, in similar localities, +though for the most part it is confined to the evergreen forest +zone. It also grows more or less in gregarious groups. The shade of +this species is just as dense, if not denser than that of the +foregoing. The leaf of the Cynometra is distinguishable from most +other leaves because the mid-rib of it is placed towards the inner +or almost straight-sided edge of the leaf. In fact, if two leaves +are held closely together, they almost look as if they were one +which had been cut in half. Benin natives have no use for this tree +except as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Mannii</i>. Waterside Cynometra. Ekkun +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree on the banks of streams in the +Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. One of the most +characteristic features of this tree is the pinkish-red colour of +the fresh leaves, hanging at the ends of the drooping branches. In +November each year the large, corrugated, single bean in each +almost indehiscent pod is another curious feature of this tree. The +trunk is usually short—in fact, often divided into three or four +separate stems, almost at the base. Narrow fringes consisting +almost entirely of this species are found on river banks. The dense +shade cast by this tree prevents any other species from growing +underneath. The timber is hard and difficult to split, and +apparently it is not attacked<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_286">[286]</span> by white ants. The tree is a shade-bearer. +Natural reproduction from the seed is good, it being distributed +often by water. It also sprouts from the stump. A few root shoots +also appear. The tree has not been cut for local use nor has it +been used for export. The natives use the wood for making posts and +doors.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i>. African Greenheart. +Osho, Aja, Iji (Il.), Ajaigi (Yoruba); Okan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—In the Abeokuta, Ondo, +Benin, Warri, Owerri, Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a very large +tree of the evergreen forest zone, attaining a height of 200 feet +and a girth of 30 feet. It is armed in its earlier growth up to the +pole stage, when all the brown thorns disappear. Its long, brown +pods, up to 3 feet long and 1½ inches wide, opening from one side +only, with their long, thin, papery seeds, are most typical of the +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Compared to its size the bark is thin, and in old +age it is inclined to scale off in small pieces. In the distance it +looks practically smooth. This is one of the most gigantic and +impressive trees of the forest, with its enormous bole stretching +cylindrically up amongst and over the other trees, with a large, +widespreading, somewhat flatly shaped spherical crown. The leaves +are pinnate, with three of four pairs of little ovate pinnæ, with +one odd one at the end. The flowers are minute, forming little, +thin, knitting-needle-thick spikes of yellow bloom. These last only +a few days, and only once in thirteen years have I seen the flower. +The tree and pod are unmistakable, even when it is a large one. The +numerous brown pods hang down amongst the foliage and appear to be +much longer than those of any other Leguminous tree. This feature +alone distinguishes it from any similar species. The bole divides +up into a few large limbs and many small branches, making the +foliage lighter and thinner than many other Leguminous trees, but +not so thin as that of <i>Piptadenia Africana</i>. The root spurns +are very slight and rounded, merging into the bole of the tree 1 +foot to 3 feet above the surface of the ground. At the base of the +bole the bark is sometimes cut off by the natives for “Ju-ju” +purposes, and then an additional swelling appears there.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and narrow, the heartwood +greenish-brown when fresh, and yellowish-brown after it has lain in +the forest for a few years. It is very hard—in fact, one of the +very hardest of African timbers. Under cover it is very durable. In +the open it does not last so long. It is termite-proof. +The<span class="pagenum" id="Page_287">[287]</span> sapwood, +however, rots in the open, and the heartwood softens very +considerably. It is somewhat fibrous, but it planes up well, with a +smooth surface. It does not take nails, saws well, and splits +moderately well. It has considerable elasticity. It makes a very +hot-burning firewood, but is inclined to crackle and make +sparks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration +appears to be fair, but the seeds are often eaten by little boring +insects, soon after they fall to the ground. It appears to be +rather exacting as to soil, liking a deep, moist loam sand with +good drainage. It is scarcely a fire-resisting tree, but very storm +firm—in fact, one of the safest trees.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this tree were sold in the +Liverpool market as African Greenheart at 1s. 8d. per cubic foot, +and were stated to be good greenheart. Since then none has been cut +or shipped to England. With the exception of its use for +verandah-posts for a public building in Benin city, it has not been +cut or sawn up in planks for local use. Considering the +comparatively large quantity available, it deserves a fair trial +both for export and local use, more especially for heavy +constructional work, such as bridges, piles, uprights.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Amongst the Benis it is sometimes a “Ju-ju” tree, +and is said to impart strength.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Leptoderris</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Owerri province of Nigeria. It is a medium-sized +tree found growing near the Imo River, but not very common. It has +a hard wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia nitida</i> (Afz.). Awenu or Irosun. Borri +Borri (Yoruba); Otwa (Benin); Ubara (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Is a small tree, which is usually found near +villages, being left by the natives when land is cleared. The white +flowers are almost of pea shape. It has a small leaf, and does not +usually get any larger than about four inches in diameter.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Abeokuta, Benin and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The real Camwood of commerce.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is very slow-growing, and is not a hard wood, +with dark-red heartwood of small size in proportion to the size of +tree. It forms late, too. If the stem is wounded, even the sapwood +becomes a rich red colour like the heartwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The probable origin of the word “Camwood” is taken +from the Timani name, Cam, of the <i>Baphia nitida</i> tree in +Sierra Leone. From another point of view this is all the more +interesting, as the original exports of Camwood were made from +Sierra<span class="pagenum" id="Page_288">[288]</span> Leone in the +early part of the nineteenth century, and this name “Cam” brings +together the tree from which the Camwood is obtained and the tree +botanically known as <i>Baphia nitida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—A piece of the wood and a leaf +are placed on the ground where a woman has borne a child, whether +it be on a road or in the house. Not used in Benin as a +dyewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia polygalacea</i>. Walking-stick Camwood. +Asana, Ossusu (Yoruba); Aswen (Benin); Mbomokuku (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Benin and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree of typical Baphia habit, which is +common in parts of the Benin district of the same named province. +It has considerable elasticity, though it dries rather hard and +does not give much in that state. It is a rather slow-growing tree, +which lights the shade of the forest, and is also a soil-protecting +and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration appears to be good in +several places. It sprouts slightly from the stump, when felled. No +plantations have yet been made with this tree. The walking-sticks +have not been exported to England for trial in the market.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The curiously shaped single root, sticking out +almost at right angles to the stem, makes a good walking-stick; it +is curved as well slightly, too. When the bark is peeled off and +the stem partially charred, it looks very effective.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia pubescens</i>. Benin Camwood. Awewi +(Lagos) (Yoruba); Ositwa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, 30 feet high and 3 feet in +girth, with usually half the bole sapwood white, and dark-red +heartwood, which is hard and close-grained. The flowers are white, +with yellow tips to the two petals. It is often seen just outside +villages, or where two paths meet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is not used for dye, though +apparently the wood is just as suitable as <i>B. nitida</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia sp.</i> Camwood. Mogbara (Yoruba, Ikale); +Owe, Aswen (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has also been determined as <i>Carpolobia +lutea</i>, and as one of the Oleaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shrub with a stem of about 4 feet in +height. The fruit is a small nut containing three small kernels. +The wood is very hard.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The seeds are eaten.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium palisoti</i>. Ogaba (Benin); Nya +(Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, +Warri, Benin, Owarri and Calabar provinces of Nigeria. It only +reaches a girth of about 2 feet and a height of 20 feet. +The<span class="pagenum" id="Page_289">[289]</span> leaf has two +pairs of pinnæ, with one end leaflet. The small pod containing two +or three flat seeds is most typical of this tree; the seeds are ¾ +inch in diameter and of a dark-brown colour; the flowers are white; +the timber is cross-grained and rather hard; the sapwood is white +and the heartwood of a dark brown. The tree is a shade-bearer, +soil-protecting and improving. It is usually found amongst the +undergrowth in the thicker parts of the evergreen forest zone. +Natural regeneration is usually good. The wood is used locally in +the Yoruba and Benin country for posts; it has not been sawn up for +planks, nor has it been exported to England.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium stipulaceæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was stated it was found in the Calabar +province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Nr. Macrolobium sp.</i> Ogabeszi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province of Nigeria. It is +a small tree of the evergreen forest zone. The foliage is very +dense. The tree has a short bole of about 15 feet, and the crown is +much branched; the pod is rather larger than <i>Macrolobium +palisoti</i>. According to the natives, this is the “Ogaba” of the +waterside. The timber has not been exported to Europe, nor do the +natives use this somewhat hard wood to any extent.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Guineense</i>. Pulley Wood, Velvet +Tamarind. Awin (Ib.) (Yoruba); Ohiorme (Benin); Amoyin (Egba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan, Abeokuta, Benin, Calabar +and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. In the mixed deciduous forests it +is very prevalent in certain localities. Of medium size, it rarely +exceeds a girth of 5 feet. Where found, it often comprises over 10 +per cent. of the standing stock of the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is used for small boats in Senegal. It +exudes a red-coloured sap in small quantities.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit, with its flat and round, velvety little +pods, is most typical of this tree. These are of a very dark +chocolate colour, and in the distance appear almost black. The bole +is usually silver-grey. The slash is light-red, and the reddish, +latex-like substance exudes when the bark is cut. The crown is +dense and compressed, being mainly made up of a number of small +branches. In proportion the leaves are small and make a very dense +foliage. The rusty-red slashing marks, or other marks caused by +damage to the trunk of the tree, show up most distinctively, +especially against the grey surface of the cortex, are one of the +most distinguishing features of this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white, the heartwood is dull-red, +rather larger in proportion than we should suspect, compared with +the size of the tree. It is hard and tough, and does not split +well.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_290">[290]</span> It planes up, +however, with a smooth surface, is very durable and termite-proof. +It does not take nails well, but saws fairly easily.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration +appears to be good. It appears to be a little exacting in regard to +soil. It is slightly fire-resisting, chiefly, perhaps, owing to the +fact that few weeds or grass grow in its shade. No plantations have +been made of this tree. It bears a good crop of fruit almost every +year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been felled for export, nor has the +timber been sawn up for local use. It was formerly used in the +Congo for pulley-blocks, for which purpose it is said to be +admirably suited. Amongst the natives it is sometimes used for +house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Nr. Newtonia</i>. Boji Albizzia or Giant +Pod.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather an uncommon tree of the Boji Hills +forest; the enormous flat, papery pod makes it easily +distinguishable from any other tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The pod is about 15 inches long and 9 inches wide, +with a slight depression in the middle of one side.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pithycolobium altissimum</i>. Bent Pod or Gambia +Pod.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, found at the edge of +swamps near the sea coast in the evergreen forest zone. It appears +to stand a waterlogged soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The pods are used for tanning hides and making ink +(Moloney). It has curious semicircular pods, which are typical of +the tree, containing eight to ten seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia sp.</i> Waterside Ekpagoize. Ekpagoize +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province of Nigeria. It is +a medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of 7 feet and a bole length +of 40 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree has often been confused botanically with +<i>Berlinia acuminata</i>, but it is undoubtedly an Afzelia. The +flowers are of a reddish colour and very pretty; the foliage is not +quite so heavy as that of the other Afzelias; the pod is rather +smaller than that of either <i>Afzelia Africana</i> or <i>Afzelia +cuanzensis</i>. The wood is a reddish-brown colour, a little +cross-grained, but more durable than the other Afzelias. It does +not split well, and can only be planed with difficulty; the grain +is very coarse and fibrous. Samples of this timber have been +shipped to England and sold as red oak. The natives scarcely ever +use the wood, partly because the tree is not very prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia cuanzensis</i>. Bilinga, Red-arilled +Afzelia. Aiyo (Yoruba); Aligna (Benin); Igbin (Brass); Onuru, +Oshoshi (Ibo, Owerri); Mbarakun (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_291">[291]</span>It +is found in the Benin, Ondo, Abeokuta, Calabar, Owerri and Ogoja +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, with a pod, which is +usually slightly crumpled or bent, containing about six or eight +black nuts, with a red aril at the base, and each nut is pointed +more, and less rounded, than in <i>A. Africana</i>. On the whole it +is found more in the deciduous mixed forest than on the edge or in +the dry-zone forest region, where <i>A. Africana</i> abounds. The +bark does not scale oft so much as that of <i>A. Africana</i>. It +stands more shade than <i>A. Africana</i>. It does not reach such +large dimensions, though logs up to 18 inches square and 24 feet in +length could be obtained.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Up to the present the tree has not been cut to the +same extent as <i>A. Africana</i>, though the wood is very similar +and apparently just as durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3">No separate report has been made on the timber as +to its value in the European markets.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><i>Afzelia bella</i>. Calabar Afzelia. Aligna +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar province of Nigeria. It +is more common in the Cameroons.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, with large white flowers with a +pretty, reddish streak in each petal. The pod is of usual Afzelia +size and appears rather large for the size of the tree. The type +specimen stands on the Calabar Golf Course, between the seventh and +eighth holes. It is apparently uncommon, though more may be found +on closer study of the forests. The fruits appear to have the same +qualities as those of other Afzelias. In Nigeria it has so far not +been utilized. The bark is not so scaly as that of <i>A. +Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia pachyloba</i> (<em>nov. sp.</em>). +Forest Afzelia or Yellow Aril. Apa (Yoruba); Orodo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, with long, pointed nuts +with a bright sulphur-coloured aril instead of the orange-colour of +Africana or red of Cuanzensis. It does not appear to be such a +common tree as <i>A. Africana</i>, but much the same number of +trees as that of <i>A. cuanzensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the evergreen forests of Ondo, Benin +and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood is brown. It +is very hard, almost as hard as Lophira, according to the natives. +Self-sown seedlings do not appear in large numbers.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is used for similar purposes as <i>A. +Africana</i>. It is a shade-bearing and soil-improving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">No separate report has been made on the timber, and +so far it has not been exported to the English markets.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_292">[292]</span>This may be the tree which yielded the +so-called teak in the Benin forests some years ago, and fetched a +price of 5d. per foot superficial.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bark scales off in a similar way to <i>Afzelia +Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia bracteata</i> (T. Vogel). Benin Bilinga. +Ekpagoize (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a red flower, is found in the Benin +province, but is apparently rather rare.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Benin name indicates that it is the Ekpagoi or +Berlinia of the waterside. It is usually found near or on the bank +of a stream. It is a large tree, which is otherwise similar to the +other Afzelias.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives have apparently not tried it for +building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia Africana</i>. Yoruba Bilinga. Apa +(Yoruba); Olokokima, Aligna (Benin); Ayibukpo (Efik); Adja, Arachi +(Asaba Ibo).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Trade Name.</em>—Bilinga, similar wood from the +French Congo, so named for some years.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, +Owerri, Onitsha and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The round, orange-coloured aril at the base of the +black nut is typical of this tree. It sometimes has a reddish +tinge, but it is always round and completely surrounds the base of +the nut, in contradistinction to <i>A. cuanzensis</i>, in which the +aril is red and pointed and much thinner in build.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The spherically-shaped crown with its flattish top +is most typical of this tree. The largish leaves and the paucity of +their number make the foliage open, so that daylight can be seen +through it. In the distance it appears dense.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white, and the heartwood a rich +oak-brown colour. It is one of the most durable West African +timbers. It planes well and can be worked up with a good finish. It +does not split well. It is obtainable in logs up to 30 inches +square and 30 feet in length.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Though slow in growth it would average that of many +European trees. It stands a good deal of shade in its youth, but it +is really more of a light lover than a shade-bearer. Self-sown +seedlings are few; apparently rodents eat them. In a similar way it +is difficult to make a plantation, many being eaten or dying in the +transplanting. One of the most successful methods evolved is that +of sowing seeds in lines about 4 feet apart; a large number then +come up and provide ample for a crop on the same land. They are not +transplanted. When of middle age it will stand fire and the shade +of the tree keeps the ground moist.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree; +good crops<span class="pagenum" id="Page_293">[293]</span> of seeds +are borne almost every year. The flowers are reddish, with white +edges to the petals. The reddish tinge is quite distinctive in this +genus, the white being that of Berlinia.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bark drops off in large scales in places on the +trunk towards middle and old age, in a similar fashion to the +European plane. However, they do not leave the stem as smooth, +though the lighter patches where the bark falls off brighten the +bole up and make it quite distinctive amongst the other trees.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has been constantly used by the P.W.D. +at Onitsha. In the Liverpool market it was stated that it might be +marketable as oak, at a low figure, in 1906. A similar species was +being shipped from Gaboon in 1914 and fetched a fair price.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i> (Oliv.). East Indian +Walnut. Ayinre langara, Ayinre ogo (Eg.) (Yoruba); Uwowe Lugu, +Uwowelabafun (Benin); Uyat (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, up to 7 feet in girth and of +corresponding height. Fruit narrower than <i>A. sp.</i>; only half +an inch, with four or five seeds in each. This species has the most +durable wood of all the Albizzias, but is not termite-proof, and +has heartwood of a brown colour and white sapwood. The smallest +leaf of all the Albizzias is met with in this tree, having very +fine pinnæ.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although not indigenous to Africa, it is now found +almost everywhere in all the mixed deciduous forests of the +Southern Provinces of Nigeria. The bark is rather rougher than that +of <i>A. Brownii</i>. The basal root spurns are narrower, though +they do not project more than 2 feet up the stem. On the whole the +foliage is thicker, and the crown gives the appearance of being a +little denser and not so feathery as that of <i>A. Brownii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood planes well, splits fairly easily, takes +nails and saws well. It is what the carpenters would call a wood +easy to work. The grain is of fine texture and has a certain amount +of lustre.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a fast-growing, light-loving tree, which does +not protect the soil. The leaves, however, form a rich humus, which +enriches the soil. Natural regeneration appears to be good, and +with the spread of farms this tree tends to increase its area of +distribution. It will stand a little shade in its youth. A few +plantations have been made with this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Up to the present the timber has not been exported, +but deserves a trial as an African Walnut, though it is difficult +to obtain large-sized logs. It has occasionally been cut for local +use. It is used by the natives for firewood, and occasionally, when +split, for temporary house-building in the farms.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_294">[294]</span><i>Albizzia Brownii</i>. African Walnut. +Ayinre, Ayinre Bona Bona (Yoruba); Owewe nolemare, Ikpawudu +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, up to 7 feet in girth, with +wide fruit 2 inches across, containing four or five seeds. There +are three or four pairs of pinnæ to each leaf, which is the largest +of all the Albizzia leaves. The heartwood is more like walnut in +colour, though of course softer and with more open grain. It could +no doubt, however, be used as a substitute for walnut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the mixed deciduous forests +of the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Benin, Owerri, and Ogoja provinces, where +it is tending to widen its area of distribution with the spread of +cultivation.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is very papery and almost transparent. It +is rather larger than <i>Albizzia sp.</i>, Shemusholoshi, but of +about the same length. Its smooth, almost orange-coloured bark in +the earlier stages is almost typical of the tree. As it gets older, +a somewhat more corky bark forms in large scales which can be +stripped off. The lop-sided shape of the pinnæ is very typical of +the tree, making the leaves look almost like those of a true Gum +Copal. The main vein is near the straighter side of the leaf.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood a mahogany +brown. It has rather an open grain, but a good deal of lustre, and +is easily worked. It planes well and takes nails easily. It splits +fairly well and saws quite easily. It is not quite so durable as +<i>A. fastigiata</i>, but it is more durable than the other +Albizzias, except <i>A. sp.</i>, Shemusholoshi. It is not +termite-proof. It has considerable tensile strength compared to the +other species, and a certain amount of elasticity.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is the fastest growing of all the Albizzias and +a light-loving tree. It scarcely protects the soil, but the leaf +fall makes a good humus. It stands a little shade in its youth. +Natural regeneration is very prolific. No plantations have been +made with this tree. It appears to be a little more exacting as to +soil than the other Albizzias, but will grow on almost any +soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, but deserves a +trial as a substitute for walnut. Owing to the fact that there are +considerable supplies, and that it reaches a size to produce logs +of the requisite dimensions, it appears to offer some possibilities +as an export wood. Locally it has often been used for cutting up +into planks, and is liked among the Yorubas for this purpose. In +other places it has been used as a house-building wood, as well as +for firewood. It has also been used for making beams, planks and +doors. The roots, leaves and<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_295">[295]</span> bark have been used amongst the Yorubas for +medicinal purposes.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i065" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig065.jpg"><img src='images/fig065.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 65.—<span class= +"bold">Khaya Ivoriensis, 14 feet 8 inches in girth, Ilaro Forest +Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i066" class="iw12"><a href= +"images/fig066.jpg"><img src='images/fig066.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 66.—<span class= +"bold">Iroko (Chlorophora excelsa), 8 feet in girth, standing in +Ilaro Forest Reserve after forest was cleared.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 294.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia sp.</i> Walnut. Owewe nolemare (Benin); +Ayinre (Yoruba); Semusholoshi (Jebu); Akkihien, also Owewe lagebon +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">According to Mr. H. N. Thompson, Chief Conservator +of Forests in Nigeria, who has seen the fruit of this tree, it is +most certainly an Albizzia.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It has been +described by a German as not unlike a solitary-standing pine, with +its dark foliage of small pinnate leaves, which are larger than +<i>Piptadenia Africana</i> and yet smaller than <i>Cylicodiscus +Gabunensis</i>. In the above description it is very similar in +habit to <i>Piptadenia Kerstingii</i>. The dark brown bark, which +is roughish, is light-brown on the upper part of the stem. The +crown is flat, consisting of two or three wide, outspreading +branches. It has the usual flat, papery pod. The leaves are used by +the Benin people for soup.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Abeokuta +province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—It is fairly close-grained, though +not nearly so hard as either <i>Piptadenia Africana</i> or +<i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—The Yorubas use the bark medicinally +as a stomachic, and the trunk is usually swollen at the base owing +to the cortex being removed so often.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia rhombifolia</i>. Walnut. Ayinre, Ayinre +langara, Ayinre ogo (Yoruba); Owowe (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan and Benin provinces of +Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forests, where it is quite +prevalent. It is a medium-sized tree, attaining a girth of about 6 +feet and a bole length of 30 feet. It is commonly seen in old +farms, and usually more than one is found in the same locality. The +thin, yellow, spiky flowers are rather pretty. The fruit is rather +smaller than that of the other species.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white, and the heartwood is a light +yellow-green. It is soft and not very durable; it is attacked by +white ants (termites). However, it saws well, planes well, takes +nails easily and splits moderately well. It can be cut into +good-sized planks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Timber, yellowish-green, and yields large +planks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a fast-growing, light-loving tree, which +scarcely protects the soil, and only slightly improves it with its +leaf fall. Natural regeneration is good, the seedlings growing up +rapidly in any open place in the mixed deciduous forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been tried for export, nor has +it been<span class="pagenum" id="Page_296">[296]</span> used to any +extent for local use. It deserves a further trial both as an export +wood and as a wood for local floor-boards. Its qualities are far +from properly known.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Among the natives it is used as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia sp.</i> Walnut. Ayinre Ayinre, +Ayinretta (Yoruba); Ikpawudu, Owawelugu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, up to 6 feet in girth. It has +rather narrower pinnæ, but of similar round shape to <i>A. +Brownii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the mixed deciduous forests +in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, Onitsha, Owerri and Ogoja +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The root spurns are very small. The bark gets +rougher than that of <i>A. Brownii</i> in old age, the crown is +longer and more feathery, and the leaves appear to be more of a +silvery green.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood is of a +yellowish-brown colour, tending to become a light brown when +exposed to the air. It is comparatively soft; is not termite-proof. +It is easy to work, planing and sawing well, and taking nails +easily and splitting fairly well. It is, however, less durable than +<i>A. Brownii</i> or <i>fastigiata</i>. When split and dried it is +more durable than when cut up in the ordinary way. The wood hardens +very considerably on exposure to the sun.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a light-loving, fast-growing tree. It +scarcely protects the soil, but the leaf fall enriches it. Natural +regeneration appears to be good. It tends to spread with the +increase of farms, more especially on the poorer laterite soils. A +few plantations have been made with this tree. The volume of +produce per acre is less than in the case of <i>A. Brownii</i>, but +apparently greater than any of the others. It is less rapidly +growing than <i>A. Brownii</i>, but faster than the others.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been used for export, and it is +doubtful if it would repay the cost. Locally it has been used for +planks, but it is not liked so much as that of <i>A. Brownii</i> or +<i>fastigiata</i>. By the local people it is used for firewood, and +occasionally for building temporary houses.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anglocalyx ramiflorus</i> (Taub). Ekiyawa +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, attaining a girth of 8 feet, +but the trunk is not over-long in proportion. It is a +shade-bearing, soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. The bark is +a dark olive-green and smooth. It is found in the Benin province of +Nigeria. Natural regeneration appears to be poor. The wood is +yellowish-brown and floats when quite dry. The timber was valued at +nothing in 1906 and stated to be a whitewood in the Liverpool +market.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—None.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_297">[297]</span><i>Ostryoderris impressa</i>. White Oak. +Awaw or Erumacie (Yoruba); Ori, Ehrurumesi, Erurunuesi, Awaw, +(Usshin) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Ogoja, Benin, +Owerri and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. To be seen along the +Benin-Siluku Road, as also in the Badagry district on the +Ayobo-Osuke Road.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a straight-boled, tall tree, with flattish +crown made up of few straight branches with large pinnate leaves, +making it appear flatter than it really is. The bark is slightly +scaly with fine fissures. The slash is red, exuding a red latex. It +reaches a height of 150 feet with a girth of 12 feet. The white, +papery, pointed, flat, lozenge-shaped fruit, with a small +kidney-shaped seed attached to the centre of the surface of one +side, is most typical of the tree. The spurns are almost +non-existent, so that the tree can be felled near the ground +without trouble.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white in the sap and brown-white in +the heartwood, but not over-hard, very tough and not splitting +easily. It is hard to fell, being very flexible. It planes +moderately well. The colour darkens with age.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a light-loving tree after the first few +years. It grows moderately rapidly. It is a soil-improving and +covering tree. Natural regeneration appears poor, though many seeds +are usually seen on the ground. Insects appear to eat them rapidly. +No plantations have been made with this tree, but experiments would +show whether it grows well from seed.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 a sample log was exported and sold in the +Liverpool market as white oak at 2s. per cubic foot, and it was +recommended for shipment by the brokers.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used as posts for frames +on which yams are tied in the Benin farms. In temporary houses, +small trees are trimmed and squared for the forming of the walls, +instead of dried mud.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dalbergia saxatilis</i>. West African Blackwood +(?). Awow (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree of the mixed deciduous forest of +Benin; it is occasionally used by the natives for hoe and axe +handles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dalbergia sp.</i> West African Blackwood. +Emosobegan, Paran (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dalbergia sp.</i> North Benin Blackwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is found near Aroko, in the Onitsha province, +and near Ishoka, in the Benin province. It is a small tree with +very hard wood. In habit very similar to <i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>, +with its orange-coloured bark, which is rougher than <i>O. +laxiflora</i> and not so scaly. The wood is used for axe and hoe +handles by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_298">[298]</span><i>Dalbergia hostilis</i> (Benth.). Yoruba +Blackwood. Ogan Oga (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This Dalbergia is fairly common in the Olokemeji +Reserve, in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Copaifera sp.</i> True Benin Gum Copal.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found near the Uhi, close to the +source of the Ossiomo River, Benin province. This apparently is +rather an uncommon tree. The Benin natives do not know how to tap +the tree for gum, nor how to use the gum.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cf. Copaifera</i>. Enyenewu. Enyenewu +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Copaifera sp.</i> Boji Hills Copaifera.</p> + +<p class="tax3">So far it has not been tapped for the gum, the +local people apparently not knowing its value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bauhinia rufescens</i> (Kew).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Oyo province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bauhinia reticulata</i> (D.C.). Dry-zone +Bauhinia. Abafe (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This Bauhinia grows in dry, open country. It is a +small, spreading tree bearing white flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—The fibrous bark is used for tying, +and an infusion from the leaves is used in coagulating rubber +latex. The stem is occasionally used for making house-posts. It is +a fire-resisting tree and shades the soil.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bauhinia Thonningii</i> (Schum.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small shrub-like tree of the upper part +of the Benin province of Nigeria. It is found near Agbede. It has +red flowers. The sap of this tree has sometimes been used for +coagulating rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Physostigma venosum</i>. Calabar Bean or Ordeal +Bean. Eseri (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found growing in the Calabar district. The +seed is poisonous; used in ordeals and medicinally.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The most noticeable feature is the furrow (about ⅛ +inch wide and deep) in the upper side of the bean. None of the +closely allied Mimosa species show this peculiarity.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada scandens</i>. Sword Bean, Match-box Bean, +Mackay Bean. Kakoba, Akhuro (seed) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This large creeper is found in the Benin and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria. It is not very prevalent. The most +remarkable features about it are the stoutness of the stem, which +attains a diameter of nearly 1 foot and the total length of over +100 feet, and its immense pod, which is often over 3 feet in +length. The pod is divided into segments, each nearly 2 inches +square, and each containing one large bean, almost a square in +shape, 1½ inches and nearly ¾ inch thick. These beans have +occasionally been used for making match-boxes, for which +they<span class="pagenum" id="Page_299">[299]</span> are admirably +suited. The outer part of the stem of the creeper is very rough and +almost corrugated, especially near its base; the leaves are very +small, considering the size of the whole creeper. It is +comparatively slow-growing. It grows in the dense evergreen forest, +and when drawn taut over the first branches of one of the large +trees it is not unlike the bole of a small tree itself. When cut, +the two ends part with a bang, like the breaking of a ship’s +hawser. The natives use the smaller parts of the stem for +fly-switches, for which they are very good and durable. The creeper +is, however, not cultivated.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada Soudanica</i>. Ogurohe (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ibadan province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entada Abyssinica</i>. Unwanwanis (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the upper part of the Benin province +near Ishoka. It is a large creeper with rather smaller bean than +<i>E. scandens</i>. The beans have been used for making small +match-boxes in Europe. The natives consider the bean a “Ju-ju.”</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dioclea reflexa</i>. Ishe, Agbarin (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A climber, found in the Ibadan province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mucuna urens</i>. Ox-eye Bean. Awipu +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mucuna sp. Preussii</i>. Yerepe (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve and Benin +province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia pennata</i> (Willd.). Acacia. Okwekwe +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the upper part of the Benin, Ibadan, +Ogoja and Abeokuta provinces. It is a small, scandent shrub with +very sharp thorns, but which yields one of the strongest fibres for +making fishing lines or native rope. It forms almost impenetrable +masses which are very unpleasant to go through without a +matchet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia Sieberiana</i>. African Rosewood. Sie +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a somewhat uncommon Acacia of the Oyo +province of Nigeria. Being of medium size, its very handsome +racemes of yellow flowers show up to great advantage. The bark is +rough, the bole short, and usually divided 8 or 10 feet from the +ground. The sapwood is white and the heartwood a rose-pink colour, +which makes it not unlike the typical rosewood of commerce. The +heartwood is comparatively wide, and it is very hard, durable and +termite-proof. It saws well and splits moderately easily, but does +not take nails at all well. Reproduction by seed is apparently +poor; it sprouts fairly well from the stump. It is a light-loving +species, but being of the leguminous family it is a soil-improving +tree. The wood has not yet been exported, but locally it has +occasionally<span class="pagenum" id="Page_300">[300]</span> been +used for house-building, the forked stem being much appreciated by +the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia Farnesiana</i> (Willd.). Farnesian +Acacia. Bonni (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. It +is a small tree growing up to 6 feet in girth. It has a small pod +containing eight seeds inside. The inside of the pod is white and +the seed is brown. The flower is yellow, and is used by girls in +decorating their ears. Usually found in towns, where it is planted. +The seeds are sold in the market.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is dark-red, surrounded by a narrow +white sapwood. It is hard, like ebony. The bark is very much +fissured and peels off in large scales.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The seeds of this tree and Jagiri are used with +water for scraping the leather for making the fells smooth. Sold at +Itaku and Shapon markets.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia campylacantha</i>. Confectioner’s Gum or +African Catechu. Ede (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Oyo, Borgu, Niger, and +Nassarawa provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very common tree, growing almost everywhere +in groups. The stem is of a whitish to slight yellow colour, almost +reminding one of the larch, but the whole tree is armed with short, +sharp thorns. It reaches a girth of nearly 4 feet and a height of +over 50 feet. The slash is light-brown, and a pale, yellowish-pink +gum exudes from it. The tree usually forks about 20 or 30 feet from +the ground, the other branches being rather crooked in shape. In +February or March a mass of small yellow flowers appear, and in the +autumn small pods cover the tree. The sapwood is white, and the +heartwood varies from a dull red-brown to a rich, almost rosy red. +In the latter case it is exceedingly pretty wood. The wood is +moderately hard; it splits and planes badly, saws fairly well, and +only takes nails indifferently. The wood dries rather harder and is +more durable than when freshly cut and than would be expected. It +is said to be termite-proof. A reddish colouring matter exudes from +the heartwood, but this feature is typical of the cutch which is +obtained from a similar tree in India.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural regeneration by seed appears to be good, +hosts of young trees being found near the older ones. In fact, in +localities of low rainfall it is tending to spread and fill up all +vacant spaces after the annual grass-fires have burnt all the +vegetation. It is a light-loving tree which does not protect the +soil. The leaves are not unlike conifer needles, and enrich the +soil to a certain extent, more especially as the tree is +deciduous.</p> + +<p class="tax3">As a timber it has not been cut for export, but +certainly<span class="pagenum" id="Page_301">[301]</span> the +better-coloured wood, and that which has been more slowly grown, +deserve a trial.</p> + +<p class="tax3">So far, the greatest use of this tree has been the +production of the pink-coloured transparent gum which is one of the +best of the confectioner’s gums in Great Britain. Very large +quantities are exported every year from the Northern Provinces. +Large round tears or lumps form on the stem of the tree when it is +cut. Locally the tree is used for house-building, but it is not +considered a durable wood.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ (Mimoseæ).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Acacia ataxacantha</i>. Benin Rope Acacia. Ewon +(Yoruba); Okwenkwen (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common creeper of the mixed deciduous zone. It is +found in the Abeokuta, Oyo, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, Warri, Onitsha, +Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is usually found growing in large impenetrable +masses 3 to 4 feet high. It is armed throughout with short but very +sharp, bent prickles.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It often grows up in waste places where the bush +has been cleared in the mixed deciduous forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Both the Yorubas and Benis use the inside fibres of +this creeper for making a very strong kind of rope—in fact, it is +the strongest of all native-made ropes. It does not get so stiff or +harsh as that made of Eso from the <i>Firmania Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Distemonanthus Benthamianus</i> (?) (Baill.). +Alinyan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina suberifera</i> (Kew). Attagbo +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately common tree of the Abeokuta +province of Nigeria. Its most distinguishing feature is the size of +the leaf, which is similar to the tulip-tree. It reaches a much +larger size than <i>E. Senegalensis</i> and has a girth of over 6 +feet. The bark is a dark duck-egg-green colour, with a few white, +shallow longitudinal fissures. The prickles on the stem are more +scattered and much larger than those of <i>E. Senegalensis</i>. The +slash is white and the bark thin when compared to the size of the +tree. The wood is white and soft, and not durable. It cuts and saws +easily, but does not plane well. It is a light-loving tree which +does not protect the soil. It has not been cut for local use, nor +for export. As a soft whitewood for interior use it ought to find a +local market.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ (Papilionaceæ).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina Senegalensis</i> (D.C.). Coral-flower. +Ologun she-she (Yoruba); Esanigbakhehe, Ohehe (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the upper part of the +Onitsha, Benin,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_302">[302]</span> +Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. One of the most +typical features of this small tree are the small, pink, coral-like +flowers which appear in February. The tree is armed with a few thin +but very sharp thorns; the foliage is slight and open. On suckers +or stool-shoots the leaf is much larger and almost lyre-shaped. It +is usually found in waste places or in open clearings in the mixed +deciduous forest. It yields a soft wood which is not durable. It is +sometimes used for making fences.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tephrosia Ansellii</i> (Hook). Boro +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tephrosia Vogelii</i> (H. K. F.). Fish-poison. +Were, Igun, Laye Igu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This small shrub is apparently indigenous to +Africa, but is usually seen planted in the fields of the Abeokuta, +Oyo, Benin, Owerri and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It is not unlike +a large upright vetch, but with a strong, green stem, almost woody +in growth. It reaches a height of about 3 feet and flowers very +profusely, and bears a large number of pods, not unlike those of +the runner bean. The plant is cut down and placed in the water +where it is desired to catch all the fish, chiefly in stagnant +pools of rivers or ponds. The effect of the poison from it blinds +and stupefies the fish so that they are easily caught. Under the +Game Preservation Ordinance, its use has been prohibited, but with +its widespread cultivation and general utility it has been found +very difficult to eradicate the custom or the plant. Incidentally +it is a very good green manuring crop for agricultural land. +However, most natives are unaware of this fact, and it is usually +only planted for the purpose of using it as a fish-poison.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Burkea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A species of Burkea was found near the Oyan River +in the Oyo province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus sericeus</i>. African Wisteria. +Ipapo, Apapo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Olokemeji, Ibadan, Ilesha +and Calabar districts. It is a medium-sized tree, which bears +lilac-coloured flowers. As the flowers appear before the leaves in +the dry season, it is then very ornamental, and is in fact one of +the prettiest flowering trees. The wood is very hard and the +heartwood green when freshly cut.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—This is not of much service.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—Hoe-handles are made from the +branches, and the bark is used in medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_303">[303]</span><i>Lonchocarpus sp.</i> Mamu +Lonchocarpus.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Mamu Forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus cyanescens</i>. Yoruba Indigo. Elu +or Ela (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the intermediate forest climbing +shrubs, but has been cultivated throughout the country.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—The well-known Yoruba blue dye is +made from the leaves. The stem is sometimes used for house-building +posts. It is a shade-bearing, soil-improving tree. Natural +regeneration appears to be poor.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cæsalpina Bonducella</i>. Shayo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bean of this creeper is used in games amongst +the Yoruba boys.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mundulia suberosa</i> (Benth.). Lakuta (Yoruba); +Ugbehen (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather an uncommon tree, found in the +Olokemeji Reserve of the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. It is a +small tree, a part of which is used for killing fish.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Indigofera hirsuta</i>. Indigo. Epa ile +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Mamu Reserve of the Ibadan +province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Indigofera stenophylla</i>. Indigo. Aro Boro +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>. The Oil Bean. +Apara (Yoruba); Opagga, Ukpagga (Benin); Ataka (Ibo, Asaba); +Opochala (Ibo, Niger).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large-sized tree, reaching a girth of about +12 feet and a bole length of 40 feet. The root spurns are very +extensive and often reach 4 or 5 feet up the stem, thus quite +breaking up the base of the bole. The bark at first is a light +yellow-brown, darkening in old age to a deep brown, and scaling off +somewhat.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It has dense +foliage and a heavy, branched crown, and very flat pods about 1 +foot long and up to 2½ inches broad, containing seven or eight +large, flat brown beans about 1 inch in diameter and ¼ inch thick. +The pods open with a loud report not unlike the sound of a 12-bore +gun.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Lower +Province of Nigeria, near the watercourses outside Abeokuta, Jebu, +Ode, Benin, Onitsha, Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—The tree grows +readily from self-sown or artificially sown beans, as is seen in +the Avenue at Benin City, which was sown at stake in 1904. It bears +pods in the twelfth year in the open, but later in the forest. It +is usually very prolific, bearing at least some pods every year. +The bole is not always very straight, and it has a distinct +tendency to form strong side branches, and the crown is +therefore<span class="pagenum" id="Page_304">[304]</span> a large +oval one. The flowers are little yellow spike, which are very +inconspicuous; they are borne on the old wood rather on the +underside of the twig, in November or December and later. The tree +stands dense shade, and it thoroughly covers the ground and +prevents the growth of weeds.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a tendency to branch comparatively low down, +when growing as an avenue tree, and thus does not grow so tall. +This, however, has an advantage that the large pods have not so far +to fall to the ground, and thus are not so dangerous to passers-by. +The oil-beans have been collected and sold in England in small +quantities.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is of a dirty white colour and the +heartwood of a dark brown, forming comparatively early in the life +of a tree. The wood is very hard, but sometimes rather +soft-grained, rather fibrous in texture, and the pores are somewhat +wide and deep. It does not plane well, splits with difficulty; +holes have to be made before nails can be put into it, and it saws +none too easily. It is very durable and termite-proof. Considering +its hard wood and comparatively early production of seed, and the +huge pods, it is by no means a slow-growing tree. It reaches a +height of 9 to 12 feet in twelve years. The pod is the stoutest and +largest, but not the longest, of all African timber trees. The +beans are collected in boxes and sold to the factories at 6d. to +9d. each. To be made quite safe for eating they have to be boiled +nearly twelve hours, the outer husk of the bean being rather hard, +though not very thick. The future will alone show whether this tree +will prove of greater value for timber or oil production.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—The timber has been shipped to +Europe and sold as greenheart at 1s. 6d. to 1s. 9d. per cubic foot. +Locally, in the Benin City district and elsewhere, it is used for +making mortars for beating yams and other food. The beans are eaten +by the natives in most parts, though they are not considered a +delicacy. The empty pods are used where firewood is scarce, as they +burn well. It is, and has been, very extensively used as a +shade-tree for public roads in the Owerri district, as well as in +Afikpo and Benin. Some people object to the falling pods, but it is +an excellent shade-tree, especially in the dry season, as it is an +evergreen tree. It is a soil-protector, and would do for +underplanting or interplanting teak.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterogopodium</i>. Agba, Pink Mahogany. Asokale, +Asu Kole (Ikale); Asre (Yoruba) (Egbado); Agba (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The scattering of the white flowers on the path or +roadway is an indication of the presence of the tree, quite +apart<span class="pagenum" id="Page_305">[305]</span> from the +wonderful bole, exceeding nearly all others in cylindrical +shape.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a very large +forest tree, with clear bole of 90 feet and open crown formed with +two or three large, upspreading limbs, flatly oval on the top. It +is quite reminiscent of an old elm in the shape of the crown. The +single-seeded winged fruit is most typical, no other species of +Leguminoseæ having a similar seed except the nearly related +<i>Pterolobium</i> (?). The bark is comparatively thin, +silvery-grey in colour, with a few more or less well-defined ridges +running horizontally round the trunk here and there. These are most +typical, and it is the only tree which shows them. In some places +they amount to small nodules of bark.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found commonly in the Benin and Ondo +provinces of Nigeria, where it is prevalent, and in the northern +part of the Benin province, and seen in almost gregarious patches +in the secondary forest. The slash is yellowish-white, and in the +younger trees a dirty pinkish sap exudes, but later on, especially +from deep cuts, the gum copal forms and gradually hardens into +solid lumps of various size.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Peculiarities.</em>—It loves a +deep soil with plenty of moisture, which may even be flooded or +partially waterlogged during the rainy season. A chalky or limy +soil seems to suit it best. It is a fast-growing, light-loving +tree, though it stands a little shade in its youth. The light, +feathery foliage does not shade the ground, though when in falls it +enriches it. The root spurns are most slight, extending only from a +few inches to 1 foot above the surface of the ground; in fact, +sometimes the trunk appears to come straight out of the ground, +like a round log on end. Natural regeneration is none too good, but +this is chiefly due to lack of light in the mixed forests. No +plantations have yet been made with this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported, but it deserves a trial +as a furniture-wood for drawing tables and office equipment +generally. It is sawn up into planks and boards at Koko Town, and +contains a gum which makes the saws stick a little. It makes a +good, soft wood for table tops, of a pinkish colour and clear, +close grain. The gum is sold.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It has been used for canoe +making in the Ondo province. The gum is used for an illuminant, and +was at one time used entirely for this purpose. In 1906 logs of +this timber were sold in Liverpool market as a kind of mahogany of +light colour.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Prosopis oblonga</i>. Yoruba Charcoal Wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan and Ogoja provinces of +Nigeria,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_306">[306]</span> and may +yet be found in the Onitsha and northern part of the Benin +provinces. On the whole, it is not common, and is seen singly. Two +typical specimens of this tree stand in the Olokemeji Reserve +Arboretum. It has small, pinnate leaves, very much like tamarind, +but they are almost silvery-grey and hang down, instead of being +green and rigid, as the tamarind. The twigs and branches are very +slight, compared to the thick ones of the tamarind. The bark of the +trunk is grey, too, with thin cortex, which becomes slightly +fissured in old age. The trunk is straight and tall, compared to +tamarind. The crown is longish and thin, with a few small branches. +It is somewhat feathery in habit and is delicate in build compared +to most dry-zone trees. It is one of the most typical of dry-zone +trees. The seed is small, about the size of apple-pips, contained +in a papery pod, from 1 inch to 1½ inches long. It stands the +annual grass-fires comparatively well, despite the fact that the +bark is none too thick.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—Hard, white wood, termite-proof +and very durable. The bark is thin but rough, and small pieces can +be pulled off with the fingers. It is a deciduous tree, though it +does not lose its leaves for a long period. It is a light-loving +tree, which does not protect the soil, though the leaves (few as +they are) make a good leaf-mould. It is slow-growing, and does not +reach a girth exceeding 5 feet. Natural regeneration appears to be +poor, but further observations on this point may disclose more. No +plantations have been made with this tree, though, with its +desirable qualities, some experiments seem to be indicated. It does +not sprout well from the stump, nor do any root shoots appear +before or after it is cut down.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported, and has only been used +occasionally locally.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—The timber has been used for sleepers +in Togo, where it has proved the most durable of all timbers for +that purpose. In the Yoruba country it has been used for making +charcoal of the best kind for iron-smelting.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium Senegalense</i>. Hard Mahogany. Ogwega +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is none too prevalent a tree of the Benin and +Ogoja provinces, where it is found in the mixed forests. It reaches +a girth of over 12 feet and a bole length of over 40 feet, but in +proportion to its height, the crown usually occupies more than half +of it. The crown is usually widespreading and spherical in shape. +The fruit is like a mango in form, but after the surface begins to +decay, the fibres, instead of being fine and all coming out from +the central nut, as in the mango, spread out vein-shaped all round +the nut, starting more or<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_307">[307]</span> less as thick veins at the base, and then +subdividing into thinner ones, spreading round the nut in an +irregular manner. The decaying fruit has a most unpleasant, not to +say distinguishing, smell. However, this is more than compensated +for by the pleasant taste of it when served as stewed fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is whitish-yellow, and the heartwood +brown-red. It is hard, with somewhat fibrous grain, yet planes up +with a good surface. Takes nails, but does not split well. It is +durable, and supposed to be termite-proof, except for the sapwood, +which the white ants often destroy. It saws moderately easily. In +older trees the wood sometimes shows a little figure.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing tree and a +shade-bearer, with soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. In +fact, in most cases it is only found on comparatively rich soil, +and in this respect appears to be more exacting than many other +trees. Natural regeneration does not appear to be very good, but +this may be due to the fact that animals eat the seeds. No +plantations have been made of this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as mahogany at 2¾d. per superficial foot, 3s. per +cubic foot. It was reported to be of very hard texture, a dirty +brown colour, and only one log sold. Since that date, however, none +has been exported. It has not been felled for local use. The fruit +can be stewed, and makes a nice addition to the other African +fruits.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The shell of the nut is used +for making prayer-beads and strung on a wire.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>. Shedun (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve and Ibadan +province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Paradaniellia Oliveri</i>. Ilorin Balsam, +African Balsam of Copaivi, Balsam. Iya (Yoruba); Osia (Benin); Ozia +(Ishan); Ozaba (Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the dry zone of the Southern Provinces of +Nigeria. A common tree, growing to a height of 40 or 50 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—Balsam of Copaiba.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylia Evansii</i>. Bentpod.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ogoja province of Nigeria in the +mixed deciduous forest zone, but it is by no means a very common +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, with the curious bent-shaped +pod typical of the Xylia, found in the Obubra and Ikom districts of +Nigeria, on the left bank of the Cross River. It has a hard, red +wood, which splits well. The sapwood is white, but not very wide in +an average-sized tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing, shade-bearing tree, which +thoroughly<span class="pagenum" id="Page_308">[308]</span> protects +the soil and improves it with its leaves decaying year after +year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives have not used the tree, nor has it been +felled for local use by Europeans. It has also not been tried for +export.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Pandanaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pandanus candelabrum</i>. Screw Pine. Ebbo +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">In some rivers of the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, Warri, +Onitsha, Owerri and Calabar provinces of Nigeria it is a common +watershrub or small tree. Often it is seen only a tangled mass of +long prickly leaves, armed with spikes all down each side and half +floating in and above the surface of the water. Sometimes, again, +it is seen as a tree with two or three more or less complete whorls +of branches on the uppermost part of the stem and a mass of +drooping leaves from the crown. The white stem is supported by +several soft, corky-looking aerial roots. It seldom exceeds 2 feet +in girth and 30 feet in height. The white flower is very +conspicuous, with its cone-like shape, which becomes more +pronounced as the fruit begins to ripen and turns green. The scent +is very pungent and overpowering. The trees form almost +impenetrable thickets at the edge of the more sluggishly flowing +rivers. These often impede navigation and have to be cut away.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The stem is very porous when dry, and cannot be +said to yield timber, though the cork-like material might serve for +a light substitute for it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural regeneration appears to be very good.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fibre has not been exported in any quantity, +but it is very tough, and apparently very durable and of moderate +length (average 3 feet).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—When dried the leaves are used +for making mats for wrapping goods as well as for sleeping-mats. In +the Benin and Jekri country, long (2 feet) thin receptacles are +made which are used for salt, which is sold in these bags in the +market. The bag keeps the salt dry. It is sometimes planted near +villages in damp places for the purpose of obtaining the mat +material locally, where it is not found naturally in the +swamps.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Humeriaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Aubrya Gabunensis</i>. Brass Mahogany-bark +Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a very large forest tree of the Brass +district, with a bark very similar to that of mahogany, but to +which it bears no relationship.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i067" class="iw6"><a href="images/fig067.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig067.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 67.—<span class= +"bold">Khaya Senegalensis, 1910, on bank of Ogun River, near +Iporin, Oyo Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i068" class="iw6"><a href="images/fig068.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig068.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 68.—<span class= +"bold">Locust Tree (Parkia filicoidea), in bearing, Oyo District, +1910.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 308.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_309">[309]</span>The +trees are sometimes cut down by the natives and used for large +dug-out canoes. The timber is termite-proof, and the natives say +that canoes made from this timber are very durable, though rather +heavy, and liable to become waterlogged when filled with water. It +is of a dull reddish-brown colour and has rather a coarse +grain.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum Senegalense</i>. Dry-zone African +Satinwood. Ata, Odan (Yoruba); Ughahan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan, Abeokuta, Benin, Onitsha +and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, at the edge of the mixed deciduous +zone and the lower part of the dry-zone forest region. It is only a +medium-sized tree, attaining a girth of about 4 feet and a height +of about 50 feet. The bole always remains armed with short, woody +protrusions, each having a black thorn at the apex. In the upper +part of the bole and the branches there are only thorns. The +pinnate leaf has usually three pairs of pinnæ and one end-leaf. All +the leaves are broader and about only half as long as those of +<i>Z. macrophyllum</i>. On the whole, this makes the foliage appear +thicker, and, in fact, gives greater shade than <i>Z. +macrophyllum</i>. In proportion the bole is shorter and the crown +larger and more spread out than in the case of <i>Z. +macrophyllum</i>. The bole has a greater tendency to divide lower +down into three subsidiary stems, thus spoiling the length of it +for timber. The bunches of small, black seeds are smaller than +those of <i>Z. macrophyllum</i>, and if anything the seeds are also +smaller too.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very similar to that of <i>Z. +macrophyllum</i>, the sapwood and heartwood being the same colour, +except that the heartwood is often of a little darker shade, and +bears a greater proportion to the diameter of the tree than in the +case of <i>Z. macrophyllum</i>. On the whole it is harder, and more +often shows a little figure. Although it does not reach such a +large size, in many ways it is superior, the grain being rather +finer, and showing more sheen, and if anything it works up to a +finer texture when planed. It is just as durable and termite-proof. +It is a light-loving tree, but will stand a certain amount of +lateral shade. Owing to the prevalence of grass-fires, it is +slower-growing than <i>Z. macrophyllum</i>, but if anything it +shades the ground better, and considering where it usually stands, +it is a slight soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration is fair. +No plantations have been made with this tree. Samples of this +timber have not yet been exported, though, as it is a sister tree +to the West<span class="pagenum" id="Page_310">[310]</span> Indian +Satinwood, it ought to command a similar price. It has not been +felled for local use. The natives occasionally cut it for +house-building timber, but it is not at all popular, owing to its +being armed with spikes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum macrophyllum</i> (Oliver). True +Benin Satinwood. Atagbo (Yoruba); Ughahan, Okor (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forest zone, +where it is very prevalent, especially in old farms.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It has a very large +leaf, up to 6 feet long, with forty pairs of leaflets, each rather +smaller than those of <i>Z. Senegalense</i>. There are no thorns on +the branches, but many on the stem, which is thoroughly armed until +old age, when most of the woody spikes drop off. It bears a large +bunch of small, black, spherical-shaped seeds. It is a common tree +in abandoned farms of the mixed deciduous forest zone. The thorns +are more sharply pointed than <i>Z. Senegalense</i> and not so +woody at first, but later form a thorn at the top of each wooden +protrusion. One specimen found in the Olokemeji Reserve had very +few wooden protrusions, each armed with a thorn, but there were +larger leaves than <i>Z. macrophyllum</i>, though in all not quite +so long. In old age the stem is almost smooth, and may reach a +girth of nearly 6 feet and a length of over 30 feet. The crown is +slender and broken up with three or four main branches. The base of +the bole in old age is spotted with yellow lenticels.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a light-loving, quick-growing tree, which +does not protect the ground, and only to a certain extent acts with +its leaves as a soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration is very +good, and on the whole, at the edge of the evergreen and mixed +deciduous forest zone, with the increase of farms it is tending to +spread in greater numbers than before, and in some places groups of +them are found, whereas in the original forest only isolated +specimens are obtained. No plantations have been made with this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is light-yellow and the heartwood of a +darker yellow shade. In quickly grown trees it is not very large, +but in the older trees comprises more than two-thirds of the +diameter of the tree. The timber is hard, fine-grained, planing up +smooth in texture. It does not take nails well, nor split well, +saws, however, cleanly, and occasionally shows a little figure.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as Sabicu at 2s. to 2s. 6d. per foot, and reported +of a very hard nature. Since then, however, none has been +cut<span class="pagenum" id="Page_311">[311]</span> or exported. +Locally it has not been used in any form. It should be noted, +however, that this is a sister tree of the West Indian Satinwood, +and considering that it grows to a larger size than that one, the +timber should demand a still higher price.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—In the Benin country the timber is +used for making door-plates before putting dried clay on the top, +and also used for doors.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum sp. n.</i> Dwarf Satinwood. +Boji.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The fruit is a mass +of red berries very similar to the Mountain Ash of Europe, but a +small tree armed with a few scattered spines of short length, but +not very woody, more in the nature of thorns. It attains a girth of +10 inches and a height of 15 to 20 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It was only found on the +summit of the Boji Hills from an elevation of 4,500 to 5,000 feet, +where other vegetation gave out and only grass grew otherwise.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a very hard, yellow wood of the usual satiny +nature. It made very good firewood on the mountain top.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum sp.</i> (Kew). <i>Pterocarpus +sp.</i> African Satinwood. Urueben (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin and Ondo provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree near the banks of rivers in the +evergreen forest. It is of medium-size, reaching a girth of about 7 +feet; the bole is long (40 feet); the root buttresses reach up the +bole about 3 feet. The stalk has a few prickles, especially when it +is small, but they disappear in old age. The leaf is smaller than +<i>P. osun</i>, but much the same as Akume, <i>Pterocarpus sp.</i> +The habit is typical of a Pterocarpus and not of Zanthoxylum. The +bark is quite smooth and always unarmed. The fruit is ovoid and +flat, with the seed at one end, rather different in this respect to +Pterocarpus, and without the prickles on it. The slash is white, +and soon red drops of latex-like fluid exude from the tree. The +branches are upspreading and the crown is large, though narrow, the +bole being about two-thirds of the total height.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood is yellow +when young and dark-red, like <i>P. osun</i>, when old. It is hard, +but splits well. Termites attack it. It is cross-grained and stands +a little bending; otherwise it is brittle, when bent far.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is slow-growing and a light-lover. It likes a +good soil which is moist and has depth. It does not sprout from the +stool. Seed reproduction is good, and the seedlings are found in +the neighbourhood of old trees. It is a deciduous tree for three +months in the year (dry season).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_312">[312]</span>It +has not been cut for local use or exported to Europe. It is used +for making shovels for mud-puddling in the building of Benin +houses; also for pegs in the walls of a chief’s house.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Toddalia sp.</i> Oie (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A climbing shrub common in Tropical West Africa. +The fertile stamens are equal in number to the petals. Leaves +digitate.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—Condiments and medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ægle Barteri</i>. Calabash Orange. Shange, Bale +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small tree growing near the villages, +cultivated for its shade and for medicinal purposes. The fruit +looks like an orange, but the shell is hard and it is not +edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clausena Anisata</i> (Oliv.). Alapari, Obuko +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Simarubaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia Barteri</i>. Dika Nut, Wild Mango. Oro, +Auro (Yoruba); Ogwi (tree), Okherli (seed) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, Warri, +Onitsha, Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">With its smooth, shining, small dark-green leaves +it is quite distinguishable from other forest trees. The very +spherical shape of the crown and the short bole are also most +typical of the tree. It is often found near river banks or in damp +localities. Wherever found, it is usually preserved by the natives, +though not actually cultivated or tended.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The flower is inconspicuous, but the fruit is like +a small mango, becoming quite yellow when ripe, though much harder +and of a much sharper flavour.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is hard and durable; the sapwood is +yellowish-white and the heartwood yellow. It is impervious to white +ants.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is a shade-bearer, especially in youth, +but grows very slowly. Those planted near Leopardstown, Calabar, +were only 6 to 8 feet high after ten years’ growth. It is true they +received little or no attention and occasionally the grass was +burnt near them.</p> + +<p class="tax3">No regular plantations have been made, though one +plot was planted in the Mamu Reserve in 1910. Further experiments +in cultivation, and especially pruning and tending to see how early +the tree will bear fruit, are worth undertaking. A method to +increase the size of the fruit, and with it the size of the kernel, +might be discovered and thus make it a profitable tree to grow in +plantations.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_313">[313]</span>Reported on by the Imperial Institute in +1904, and kernels worth £14 a ton then in London.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—House-building. The fruit is +eaten, and then the nut is cracked and the kernel beaten up and +served as soup. Fruit or nuts or both are sold in the markets of +Benin and Yorubaland.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia Smithii</i>. Benin Dika Nut (?). +Akwekwe (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found occasionally in the Benin province of +Nigeria. It is a tree with similar growth to <i>Irvingia +Barteri</i>, but reaches a larger size, up to 12 feet. The bole +length is also greater, 40 feet. The fruit is larger than +<i>Irvingia Barteri</i>, but of the same shape. It is rather +uncommon in the evergreen forest. The crown is smaller and occupies +only the upper third of the stem. The branches are larger, too, and +of lesser number in proportion than <i>Irvingia Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is yellow in the sapwood and brown in the +heartwood, and hard. It is hard to split. The heartwood is very +small, being only about 1 foot out of a diameter of 4 feet. +Termites do not attack the wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer and grows slowly. It does not +sprout from the stool, but reproduction by seed is good. The duikas +eat the fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been cut for local use nor exported to +Europe.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is used, by tying four seeds together like +Ogwega, for a game. The fruit is not eaten because it is not +sweet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia sp.</i> Pwekupweku (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin province of +Nigeria. It is a large tree, reaching a girth of 15 feet and very +tall. The fruit is yellow, and large as an African mango, but with +a very much sweeter smell and sweet taste. The branches are +flattish, and so the crown is wide, with a long bole and shallow +crown. It has a long, lanceolate leaf with insignificant veins. The +wood is hard, with white sapwood and brown heartwood. It grows on +good soil, which is moist and deep in the evergreen forests. It is +a shade-bearer and grows moderately fast.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is used for killing +rats after it has been cooked and mixed with palm oil chop. It is +then given to them, and they at once fall down dead.</p> + +<p class="tax1nb"><span class="bold">Simarubaceæ</span> +(Planch).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hannoa undulata</i>. Whitewood. Igigun (Egba); +Igbo (Lagos); Orisi (Igbado, Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Owerri, Benin, Warri, +Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_314">[314]</span>It +is a very large tree, reaching a girth of 12 feet and a bole length +of about 50 feet, which grows up very readily in old farms or +clearings in the evergreen forest and lower parts of the mixed +forests. It has a large, broad leaf, which is deciduous for about a +month in the year. The flower, which is white in colour, is in the +form of racemes (?). The bark is green, with grey streaks up and +down, and the slash is white with yellow markings; it smells sweet, +too. The fruit is oblong and black, more like a plum. The spurns +are very slight.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is very soft and white all through. It +dries without warping, but if not cut properly is liable to be +attacked by small borers of the furniture kind. It planes with a +smooth surface. It is very light, more so even than Musanga wood. +The grain is fine, though such pores as there are, are long. It +splits well and adzes well too. It shrinks considerably in drying, +but this might be obviated by girdling and drying very gradually in +shade when cut green.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very quick-growing tree, almost as fast as +Ricinodendron. It is a light-lover, and is rather intolerant of +shade, except in its youth. It grows best from seed reproduction, +as the power from the stool is very slight and soon dies back.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was sampled in 1912 at Degema, but has not been +exported to Europe. A trial as a wood for making pulpwood seems +indicated. It is split up into flat pieces for doors and +mantelpieces, also for making the walls of temporary houses, each +piece being set upright to the other, with any round edge on the +outside.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Burseraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachylobus edulis</i>. Native Pear (Ohan), +Incense Tree, Elemi Gum. Ibagho (Yoruba); Onumu (Benin); Eben +(Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in all the Southern Provinces of +Nigeria, chiefly as a planted tree in the neighbourhood of +villages, and on the sides of the roads leading to them, being more +prevalent in the Benin and Oban than the other districts. It is a +medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of about 7 feet and a height of +about 70 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The gum, which exudes when the tree is cut with a +matchet, smells very much like incense when burnt, and is of a +white colour. It is always planted in the villages, partly for +shade, chiefly for food, especially in the Oban country.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is first of all a grey, and then a purple +colour, and a very cylindrical plum shape, in all about 2½ inches +long and rather more than 1 inch in diameter. It is very much like +turpentine to taste, especially when not quite ripe, and +in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_315">[315]</span> the centre of +the fruit there is an oblong nut rather more than 1 inch in length, +more or less round, with four ribbed edges, all culminating at the +apex. The leaves are large, consisting of four to six pairs of +pinnæ, which are shiny and dark-green on the upper surface, and +almost silver-grey underneath. The trunk is often very much cut +about and chipped, and little pieces of the white gum are often +seen in the old scars. It usually bears fruit heavily every +year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood is of a +faint pink colour. It is not very hard, but more like mahogany in +texture and character. Owing to its irregular growth and branching +habit, it is often rather knotty and cross-grained.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearing, somewhat slow-growing tree, +which only partially protects the soil, but on the whole improves +it with its fall of leaves. Natural regeneration appears to be +rare, chiefly perhaps owing to the fact that the natives pick the +fruit even before it is quite ripe, and take it away to eat in +their houses. It is usually planted by the natives as a +transplanted seedling, about 3 feet high. Considering the poor +flavour of the fruit, it is rather surprising that it is so widely +planted and comparatively speaking so much tended by the natives in +certain districts. It is moderately fire-resisting and +dew-collecting, especially in the dry seasons, the ground in the +vicinity of the trees often being quite damp with the condensed dew +falling off the leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been felled for export or for local use. +The tree, however, provides grateful shade in the more open parts +of the country, in the neighbourhood of villages.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The gum has not been collected for export, but is +considered of value. However, no tapping experiments have been +tried.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is called a pear, +and is liked by most natives, who eat it raw. It is sometimes sold +in the markets at five for one penny.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>. Pink Mahogany, +Bastard Mahogany. (Sometimes sold as Gaboon Mahogany or African +Elemi. Anikantuhu, Ako, Ibagbo (Yoruba); Onumukyukyu (Benin); also +known as Ikwapbo. (The Benin name means Kyukyu or bird, Onumu or +Incense-tree.)</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—Evenly striated +bark of orange to light-yellow colour, turning grey on exposure to +full rays of the sun. The seed is small and similar to that of +<i>Pachylobus edulis</i>, but much smaller.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—A few in the Western, more +in the Central west and south of Benin, and most common in the +Eastern<span class="pagenum" id="Page_316">[316]</span> Circle, +especially north of Calabar, in the mixed deciduous forest zone, +and to lesser extent in the evergreen forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large forest tree, with a girth of over 12 +feet and a bole length of about 90 feet. Being more or less +preserved by the natives when found in the forests, in clearing for +their farms, it is often now seen on the roadsides. The slash is +white, and as the roots beside the road are often cut by the +natives, the yellowish-white gum exudes, forming a small white +layer on the surface of the root. This has a most pleasant smell, +and is not unpleasant to taste. It is closely allied to, if not +much the same character as, the “Balsam of Tolu.” The leaf is +comparatively small, with three or four pairs of pinnæ, and growing +more or less in tufts, this being reminiscent of the Mahogany +family. The root spurns are very slight, and in this respect it is +more like the European Ash, and usually there are one or two main +roots which spread out, down the slightly enlarged bole at the +base. Otherwise the tree is one of the most cylindrical in shape, +falling away with the increasing height less than almost any other. +It is a deciduous tree. The pores are very fine and rather longer +than in the ordinary mahogany, and the wood is not so sheeny.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white, and in fast-grown trees often +6 inches through. The heartwood is of a delicately pink mahogany +colour, darkening to a light-brown mahogany on exposure to the air +and sunlight. It is not very hard, and splits fairly well. It +planes up with a smooth surface. It saws well and also takes nails +fairly well. It has very considerable elasticity. It is lighter +than most kinds of mahogany. The logs will float as soon as at all +dry.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In youth it stands a good deal of shade, but later +on it is on the whole a light-demanding tree. It is a fairly +quick-growing tree, but tends to become very slow when left alone +in the open. It needs a rich soil, but is also found on poorer +land. It needs more moisture than many others. Although not a +soil-protecting tree, the leaves yield a fair amount of humus in +their annual fall. Natural regeneration is fair, but it is rather +susceptible to fire, and much of it is thus killed. No plantations +have been made of this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 a sample was sold in the Liverpool market +as Gaboon Mahogany at 1s. 6d. per cubic foot full measure, and in +1907 sample logs of this tree were exported to the Liverpool +market, where they were sold as light Benin Mahogany at 2d. per +superficial foot. Since then none has been felled.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives occasionally cut the tree for planks, +and use<span class="pagenum" id="Page_317">[317]</span> the wood +for making canoes, chiefly owing to its lightness and +elasticity.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium sp.</i> Rough-barked Canarium. Ekugbi, +Ekugbo (Yoruba); Onumukyukyu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—A large tree, with +larger fissures than <i>C. Schweinfurthii</i>, about 6 inches +apart; the bark is inclined to scale off in between. The leaves are +a little larger, but the gum is very similar and used for similar +purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It was found in the +Olokemeji Forest Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is deciduous for about three weeks in the year, +chiefly November, but otherwise it is a soil-protecting and +soil-improving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree has not been felled for export or for +local use. Nor do the natives appear to have used it for any +purpose.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Mansfeldii</i>. Gaboon Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is found on the banks of the Upper +Cross River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium sp.</i> Oyife (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium sp.</i>, syn. <i>Schweinfurthii</i>. +Incense Tree. Anikantuku (Yoruba); Onumukyukyu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ilaro district and Benin.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carapa procera</i>. Scented Mahogany Cedar, Crab +Wood, Touloucouna Oil. Efu Iya, Abo-oganwo (Yoruba); Ibbegogo +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree, found in the Calabar, Ogoja, +Owerri, Warri, Benin, Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, growing to a girth of about 6 +feet. The pinnæ and the whole leaf are both much larger than the +mahogany leaf, even including that of <i>grandifolia</i>. It often +grows with a divided bole, two small stems shooting upwards from +about 3 feet from the ground. The leaves grow in very distinct +tufts on the edge of the branches. The bark is smooth and a +light-green colour, with a few vertical uprights when the tree is +old. The fruit is a large, roughly round, woody drupe. The covering +shell dehisces into eight parts, releasing about twenty hard, +brown, round-cornered, almost square nuts. The seeds are eaten by +porcupines. It is found in the freshwater swamps in the evergreen +forest and in damp places of the mixed deciduous forest. The timber +is pink when freshly cut, and the heartwood has the red-brown +typical of the Mahogany family. The small size of the timber rather +militates against its reaching the high value of mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is a shade-bearer in its younger stages of +growth, and even when older it still stands a considerable amount +of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_318">[318]</span> shade. Self-sown +seedlings are not often seen. Perhaps this is due to so many of the +seeds being eaten by animals. The stump scarcely sprouts after it +has been freshly cut. Considering the size of the tree, a very fair +number of nuts ripen each year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">No use has been made of the seeds, though they +yield a similar oil to that of the Crab Oil Tree of South +America.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 a sample of the timber was sold in the +Liverpool market as Mahogany Cedar, scented, at 2½d. and 3½d. per +superficial foot.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The bark is used by pregnant +Yoruba women and for sores and as a cough mixture. It is used +underneath palm leaves as a roofing material in the Benin +country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya grandifolia</i>, later <i>grandis</i> +(Stapf.). Big-leaf Mahogany, Benin Mahogany. Akor, Oganwo (Yoruba); +Gadeau, Ogwangu (Benin); Odala (Ibo Asaba); Digiten (Brass); +Dirinshi, Diki (Ibo Owerri); Asamogo (Ibibio); Upono (Efik); Obon +(?) (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin and Ogoja provinces +of Nigeria, at the edge of the mixed deciduous forest zone, where +it is very prevalent in some places, such as at the edge of the +Ifon Owo-Akure Road.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a large tree +of the mixed forests. It attains a girth of 14 feet and a +corresponding height. It is, however, taller in proportion than +<i>K. Punchii</i>. It has long, upward-tending root flanges, though +not so large as those of <i>K. Ivoriensis</i> or the Coast +Mahogany. The crown is open compared to the other Khayas, except +<i>K. Senegalensis</i>. It has conspicuously large pinnate leaves, +with three or four pairs of leaflets quite 10 inches in length, +each leaflet being 4 inches long. The stem is smoother than <i>K. +Punchii</i>, and in that respect more like <i>K. anthoteka</i>. The +leaves of this species are the most shiny of all; in fact, the +others appear dull beside them. The bole, on the whole, is cleaner +than <i>K. Punchii</i> and longer, though it forks or divides into +a head in the characteristic Mahogany way. The shininess of the +leaves is one of the greatest characteristics of this tree. The +capsule is somewhat larger than <i>K. Punchii</i>. It is also a +little thicker, and the tip is not so long or sharp. It opens out +into five segments, as a rule, but sometimes there may be only +four. The seeds themselves are a little oblong in shape and not +quite so square as in <i>K. Punchii</i>, although they are just as +thin and flat.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is the typical Benin Mahogany, with +somewhat long pores, first of all rather pink, then a rich +mahogany-brown colour. Occasionally the sapwood is very wide in +proportion<span class="pagenum" id="Page_319">[319]</span> to the +size of the tree, but this is more in the case of very quickly +grown trees. It sometimes shows very rich figure of a “roey” nature +as well as “fiddleback,” more especially in the root buttresses. +Here, owing to the storms to which the tree is exposed, the fibres +of these buttresses become fractured and compressed, thus giving a +broken and mottled appearance to the grain after it has been cut up +lengthways. In this species the wood of the “curls” often shows a +rather bolder roe than in the case of those obtained from <i>K. +Punchii</i> or <i>Ivoriensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the whole this is the most quickly growing of +all the Khayas. In its youth it stands a certain amount of shade, +and, in fact, always, but it would appear to demand a good deal of +light for its full and quick development. It is a thoroughly +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. The leaves make a rich +humus. Natural regeneration is good, and, in fact, appears to be +much better than in the case of the other Khayas. It sprouts from +the stump a little. It appears to be somewhat exacting as to soil, +preferring somewhat deep, rich and moist sites. In plantations it +has already found a place. It has also been planted, mixed with +other species of Khaya, in the small nurseries, plantations and +lines of trees made by the timber-lease holders. It does not seem +to be attacked so severely by the leading-shoot borer as in the +case of <i>K. Punchii</i>. Owing to the fact that the seeds usually +fall on more open ground, it is not eaten so quickly by the little +boring insects.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is being constantly exported and mixed +up with the other species of Khaya. Being lighter, it floats higher +on the water than the other species, more especially +Entandrophragma. It has occasionally been used by the natives for +making canoes, as also for sawing up into planks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Punchii</i>. Uhi Mahogany, Benin Mahogany. +Oganwo (Yoruba); Ogwangu (Benin); Eggi (Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree does not attain such a large size as +either <i>K. grandis</i> or <i>K. Ivoriensis</i>, but it often +exceeds a girth of 12 feet and a bole length of 70 feet. The bottom +log of a tree is often found to show figured wood. This is perhaps +owing to the bark being constantly removed, and to the succeeding +occlusion of the wounds following at different times, according to +when the bark is removed.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chief Characteristics.</i>—It has a +comparatively small leaf, with five or six pairs of leaflets. It +has slight root spurns, or protuberances, or even in some cases +none at all. It is generally particularly rough at the base, owing +to the bark having been continually removed by the local people. +Higher<span class="pagenum" id="Page_320">[320]</span> up, the stem +is covered with brown-coloured bark, which is slightly pitted. The +leaves are in tufts, though to a lesser extent than either <i>K. +grandis</i> or <i>Ivoriensis</i>. The large masses of small white +flowers remind one of lilac. It is of the same white colour. It +flowers in February, when it is also in new leaf. Compared with +<i>K. grandis</i> it usually has a shorter and somewhat more curved +bole.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Abeokuta, +Ibadan and Benin provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The capsule is of medium size, splitting open into +five segments which remain attached at the base. On the whole it is +rather thinner than <i>K. grandis</i> or <i>Ivoriensis</i>, but +does not come to such a sharp point as either of those two.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very similar in grain and texture to +the other Khayas, but if anything it is a little heavier and a +little closer texture then either <i>grandis</i> or +<i>Ivoriensis</i>, especially in those districts where it grows in +the mixed deciduous forests, and where the base of the trunk is +burnt with an occasional grass-fire.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although not quite so fast-growing as the other +Khayas, it is a fast-growing tree with soil-protecting and +soil-improving qualities. Natural regeneration is fair, though the +little thin, flat seeds are very soon attacked by a little boring +insect when they fall to the ground. However, when rapidly gathered +after having fallen, they retain their germinative capacity for a +greater length of time than in the case of the Entandrophragmas. On +the whole, if the locality is not too dry or fires too prevalent, +this tree tends to widen its area of distribution with the spread +of farms. The leading-shoot borer attacks this tree in its younger +stages perhaps even more than the other Khayas, more especially +when it is planted pure. In this connection it should be noted that +this Khaya, as well as the others, is not gregarious in habit, +being always found singly, though varying much in number per square +mile. This factor rather indicates that pure plantations should not +be made, or at any rate that it should only be planted in small +groups mixed with other species, also in small groups, from a +quarter to one acre in extent. In leased timber areas it has been +planted mixed with other species. On the whole, it has not been +exported so much as the other Khayas. It has been sold as Niger +Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Value.</em>—3d. to 6d. per superficial foot +from Sapoba, in the Benin province. The natives occasionally cut it +for sawing into planks.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i069" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig069.jpg"><img src='images/fig069.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 69.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Iroko (Chlorophora excelsa) and Teak, one year old, +Mamu Forest Reserve, Ibadan Forest, in 1915.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i070" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig070.jpg"><img src='images/fig070.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 70.—<span class= +"bold">Large full-grown Iroko Tree (Chlorophora excelsa) standing +near Ibadan, Jebu Ode Road, Mamu Forest Reserve, in May 1910. Same +tree as Fig. 69.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i071" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig071.jpg"><img src='images/fig071.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 71.—<span class= +"bold">Untouched Forest on Summit of Ado Rock, Oyo Province, +1910.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 320.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya anthotheca?</i>. White-barked Mahogany or +White Mahogany,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_321">[321]</span> +King of the Timber. Funfun (Yoruba); Ogwangu Nufwa, Ogigedu +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Many specimens of this tree are found in the mixed +forests on the banks of the Ovia River in the Ifon district of the +Benin province, and also isolated trees near the banks of the Owena +River in the Ondo province.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The chief characteristic of this tree is the +speckled white bark, which gives the stem generally a light, almost +white or grey colour. The white patches in the bark occur +irregularly scattered all round the bole, being chiefly confined to +the lower half of it. In young trees the four very strong lateral +roots show up prominently above the ground, leading away from the +tree more or less at right angles and remaining above the surface +of the ground for two or three feet. This feature to some extent +persists even in old age, but then it is not so pronounced, as +these roots tend to form more or less stout buttresses similar to +the others, but coming out more abruptly and forming a more +shelf-like protuberance from the stem.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is supposed to be lighter, and of a +lighter colour than that of the other Khayas. However, it appears +to be only rather more of a pinkish-brown when freshly cut, taking +on the typical mahogany-brown once it is exposed to the air. So +far, it has always been sold mixed up with the other species cut in +the same area, and realizes similar prices. It may perhaps have +even helped towards the scoring of the higher average price of 6d. +per superficial foot which was obtained from one area where this +species is found.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya n. sp.</i> Mahogany. Ogwangu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This was found in the Benin province of Nigeria. In +the wood, it shows a considerable difference to the other Khayas, +being a much lighter red-brown colour and of more open texture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Ivoriensis</i>. Coast Mahogany. Obi, +Oganwo, Akpakor (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is supposed to be that from which most +of the coastal mahogany is obtained, more especially in the more +low-lying regions. The wood is of a richer and darker colour and +somewhat heavier than that of the other species. The most typical +feature, though, is the very sheeny nature of the wood and the very +considerable size of the medullary rays, which, however, are not +conspicuous, as in the wood from Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>. Dry-zone Mahogany. +Oganwo (Yoruba); Ogwangu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The tree has an +open crown with a few upspreading branches, and apparently much +less foliage<span class="pagenum" id="Page_322">[322]</span> than +its “confrères.” The leaves are small, very grey, specially on the +under-surface, giving them almost the character of Eucalyptus +leaves. The bole is shorter than the other Khayas, with a slightly +scaly bark and only a small thickening of the base and no root +buttresses at all. The bark is darker than <i>Khaya Punchii</i>, +though the scales are often grey. The capsule is almost frequently +four-sectioned, though this is not an absolute rule, as other +Khayas have been found bearing capsules dividing into three, four +and five sections. It does not exude gum so readily as <i>Khaya +Punchii</i>, and the gum is of a redder colour. Illustration +<a href="#i067">No. 67</a> shows the lower part of the bole of a +tree 10 feet in girth.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It grows on the banks of the +Ogun River above the Iseyin-Oyo Road, Ibadan province, Akure, Benin +and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It is found as one of the most +prevalent trees near Obudu and in the Onitsha province north of +Ogrugu.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—It is of redder brown colour than +either <i>Khaya Punchii</i> or grandis, and has a greater sheen. +The texture of wood is a little closer, and, owing to the annual +grass-fires burning the stem, is slightly figured. Logs could not +be cut much more than 20 feet in length, owing to the bole not +always being straight, though the large branches would make small +ones and curls.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It stands a great +deal of drought, though in its drier area of distribution it is +usually to be found near river banks. The seed keeps a high +percentage of germination for some months after being picked. It +demands more light than either of the other Khayas, and grows +freely from the beginning. It has also a greater tendency to branch +than the other Khayas, but this may be due to its being attacked +more by the leading-shoot borer than the other species, as more of +these insects are found in the open than in the mixed forests. It +is almost gregarious, as groups of trees are usually found +together.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya sp.</i> Orro (Yoruba); Geduloha +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Ilaro district of the +Abeokuta province. There appears to be some doubt as to whether +this is really a distinct species, but the fact remains that the +wood is very much darker and of rather a duller colour than most of +the other Khayas. It shows also a very rich, wide roe, and in this +respect the wood is more valuable than that of many other species. +It is somewhat similar to the best counter-top wood obtained from +the Entandrophragmas. It does not appear to be a very common tree, +but it attains a girth<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_323">[323]</span> of over 12 feet, and the bole is straighter +and considerably taller than most of the Khayas.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudocedrela Kotschyii</i>. Dry-zone Cedar. +Hard Cedar Mahogany. Emi gbegeri (Yoruba, Ibadan).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in groups and isolated specimens in the +Ibadan province of Nigeria, in the dry-zone forest and at the edge +of the mixed deciduous areas, more especially in the Olokemeji +Forest. With its somewhat regularly fissured bark, showing a +criss-cross pattern, it is distinguishable from the other dry-zone +trees. The silvery pinnate leaves in tufts and the charred base of +the stem, combined with the grey trunk, all help to identify it. +The little mahogany-like capsule, covered with silvery hairs when +unripe, is another feature. When these burst open, leaving the +empty capsule on the tree for a time, there is no doubt about its +being of the Mahogany family. In the distance the grey, almost +silvery-coloured bark makes it stand out as compared to others such +as Dwarf Ironwood or the Shea Butter Tree. Reaching a girth of +about 6 feet and a bole length of 25 feet, it is one of the largest +dry-zone trees.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is pinkish-red, when fresh, and the +heartwood a rich red-brown, darkening slightly on exposure to the +light. It is harder than mahogany and heavier. The grain is closer +and on the whole finer, but with a similar sheen. It often shows a +little figure. It saws well, planes smoothly, takes nails, and has +a good appearance in the plank. It is said to be termite-proof. It +is considerably stronger than mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Somewhat slow-growing, even from naturally growing +root suckers, it is a light-loving tree, giving scarcely enough +shade to protect the soil. In its youth it is a soil-improving +tree. Natural regeneration is poor, root suckers being the +strongest form of reproduction. It sprouts slightly from the stump, +but not sufficiently for reproduction of a crop. A fair crop of +seeds is found each year, but usually, owing to grass-fires, much +of this is destroyed. Plantations are being made, but natural +growth has been encouraged in places, and gives further promise of +better growth.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported, but it is occasionally +felled for local use. It is one of the most valuable trees of the +dry zone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma utilis</i>. Short-capsuled +Mahogany, Sapeli or Heavy Mahogany. Ijebbo, Jebu, Ashuwole, Papala +(Yoruba); Ogipogo, Ubilesan Onamakyuku, Plekkogo (Benin); Eplekgo +(Jekri); Edem (Efik); Atori (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the evergreen and mixed +forests of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_324">[324]</span> the +Ondo, Benin, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It is one of +the most common mahoganies of the forest, and reaches the largest +girth of any of the African trees. The biggest of all showed a +girth of 56 feet, measured above the top of the buttresses, and one +which showed 437 rings of growth had a girth of 52 feet, measured +at 20 feet above the ground. This one, too, yielded 15 logs of +various sizes.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaves are rather smaller and show the ribs +rather more prominently than in <i>E. cylindrica</i>, but the +growth, which is in tufts, is similar. It is deciduous for about +three weeks in the year, in November, when inconspicuous flowers +first appear and then the leaves. The capsule is about 3 inches +long and nearly 1 inch in diameter. It is of the usual pentagonal +shape, and there are five seeds, placed one over the other on each +side of the central pentagonal core. The seeds are nearly square in +shape, with a rounded back about an eighth of an inch thick. The +wings are four times the length of the seed, making each about 2½ +inches long. The seeds lose their germinative power in about three +weeks, and are always attacked by a small boring insect.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bole has comparatively slight root spurns, +which terminate at about a maximum height of 20 feet from the +ground. It is very straight, and may attain a height of 90 feet. +The stem is, however, much more pitted than that of <i>E. +cylindrica</i>. The bark is of a green to grey colour, very +reminiscent at times of a beech-tree, especially at a distance. The +crown is flatly spherical, being composed of a few very large +limbs. The slash is white and brown; the sapwood is white and the +heartwood of a red-brown colour, with a very strong cedar-wood +scent when freshly cut. Even when the wood is seasoned and freshly +planed, this scent is very noticeable. It saws and splits easily, +planes up moderately, and takes nails fairly easily. It is not +termite-proof, but the most common attack is by a lymexylon, if the +logs are left lying unsquared in the forests. Many figured logs +have been obtained from this species of tree. In the younger +stages, the sapwood is comparatively wide. Natural regeneration is +very good in some places. The tree grows very rapidly indeed. In +its youth it stands a certain amount of shade, but later on it is a +light-loving tree. It is a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. +Isolated trees have been planted and small plantations made in +various parts of the country. Planted under proper conditions and +with favourable seasons, an average growth of 6 feet in height may +be expected. The young trees are occasionally<span class="pagenum" +id="Page_325">[325]</span> attacked by the leading-shoot borer, but +this is not very serious, particularly if a suitable mixture with +other trees has been formed.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This timber has been one of the main export +products of the Sapeli and South Benin forests. The chief market +for this wood was, previous to the war, in Hamburg. However, from +Hamburg, the markets of Copenhagen, Sweden, Finland, Russia and +Austria were also supplied. Being almost half as heavy again as +Khaya Mahogany, it costs more in proportion to bring over to +Europe. Owing to the better and larger size of the logs which can +be obtained from these huge trees, there was in these markets a +greater demand for this timber for counter-tops than for Khaya +timber. This to some extent counterbalanced the disadvantage of the +extra weight. This timber was also considered of a duller colour +and more liable to split than the Khaya wood. However, as many of +the trees from which the largest logs have been obtained are +mature, and over-mature, it is natural that the wood cannot be in a +prime condition.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very popular amongst the local people +for the making of canoes and for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma cylindrica</i>. Heavy Mahogany +or Cedar Mahogany. Jebu, Oro, Issisi, Alepo, Alopa (Yoruba); +Ikwabobo, Agiekpogo (Benin); Atore (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Oyo, Ondo, Benin, +Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It is one of the common +mahogany-trees of the evergreen and mixed deciduous forest zone. It +is the tallest of all African trees, the bole alone often attaining +a height exceeding 100 feet. It is also one of the straightest and +most cylindrical trees in Africa. The root spurns are very slight +compared to the size of the tree, and do not extend usually more +than 10 feet up the stem. The bark is smooth and not unlike the +beech; in old age, however, it becomes slightly pitted and the bark +scales off in places. The crown is deeper and more spherical than +in the case of <i>Entandrophragma utilis</i>. The ends of the +branches are most conspicuous, with their most pronounced tufts of +leaves. The leaf is often about 4 inches long, but in young shoots +may attain a length of nearly 3 feet, with over thirty pairs of +pinnæ. The slash is white, with small, yellow, stone-like granules +in it. The bark is thick.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The capsule is nearly 6 inches long and an inch in +diameter. It is similar in shape to that of <i>Entandrophragma +utilis</i>, and opens in a similar way. The seeds are rather larger +and the wings considerably longer. It is deciduous for about a +week<span class="pagenum" id="Page_326">[326]</span> in November, +when the flowers, which are of a light-greenish colour, appear, and +then the leaves.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and comparatively wide, except +in very old trees. The wood, when freshly cut, smells slightly like +a red herring, and in colour is not unlike the flesh of kippered +herring.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The heartwood is of a red-brown colour, rather +dulling on exposure to the air and becoming a dark-brown colour. +The pores are very long, much more so than either in the <i>E. +utilis</i> or the Khaya genus. The timber splits well, saws easily, +and takes nails moderately well. It is not always easy to plane it +down to a smooth surface. It has a distinct tendency to warp unless +properly seasoned. It is not termite-proof, but the attacks of the +white ants are slow. The sapwood is more commonly attacked by a +lymexylon. For interior work it is very durable; sometimes it has a +very pretty, dull-brown wavy sheen.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural regeneration is good in many places. +Isolated trees have been planted and small plantations made in +different parts of the country. The growth on the whole is even +more rapid than in the case of <i>E. utilis</i>. In favourable +localities it will exceed an annual height growth of 7 feet. +Although it will stand a considerable amount of shade in its youth, +it is more of a light-loving tree in old age. It is a +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the chief mahoganies exported from +the Benin and Sapeli forests, but it does not attain such an +average high price as that of the Khaya genus. However, from all +accounts it appears that the majority of figured logs have been +obtained from this species; this compensates to some extent the +disadvantage of this being the heaviest wood of all the mahoganies. +It often floats just level with the water, and has sometimes been +known to sink. In pre-war days it used to fetch 4d. per superficial +foot, and the best market for it was in Hamburg; but, as also in +the case of <i>E. utilis</i>, the wood was supplied to the markets +in Austria, Russia, etc. It is common to make three logs each 30 +feet long from the bole. Both this tree and <i>E. utilis</i> yield +some of the best curls which are obtained from the mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The local people used to be very fond of using this +tree for making canoes, and I have seen a canoe over 80 feet long +and having a draught of over 6 feet. It has also been largely used +in house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>. African Walnut. Abuwe +(Yoruba); Ikwahobo, or usually known amongst the timber men and +forest officers as Anamomilla in Benin, Apobo (Jekri, Ijor).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_327">[327]</span>It +is one of the most prevalent trees on the banks of the Ogba stream +in the Benin province, and it is also found in the Ondo, Abeokuta, +Owerri and Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows to a large size, reaching a girth +of over 12 feet and a bole length of over 60 feet. The root spurns +are slight compared to Mahogany, extending only from 4 to 6 feet up +the stem.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The small, almost +quadrangular-shaped capsule, which splits open with four sides and +centre square in section with only eight seeds, two placed on each +face, is about the size of a little finger. At its base the bole is +not entirely circular in shape, but tends to form four distinct +narrow small buttresses, giving it almost a quadrangular shape. The +bark is a dark brown colour, which gets rougher with old age and +scales off to a small extent. Compared to the size of the tree it +is not very thick. In the younger trees it is quite smooth and more +of a yellow-brown colour. The leaves are pinnate, with three or +four pairs of pinnæ. The four-sided capsule is a most typical +feature of this tree, and distinguishes it from Entandrophragma. +The leaves are of a dark colour.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood is a good +walnut-brown, sometimes with very striking dark-brown or black +streaks in it. The sapwood is comparatively narrow and the +heartwood forms comparatively early in the life of the tree. The +wood is only moderately hard; it planes well, and takes nails; it +saws easily, and splits moderately well. It is, however, attacked +by termites, but not when used for interior work. It shrinks but +little and does not warp very much. The grain is rather finer than +that of the ordinary mahogany, but the pores are often much longer. +It has a pleasant lustre, but tends to darken a little with age, +especially when not exposed to the brightest light. The tree is a +moderately fast-growing, shade-bearing species, with +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural regeneration +appears to be moderate. It sprouts slightly from the stump. Seed +years are none too frequent. The seeds themselves are soon eaten by +boring insects when they lie on the ground; even when picked up +they soon lose their germinative capacity, and should be planted +within a month of being gathered, as they are so liable to get dry. +The tree is a little exacting in regard to soil, apparently +demanding plenty of moisture, depth and a good deal of humus. No +plantations have been made with this tree, but a great number of +isolated trees have been planted by timber-lease holders in their +areas.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool<span class="pagenum" id="Page_328">[328]</span> market as +African Walnut at 1d. per superficial foot. Since then, however, +the qualities of this timber have become better known, and it now +finds a ready sale at rates varying from 2d. to 5d. per superficial +foot. Although it is a mahogany by family, it is usual to sell it +as African Walnut, as the colour and texture of the wood are very +similar to walnut.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—In the Benin province it has +been used for canoe-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Guarea Thompsonii</i>. Cedar Mahogany, Cedar or +Close-grained Mahogany. Sidu (Yoruba); Obobonikwi (Benin); Akpaku +(Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large forest tree of the evergreen forest +zone, attaining a girth of 12 feet, which is most commonly found in +the Benin district of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The trunk is +dark-brown with smoothish bark, which has a tendency to scale off a +little. The pinnate leaves are shiny and form very distinctive +tufts at the ends of the branches, though not quite so much as in +Entandrophragma.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit, which is quite soft, is a dehiscent +capsule, of a dark brown colour; when ripe, three black seeds +covered with red pulp are released. The seeds are ellipsoid in +shape and smaller than those of <i>G. sp.</i>, Obobonufwa. The seed +is nearly half an inch long and covered with white streaks +following round its narrowest circumference. The crown is very +thick and dense compared with <i>G. sp.</i>, Obobonufwa. The bole +length is shorter, and the shape of it is not so regular nor so +round as that of <i>G. sp.</i>, Obobonufwa. The crown is flatly +spherical in shape, reaching fully a third of the total height of +the tree. The flowers are yellow and borne in long spikes about 1 +foot in length.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heart of a +mahogany-brown colour, with a slightish red tinge when freshly cut, +which rapidly goes a light brown colour, though not such a light +brown as in the case of <i>G. sp.</i>, Obobonufwa. It has a strong +cedar scent when freshly cut, and even the old wood retains this +scent when planed up afresh. The grain is fine, though a little +fibrous. The pores are long and open. It has, however, a nice +sheen, giving a better appearance than that of <i>G. sp.</i>, +Obobonufwa. It planes easily, but does not split very well. It +takes nails fairly easily and saws without difficulty. It is not +termite-proof. It has considerable tensile strength and elasticity. +In proportion the heartwood is very large and forms comparatively +early in the life of the tree. It has a closer grain than any of +the mahogany of the Benin district.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_329">[329]</span>The +tree is a fast-growing one, at first shade-bearing, and later a +more light-demanding species, with soil-improving and +soil-protecting qualities. Natural regeneration appears to be fair, +though the seeds are eaten by insects, and they do not appear to +keep their generative capacity for a great length of time. It +appears to be rather exacting as to soil, liking one with a fair +degree of moisture, mineral content and of considerable depth. No +plantations have yet been made of this tree, but isolated specimens +have been planted by the timber-lease holders. It bears good crops +of seed every few years.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Owing to the comparative shortage of mahogany trees +on some areas, this tree is now felled as a timber for export, and +is sold as Scented Mahogany at 3d. to 6d. per superficial foot. +Locally it has been cut for planks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Guarea sp.</i> Cedar Mahogany, Scented Mahogany. +Sida, Sendar, Odogbo, Akokogbo (Yoruba); Obobonufwa (Benin); Akpaku +(Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large forest tree of the evergreen zone, +attaining a girth of over 12 feet, which is most commonly met with +in the Benin district of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The bole is covered +with smooth grey bark, which peels off very gradually in large +pieces more like a plane; it is sometimes relieved by patches of +yellow or red lichens. It has tufts of pinnate leaves at the end of +the branches.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is a greyish-brown coloured, dehiscent +capsule, which contains three large seeds covered with +orange-coloured flesh. The seed is black, and wider and thicker +than the <i>G. Thompsonii</i>, though the length is about the same; +this makes it flatly ovate. The seed is covered with white streaks +in the same way as <i>Guarea Thompsonii</i>. The root spurns are +narrow and extend further up the stem than in the case of <i>G. +Thompsonii</i>, though in the younger trees the stem is very +cylindrical. The silvery-coloured bark is most typical of this +tree, thus distinguishing it most clearly from <i>G. +Thompsonii</i>. It is very similar in appearance to <i>Sideroxylon +Aylmeri</i> of Sierra Leone, so that indeed it may be a species of +Sideroxylon, or even the same.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Abeokuta and Benin +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and narrow and the heartwood +light-brown, rapidly darkening to a more mahogany brown. When +freshly cut it has a strong cedar scent, which goes off to a +certain extent when it is dry, but on planing the wood up again +there is always a slight cedar scent. It is closer +grained<span class="pagenum" id="Page_330">[330]</span> than <i>G. +Thompsonii</i>, but it has not so much sheen. On the whole the +colour is poorer. It is not considered quite so durable as <i>G. +Thompsonii</i>, nor is it termite-proof. It planes well and saws +easily, splits moderately well, and takes nails without difficulty. +It is of a very light colour for mahogany. It has a good, mellow +texture.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is at first slightly shade-bearing, but later a +light-demanding tree. It grows comparatively rapidly. It thoroughly +protects the soil and enriches it with its leaf fall. Natural +regeneration appears to be only moderate, perhaps owing to the fact +that the seeds soon lose their germinative capacity or are eaten by +animals. It appears to be somewhat exacting as to soil, liking one +with considerable depth, mineral content and a fair degree of +moisture.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this timber were considered +of a lower value than mahogany, and were sold as Scented Mahogany +at 3½d. to 3¾d. per superficial foot. Since that date the timber +has been regularly shipped from the Benin district and sold as +Scented Mahogany, and it is usually worth from 2½d. to 6d. per +superficial foot. Owing to the comparative scarcity of large girth +mahoganies (<i>Khaya sp.</i>) in some localities, it is being +felled in increasingly large quantities.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Heudelottii</i>. Rere, Ako Irere, +Asana (Yoruba); Ovallo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta and Benin provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a smaller leaf than <i>Trichilia sp.</i>, +and is rather a smaller tree than <i>T. Prieuriana</i>. The +heartwood is brown-red and very hard; the sapwood is white.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree of the mixed forest +zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Occasionally it is used as a house-building timber, +when there is nothing else available.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia sp.</i> Iseko (Yoruba); Ogiovalo +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a larger leaf than <i>T. Heudelotii</i>. It +is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo and Benin provinces of Nigeria. The +heartwood is brownish-red and the sapwood is white. It reaches +rather a larger size than <i>T. Heudelotii</i>, attaining a bole +length of about 15 feet and a girth of 5 feet. The seeds are very +similar to those of <i>P. Prieuriana</i>. It is termite-proof.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration +appears to be slight. It apparently demands a good soil, and is +found in the mixed deciduous forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not yet been tried as an export timber, but +it might be useful as a hard mahogany, both for export and for +local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_331">[331]</span>Amongst the natives it is occasionally used +as a house-building timber, the tree having a fork at a convenient +distance from the ground.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Prieuriana</i>. Awe, Eriagbo (Yoruba); +Igogo (Benin); Somabari (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a +dark-foliaged tree, usually found dominated in the mixed forest, +with thin, scaly bark and thin, long leaves, with four or five +pairs of pinnæ. The seeds are reminiscent of Guarea.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the mixed +deciduous forests of the Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—It has a hard, red heartwood of +close grain and white sapwood; it does not shrink nor warp to any +extent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration +appears to be poor, perhaps owing to the fact that the seeds decay +very rapidly when lying in the ground.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In the dry season the dew condenses very readily on +this tree, and thus makes the ground very moist underneath.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It does not reach really export timber size. It has +not been used either for export or locally. However, for smaller +constructional work it deserves a trial.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Turræa Vogelii</i>. Asha omode (Yoruba); Ovioza +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather an uncommon tree of the Benin province +of Nigeria. It is quite small, only attaining a girth of about 2 +feet. It usually stands in the shade as part of the undergrowth of +the evergreen forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives have no particular use for it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Turræa heterophylla</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta province of +Nigeria. It is a small tree which has been specially noticed in the +Ilaro Forest Reserve. The Yorubas do not have any special use for +this species of Meliaceæ. It is considerably harder than either +mahogany or cedar mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ekebergia Senegalensis</i> (Juss.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree found in the Abeokuta +province of Nigeria. It is distinguished by its white flowers, and +is found growing in the Olokemeji Arboretum. The leaves are large +for Meliaceæ, but the position of the flower-stalk and the bark are +typical of this family. The natives have not used the wood thus +far. It would make rather an ornamental shrub-like tree in a +garden.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Melia Azedarach</i>. Bead Tree or Persian Lilac. +Eke Oyinbo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_332">[332]</span>A +tree found growing plentifully. It is of medium size, bearing a +very ornamental flower. It yields timber, gum, oil and medicaments, +and is also used in the preparation of liquors. The fruit is +poisonous.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>? Mahogany</em>. Onyemo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is somewhat uncommon in the Benin +province of Nigeria. It is closely allied to the African Walnut. It +is apparently a mahogany, so far as the texture of the timber is +concerned, and the grain is very similar too. It is a medium-sized +tree with a bark less pitted than that of the Entandrophragmas and +with a more greenish tinge. The slash is white, the sapwood +whitish-yellow and the heartwood light-brown, becoming darker on +exposure to the air. It has occasionally been cut in Benin and used +as mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Polygalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carpolobia lutea</i> (Don). Oshunshun +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta and Benin provinces of +Nigeria. A shrub-like tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polygala arenaria</i>. Okuturupu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Dichapetalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chailletia floribunda</i> (Planch). Kukumarugbo +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small tree of the mixed deciduous forest +zone. It is a shade-bearing and soil-protecting tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is hard and durable. Locally it has not +been used to any extent, though it might find a place in temporary +buildings as verandah-posts or window-frames. The timber is said to +be termite-proof. The flowers are very conspicuous and quite +enliven the forest with their bright colours.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Africanus</i>. African Wood Oil +Nut. Erimado, Ekku (Ib.); Funfun Puttuputtu (Yoruba); Okkwen, +Okwen-seva (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large or more often medium-sized tree with +smooth grey bark, rather thin branches in more or less whorls, and +open crown. The fruit has two lobes, with one seed in each lobe. +The leaf is digitate, with a varying number of digits, from three +to five. The leaves are rather smaller and much thinner and finer +in texture than those of <i>R. Rautenii</i>. The root spurns are +smaller, and do not appear much more than 1 foot to 2 feet above +the ground, nor do the roots themselves usually extend above the +ground. It reaches a girth of about 8 feet.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i072" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig072.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig072.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 72.—<span class= +"bold">Forest on banks of Oshun River, looking downstream, Oshun +Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i073" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig073.jpg"><img src='images/fig073.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 73.—<span class= +"bold">Large Arere Tree (Triplochiton Nigericum), already girdled +and dead.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i074" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig074.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig074.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 74.—<span class= +"bold">Forest on banks of Oshun River, looking upstream, Oshun +Forest Reserve, Jebu Ode District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i075" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig075.jpg"><img src='images/fig075.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 75.—<span class= +"bold">Ride between Compartments C and D, Mamu Forest Reserve, +Funtumia seedlings on either side, six to eight years +old.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 332.</p> +</div> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_333">[333]</span>The +timber is a little more closely grained than that of <i>R. +Rautenii</i>, but otherwise very similar. On the whole the bole has +a less good shape, tapering rather more in proportion to its +height. The timber length of the tree does not usually exceed 25 +feet. Natural regeneration is very good, though this tree does not +bear seed so heavily as the sister species. It sprouts well from +the stump, but the stump does not last. In its youth it will stand +a little shade, but is really a light-loving tree, with +soil-protecting, soil-improving qualities. It is not quite so rapid +a growing tree as <i>R. Rautenii</i>, even though it is one of the +quickest growing trees. It appears to like a moist, comparatively +rich soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as a species of mahogany. It is, however, probable +that these were logs from a different kind of tree, as the wood is +too dull a brown colour to be really like mahogany. Locally it has +not been sawn up for planks, but deserves a trial as a box-making +and pattern-making wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is felled indiscriminately +with <i>R. Rautenii</i> and used for a similar purpose.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Rautenii</i>. Yoruba Coffin Wood. +Ekku, Puttuputtu (Yoruba); Okwen-seva, Okkwen nebo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A large tree, up to 12 feet in girth, with stout +branches and roughly fissured bark reminding one of oak. The fruit +is slightly three-lobed, containing three seeds. The leaf is +digitate, with the number of digits varying from five to seven. The +leaves are larger and thicker and with a rougher surface than those +of <i>R. Africanus</i>. The crown is thicker, more widespread, and +roughly spherical in shape. The roots usually come out of the +ground near the base of the tree and form rough root spurns, +extending 3 or 4 feet up the bole of the tree. The bole reaches a +length of 30 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is one of the commonest trees in the moist +secondary forests and at the edge of the mixed deciduous forests in +Benin, Abeokuta, Calabar.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber of this tree was described as a “species +of mahogany” and suitable for the Liverpool market in 1906.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—By the Yorubas it is cut down +and sawn up into planks for making coffins. Mostly medium-sized +trees are used for this purpose. None of the natives apparently +know how to use the nuts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron sp.</i> Species of Mahogany. Okwen +seni (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The African oil-nut, with four nuts in each fruit, +appears to be the same, but this larger number of nuts is the +specially distinguishing feature, and has been given a distinct +name<span class="pagenum" id="Page_334">[334]</span> by the Benin +people. It is, however, rather doubtful if it is really a different +species from <i>R. Rautenii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used in much the same +way as the other two species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Heudelotii</i>. Mahogany. Yeye (Yoruba); +Oyen (Benin); Ile (Bonny and New Calabar).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Owerri and Yoruba provinces of +Nigeria. With its slightly curved trunk and large mass of +widespreading aerial roots, extending almost to a quarter up the +height of the tree, it is distinguishable from other trees of this +zone. Usually found growing near water, or in regions that are +flooded periodically. It sends out fresh red-coloured aerial roots. +The leaves are somewhat shiny and give a greyish appearance in the +distance. The bark is finely fissured and dark brown. Often covered +with moss at the base. It attains a girth of about 10 feet and a +bole length of about 25 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing tree. +It protects the soil and enriches it with the fall of its leaves. +Its mass of aerial roots tends to moderate the speed of the flooded +river and holds the banks up, preventing corrosion, and in many +cases tends to help the formation of higher and more solid banks, +owing to the deposit of sand between and near the network of aerial +roots.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very similar to mahogany in grain, +though a little harder. It has considerable elasticity. It is +finely fibrous, and does not plane up with such a smooth finish, +nor does it split well. It is termite-resisting and moderately +tough. It saws with difficulty. The sapwood is stained with reddish +colouring matter, and the heartwood is a dull red-brown. The pores +in the timber are longer, and resemble mahogany in this respect; +though, being fibrous to the touch, the difference is shown.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +sawn up for local use. Occasionally it is used by the natives for +house-building, and some of the crooked roots and branches are used +as ribs for boats and building up canoes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Guineensis</i> (Muell. Arg.). False +Mahogany. Abo Emido, also known as Yeye and Yere (Yoruba); Onye +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—Large aerial roots +supporting the bole at a height of 8 to 10 feet from the ground. +When cut, the slash is red; the sapwood is whitish, tinged with the +red colouring matter of the heartwood, which is a dull red.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—Banks of the Ogun, Olokemeji +Forest Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In most respects the timber is similar to that of +Heudelottii.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_335">[335]</span> On the +whole, however, this species is a little harder than the other.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is somewhat slow-growing and stands less +shade than the Heudelotii. It is of the greatest value, with its +aerial roots, in protecting and increasing the height and stability +of the river banks at the edge of the dry forest zone. It is one of +the few trees that are not washed out of the banks in the flood +season, and even when they do fall over into the river they remain +attached to the bank and lessen the force of the current. Natural +regeneration is none too good.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +felled locally for conversion into planks. Occasionally the natives +use the smaller trees for house-building. They also consider the +places in the rivers immediately near or overhung by one of these +trees as the best localities for fishing.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia micrantha</i>. Yoruba Ironwood. Ira +Odan, Asa Gidi (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree or shrub up to 8 feet high, with +a large alternate leaf. The bark tends to be fibrous and can be +stripped off in a similar way to the other Bridelias.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very hard, moderately durable, and +said to be termite-proof. Its small size and somewhat crooked +nature hinders its more extensive use.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is occasionally of use for house-poles in +temporary buildings, and makes good firewood, giving intense heat. +The leaves yield a rich humus and improve the soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The bark is mixed with Hausa +salts and then drunk with lime and water as an aperient.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia Zenkeri</i>, syn. <i>atroviridis</i>. +Yoruba Ironwood. Asha, Asha ragha (Yoruba); Oviaruza, Assivi, +Ogangan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a comparatively common tree of the Abeokuta, +Oyo, Benin and Owerri provinces of Nigeria. The roughly fissured +bark, scaling off in criss-cross fashion, in papery or fibrous +layers, is most typical of the tree. The bole is short, seldom +reaching a greater length than 15 feet. It is usually forked about +this height and then spreads out, rather reminiscently of the elm. +It yields the hardest wood of all the African trees, except perhaps +Okuta (the stone).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is occasionally used for house-building by the +natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia stenocarpa</i>. Benin Ironwood. Arasha, +Asha, Aroro Ashasha (Ondo), Aiveygbo (Eg.) (Yoruba); Assivi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Benin and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria, where it is somewhat prevalent, but found +always singly in the forest. In habit it is not at all unlike the +wych<span class="pagenum" id="Page_336">[336]</span> elm. The leaf +is of similar size and shape, the bark peels off in fibrous layers, +but is otherwise fissured in lattice-work fashion. For the size of +the tree the bark is comparatively thin; the slash is light-brown, +sometimes a whitish-grey. The sapwood is white and the heartwood is +dark-brown and very hard. It saws well, but is almost impossible to +split, and it will not take nails. It has a short bole of about 20 +feet, is deciduous for a few days in the year, but is otherwise a +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Samples were at one time +on the way to be exported, but were sunk by accident, the wood, of +course, being much heavier than water.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives occasionally use it for +house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Excœcaria sp.</i> Orupa (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, up to 18 inches in girth, with +smooth, yellowish-red bark, and has maple-like seeds in pairs +joined at the base. The stem gives a greyer impression than that of +<i>Ormosia laxiflora</i>, and it is also much smoother.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the dry-zone +forest of the Ibadan, Abeokuta and Onitsha provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—Not very hard and of a yellowish +colour.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The bark and roots are used +medicinally. It is sold in the Lagos medicine market.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma venosum</i>. Aroro (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, about 9 feet high. Found in the +Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma sp.</i> Ogbamaton (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tragia Manniana</i>. Esisi (Yoruba); Ogangan +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ondo and Benin provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Microdesmis puberula</i> (Hook.). The Benin +Apata Wood. Apata (Yoruba); Ehranpata, Esanpata, Omomeran +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree with hard wood of a brown +colour. It reaches about 15 feet high with a girth of about 12 +inches.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the whole this is a slow-growing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving shrub. It serves a useful +purpose in the undergrowth and is of local value as well.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The wood is used for making +the musical instrument known to the Benin as Apata, a kind of +harp-shaped frame made of wire, but much smaller.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Microdesmis sp.</i> Essunsun, Ubelluname, +Ubellunowe (Benin); Njorgora (Oban, Ekoi); Akiti (Ibo Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Benin, Ondo, Ogoja and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria. A medium-sized tree of about 6 +feet<span class="pagenum" id="Page_337">[337]</span> in girth, +attaining a bole length of about 40 feet. Its small, pretty +five-petalled flowers fall off the tree and cover the path or +neighbouring bushes; their scent is very pleasant and is +reminiscent of honey and flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood light red +brown, rather hard, of close grain and close texture; it planes +moderately well, but it is rather hard to saw and does not split. +It is durable under cover, but does not last when exposed to the +weather. It hardens very considerably when exposed to the air. The +timber was used for verandah-posts in the Calabar district, but did +not prove very suitable, as a large borer often attacked it. The +timber is not absolutely termite-proof. The natives occasionally +use the wood for house-posts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllanthus reticulatus</i>. Iranje +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllanthus sp.</i> Awe, Erigaba (Yoruba); +Eghogho (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cyclostemon</i>. Oyen (Benin). This may be the +same as <i>Uapaca Heudelotii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree of the Abeokuta and Benin +provinces of Nigeria. It has aerial roots and likes a damp, moist +soil. It has red flowers which come out in February. It yields a +hard, reddish wood, which is rather fibrous.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Manniophyton Africanum</i>. Ebumen (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small creeper similar to that known as +Okwe by the Benis.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Manniophyton sp.</i> Okwe (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a long creeper found in the Benin and Ogoja +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The nut of this creeper is most commonly seen in +the cooked state in the markets, when it appears like a +dark-coloured marble. The soft shell can be cracked between the +fingers, and the hardish white nut is seen inside, being about 1 +inch in diameter and very meaty. A few of these almost take the +place of a meal. Thus far the plant has not been cultivated, the +natives only picking the fruit as they find it in the forest. The +fruit is four-cornered and contains one nut.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Palissya <span class="msg" title= +"sic">cordata</span></i>. Ipa (Yoruba); Unwonwen (Benin); Abo Asha +(Ibadan).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin forest. A medium-sized +tree, which might be examined with a view to being a source of +dyeing material.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga Barteri</i>. Arasa (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree or shrub found in Tropical West +Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Claoxylon Barteri</i> (Hook.). Itakun, Okare +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has small flowers. Found near Ipetu.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_338">[338]</span>Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spondias lutea</i>. Non-indigenous Hog Plum or +Yellow Plum. Iyeye, Akika Aka (Yoruba); Ogikan or Ogege (Benin); +Nsukakara (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although indigenous to India, it has become very +widespread in its area of distribution in Africa, where it is +found, partly planted or as a “garden escape,” in all the Southern +Provinces of Nigeria. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a girth +of about 5 feet and a height of about 50 feet. The very evenly and +comparatively deeply fissured bark, in comparison to the size of +the tree, is the most typical feature of it. A very open crown, and +few straight upward- and outward-tending branches, with very slight +side branches and twigs also distinguish this tree from many of the +forest trees. The little yellow fruit, about 1 inch long and ¾ inch +in diameter, is very much like an elongated Mirabel plum. It is +between an eighth and a quarter of an inch of yellow flesh when the +nut or stone is reached inside. The leaves are thin and pinnate, +with ten to twelve pairs of pinnæ on each leaf. Sometimes the bark +is rough and almost prickly. The branches and cortex in smaller +trees are more or less covered with little nodules which sometimes +develop into small thorns. The fruit is sweet, but rather sharp to +the taste, almost tart. It is, however, refreshing in the hot +weather whilst on the march.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is whitish-yellow, not very hard, +although it is scarcely attacked by white ants, chiefly perhaps +owing to the fact that any green piece of wood with some bark on it +will grow when lying on the ground. It planes well, splits easily, +and takes nails.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a rapid-growing, light-loving tree which does +not thoroughly protect the soil nor enrich it very much with its +foliage. Natural regeneration is poor. It is most readily +propagated by means of cuttings, which may even be about 6 inches +in diameter and quite as long as posts. With the spread of farms +and other buildings it tends to become more widely distributed over +the country. It demands a moist soil with a fair amount of +depth.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber does not show such qualities as to +justify its export, but occasionally the larger trees might be sawn +up for planks for local use. It is very useful for making live +fences, which grow fast and do not cast much shade. In fruit the +tree also looks very pretty.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The tree is used for live +fences for gardens and farms. The fruit is eaten, but not to an +enormous extent,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_339">[339]</span> as +it is said to form tartar on the teeth. Amongst the Yorubas, parts +of the roots and branches are used for axe and hoe handles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spondias sp.</i> Ekika Aja (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree may be the same as <i>Pseudospondias +microcarpa</i>, but it has only been determined from a specimen +obtained from the Oshun Reserve. This is somewhat further south and +in a moister region than the <i>Pseudospondias microcarpa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudospondias microcarpa</i>. Okika +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat rare tree in the Abeokuta and +Ibadan provinces of Nigeria. Apparently there is a small-fruited +tree of this species in the Olokemeji Reserve. The tree itself +attains a larger size than <i>S. lutea</i>, reaching a girth of 8 +feet and a bole of 20 feet. The growth is less free and the bark is +much darker and more fissured than <i>S. lutea</i>. It has not been +felled for export; the natives have no particular use either for +the wood or the fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anacardium Occidentale</i>. Non-indigenous +Cashew Nut. Kaju (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree has become a garden escape on the Ekoi +plains near Lagos, where it forms dense thickets. It is not +indigenous to West Africa. The tree bears well, and the Brazilians +resident in Lagos make a jam out of the fruit. The nuts are roasted +and regularly sold in the market, to Europeans chiefly. The +branches of the tree are sometimes lopped off and cut into short +pieces for firewood. It is usually of very sprawling habit, with a +short bole only 3 or 4 feet long. It is not found in the forest +proper.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>Botanical name unknown</em>. Blacksmith’s +Charcoal Wood. Akkun (Yoruba); Azimommon, Onyenu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria, Obagie Reserve and Oyon River.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, with large leaves and compact +crown. It has a very small, berry-like fruit; found growing on +moist soil in the evergreen forest, sometimes found in the fringing +forest of river banks of a dry zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The timber is very hard, grey in +colour and perhaps flexible. The bark is rough and finely fissured. +It is inclined to peel off. The slash is pink. The wood is very +fibrous, and in the cross-cut section the pieces between the fibres +look like very small pinholes. The wood when freshly cut has a +sweet, rather pleasant smell.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>European Use.</em>—It has not, so far, been +sold for export or local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The stems of the small trees +are used for axe-handles,<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_340">[340]</span> and this tree is esteemed by the blacksmith +for making charcoal. It is also cut into planks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anacardia sp.</i> Rat Poison Mango. Akkum +(Yoruba); Pweku Pweku, Azemome (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Benin native name means literally “Rat-kill, +rat-kill,” but I have never been able to discover exactly how the +poison is used. It is rather a rare tree of the Benin forest of the +Benin province. It reaches a height of about 80 feet and a girth of +9 feet. It bears a large fruit about the size and shape of a good +mango. This is certainly one of the best fruits of the native +trees. It has a much sweeter scent than that of the mango, and the +taste is also much sweeter. From experiments made it is not +poisonous to chickens, goats nor sheep, but none of them, except +the chickens, took it at all willingly. The fruit is said to be +very poisonous to man, but its delicious flavour tempts the tasting +of it. Certainly, in very small quantities it is not poisonous, and +it would be interesting to know in what quantities it is so. The +slash is yellowish-white. The sapwood is white and the heartwood of +a dull brown colour. It is a hard and heavy wood. It saws with +difficulty. It is a shade-bearing and soil-protecting tree. The +natural reproduction appears to be poor.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been used locally, nor has it +been sampled for export.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Celastraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gymnosporia Senegalensis</i>. Shepolo-hun +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Icacinaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pyrenacantha sp. nov.</i> Abara (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Epe Colony of Lagos, +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lecaniodiscus cupanoides</i>. Akika. Aka-Ishin +(Yoruba); Utan-tan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Warri, +Ogoja and Calabar provinces of Nigeria. It is a small, shrub-like +tree, reaching a girth of about 1 foot and a height of 15 feet. The +leaves are very small, the timber extremely hard and cross-grained. +The wood is used by the natives for rafters, hoe-handles and +sometimes mortar-pestles; the root is said to have medicinal +properties.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_341">[341]</span><i>Blighia sapida</i>. Akee or Akee Apple. +Ishin Ishin-oka (Yoruba); Ukpi nufwa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria. +It has an edible aril, which is yellow in colour. It is cooked +before being consumed. It is a very ornamental tree, and bears +fruit when quite young, which, being orange-coloured, looks very +pretty amongst the green foliage.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is more or less triangular in shape, and +when ripe splits open up to the base, releasing three black nuts +with a yellow aril. The fruit is orange-coloured with a pink flush. +It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of about 6 feet and a +height of about 60 feet. The bark is smooth and grey in colour and +comparatively thin. The crown is oval in shape and much more open +than is the case with <i>Phialodiscus sp.</i> It has a moderately +large pinnate leaf with two pairs of pinnæ. The flowers are small +and comparatively inconspicuous. It is found chiefly in the mixed +deciduous forest zone. It is most frequently seen in the +neighbourhood of villages, where it has probably been planted.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood brown, +moderately hard, durable and termite-proof. It planes well, though +occasionally it is cross-grained. The wood is of fine texture and +has a certain amount of sheen. It saws well, but does not split +easily. It takes nails only moderately well. It tends to darken a +little on exposure to the air.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is moderately fast-growing, at first +shade-bearing and subsequently light-demanding. It is also a +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. It appears to like +comparatively rich soil, though it may also be seen on poor ground, +where it does not thrive. Natural regeneration is not good, chiefly +owing to the fact that many animals eat the seeds, besides human +beings. It will bear fruit in the fifth year, more especially from +stump shoots. It sprouts well from the stump and stands a great +deal of pruning.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been cut for export, and only +occasionally has it been sawn up for local use. It is, however, +worthy of further attention as a local building timber. As an +ornamental tree it is worthy of a place in a large garden. With its +open crown it is a comparatively clean tree, and does not harbour +flies and insects.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—In places of timber scarcity +it is occasionally used for house-poles. The aril of the fruit is +eaten after being cooked, but apparently this custom is much more +prevalent in the West Indies amongst the descendants of the African +slaves. In many parts of Nigeria it is quite unknown as an edible +fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_342">[342]</span><i>Phialodiscus sp.?</i>. Bush Akee. Awewe, +Ishin Oko, Isinko (Yoruba); Ukpi nikwi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Identified from a specimen in the Forestry +Arboretum, Calabar.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The capsule splits +into three and allows three black seeds to escape, with small +yellow aril round the base. The whole fruit and the individual +seeds are much smaller than <i>Blighia sapida</i>, though, as the +Benin name indicates, this is so similar that it is called the +black variety of Ukpi. The fruit is triangular in shape, otherwise +very much the same size as African Oak, <i>Oldfieldia +Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Calabar, Owerri, Benin, Ondo and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Blighia sp.</i> Ishin Oko, Oko Ishin (Yoruba); +Ukpi nikwi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—Ibadan, Abeokuta, Jebu Ode, +Benin, Owerri and Calabar provinces of Nigeria. Probably same as +<i>Phialodiscus sp.</i></p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The very +insignificant white flower-spikes, hidden away amongst the leaves, +but attracting numerous bees in February and March, characterize +this variety. It is a medium-sized tree, with light-green foliage, +thin, lanceolate leaves, a thin grey bark, smooth and close and +oval-shaped crown, through which one cannot see. The capsule is +dehiscent, with three black seeds with yellow arils, smaller than +<i>Blighia sapida</i>, but otherwise quite similar in shape, except +that the capsule is more triangular than that of <i>B. sapida</i>, +and shorter also and of a dark brown colour. It is not unlike the +fruit of the real African Oak, <i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>, except +that this is quite spherical in shape.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—White sapwood and light-brown +heartwood, which is moderately hard. It does not plane well, and is +sometimes cross-grained; the texture of the wood is fine, but is a +little fibrous. It saws easily, but does not split well. The bole +being very cylindrical in shape, comparatively long, even-widthed +planks can be cut out of it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration does +not appear to be good. It is somewhat exacting as to soil, and does +not thrive in a moist sand. It is somewhat fire-resisting. In the +dry season a good deal of dew is condensed on the leaves, but not +so much as in other genera, such as Anona.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been cut for export, nor has it +been sawn up for local use. It deserves, however, further trial as +a local building timber. A specimen, from which the tree was +determined, stands in the forest region of Calabar.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—Native implements of various +kinds.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i076" class="iw11"><a href= +"images/fig076.jpg"><img src='images/fig076.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 76.—<span class= +"bold">Path in Iwoye Forest, Western Circle, showing parts of four +Mahogany Trees in the picture.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i077" class="iw11"><a href= +"images/fig077.jpg"><img src='images/fig077.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 77.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Cocoanut Grove near stream in the middle of Idanre +Town, 1910.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 342.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_343">[343]</span><i>Deinbollia pinnata</i>. Oju Agbigbo +(Yoruba); Ebegogogbo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small, shrub-like tree found in the +Abeokuta and Benin provinces. The small orange-brown-coloured seeds +are of similar shape to, though smaller than, <i>Blighia +sapida</i>; they are, however, more elliptical. The stem of the +tree, if found with the proper crook in it, is used for making +hoe-handles. The leaf is pinnate. This tree only attains a small +size, and is found as undergrowth in the mixed deciduous forest +zone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cupania akeesia</i>. Small Ukpi nufwa. +Ishin-jeje, Ishin-gege (Yoruba); Ukpi nufwa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small, shrub-like tree, common in the +Abeokuta and Benin provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhamnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zizyphus mucronata</i> (Willd.). Walking-stick +Wood. Ekanesie adie (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a shrub-like tree of the dry-zone forest, +but does not bear such a nice fruit as that of <i>Z. +jujuba</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Tiliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Glyphea Grewioides</i> (Hook.). Atori (Yoruba); +Uwenyriotan, Uwemriotan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, not much more than a large +shrub, with small leaves, and very common in the undergrowth of the +evergreen forest. It is not a hard wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin, Calabar, Abeokuta, Ondo +and Ibadan provinces of Nigeria. It is usually found as one of the +smaller trees forming the undergrowth in the evergreen forest. It +yields a strong, hard wood near the junction of the roots with the +stem, though otherwise it is soft.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer, and usually grows in a moist +place. Reproduction by seed, judging by the amount of self-grown +seedlings found, must be good. It thoroughly protects the soil and +enriches it. It thus serves a useful purpose in the undergrowth of +evergreen forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used as a “Ju-ju” whip +in Benin and for walking-sticks. Small stump shoots can also be +used for yam supports and for making hoe-handles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cistanthera sp.</i> False Hill Mahogany. Oro, +Apata (?) (Yoruba); Abolo (?) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta and Benin (?) provinces +of Nigeria. It is a very common tree on the hill-sides of the +Olokemeji Reserve, and to a lesser extent in the Ilaro Reserve. It +is a medium-sized tree, reaching a growth of 8 feet and the bole +length of about 40 feet. The bark is very curious, with<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_344">[344]</span> occasional very small, long +and narrow fissures and tiny pits scattered more or less a foot +apart up and down the stem. It is almost gregarious in habit.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is a red-brown colour with a white +sapwood. It is very similar to mahogany and could probably be sold +as such. It is moderately durable. A tree which fell down in the +Olokemeji Reserve during 1910 was not absolutely unsound in +1915.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is apparently a slight shade-bearer and rather +slow grower. Reproduction by seed is evidently rather doubtful, as +few or no self-sown seedlings are found in the neighbouring forest. +It has not been cut for local use, nor for export, though sample +logs should be tried on the Liverpool market to test its value.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives use the roots for medicinal purposes, +but they do not use the timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grewia carpinifolia</i>. Itakum Okere +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Olokemeji.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grewia tetragastris</i>. Ora-Igho (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shrub, reaching a height of about 5 feet, +of the mixed deciduous forest in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria +(Olokemeji Reserve).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triumfetta rhomboidea</i>. Boko pupa, +Akobolobolo, Ilasa omodo (Yoruba); Nesuwa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triumfetta cordifolia</i>. Esura (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triumfetta sp.</i> Apiko (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Corchorus acutangulus</i>. Abo-jaga +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Corchorus olitorius</i>. Eyo, Ganbe +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">These are common plants in the Ogoja and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">They yield long-stapled fibre worth about £27 a +ton. Owing to the fact that they grow wild and are not cultivated +by the natives, the difficulty is to be able to collect sufficient +quantities in one locality to pay for the cost of retting, baling, +etc., to make the fibre production a paying proposition.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Malvaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hibiscus esculentus</i> (F.). Okra or Achro +(fruit).</p> + +<p class="tax3">In most provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hibiscus Grewioides</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yoruba country (?).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hibiscus quinquilobus</i> (G. Don). Onegozi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Benin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sida carpinifolia</i> (Linn.). Oshopotu Dudu +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in Abeokuta province of Nigeria, and is +used by the local people for making fibre.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_345">[345]</span><i>Urena lobata</i>. Bolobolo Fibre. +Bolobolo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a comparatively well-known fibre-plant, but +has not, however, been cultivated, the natives having many other +profitable crops to grow.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron Orientale</i>. White Silk-Cotton +Tree, Blind Wood or Kapok, Cotton Tree. Araba, Eggun (Yoruba); Okha +(Benin); Ukum (Efik); Akbo (Ibo, Asaba); Shakka (Brass).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in all the Southern Provinces +of Nigeria, though it is not found in the most northerly part of +the drier ones. With the exception of a few scented mahoganies, +this is the largest African forest tree. Its huge root buttresses +reach up over 20 feet from the ground. Its giant limbs, as thick as +an ordinary tree-trunk, stretch out almost 100 feet from, and are +supported on, the great column of the bole, often itself over 100 +feet high. Large muscular-like protrusions join up the limbs with +the trunk and the latter with the root buttresses, giving the tree +a peculiar look. The flowers are white, with yellow stamens. The +fruit is a soft, oblong, dehiscent capsule, opening when ripe and +releasing black seeds about twice the size of B.B. shot. Attached +to this seed is a ball of white fluff. This last is known +commercially as Kapok. At the time of the bursting of the capsule +of this tree the whole air near by appears filled with white +flakes, and the ground later is white as if after a fall of snow. +It is almost the quickest growing of all the African forest trees. +It grows in the evergreen forest as well as in the mixed deciduous +forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white and soft and inclined to have +little yellow streaks. When dry it is brittle, though very fibrous +to cut when fresh by either axe or saw. It soon rots when exposed +to the weather. Natural regeneration by seed is good, especially on +the banks of rivers. It tends to extend its area of distribution +with the clearing of the heavy forest area in making farms. It is a +light-demanding tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In Germany, before the war, African Kapok found a +ready sale at about 9d. per pound. Samples of Kapok were sent to +England and were valued at less than those of the East Indian +variety.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has been used as a “blind” wood for +furniture, and had a regular market at Hamburg before the war. It +has been tested in England for pulp-making, but the fibre is stated +to be too short, and so it is of no use for this purpose.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_346">[346]</span><em>Native Use.</em>—The Kapok is used for +stuffing pillows, for which 1s. apiece is charged. Large oblong +pieces of the root buttresses are used as native doors and as +drying slabs for fresh dyed clothes. Whenever timber fails it is +used for fishing canoes (the cheapest kind).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron anfractuosum</i>. Cotton Tree, +similar to Orientale. Araba Eggun (Yoruba); Okha (Benin); Shakka +(Brass).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Was determined from Western Province material, but +it is doubtful whether it is a different species from that found in +other parts of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax reflexum</i>. Red-flowering Cotton Tree. +Ponpola, Lauro (Ibadan, Yoruba); Obokha (Benin); Onihokha, Benin +(when in flower); Titiro (Egbado).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, Owerri +and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, where it is often seen in the mixed +forests and in clearings in the evergreen forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It has a larger +leaf and thorns than the other Buonopozense (?) (Onikokha of +Benin). The most typical feature is the very thick, tulip-like red +flower of this tree. This falls to the ground, and is seen on +roadways and pathways, indicating the presence of this tree. In +February or March, when the flowers appear, the tree is bare, so +that the bright-red flowers make it all the more striking. The tree +is smaller than the <i>Eriodendron Orientale</i>, attaining a girth +of about 12 feet and a bole length of 50 feet. The root spurns are +much slighter, in most cases scarcely amounting to small +buttresses. The cortex is more soft and spongy than <i>E. +Orientale</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white, very soft, not quite so tough +nor fibrous as <i>E. Orientale</i>, but rather more porous. It +planes more easily, dries rather better, splits with less +difficulty than <i>E. Orientale</i>, and saws with less +trouble.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very fast-growing, light-loving tree, which +does not protect or enrich the soil very much with its leaf fall. +Natural regeneration appears to be fair, though, considering the +enormous number of flowers almost each year, it is surprising that +the tree does not spread more rapidly in new clearings in the +forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been tried for export nor for +local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bark, roots and leaves are used amongst the +Yorubas for medicinal purposes. The bush deer eat the flowers, when +they fall: the Benin native says if he does not call the tree +Onihokha, the deer will not come and eat it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax sp.?</i>, <i>Bombax buonopozense?</i>. +Ponponla (Ibadan, Yoruba); Obokha, Onihokha (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_347">[347]</span>It +is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ogoja and Benin provinces of +Nigeria, in the mixed forests, where it is not very common.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—Compared to +<i>Bombax reflexum</i> it has a smaller leaf, smaller thorns, but +not so many on the stem. It has a similar red flower, opening, +however, much more widely. It reaches about the same size as the +Bombax.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber appears to be very similar in most ways +to <i>B. reflexum</i>. It has not been felled for export, nor has +it been used for planks for local use. Occasionally the leaves are +used for medicinal purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax3">There appears to be some doubt as to whether this +is really a separate species from that of <i>B. reflexum</i>. It +is, however, sufficiently different to be considered quite a +distinct variety, though perhaps not actually a different +species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adansonia digitata</i>. Monkey Bread, Baobab. +Ose (Yoruba); Usi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately common tree in the Onitsha and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. Isolated specimens are also found +elsewhere. The most typical feature of this tree is the huge thick +trunk, tapering up into the branches, out of all proportion to the +length of these and the twigs. These are much thicker than the +branches and twigs of other trees. The green, elongated +spherical-shaped fruits hang by a stalk, giving the tree the +appearance of one decorated for a Christmas festival. The leaves +are truly digitate and not unlike those of the cotton-tree, though +they are thicker and darker in colour. The bark is very thick, +spongy and fibrous, and of a light-grey colour. The bark, seeds and +roots are used medicinally. The fruit is eaten in time of +scarcity.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fibre is used in England for paper-making.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia Rhinopetala</i>. False Chestnut. Ekko +Okpon, Orodu or Orodo (Yoruba); Enwiwan (Benin); Otutu (Jebu); +Awraw (Egbado).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has a smooth, light-green bark, which remains +soft, but is whitish with age. The wood is white and soft, and +apparently there is no difference in the heartwood. It has a small +seed with a wing on each side of it. For external work it is not +durable, but when seasoned for internal fittings, such as doors or +ceilings, it is more useful.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is common in the Oyo, Benin, Calabar and +Abeokuta provinces. It is found in the mixed deciduous forests, +especially in the Mamu and Ilaro Forest Reserves. Also, +wherever<span class="pagenum" id="Page_348">[348]</span> it is +found there is a comparatively large number, though it is not +gregarious in habit.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was stated to be of no commercial value in the +Liverpool market in 1906, but in a subsequent report it was said to +be worth 1s. to 1s. 6d. a cubic foot, as walnut, though there must +have been some mistake in the name.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The mushrooms which grow on +its stem after it is cut down are used for soup. These are known as +Epweperu.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tomentosa</i>. Okagbo (Yoruba); +Ukpiwenwan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta and Benin +provinces. It reaches a height of from 40 to 50 feet. The fruit is +ripe in December and January; it is kidney-shaped and covered with +a dense collection of very fine reddish hairs. It grows in +clusters.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia sp.</i> Iwu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria and +is a medium-sized tree which yields a white wood which is none too +hard nor soft.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tragacantha</i>. African Tragacanth. +Owun, Omunu, Omar, Ogidu (?) (Yoruba); Oporipor, Iporipor, Okoko +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It shows a brown +slash when cut. The bark is very fibrous and the white sapwood is +full of large open pits, which gives the wood the appearance of +being entirely fibrous. It yields a pink-coloured gum, which +hardens after a few days. It bears large oval-shaped leaves, which +tend to be bunched at the end of the twigs. The pods are less than +half the size of <i>Sterculia cordifolia</i> and are covered with +light-brown velvety hairs on the outside. These pods open, making +each appear coracle-shaped, with eight to ten small brown seeds +attached to the bottom rib of the pod. The foliage looks almost +grey-white from underneath. The bole of the younger trees is +greyish-white and usually for 30 to 40 feet free of branches. It +reaches a girth of about 8 feet. The wood is white and softish, +planes easily and works up to a neat finish. Silviculturally, the +tree stands between the light-lovers on one hand and the +shade-bearers on the other, although it is usually seen growing +comparatively free from other than natural shade. It does, in fact, +stand a considerable amount of shade in the younger stages of +growth as well as later, when it may be overgrown by larger growing +trees. It is usually found in groups at the edge of the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It sprouts again from the stump, but almost each +year large crops of seeds are borne on the tree, and this would +seem to be the chief method of reproduction.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree has not been cut for local use, nor has it +been<span class="pagenum" id="Page_349">[349]</span> exported. The +Yorubas and Benis use the smaller trees as poles for +house-building, but it is not considered a good wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia cordifolia</i>. Heart-shaped-leaved +Sterculia. Okporoporo, (Akure); Ogugu, Ogungun or Ogrugru, +Oburuburu (Yoruba); Idogoho, Okoko, Okokwo (Benin); Dikir (Efik); +Ibitoto (Bembi).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Jebu Ode, +Abeokuta, Ibadan, Benin, Onitsha, Owerri, and Calabar provinces of +Nigeria. It is one of the most common trees in the mixed deciduous +forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The large +heart-shaped leaves and the curious twist to the lower part of the +stem, which makes the root protuberances quite angular. It is never +quite straight and forms a heavy oval crown.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The very large, oval, soft, almost fleshy, +dehiscent pod, with its large winged seeds, is most typical of this +tree. The crown is supported by three or four large limbs with +comparatively few side branches. The foliage is very dense, though +even in a tall tree the individual heart-shaped leaves show up +quite distinctly. It is almost gregarious in habit, usually groups +of four or five being found in one place. It is nearly always found +on the banks of small streams which may dry up in the dry season. +It is a shade-bearer, though moderately quick in growth. The wood +is cross-grained, and emits rather an unpleasant smell when cut. +The sapwood and the heartwood are both white, with a reddish tinge +through it. It is soft, but becomes much harder when dry. It +sprouts from the stump when cut down. Reproduction by seed is +moderate. It has not been used locally, nor has it been exported. +The natives in the Benin and Yoruba countries use the butt of +medium-sized trees, especially those with a fork, for +house-building. It is not attacked by white ants.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia</i> nr. <i>oblonga</i>. Opepe (?) +(Yoruba); Orodo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Benin province of +Nigeria, found in the evergreen forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a question whether this species is the one +with a very hard, leathery, half-dehiscent pod, showing about ten +orange-coloured oblong seeds inside it. These seeds have sometimes +been termed Okoko by the Benis, but they are, no doubt, not +obtained from the fruit of <i>Sterculia cordifolia</i>. These seeds +also are not winged, and are comparatively fleshy and soft compared +to the dry, rather hard, large winged seeds of <i>Sterculia +cordifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia cinerea</i>. Tartar Tree. Lakole +(Yoruba); Ururata (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_350">[350]</span>It +is rather an uncommon tree of the Benin province of Nigeria. It is +found at the edge of the mixed deciduous forest with the dry-zone +area of vegetation.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Firmania Barteri</i>. Rope Tree. Eso or Esho +(Yoruba); Akoko, Nihau (?) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree with duck-egg-green bark and an +uneven buttressed base, with a bole length of 30 or 40 feet and a +girth up to 12 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is one of the most +prevalent trees in the Olokemeji Reserve in the Abeokuta province +of Nigeria, and found all through the mixed forests of the Western +Circle and also in the Obubra division of the Calabar province, but +it has so far not been found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—A fibre, worth £14 to £20 a ton, is +made from the bark of young trees attaining 3 inches in +diameter.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A most conspicuous tree in October and November, as +it is covered with small red flowers and is leafless at the time. +It has a papery fruit with a small round seed attached to the base. +These fruits are also most conspicuous in February and March, +making the tree look as it were covered with red flowers for a +second time. The large, poplar-shaped leaves with comparatively +long stalks often tremble in the slightest breeze in a similar way +to the aspen. The wood is soft, white and fibrous, with no +distinguishing colour between sapwood and heartwood. It splits +comparatively easily, though, once it is dry, with difficulty. It +is easy to plane, though difficult to obtain a smooth surface owing +to the grain often being twisted. The light seeds almost float in +the air, the result being that they are spread everywhere, and thus +come up chiefly in the open spaces and at the edges of rides and +roads, almost to the detriment of any other species. It is one of +the fastest growing of all the African trees, and being a +light-lover as well, rapidly covers all the available ground. In +fact, in the mixed deciduous forests it tends to gain in its area +of distribution year by year. In an enumeration in the Olokemeji +Reserve, instead of finding a few thousand trees, as in the case of +most species, hundreds of thousands of this one were found.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The branches of the young tree grow more or less in +whorls at right angles to the trunk, and, combined with the +comparatively large leaves, thoroughly cover the ground near by. +Stump sprouts grow after a tree has been felled, though natural +reproduction by seed is by far the most prevalent method. It has +not been felled for local use nor has it been exported. The Hausas +living in Nigeria cut down the small trees (saplings 1 to 2 inches +in diameter), peel off the bark, dry it, and spin<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_351">[351]</span> it into rope, which is used +for tying loads of Cola or other produce. When freshly made it is +soft and pliable, but when it is dry the fibre becomes very harsh +and rather difficult to tie.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is used for floats for fishing on the +Niger.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heritiera sp?</i>. Oviegikwe (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin and Ondo (?) provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is large, reaching a girth of about 12 +feet. The seed is papery and full of air, so that when trodden upon +it collapses. The leaf is of medium size, more or less pinnate. The +timber is white and soft; termites attack it. It has not been +exported or used for local buildings.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The leaf is used medicinally, +and the timber is used for making drums (the frame) by hollowing +out the trunk of a tree. It is also used as walls for a temporary +house (when dried or not); for this purpose it is split in +pieces.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heritiera sp.?</i>. Igoso (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is an uncommon tree of the Benin province of +Nigeria. It is found in the evergreen and mixed deciduous forests. +The fruit is considerably smaller than Oviegikwe.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives apparently have no use for this tree. +However, timber obtained from trees of this genus has proved so +useful and durable that a trial of the wood of this species seems +advisable.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton Johnsonii</i> (Ch. Wright). African +Maple, Bush Maple. Arere (Yoruba); Obechi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the common trees of the Abeokuta, +Ondo and Benin provinces of Nigeria; it is found in the mixed +deciduous forest zone, more especially in the moister regions of +these forests. Like <i>T. Nigericum</i>, it is one of the largest +of all the forest trees, reaching a height of over 120 feet and a +girth of 25 feet. The leaf has five lobes, and is thus +distinguishable from <i>T. Nigericum</i>, which has seven. The bole +is long and clean and most cylindrical in shape; the buttresses, as +a rule, do not reach such a great height as in the case of <i>T. +Nigericum</i>. On the whole the bark is smoother and, especially in +the younger specimens, almost shiny. The flowers and fruit are very +similar to <i>T. Nigericum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white, both heartwood and sapwood, +and shows a considerable amount of elasticity; rather liable to +warp when seasoned. It works up well and takes a satiny sheen. The +grain is comparatively fine—in fact, a little finer than that of +<i>T. Nigericum</i>; the pores are long and very narrow; it works +up well with a plane, takes nails easily, does not split well; it +saws with great ease; it is not termite-proof. If +freshly<span class="pagenum" id="Page_352">[352]</span> cut and +placed under cover, it suffers most severely from the attacks of a +very small weevil which reduces the wood to a fine powder; it is +noticeable that when the timber is entirely dry the surface hardens +very considerably and it is less liable and almost immune from +attack. When thoroughly dry the wood weighs 35 pounds per cubic +foot.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very rapid-growing, at first slightly +shade-bearing and of recent years an eminently light-loving tree. +It has soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural +regeneration appears to be very good. Self-sown seedlings show a +height-growth of over 6 feet per year. It likes a moist soil, which +need not be very rich, but it must have considerable depth. It is +rather liable to be blown by the wind or sometimes broken, if in an +exposed locality.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally it has been used for boxes and other +articles, which have proved quite durable; it has been used as +inside planking and other interior work, and so long as it is +carefully seasoned it does not warp very badly; it is probable that +it is one of those timbers that would yield better results by kiln +drying. In the Central Circle it has been sawn up as planks for a +considerable time, but they have been attacked to a great extent by +a small weevil. The local people use the bark for making roofs and +the wood for doors for their houses.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as Satinwood, but were not considered equal to +Anyeran (<i>Afrormosia elata</i>). Since that date no more trial +shipments have been made, so it remains to be seen whether under +the altered conditions and the pressing demands for timber in +Europe a market cannot now be found for the vast quantities of this +timber from Nigeria and other West African countries.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton Nigericum</i>. Soft Satinwood. +Arere (Yoruba); Kpa (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Owerri and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria; it is a common tree of the mixed +deciduous forests. One of the distinguishing features of this tree +are the maple-like leaves. This species has seven lobes to the +leaf; the leaf itself is softer and almost velvety compared to the +true maple leaf. The lobes themselves are not quite so sharply +pointed and the leaf stalk is considerably thicker. The fruit also +is very much like that of the maple, but is a quadruple samara +instead of being only a double one. The tree is one of the largest +of the whole forest, reaching a height under favourable conditions +of nearly 150 feet; the bole alone may reach a height of 90 feet +with a girth of over 20 feet. The<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_353">[353]</span> trunk is very cylindrical in shape, showing +a well formed figure, but not so good as either that of Agba or Gum +Copal. It is only broken up by the root buttresses, which often +reach 10 to 12 feet from the ground before they merge into the +stem; the bark is grey, sometimes almost white and almost smooth; +in old age, shallow fissures sometimes form. The slash is +greenish-white, and a little watery sap moistens the cut after a +short interval. The crown is ovally spherical and occupies over +one-third of the height of the tree. The flowers are mottled pink +and white.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood is the same +colour, with no great distinction between them except the greater +dryness of the heartwood. The timber is soft and not durable, and +is not termite-proof; it does not split very well, saws easily, and +planes fairly well and takes nails comparatively well; does not +plane up to a very smooth surface.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very rapid-growing, at first shade-bearing, +and during the last few years a light-loving tree; it has +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. It is deciduous for a +short time each year; flowers in February or March, and the seeds +are borne towards the end of the rainy season. Natural regeneration +is very good; it sprouts very strongly from the stump. It is really +somewhat exacting as to soil, liking a moist soil of good depth and +with plenty of drainage; it will not stand in waterlogged ground, +though an occasional flood does not hurt it. Plantations have been +made with this tree, and the growth thus far has been very rapid; +self-sown seedlings, however, show greater development in the same +period of time.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally, the root flanges are used for making doors +and occasionally the tree has been cut for planks; it is said that +the timber is not supposed to be quite so durable as that of <i>T. +Johnsonii</i>, but in reality there is very little difference +between them.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton n. sp.</i> Bush Maple. Obechi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree was found in 1906 in the forest near the +Anwai, not far from Onitsha Olona, in the Asaba district of the +Benin province, and is very similar in habit and growth to the +other two species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Buettneria</i>. Obechi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Benin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterygota</i>. Poroporo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. It +is not very prevalent in the mixed forests of the +Olokemeji<span class="pagenum" id="Page_354">[354]</span> Reserve, +and is a large tree, 8 to 10 feet in girth. The wood is said by the +natives to be durable.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola cauliflora</i> (F.). Cola Mahogany. Isienwe +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is common in the Benin province of Nigeria, in +the mixed deciduous forest zone, where it is not very prevalent. It +is a medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of 6 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The seed is a small nut. The leaves are very dark +and are comparatively large. The bole reaches a length of about 20 +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is whitish and the heartwood of a +red-brown, similar to mahogany. The texture is, however, not quite +so fine and a little more fibrous. It planes fairly well and takes +nails fairly easily, but it does not split well. It is durable and +is said to be termite-proof. It is a somewhat slow-growing, +shade-bearing, soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural +regeneration is only moderate, and it sprouts slightly from the +stump. It is somewhat exacting as to soil, and is usually found in +a loamy sand, with plenty of moisture and depth.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was valued at 2d. to 2½d. a superficial foot as +mahogany of fair character in the Liverpool market in 1906. But +since then no more has been felled or exported.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives use it as firewood in the Benin +country. It has not been felled for local use.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola laurifolia</i>. Laurel-leaved Cola. Foma +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is an uncommon tree, found in the Olokemeji +Reserve of the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. A small tree with +small flowers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola acuminata</i> (Beauv.). Common Cola. Obi +Abata (Yoruba); Eve (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Calabar, Ogoge, Owerri, +Warri, Benin, Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is the ordinary Cola of the Benin villages, but +it is also found in the forest. In other parts of the country it +has been planted along the sides of the roads leading into Egbado, +Jebu, Ode, Ondo, Ikale and Ilesha villages.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Always standing in the shade and with a heavy +evergreen foliage, the cream-coloured flowers with a pink streak on +each petal show up very clearly when the tree comes into bloom in +February or March. According to the native ideas, the tree must +never be pruned, nor, in fact, should it be cut either partially or +wholly under any circumstances. However, in passing to and from +their farms, boys and young men often chip the trunk of the tree +with a matchet. This, they say, has the effect of making it produce +more fruit; otherwise the tree always looks very dirty, and often +the trunk and the branches<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_355">[355]</span> are covered with epiphytic ferns or +orchids. Occasionally, once a year or once in two or three years, +the branches of the trees standing nearest to a Cola are cut away +and the ground immediately surrounding a Cola tree is cleared of +undergrowth. The crop of fruit borne varies very much from year to +year. One year a native may make a pound or so from his Cola tree, +whereas in another he perhaps makes very little.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i078" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig078.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig078.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 78.—<span class= +"bold">Osse River, looking downstream, edge of the Pool, Ifon +District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i079" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig079.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig079.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 79.—<span class= +"bold">Mixed Forest near Osse, looking upstream, Ifon +District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 354.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood a dull +whitish-yellow. It is moderately hard, very close grained and of +fine texture, with a dull lustre; is moderately durable, but is +liable to be attacked by a very small furniture borer. It is +termite-proof. It planes well, does not split easily, takes nails +and saws well. It is apparently an excellent wood for carving. It +does not shrink nor warp very much. It is more durable for interior +work than for outside, where it is liable to get soft and to +crumble away. It is sometimes brittle; it does not burn well.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is eaten and is used +as an article of export both to the Northern Provinces and also to +the Continent. The wood is used for making “Ju-jus” (Esu—the Devil) +(Images of the King); otherwise it is not cut in the Benin +country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola Afzelii</i>. Monkey Cola Tree. Obidu, +Obiedun, Ebidun (Yoruba); Awohebitan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The brilliant red fruits, about twelve joined +together in a spherical bunch, are usually quite a feature of the +small tree. The leaves are digitate, but joined at the base, so in +reality only a single leaf. It is a much-branched tree with +yellowish-grey bark. The crown is much divided, and sometimes the +branches almost appear as if in large whorls.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Oyo, Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, +Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is white and softish and not durable. It +is most common at the edge of the evergreen forest. It attains a +girth of about 6 feet and a bole length of about 15 feet. It is a +light-lover, though it stands a considerable amount of shade in its +youth.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The wood is used for the stock +of a cross-bow in the Benin country, and the seeds are eaten at any +time.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola sp.</i> Obiedum (Yoruba); Ewoha +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a comparatively common tree of the Benin, +Abeokuta and Ondo provinces of Nigeria. It is the original Cola of +the forest; a medium-sized tree with the typical Cola foliage, +found growing singly. It does not appear to bear very heavily, and +apparently in some places the local people<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_356">[356]</span> utilize the fruit, while in others they say +it is of no value. It appears to be a whiter and softer Cola than +that of the other species, and it does not seem to have such a +strong flavour.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is hard and white; it is a shade-bearing +and soil-protecting tree. Natural regeneration appears to be +poor.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is occasionally used by the local +fetish-maker for certain types of fetish in the Benin country. It +is considered the most suitable and, in fact, the only wood for +this purpose. Although the ordinary Cola which is planted may not +be cut, this species is not immune, but it is certainly considered +most proper if only the image-maker cuts it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dombeya Buettneri</i>. Ewe ofo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria, +especially in the Olokemeji Forest Reserve. It is a small, +shrub-like tree, varying from 7 to 15 feet in height. The bark is +fibrous. In 1908 samples of the fibre were submitted to the +Imperial Institute for valuation. Owing to its being rather harsh, +woody and weak, it was stated to be worth from £7 to £8 a ton.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochna multiflora</i>. Canoe Tree. Uruk (Efik); +Tei tei (Ijor); Tei tei (Brass); Elili (Ibo Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Owerri, Warri and Ondo (?) +provinces of Nigeria. It is one of the prevalent trees in the +evergreen and brackish swamp forest zone. The tree reaches a girth +of 15 feet and a bole length of about 60 feet. It has a large +digitate leaf, making the foliage of the tree very heavy and dense. +The bark is thick and fissured longitudinally. The crown is long +and egg-shaped. The fruit is large, roughly spherical in shape, but +ribbed in five places on the surface. It is a shade-bearer, and +reproduction is chiefly by seed. The wood is reddish-brown and +moderately hard. This is one of the most favourite trees for +canoe-making amongst the Brass people. Having a straight grain, the +log opens out well into a canoe once it has been hollowed out in +the centre.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochna sp.</i> Sama (?), Duma name.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found near Obudu, in the Ogoja province of +Nigeria. It is a small tree of the open deciduous forest, growing +at an altitude of about 1,500 feet. The flowers are umbellate and +of a pretty red colour. It is a light-lover and grows at the edge +of the forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives apparently have no use for either the +wood or other parts of the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira procera</i>. Red Ironwood, African Oak, +Red Oak. Ela, Ekki (Yoruba); Eba, Ebba (Benin); Eleba (Jekri); +Kuru<span class="pagenum" id="Page_357">[357]</span> (Brass); +Okikopom (Ibibio); Enwan, Umpenek (Efik); Okut Okot (Oban, Ekoi); +Kuru (Ibo Owerri); Okut (Kwa).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a very large +tree, up to 6 feet in diameter, with orange-coloured bark, when in +the shade of the evergreen forest where it is found, but this soon +becomes quite grey when exposed to the sun. The flowers are white, +with five petals, and are very fragrant, smelling like musk, +covering the ground and scenting the forest in November and +December. In October and November the tree is very conspicuous with +its brilliant new red foliage, which almost appears like flowers in +the distance. On the banks of the Calabar River, above the town of +the same name, this is seen to advantage. The fruit is winged, but +with one wing twice as long as the other and also broader; the seed +is sharply pointed and almost conical in section, and not so meaty +as that of <i>L. alata</i>. The crown is spherical, but open; the +branches are very twisted and reminiscent of oak. The trunk reaches +a length of 90 feet and is almost perfectly cylindrical in shape, +with only the slightest indication of spurns at the base.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Abeokuta, +Jebu, Ode, Benin, Owerri, Ogoja (?) and Calabar provinces of +Nigeria. It is one of the commonest trees in the very moist parts +of the evergreen forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The sapwood is whitish red, but +the heartwood is of a dull red colour with large, long, open pores, +partially filled with siliceous salts. This often gives the wood an +almost speckled appearance. In a tree of 12 feet girth, the sapwood +is usually only 3 or 4 inches thick, making it a very full-wooded +tree and thus reducing the amount of wood wasted in squaring the +logs. It planes well, with a smooth, shiny surface. Strong shoots +often come up from the stump, though owing to the natural seed +distribution being good, this latter is the chief means of +reproduction. It is a light-lover, with a natural tendency to grow +straight up. It is a slow-growing tree, and the leaves, nearly a +foot long and almost tongue-shaped, are very large for such a +hard-wooded tree. Even when planted 16 feet apart it grows up +straight, with only three or four perpendicular branches or even +only a fork in the stem. It resists white ants, and the teredo worm +does not bore into logs when lying in the water. It is almost +gregarious in habit, usually groups being found in one locality, +or, as in the moister regions, it is next to mahogany the commonest +tree found in the forest. It will withstand floods—in fact, there +is an island several square miles in extent in the Oshun River +covered with only this species of tree. It is also<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_358">[358]</span> found again on the upper edge +of the mangrove forest where the first solid land begins.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The seeds have not been tested as to the proportion +of oil contained in them, but no doubt they contain a similar +quantity, in proportion to the size, as those of <i>L. +alata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber in the round were +sent to the Liverpool market, where it was valued as red oak at 2s. +to 3s. per cubic foot. It was also stated to be worth shipping in +good lengths. Owing to its weight and the hardness of the wood, and +thus the extra cost of squaring logs, little or none has been +shipped to Liverpool since this report was made. Locally it has +been used for piles for wharves and bridges, decking for bridges, +wall-plates for bungalows, and occasionally as verandah-posts. It +can be floated with Musanga logs or those of <i>Hannoa +undulata</i>. Canoes made of this wood are of the most durable +kind, so that perhaps it might be tried for boat-building.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The people of Benin use the wood for making pestles +for their Fufu mortars, and occasionally it is used as wall-plates. +Amongst the Brass people it is sometimes used for making canoes, +and amongst many tribes for making food-mortars. Near Lagos it is +used for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira alata</i>. Niam Fat, Small Red Ironwood, +Meni Oil, African Oak. Ipawhaw, Ponhon, Ipahan (Yoruba); Awigbi, +Ugbeberi, Ishan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small or dry-zone Red Ironwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ogoja, Owerri, Onitsha, Benin, +Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very common tree in the open deciduous +forest of the dry-zone form of vegetation. Often found in groups, +but it anyhow is the most prevalent tree wherever found. It does +not usually grow straight, but the stem is gnarled and crooked, +reaching a girth of about 5 feet. The tree itself only grows to a +height of about 30 feet. In appearance it looks like a small oak, +but the Shea Butter Tree, <i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>, is still +more like it. However, with its reddish-green tongue-like leaves +with wavy edges, it is in reality quite different. The branches +spring out of the stem in a more upward direction than <i>B. +Parkii</i>, and are more irregular in growth. The bark is +orange-coloured and almost scaly on the younger trees, though it +goes a grey or black colour when exposed to the light or the annual +grass-fires. The flowers are white, sweet-smelling and much more +conspicuous than on <i>L. procera</i>. The seed is placed between +two wings, one nearly three times the width of the other. The +smaller wing is more pointed<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_359">[359]</span> than the larger; the seed, while being +pointed, is stoutly cone-shaped and rather more than a quarter of +an inch in diameter at the base, and of a light brown colour.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The sapwood is narrow and white in +colour and the heartwood is a dull red. It is very hard and tough, +but not so heavy as <i>L. procera</i>. It planes only with a rough +surface.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Characteristics.</em>—This is one +of the few trees which successfully resist the annual grass-fires. +Its otherwise prolific seed-bearing capacity is, however, often +very much diminished, if not completely spoilt, by the flowers +being burnt in January and February, the usual time of the +grass-fires. It is a light-lover, but for the reasons already given +is a very slow-growing tree. On the whole, although the seeds +germinate well, stool and root shoots are probably the chief means +of reproduction. The soil under these trees is only partially +protected during the growing, and quite exposed to sun and wind +during the dry season.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Commercial Value.</em>—Samples of these seeds +were sent in 1909 to the Imperial Institute for valuation, when +they were found to be worth about £10 a ton; 43 per cent. of oil +can be obtained from the kernels, and this is said to be suitable +for soap-making and to be worth £25 per ton. Commercial quantities, +however, have not yet been exported.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Meni oil was formerly obtained from the seed.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Amongst the Yorubas the tree +is used for house-posts, especially when the stem is forked about +10 feet above the ground. The leaves, bark and roots are all sold +in the native markets for medicinal purposes. An infusion of the +bark of the roots is supposed to be a cure for jaundice (yellow +fever, according to the natives). Strangely enough, the seeds are +not used as a source of oil.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="msg" title= +"cf. Ouratea insculpta"><i>Gomphia insculpta</i>.</span> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found at Olokemeji.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gomphia glaberrima</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shrub found at Olokemeji.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Gomphia</i> nr. <i>affinis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found at Ilugbro.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia conrauana</i>. False Cola, Bitter Cola. +Orugbo (Yoruba); Edun (Benin); Odji (?) (Brass); Efiori Efrie +(Efik); Efrie (Kwa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Benin, Ogoja and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_360">[360]</span>It +is a medium-sized tree with close, spherical-shaped crown. The +branches and leaves are comparatively small. The bole is short and +the branches very persistent. The most typical feature of the tree +is the large apricot-like fruit, of an orange-yellow colour. The +bark is smooth and brown in colour. It is found in the evergreen +forest. The nut is oblong, of a very dark brown colour with small +white streaks all over it. It grows in moist soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is very hard and close-grained, with +yellow-sapwood and light-brown heartwood. It is said to be durable +and planes with a smooth surface. It is often found at a +considerable elevation—up to 3,000 feet towards the northern part +of Calabar province.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer, though it is often found +growing alone, having been left isolated when the original forest +was cleared to make a farm. The tree grows very slowly but bears +comparatively early, and trees are often seen quite laden with the +yellow fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, but has been cut +for local use. It was used by the Public Works Department, Calabar, +and proved useful for wall-plates. The nuts have occasionally been +exported, but they are comparatively valueless compared to the real +Cola.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The nuts are sold in the +Yoruba and Calabar markets and 100 to 200 for 3d. in the Benin +market. The fruit is also eaten. The roots are used for +chewing-sticks (the best in Benin), and taste like quinine. The +nuts are ground and used medicinally for headache.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia Kola</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A little known species, found in the Eastern +Provinces, Uwet. It was subsequently determined as <i>Garcinia +conrauana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Western Provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—Chew-stick is made from the +root.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia</i>, var. nov. +<i>brevipedicellata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows in the Eastern Circle.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma sp.?</i>. Hardwood, Duika’s Chop +Fruit. Ogbia (Yoruba); Ekuso or Ikujo, Efiari (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the mixed forests of the +Benin province of Nigeria. One of its chief characteristics is that +it has little or no bark, but the cortex is comparatively thin, and +remains of a duck-egg-green colour even in trees of comparatively +large size. It reaches a girth of about 6 feet and a bole length of +about 20 feet. However, it is usually very much forked +comparatively low down, and often the stem is by no means +straight.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_361">[361]</span> The root +spurns are not very large, but spoil the shape of the bole at the +base.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration is +poor, chiefly perhaps because the Duika eat the fruit; in fact, the +Benin name means the chop or food of Uso or Duika.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as a hardwood, which was considered hard and +heavy. Since then none has been shipped, nor has it been felled for +local use. Perhaps with the changed conditions in the demand for +timber, both hard and soft, a further trial would now show whether +it was of any value as an export timber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma grandifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Oban +Reserve of the Calabar province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Characteristics.</em>—It is a medium-sized +tree, with large oblong leaves having numerous glands and lateral +nerves which are about a tenth of an inch apart. The leaves are +larger and the exterior sepal shorter than in <i>P. +butyraceæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It grows in the +evergreen forest, is a shade-bearer, and comparatively slow-growing +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—Although the fruit has not yet +been collected, it is probable that the nuts would contain a +similar oil to those of <i>P. butyraceæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma butyraceæ</i>. Butter or Tallow Tree. +Okarora, Ossa (Ondo); Ekuso (Yoruba) (Ikale); Ijeni Udegbu, Agba +(west side), Udegbi (Benin); Orugbo erin (Ondo); Amu Ne (New +Calabar); Ikakama Udia Ebian (Efik); Ikakama Udia Ebian, Igbofia +(Ibibio); Ntini Nyok (Kwa).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the evergreen +forests of the Jebu, Ode, Benin, Warri, Owerri and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria. It is quite prevalent in its typical locality +and very damp, almost swampy, regions of the forest near small +waterways, even comparatively near the sea.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a thin, tall +tree, with dark bark and flatly compressed crown consisting of four +or five tiers of branches, very close together in almost true +whorls. The foliage is very thick and the leaves thick and +leathery. It exudes a mass of gamboge-like latex as soon as +slashed, and the slash is orange-red. The latex solidifies on +exposure to the air. The large pear-shaped fruit has a soft rind, +which usually is pierced by the fall to the ground, and the +Cola-shaped seeds are embedded in a soft, yellowish-white pulp. The +large sepals at the base of the flower are quite typical, in their +persistency often being found at the base of unripe fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_362">[362]</span><em>Timber.</em>—It has yellowish-white +sapwood and light-red heartwood of firm texture, with a certain +amount of waviness in it, especially if the tree has been barked in +its earlier years. It is not hard, and is easy to work; it does not +appear to warp or shrink.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +shade-bearer with very persistent evergreen leaves. It will stand +in waterlogged land and grow almost to perfection. The branches are +also very persistent, and it is only when growing in close +proximity to other heavy foliaged trees that the bole clears itself +of branches for two-thirds of its length. The stump shoots sprout +up when the tree is cut down. The more prevalent form of +reproduction is by seed. The mature tree bears quite prolifically +almost every year. The timber has not been felled for export, but +the seeds are worth £8 a ton on account of the oil that they +contain, which is considered suitable for soap-making.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma Nigritana</i>. Odgebu (west side) +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Oban +Reserve of the Calabar province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Characteristics.</em>—It is a medium-sized tree +with black bark on the branches. The leaves are glabrous +coriaceous, 3½ to 4½ inches long and 1 to 1½ inches broad.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It grows in the +evergreen forests, is a shade-bearer and comparatively slow-growing +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—The fruit has not yet been +collected, but, judging by the locality in which this tree is +found, the seeds would contain similar quantities of oil to those +of <i>P. butyraceæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Haronga Madagascariensis</i> (Kew). Benin +Roof-pole. Itue (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a non-indigenous tree (exotic) which is now +found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, Warri, Owerri, Ogoja +and Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is commonly seen growing up in old farms in the +heavier soils of the evergreen and mixed deciduous forest zones. +The slash, which is brick-red and exudes a yellowish-red latex, is +most typical of this tree. The tree is almost gregarious, forming +groups nearly half an acre in extent; the bark peels very easily, +leaving a clean white stem which hardens very much on exposure to +the air. It is a small tree, attaining a girth of about 2 feet and +a height of about 40 feet. The wood is quite white, with a small +pink pith about a quarter of an inch in diameter; it is a very +light wood and most durable when under cover.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaves are of a medium size and rough to the +touch. When 2 to 4 inches in diameter the natives cut the trees, +clean<span class="pagenum" id="Page_363">[363]</span> and strip off +the bark, and use them for rafters in house-building, especially in +the Benin and Yoruba countries.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Symphonia globulifera</i> (Kew). Hog Gum.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was reported from the Calabar province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Allanblackia floribunda</i>. Orogbo erin +(Yoruba); Izeni or Iyockan (Benin); Atta (Efik); Egba (Ibo, +Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the evergreen +forests of the Jebu Ode, Benin, Owerri (?) and Calabar (?) +provinces of Nigeria. This tree usually grows on less moist soil +and further away from water than <i>P. butyraceæ</i>, though it +likes a moist and deep soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—The long, hard, +brown, enlarged sausage-shaped fruit hanging on a stalk shows, when +cut, large seeds scattered in white pulp, and is thus different in +this respect to Pentadesma, which has dark-brown seeds embedded in +a soft, yellowish pulp. The slash is yellow, but only exudes a +little yellow latex at first. The branches are not so verticillate +in form as Pentadesma, but are more pendulous, especially when the +tree is in fruit. They also are further apart and give the crown a +more open appearance. The fruit is three times the length and the +diameter rather more than that of <i>P. butyraceæ</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The sapwood is whitish-yellow and +the heartwood yellowish-red and moderately hard. It is not attacked +by white ants; it does not split easily, but planes with a smooth +surface. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a height of about 80 +feet, with a bole length of 20 feet and a girth of 8 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +shade-bearer and grows comparatively slowly. Natural reproduction +is chiefly by seed, though fine and succulent stump shoots appear +when a tree is cut down.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported nor has it been +used locally; the natives occasionally cut the bark for medicinal +purposes, but otherwise apparently have no use for the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochrocarpus Africanus?</i> sp. of Allanblackia. +African Mammee Apple, Mahogany (Calabar). Igoda (Benin); Ereruku, +Edeng Edem (Calabar); Baulan Bolo (Degema, New Calabar); Okut and +Otun (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Calabar, +Owerri and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, occurring sparsely in the +evergreen forests in several localities, where it takes the place +of Khaya, which is not prevalent in such places.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a large tree, +with orange-coloured bark, especially in young specimens, and a +little scaly. In habit otherwise rather like Mahogany, after which +the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_364">[364]</span> timber has been +named. It is much harder and has little resin canals typical of the +order. It is not attacked by white ants. It reaches a height of 100 +feet, with a bole length of about 40 feet and a girth of 12 feet. +The root spurns are only slight. The large, elongated, +spherical-shaped fruit, with rough, pale orange-coloured rind, +speckled brown in several places, is most typical of this tree. +Generally speaking, it could easily be mistaken for Mahogany +Entandrophragma by anyone not very familiar with both species.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The sapwood is white, with a +pinkish tint, and the heartwood a dark red, with small medullary +rays as well as very prominent resin-like canals which, when dry, +are filled with a yellow substance.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +shade-bearer, but likes a certain amount of overhead light in +middle age. On the whole it is slow-growing, except for a short +period when the chief height-growth is put on. A few stump shoots +sprout when the tree is cut down, but the more common form of +reproduction is by seed.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—It has not been felled for +export, but the Public Works Department felled and converted a good +deal at the Etehetem sawmill, and it was favourably reported on as +a hard mahogany. It has occasionally been used by the natives for +making canoes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>No botanical name</em>. Oshusi (Ibo, +Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Owerri +province of Nigeria. It is a comparatively common tree in the +evergreen swamp forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Characteristics.</em>—The timber is not over +hard, but it reaches a height of 100 feet and a girth of 8 feet. +The bark is smooth.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +shade-bearer and a comparatively slow-growing tree. The most +prevalent form of reproduction is by seed.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—It has not been felled for +export, but was used in the construction of the Imo railway bridge +as piles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>Buronona</em> (New Calabar).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a medium-sized tree of the Owerri province, +and is found near the Imo, not far from the railway bridge. Several +piles of the temporary bridge were made from the timber of this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ochrocarpus sp.?</i>. Ebattan, Ehranezi (Benin); +Buronona (New Calabar).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Owerri, +Benin (?) and Ondo (?) provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a very +straight, thin-stemmed<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_365">[365]</span> tree, with several whorls of branches near +the top of the tree, very much compressed together. The flowers are +red sprays, which look very pretty at the beginning of the dry +season. It occurs near the freshwater swamps, comparatively close +to the sea. In many places it is almost gregarious in habit, more +especially near Degema. It reaches a height of 100 feet, and a +girth of 6 feet, often with a bole length of 50 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The sapwood is white and the +heartwood is light brown; both appear to be equally durable. It is +termite-resisting. It planes with a smooth surface; the grain is +very fine. A red latex exudes when it is cut.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—It is chiefly used for door and +window frames, and does not warp nor crack, even when put in green. +It attains a large enough size to be used as piles, some of which +were used in the construction of the temporary railway bridge at +Imo. The natives do not use the wood, and it has not been felled +for export.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +shade-bearer and a comparatively slow-growing tree, though on less +wet soils it seems to grow faster. The more prevalent form of +reproduction is by seed. Weak stool shoots also come up after the +tree is cut down. The foliage is dense and persists for several +years.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i080" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig080.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig080.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 80.—<span class= +"bold">Heavy Sapeli Mahogany (Entandrophragma utilis) standing near +the road between Uyeri and Benin City, Benin Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i081" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig081.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig081.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 81.—<span class= +"bold">Agba (Benin), (Pterogopodium), standing near Ifon Road, +South of Uyeri, Benin Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 364.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax1">Bixaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bixa orellana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows well in the Olokemeji Arboretum. It +is found up to a height of 10 feet, and is cultivated for the sake +of its seeds, which yield the orange dye called “annatto.” The tree +bears pods very freely. Samples were sent to the Imperial Institute +in 1906 and were valued at about 5d. a pound.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Smeathmannia pubescens</i>. Moyida (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized shrub found in the Western +Provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Soyauxia sp.</i> Ogohomeh, Oyohomeh (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree was found on the mountain slope above +Ogabi in the Obudu district. The fruit is edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Soyauxia sp.</i> Aye (Yoruba); Owowe, Owawe +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin and Ogoja provinces +of Nigeria, growing at the edge of the evergreen forest. It is a +medium-sized tree, with a bole length of about 30 feet and a girth +of 6 feet; on the whole, it is of more slender build and habit than +the Terminalia, to which it is apparently closely allied. The +flower is very small, white and spherical, being<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_366">[366]</span> only a quarter of an inch in +size; it is most frequently seen lying scattered about in patches +on the path or roadway, giving out a very sweet scent. The seeds +are double winged, like Bougainvillea. The leaf is smaller than +that of the Terminalia and the foliage generally less dense; the +sapwood is white and somewhat wide, the heartwood of a light-brown +colour, and on the border-line of being a hardwood. The wood is not +very durable unless under cover; it is not very common, though +where it is found there are a fair number of trees which would form +a good supply of timber for local purposes. The natives do not use +this wood, as they say it is liable to attacks by white ants.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba dentata</i> (Oliv.). Parisha +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. It +is a small, shrub-like tree, armed with moderately long thorns. It +belongs to the evergreen forest zone. The flowers are large, white +and conspicuous.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba glauca</i> (Foster). Kakandika +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji and Abeokuta provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncoba spinosa</i> (Rich). Kakandika +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small, shrub-like tree found in the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria. It is moderately common, and several +hedges have been made with it in the Olokemeji Arboretum. The most +distinguishing feature of this plant is the large, spherical-shaped +white flowers. The petals are large and conspicuous, with a mass of +yellow stamens in the centre. In habit it is not unlike the thorn; +the ends of the twigs are armed with a short spike.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It stands trimming pretty well. Each year it +flowers fairly regularly, so that it makes quite an ornamental +plant. It bears green fruits with a conspicuous bunch of the old +sepals at the top. This fruit is rather smaller than a tangerine +orange, but quite spherical in shape, with a hard, woody rind.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Flacourtia Ramontchii</i>. Abeokuta Plum. Oshere +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Flacourtia flavescens</i> (Kew). Niger Plum.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Western Provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—Edible plums, medicine and hedge +plants.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Homalium</i>, cf. <i>H. Africanum</i> (Benth.). +Atu or Abo Ako (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a hard-wooded tree of the Yoruba country, +which is used to some extent locally. It is also found in +Benin.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Being a shade-bearing and soil-protecting tree, it +is of value in the forest, apart from the production of timber. It +is a slow-growing tree apparently.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_367">[367]</span>Lecythidaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Napoleona Whitfieldii</i>. Ito (? Yoruba); Uruhe +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is doubtful if these are the correct native +names for this species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Napoleona imperialis</i>. Speckle-fruited +Napoleona. Boi Boi (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found near Ode district, Oban and Igbeshe, in +the Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a deciduous shrub with pretty white flowers, +very shiny leaves, which are alternate, and bears a spherical, +orange-coloured fruit (with a russet-like surface having white +lenticels scattered nearly all over it), which ripens in March at +the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This shrub protects and enriches the soil with its +fall of leaves. Considering the attractiveness of the flower and +the fruit, it is surprising that it has not more frequently been +planted in gardens, where it should be placed in a shady corner. It +is slow-growing, and does not need much light. It likes a moist, +fairly deep good soil, especially near a river bank.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The stem is occasionally used +for making hoe or axe handles, for which it is suitable, as the +wood is comparatively tough, close-grained and hard. The knottiness +of it is an advantage either for the handle or for fixing the hoe +or axe head.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Napoleona Vogelii</i> (Hook). Orokwa, Ogemme +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Benin, Ibadan +and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a +medium-sized shrub-like tree, with orange-shaped fruit, though not +quite spherical, having small white lenticels on the surface and +roughness like a russet apple. It does not attain a girth of more +than 3 or 4 feet. It is usually found in the mixed deciduous +forests, though more often in clearings in the forests; however, it +stands a good deal of shade. The wood is comparatively hard, but it +does not reach much size. The tree protects and enriches the soil +with its fall of leaves, and serves a very useful purpose as a +shrub amongst the undergrowth of the forest. It might be planted in +gardens, where both the flower, which is large and white, and the +fruit would be admired. It usually bears a large number of both. It +is rather a slow-growing tree. The natives use the wood for making +matchet handles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Napoleona Owariensis</i>. Adere, Isiurem +(Lagos).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_368">[368]</span>Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Weihea sp.</i> (Spreng). Odu (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in tropical West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The flowers have an involucre of two bracteoles. +The fruit is fleshy; seeds with an aril.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Weihea sp.</i>, cf. <i>Africana</i>. Odu +(Yoruba); Itobo (Ibibio); Munon (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows near Lagos.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rhizophora racemosa</i>. Red Mangrove or Salt +Mangrove. Egba Ibadudu (Jeb. Yoruba); Ehrodo, Ibadudu (Benin); Odo +(Jekri).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Poga oleosa</i>. Inoi Nut, African Brazil Nut. +Iku (Yoruba); Inoi (Benin); Inoye (Efik); Ikoi (Oban); Inoi (Ekoi); +Ekom (Ibo Owerri); Imonon (New Calabar).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin (?), Owerri, Calabar and +Ogoja (?) provinces of Nigeria, in the evergreen zone, both of the +level and hill country. On the whole, it is more prevalent as the +eastward side of the country is approached. In the forest its +presence is usually indicated by the heaps of broken shells left +lying near the roots of neighbouring trees, on the path or +roadside. The reddish-brown interior and cross-section of the inner +covering of the shell is a most typical feature. The nut itself is +roughly spherical in shape, with a surface almost evenly covered +with little nodules, giving the nut very considerable resiliency +against cracking. It is nearly half an inch thick, and inside there +are two or three kernels. Each of these is a chocolate-brown colour +with thick (almost three thirty-seconds to one-eighth of an inch) +red-brown shell. Each is about ½ inch long and rather more than ¼ +inch thick. This thick shell quite spoils the flavour of the nut, +which is sweeter and contains more oil than the Brazil nut. It can, +however, be removed with a pen-knife. The trunk of the tree is +light-grey, with comparatively thin cortex. It reaches a girth of +about 12 feet and a bole length of about 60 feet. It usually forks +at about 50 or 60 feet from the ground, and this is one of the +typical features of the tree. The crown is rather open, with +several main limbs and comparatively few branches. Another place +where it is commonly seen, both in the Degema and Calabar +districts, is in the old farms, standing as isolated specimens, or +standards overshadowing all the secondary growth. It is one of the +few trees that are preserved when a fresh clearing is made for a +farm. The fruit is the shape of a large greengage, the fleshy part +of which soon breaks away, leaving the hard nut inside. The fleshy +pericarp is about a quarter of an inch in thickness.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_369">[369]</span>The +sapwood is white, tinged with pinkish stripes, and the heartwood +pinkish-red, with very wide and numerous medullary rays, which are +most numerous, and in fact more so than in any other tree, and are +very typical of this timber. The wood is soft, splits well, is of +somewhat open texture and rather fibrous grain. It planes up well +with a smooth surface, takes nails well, and saws well. It is +liable to be attacked by white ants. The sapwood is fairly +narrow.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration only +appears to be slight, chiefly owing to the fact, perhaps, that most +of the nuts are gathered and eaten by the natives. It is somewhat +exacting with regard to soil. It appears to like one that is +somewhat rich, deep, moist and with good drainage. In waterlogged +areas it becomes stag-headed. No plantations have been made of this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, not has it been +cut for local use. It appears, however, to be worthy of a trial as +a substitute for light cedar or mahogany, especially from wind +falls, which are not infrequent owing to the way it is left +standing in the forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The nuts are used by the +natives, and are considered very valuable, in the most +out-of-the-way parts of the forest, as a source of food. They used +to be sold in the Calabar market 250 for 3d. Further notes as to +the oil-bearing properties of this nut will be found in the +<a href="#c11">section</a> dealing with the oil seeds and nuts.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Combretaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia sp.</i> Yellow Terminalia, Black-bark +Terminalia. Idigbo, Opepe, Epepe (Yoruba); Egoyn nebbi, Egoyn +nikwi, Egoyn lukan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">According to the Yorubas this is the Idi of the +forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Ondo and +Benin provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It has a slightly +fissured bark, increasing in age, light-brown in colour in youth, +but darkening with age, almost appearing black in the distance, +rather forming a criss-cross pattern. It flowers in May with small +spikes or thin, stiff racemes, each with little yellow balls of +staminate flowers. It has a compressed crown of two or three whorls +of branches, but not so typical as that of <i>T. scutifera</i>. It +is, however, much more widespreading, chiefly due to the fact that +the tree on the whole is shorter and stouter than <i>T. +scutifera</i>. The trunk is much more cylindrical, and the +root<span class="pagenum" id="Page_370">[370]</span> spurns are +very slight, and not buttress-shaped as in <i>T. scutifera</i>. The +contrast between the light-green foliage and the dark-coloured bole +is so great that the tree is quite unmistakable in this respect. +The only one at all similar in this is False Shea Butter, +<i>Mimusops Djave</i>, but even the trunk of this one appears +lighter than the former. The slash is dark-brown, almost black, on +the outer edge and yellow on the inside. The fruit is not unlike a +large hazelnut, but the shuck is of looser build, and the interior +seed can be more easily seen than in the case of the nut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is a faint yellow colour and the +heartwood a good yellow. It is of the hardness of an ordinary +softwood, with a straight, even grain and somewhat open pores. It +planes well, takes nails, splits very easily and saws well. For +outside work it is not durable unless very thoroughly dried. For +interior fittings it is very durable. It is liable to attacks by +termites outside. It seasons well, with only a small amount of +shrinkage and slight liability to warping.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a fast-growing, slightly shade-bearing tree, +with strong soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural +regeneration appears to be fair. It sprouts from the stump, but is +not very strong. It likes a good soil, with fair drainage but a +good deal of moisture. It will stand a certain amount of flooding. +It is occasionally almost gregarious. No plantations have been made +with this tree. It reaches a girth of over 14 feet and a bole +length of about 70 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been cut for export, but +occasionally it has been sawn up for planks for local use. It +deserves, however, a further trial for export as a floor-board and +for local use for a similar purpose. There are comparatively large +supplies, and the dimensions of the tree are such that large planks +and boards could be cut out of it.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The tree is occasionally +felled for making canoes, but it is not taken unless there is a +shortage of other harder kinds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia sp.</i> Orange-barked Terminalia. +Ayo, Aiyo (Yoruba); Ayo, Ulazo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—Ibadan and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria. It is one of the typical trees of the mixed +deciduous forest zone, though it appears to be confined to certain +localities, such as the Olokemeji Forest Reserve and other +places.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—Moderately thick +bark, rather reminding one of Triplochiton, but with a certain +amount of roughness and slight fissures. The crown is very +pointedly oval and long, the leaves appearing only slightly +terminal and not<span class="pagenum" id="Page_371">[371]</span> +typically so. The branches tend to flatten out in old age, though +they are slightly pendulous at the tips. The bole reaches a girth +of about 10 feet and a height of 50 feet. The light patchy, +orange-coloured bark is a most typical feature of this tree. +Satinwood is the only one at all similar in this respect, but it is +much smoother.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—White, with a faint yellow tint; +the pores are much shorter than those of the other Terminalias, +such as <i>T. scutifera</i> and <i>Togoensis</i>. The grain on the +whole is finer and of closer texture. The timber is somewhat harder +than either <i>T. scutifera</i> or <i>T. sp.</i>, but not so hard +as that of <i>T. Togoensis</i>. It planes well, takes nails, saws +easily, but does not split so well. It is attacked by termites, but +is durable for interior work. It is somewhat more brittle than +<i>T. sp.</i></p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately rapid growing, light-demanding +tree, with soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural +regeneration does not appear to be good. It sprouts, but poorly +from the stump, and if at all shaded dies away. It likes a +moderately good soil, with a fair amount of moisture and depth.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been cut for export, and only +occasionally has it been felled for cutting into planks for local +use. It deserves, however, a trial as a local flooring board. The +available quantities so far discovered are not large enough to +justify its trial as an export wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—The wood is used for planks and +for canoes. It is likely to furnish timber for the home +markets.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Local Use.</em>—It has been used for making +canoes, and also for sawing up into planks for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia scutifera</i>. Shingle Wood. Afara +(Yoruba); Oaha Egoyn, Egoyn nufwa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Ogoja, Owerri, +Warri, Benin, Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The chief characteristics of this tree are the thin +and far up-reaching root flanges and its thin, grey-coloured bark. +It attains a height of about 200 feet and a girth of about 16 feet. +The bole length often exceeds 100 feet. The crown is compressed and +flat, with few main branches. It is usually found near water.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is light-brown to almost +yellowish-white, with darker streaks. The sapwood is almost white, +but when dry is barely distinguishable from the heartwood, though +when freshly cut the heartwood appears drier, and thus shows up +against the damper sapwood. The wood is soft and planes easily, +though not always giving a smooth surface. It is also<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_372">[372]</span> easy to saw or cut with a +chisel and splits well. It is attacked by termites.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the whole the tree is a light-lover, and even +the young self-sown seedlings only grow in comparatively open +places near rivers, where there is no shade directly over them, +though there may be trees to one side or the other. It is one of +the typical trees of the evergreen and mixed deciduous zone, +growing always on damp and deep soil. Natural reproduction by seed +is good. Stool shoots grow, but do not persist for a great length +of time. It often forms small pure groups in the secondary forest, +and in suitable localities tends to be more prevalent in the +secondary than in the primeval forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In Nigeria it has been used as planks, but is not +considered very good. On the Gold Coast it has been used for +shingles.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives occasionally use the tree for making +canoes, also for bowls, plates, and native doors in the Benin +country, but owing to its softness it is not considered of much +account.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In figure <a href="#i108">No. 108</a> there is a +picture of a very large specimen found in the Ikrigon Forest +Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia Togoensis</i>. Dry-zone Terminalia. +Idi, Idi Odan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Oyo, Benin and Ogoja provinces of +Nigeria. It is a very common tree, with slight foliage and small +stem, which is usually forked about 10 feet from the ground. The +slash is yellow and almost dry, which is most typical of the +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is soft, though harder than most of the +other Terminalias. It works easily, but does not split well. The +sapwood is white and the heartwood of a pale yellow colour. The +bark is rough and widely fissured. Natural regeneration by seed +does not appear to be good, though stump shoots appear when the +tree is cut down. It stands a considerable amount of fire, but it +is a light-loving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The local people find the stem useful for +house-building posts, as it is comparatively durable and forked in +shape.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia avicennioides</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It was stated it was found in the Calabar +province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia Brownii</i>. Inya joko (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Abeokuta province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum racemosum</i>. Ogan pupa (Yoruba); +Akoso, Orsorsor (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in Olokemeji and Benin. Climbing shrub with +red flowers and white bracts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum Lawsonianum</i>. Ome (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has red flowers and is found at Agege.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_373">[373]</span><i>Combretum mucronatum</i>. Okan pupa +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Mamu Forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum Zenkeri</i>. Ogan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum micranthum</i>. Okan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum glutinosum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum paucinervium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum Hartmannium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">These are climbing Combretums found in the Yoruba +country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i> (G. and P.). Yoruba +Chew-stick. Ayin (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Oyo and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—This tree reaches a +height of about 70 feet in favourable localities and a girth of 9 +feet. With its birch-like foliage and the drooping and sweeping of +the pendulous branches in old age, it is certainly the “Lady” of +the African “open woods.” The little spherical fruits cover the +ground in the early part of the dry season. The comparatively +smooth bole, giving way to small scales of light-brown bark as the +tree gets older, is a typical feature. It is often forked, +especially low down. The bole is thin and slender in build, with +upward tending branches, also very slender in build, but dark in +colour. A blackish gum exudes when it is cut. The slash is yellow +before the gum runs out.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The sapwood is yellowish-white and +the heartwood dark-brown to almost black in some specimens. It is +hard, durable and termite-proof. It does not plane nor split well, +takes nails with difficulty, but saws fairly easily.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +light-loving species, though in its youth it will stand a little +shade. It is one of the first trees to appear on disused land, so +long as the soil is good. Its foliage is a little acid, as it kills +all grass, even Ekon, and for this purpose is invaluable as a tree +for admixture with more valuable species. It is somewhat exacting +as to soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Once it gets started after being planted, or as a +self-sown seedling on good soil, it is a rapid-growing tree, which +is only hindered in its growth by the annually recurring +grass-fires. Wherever it is protected it develops into a +straight-boled, large tree. The branches are very persistent, so +that close planting is most necessary. Several plantations have +been made with this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Utility.</em>—The tree is burnt for its ashes +for fixing native<span class="pagenum" id="Page_374">[374]</span> +dyes; the roots are used for chewing-sticks, and the bark is used +medicinally by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields a good firewood which gives great heat. +The smaller poles make very useful hut-building timber, as it is so +often forked.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It should find a place as an avenue tree, owing to +the delicate green, the drooping nature of its foliage, and the +moderate amount of shade cast on the road.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been tried for export, but with +its dark black and sometimes streaky coloration it is worthy of a +trial. Locally it has occasionally been cut for planks and for +house-building. It is not liked because it is so hard. The sapwood +is rather wide. The timber is sometimes rather knotty, especially +containing dry knots. It is sometimes attacked by a large borer, +making large holes in it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Laguncularia racemosa</i>. White Mangrove or +White Button.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is found growing in the swamp regions, +also on the coast. It yields timber, tanning, dyeing materials and +medicaments.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eugenia Owariensis</i> (Beauv.). West African +Allspice. Adere (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Olokemeji Reserve and +the Abeokuta and Oyo provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax3">With its comparatively short bole (about 8 feet) +and wide, almost spherically-shaped crown, it is one of the largest +and most conspicuous of the dry-zone trees. The tree attracts the +pigeons, but not so much as the wild fig. The flowers are very +minute and insignificant. The fruit is very small and poor.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Reaching only a girth of about 4 feet, it does not +yield very large timber. Although moderately hard and durable, it +has not yet found a place in the local market. It is doubtful if it +is termite-proof. It might be used for making boxes or for small +articles of furniture in localities where wood is scarce.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a comparatively slow-growing tree, almost +soil-improving, and of a light-loving nature.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Owing to its comparatively dense foliage partially +shading the ground and thus killing the grass, it is a distinctly +helpful species in the protection from fire of a dry-zone +forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural reproduction by seed is only moderate, but +stump shoots are strong, and it appears that root suckers also come +up in certain places.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_375">[375]</span><i>Eugenia Owariensis</i>. Isinren +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the dry-zone forests—a +spreading tree which flowers in February.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields timber, edible fruits and +medicaments.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Melastomaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Memecylon sp.</i>, nr. <i>Barterii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve in the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Araliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cussonia Nigerica</i> (Hutch.). Elephant +Sugar-cane. Sigo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is an evenly and rather deeply fissured small +tree of the dry-zone forest, which has in the main only a great +tuft of large digitate leaves at the top of the stem. It is +occasionally branched, when it gives an appearance of bearing all +the leaves at the end of the stem. It is fairly common in the +Olokemeji Forest Reserve of the Abeokuta province. This tree is one +of the few digitate-leaved trees of the dry zone, and is certainly +one with the largest; it is a fire-resisting tree. The natives +occasionally use the stem for house and verandah posts.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Umbelliferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Heptapleura Mannii</i>. Found in the Oban +Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapotaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops multinervis</i>. Emido or Sleeper Wood. +Ako Emido (Yoruba); Aganokwi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is found in the Abeokuta and Oyo +provinces of Nigeria; it is most common, and, in fact, forms almost +half the crop in the belt of forest just on the south side of the +railway four to six miles east and west of Olokemeji Station. The +most distinguishing feature of this tree is the grey, thick, +deeply-fissured bark. With its comparatively short bole and stout, +crooked branches, it is not unlike an oak. It reaches a height of +about 80 feet and a girth of about 15 feet. The root spurns are +practically non-existent. The trunk tapers off quite abruptly after +each series of branches. The crown is rather long and sometimes +almost pear-shaped. The foliage is dense, and, for the size of the +tree, the leaves are small. The flowers are small and white and +conspicuous. The fruit is a small round nut, about half an inch in +diameter. The leaves are a very dark green colour, but on the upper +surface are often shiny.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_376">[376]</span>The +sapwood is white and, for the size of the tree, comparatively +narrow. The heartwood is a deep red colour, which it retains even +after the wood is dry. In sections from older trees it exhibits +isolated white streaks, scattered here and there through the +heartwood. This is made of a small mineral deposit which is closely +allied to apatite. It is one of the hardest of the African woods +and also the most durable; it splits most satisfactorily; it saws +very cleanly, planes well, but owing to its extreme hardness takes +nails with difficulty. It is termite-proof. It is just as durable +in, as out of the ground. It burns with a fierce heat and, in fact, +makes the hottest fire of any of the West African woods. The grain +is very close, though sometimes it shows some figure. The knots in +the wood produce some pretty “curl” effects.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is a shade-bearing, soil-improving species +of the mixed deciduous forest. It is very slow-growing, often not +showing a greater height-growth than 6 inches per year. In its +youth the branches grow more or less in whorls of three or four +branches; these branches are very persistent. Natural generation +good; it demands a good soil, but will stand a great deal of +moisture, not to say flooding of the area for several months of the +year. It flowers in February; the roots are comparatively +deep-growing and there is a distinct tap-root. Some plantations +have been made with this tree. It has been tried as a species to +mix with ebony, and for this it seems suitable. In similar +localities this species and ebony are often found.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally it is used as a house-building wood and +occasionally for firewood. The timber has been cut up into sleepers +and found to be most durable. When it was used in an unseasoned +state, and in very dry territory, it was found to split—but this +was scarcely a fair test of the wood. It has also been used as +joists and for the framework of buildings, for which purposes it +has proved very useful. Local carpenters have complained about its +hardness, but usually the tools used have not been of such high +quality necessary to give the best results when working on this +wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been used for export, but it +deserves a trial, especially for railway sleepers.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i082" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig082.jpg"><img src='images/fig082.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 82.—<span class= +"bold">Benin Satinwood (Afrormosia laxiflora) standing in the Ogba +Plantation, Benin District.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i083" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig083.jpg"><img src='images/fig083.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 83.—<span class= +"bold">Mixed Mahogany Plantation, Khaya grandis on left, Khaya +Punchii in centre and Entandrophragma in the right foreground, six +years old, near Ogba, Benin Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i084" class="iw13"><a href= +"images/fig084.jpg"><img src='images/fig084.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 84.—<span class= +"bold">Ogea, Gum Copal (Daniellia caudata), standing in the Ogba +Plantation, Benin Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 376.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops Djave</i>. African Pearwood, False Shea +Butter Nut, Cross River Nut. Aganokwi No. I. (Benin), Nyam +(Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin, Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja +provinces of Nigeria. It is also known as Cherry Mahogany. It is a +moderately common tree in the evergreen forest zone, up to the end +of the mixed deciduous forest zone. It is<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_377">[377]</span> one of the giant forest trees, attaining a +girth of over 30 feet and a height of over 200 feet; its bole is +one of the straightest of African trees, the trunk often reaching +over 100 feet without a branch. The crown is flattish and almost +symmetrical in its roundness; it is formed with three or four main +limbs spreading out at almost right angles to the trunk. The +foliage is heavy and the sword-shaped leaves almost appear as +though they were digitate, looking at them from the base of the +tree. From a short distance the trunk looks almost black, but on +closer inspection the bark is seen to be deeply fissured in a +comparatively even lattice-work fashion. The slash is white and a +thick white latex exudes. The root spurns are only slight, except +in old age; otherwise the bole is one of the most cylindrical of +African trees. (In illustration <a href="#i100">No. 100</a> a tree +of about 8 feet in girth shows the very straight and even thickness +of the bole.) The fruit falls to the ground about the beginning of +November, and crushes on contact with the ground, showing the +yellow floury pulp inside. The pulp has an extremely dry, sweet, +almost nauseating taste and is inclined to stick in the throat. +This huge fruit, the size of a man’s fist, is almost like a huge +plum, with rough opaque surface and almost spherical in shape; +inside, embedded in the pulp, are two, three or four lobed nuts, +smooth and shiny on the more rounded face and rough on the other; +in some respects they are roughly kidney-shaped when looked at +sideways. The flowers are white and small; the tree loses its +leaves for three or four days, when fresh ones come out again.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood of a rich +red colour, often showing figured rosy grain; it is very hard, +heavy and very durable, and is sometimes cross-grained, though +usually the texture is fine and planes up with a smooth surface; it +saws well, but is too hard to take nails, except in very thin wood. +The sapwood is usually only two or three inches wide; the heartwood +forms comparatively early in the life of the tree. On the whole, +this tree has a more open grain than the other Mimusops.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although the tree can stand a little shade in its +youth, it is really a light-loving species: after the first year +the height-growth rapidly increases when trees standing in a +plantation have plenty of light. In illustration <a href= +"#i093">No. 93</a> some trees only twelve years old show how +rapidly they develop under suitable conditions. None of these trees +have yet come into the nut-bearing stage, but it appears that in +favourable localities the trees will bear fruit between the +fifteenth and twentieth year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a soil protecting and improving tree—in fact, +the thick<span class="pagenum" id="Page_378">[378]</span> leaves +form some of the finest soil found in the forest. Natural +regeneration is not usually very good, because the seedlings have +little or no light, growing as they do from seeds which have fallen +under the parent tree. Duika and various other animals spread the +seeds in old farms where the trees have a chance of growing up. The +timber has occasionally been shipped to Europe and has been sold at +Hamburg as pearwood at 6d. per superficial foot, but the more rosy +and figured wood has also found a sale in Liverpool, as it +sometimes looks almost like a pinkish mahogany; it is, however, by +no means well known, and further trials with the wood should +certainly be made. Small consignments of the nuts have been +exported from the Cross River and sold in Liverpool as a substitute +for Shea nuts; they are found to be of a similar nature and of +similar value for making an edible oil. The original cost was +rather high, so that the nuts did not yield a profit on the +transaction; however, with greater quantities being brought the +cost should not be so high, and also, since this first experiment +was made, the price of all oil nuts has risen enormously, so that +at the present time there is an ample margin between the cost of +production and the selling price. In the Cameroons the Balong +natives dry the nuts, which they split open in two pieces, pick off +the thin shell and boil out the thick buttery-like substance, which +is used for cooking.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On our tour through their country we also tried it +in place of lard, and found it quite suitable and quite pleasant to +the taste and only about half the cost. In Nigeria, only the Oban +people apparently know anything about making this butter from the +nuts; in other parts it is quite unknown. The tree is not felled, +but, on account of its size and all-inspiring form, is considered +“Ju-ju”; pieces of the bark are chipped off and used as medicine to +increase a person’s strength.</p> + +<p class="tax3">By the way, the constant cutting away of the bark +at the base of the tree and the continual struggle of the tree to +overgrow these wounds causes the grain to grow quite unevenly and +wavering, thus forming figured wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops lacera</i>. Benin Pearwood. Aganokwi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as mahogany of a good, rich colour. It is found in +the swamps near the Osse and Cross Rivers.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dumoria Heckeli</i> (A. Chev.). Oban +Mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in Tropical West Africa. It yields a +fair timber. An immense tree of the Oban Reserve, similar to +<i>Mimusops Djave</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_379">[379]</span><i>Omphalocarpum procerum</i>. Ikassa +(Benin), Apassa, Ukpassa (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Benin and Ondo +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the evergreen forest. It +reaches a height of 60 feet with a girth of 28 feet. The bole is +short and the crown long, but narrow. The huge, flatly +spherically-shaped fruits, quite 9 inches in diameter and 6 inches +thick, are most characteristic of the tree. These protrude just +from the trunk or heavy branches with little or no stalk. The +depression in them, top and bottom, is quite an inch deep. There +are about sixty seeds inside, more like nuts. The leaf is +large.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and heartwood is brown-red. It +is very hard.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows slowly and stands the shade. The seeds +germinate well. It does not sprout from the stump nor do root +shoots appear. Elephants and other animals, porcupines especially, +eat the fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The seeds are used in playing Ikbo, a Benin game. +The seeds also are used, tied in front of Apata sticks, for making +a musical instrument, or tied to the ankles of small boys to make a +noise like a rattle when they start to walk.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>. Shea Butter Tree, +Dry-zone Oak. Emi-emi or Emi-gidi (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the most prevalent trees of the Oyo +province of the Southern Provinces of Nigeria and of the Borgu, +Niger and Nassarawa provinces of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria. +In places it is almost gregarious, but it is most commonly found in +mixture with the Dwarf Red Ironwood, <i>Lophira alata</i>. In +appearance it is most like a gnarled old oak, except that the base +is often burnt and partially hollow. It is a large tree, reaching a +height of about 40 feet and a girth of over 10 feet. The root +spurns are comparatively short and rounded; the bole is short, +attaining a length of up to 25 feet; the crown is almost spherical, +but rather inclined to be broken up by three or four main branches; +these are very thick in comparison to the size of the tree, but not +so much in proportion as in the case of the Baobab. The bark is +grey and very deeply fissured, more or less in criss-cross fashion, +and even with deeper and wider fissures than that of the oak. The +slash is white, and a small amount of thick white latex exudes very +slowly from the cut. In the case of the Dwarf Ironwood scarcely any +ordinary sap exudes and no latex. The leaves are about 10 inches +long, a very dark green and shiny, and not unlike the hart’s-tongue +fern, but somewhat broader at the end; the greenness of the leaves, +their shininess, and the greater thickness distinguish<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_380">[380]</span> them from those of the Dwarf +Red Ironwood. The under surface of the leaf is whitish, sometimes +almost grey; the flowers are white and come out in December; the +fruit is like a small green plum and ripens in May. The leaves +persist over one season. The green pericarp covering the nut can be +eaten and is not unpleasant to the taste. The nut itself is not +unlike a chestnut in its being brown and shiny; the shape, however, +is more oval, with one comparatively sharp ridge.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and comparatively wide; the +heartwood is a rich dark-red colour; it is very hard and durable; +it is termite-proof; it splits very badly, does not take nails +well; it is hard to plane and is sawn none too easily. It does not +warp or crack to any extent while it is seasoning under proper +conditions; it burns with great heat, but rather less than in the +case of Emido.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a rather slow-growing tree, with +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities; as a light-loving +species takes up a good deal of space. Natural regeneration appears +to be poor, and may be due to the fact that the flowers appear, or +before the young fruit has only just set, as the annual grass-fires +run through the open deciduous forests where this tree is found. On +the other hand, root suckers grow in great profusion. It also +sprouts well from the stump. It is one of the most fire-resisting +trees, and the thick bark no doubt protects it from its worst +ravages. It may be considered one of the most typical trees of the +drier parts of the open deciduous forests. A few sample plots have +been tried with this tree, but it does not stand transplanting at +all well. Rodents such as the cut-grass (ground pig) are very fond +of the nuts, and no doubt destroy a great number whilst they are +germinating. Fire-protecting root suckers and other young trees +have thus far proved the most effective method of increasing the +number of mature trees. It does not appear to be very exacting as +to soil, but no doubt the growth is best on moist alluvial flats so +long as they are well drained.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Locally the most valuable part of the tree is the +nut, from which the Shea butter is boiled out after three days; it +is a general article of diet instead of palm oil, in those +districts where the latter is hard to obtain. Locally, also, the +largest trees are cut down and made into mortars for beating food; +these fetch a price of 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. apiece; they are +considered not only the most suitable, but also the most durable, +except those made of the wood of the Oil Bean (<i>Pentaclethra +macrophylla</i>). In other places it is used as a house-building +timber.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_381">[381]</span>As +far as Europeans are concerned, the chief value of the tree lies in +its nuts, which are either exported quite unprepared or in the form +of the butter as the natives make it, in large elliptical-shaped +sausages about 2 feet long and 9 inches in diameter. For these +purposes it has become a regular article of commerce, and only lack +of suitable means of transport prevents much greater quantities +being collected and exported to the European markets. In Europe its +most suitable use is said to be as a medium or inside substance of +chocolate creams. The butter itself has a most peculiar and rather +nauseating flavour, which is removed on its being refined and +purified. The timber has not been tried for export.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum sp.?</i>. Round Star Apple. A +species of Star Apple. Agoma (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is quite spherical and supposed to be +larger than <i>C. Africanum</i>. It is somewhat similar to <i>C. +Kainato</i>. The natives squeeze the fruit in order to eat it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum Africanum</i>. African Star Apple +or Edible Star Apple. Osangbalumo (Yoruba); Otien (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, Warri, +Owerri, and Calabar provinces of Nigeria. It is a medium-sized +tree, often found growing at the roadside at the edge of the +villages or as an avenue leading up to them.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The most characteristic feature of this tree is the +silvery underside of the leaf, which is formed by minute white +hairs. In the fruiting season, another characteristic is the +golden-coloured, pointedly pear-shaped fruit, which bursts on +falling to the ground. A white latex exudes from the fruit; this +latex is sucked out and is tartly sweet to the taste. Inside the +fruit are five thin, elliptic-shaped seeds; these are brown and +very shiny. Their position inside the fruit probably gave rise to +the English name.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is white and soft; it cuts easily and +planes well, but does not split well. The grain of the timber is +fine and the texture smooth. It is a moderately fast growing tree +and the wood is not durable. The slash is white, and the tree +exudes a white latex when cut; the foliage is very dense, and the +dark upper surface of the leaves is a great contrast to the +underside. It is a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. The +timber has not been exported to Europe. It is occasionally used by +the natives for making “Ju-jus” such as the devil.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum sp.</i> Monkey Star Apple or +Monkey Otien. Osang Palambi, Osang Edan (Yoruba); Ekuso (?), +Ekpuro, Otiemmie (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_382">[382]</span>This is a moderately prevalent tree in the +Calabar, Ogoja, Benin, Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree with a small leaf. It +attains a girth of about 8 feet. The golden-brown of the underside +of the leaves is most typical of this tree and makes it easily +distinguished from <i>Chrysophyllum Africanum</i>; in fact, in +passing through the forest this is one of the few trees having +brown tomentose hairs on the underside of the leaf. The crown is +broad and flat and heavy. The bole is not too long and is covered +with a smooth light-brown-coloured bark.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The Benin native name means that it is the Monkey +Otien, that is to say, not the one that men may eat. It is usually +found in the evergreen forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white, light and soft, and is +attacked by termites. It has not so far been cut for export or +local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is sometimes eaten +by the Benins.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum albidum</i> (Don.). White Star +Apple. Osum Agbalumo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the Star Apples of the Yoruba +Forest, where it is found chiefly in the Abeokuta province. It is +not very prevalent. The fruit is not so esteemed by the natives as +that of Osangbalumo. The bole is somewhat straighter and less +branched than that of <i>C. Africanum</i>. The wood is white and +soft; the stem is not absolutely round, being somewhat fluted at +the base, with narrow and thin spurs which extend 4 to 6 feet up +the stem. The natives occasionally use the wood for household +utensils. It has not been cut for export.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum Welwitchii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This so-called Forcados Star Apple was found in the +forest just behind the station of Forcados. It is not a very common +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Malacantha sp. nov.</i> Akala (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve and +neighbouring parts of the Abeokuta and Ibadan provinces. In many +places it is very prevalent, though it does not grow actually +gregariously. It reaches up to a medium size. The bole does not +exceed a length of much over 15 feet and a girth of 5 feet. With +its four narrow, somewhat long (up to 4 feet) buttress root spurns, +the base of the stem forms a rather irregular shape. The bark is +roughish and scales off to a slight extent as the tree becomes +older.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaves are inclined to be placed at the +terminals of the shoots and twigs, and the main veins are very +prominent, giving the impression that the leaf has only +comparatively recently opened. The leaf is a little rough to the +touch, and<span class="pagenum" id="Page_383">[383]</span> rather +dry and thickish. It is a distinctly yellowish-green colour. The +foliage is very sparse.</p> + +<p class="tax3">With its none too straight stem and comparatively +slight amount of foliage it presents a poor appearance.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is of a pleasant light-yellow colour and +comparatively hard. It planes up with a smooth surface and saws +easily. It does not take nails well, nor does it split easily. It +is termite-proof.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Natural regeneration appears to be slight, but +stool and root shoot reproduction seem to be strong. The seeds are +very small and appear like little round, spherical nuts. Although +it will bear a slight amount of shade in its youth, it is a +light-loving species later on.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Occurring as it does in the mixed deciduous +forests, near the lower edge of the dry-zone vegetation it should +prove a useful tree, especially as it is comparatively +fire-resisting.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although comparatively slow-growing it attains +sufficient size to be cut up into verandah-posts and banister rails +and uprights.</p> + +<p class="tax3">On the whole, quite a respectable quantity of +timber could be obtained in the aggregate from the large number of +trees found growing in the forests.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachystela cinereum</i> (Pierre). Osan odo, +Orban igba (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Abeokuta province.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ebenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Mombuttensis</i>, syn. +<i>Sinensis</i>. Walking-stick Ebony or Yoruba Ebony. Ogan pupa, +Aggan Egbo (Egba) (Yoruba); Ungungmekkan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree with reddish-coloured stem and +very thin, scaly bark, often branching near the base and usually +forming several stems up to 18 inches in girth instead of one main +stem. It has a large, alternate leaf, with large leaf scars, +amounting to projections from the twigs. The fruit is like an +acorn, but of reddish colour, with a very small, low-rimmed cup. +The twigs are reddish colour too, which is most typical of the +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is common in the Benin, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Oyo +and Ondo provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—Very hard, whitish-brown wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>E. Use.</em>—Walking-sticks, as it often grows +forming a natural handle.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Walking-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros sp.</i> Benin Ebony. Owegbo +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized tree, yielding a black ebony, which +is prevalent in the Benin forests. The bark scales off like <i>D. +atropurpurea</i>.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_384">[384]</span> +It is a larger tree, though, than the last named. It likes the +dense forest with a deep, damp soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In proportion the sapwood is white and very +wide.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is slow-growing, shade-bearing, with +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities. Natural regeneration +is weak.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +sawn up for local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i>. Monkey Guava or +Yoruba Ebony, Kanran, Etini (Yoruba); Igedudu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">From the similarity of its fruit to a medlar it +obtains its botanical name.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta and Ibadan provinces of +Nigeria, in the mixed deciduous forest zone. In places such as the +Olokemeji Forest Reserve and neighbourhood it is very prevalent and +almost gregarious in habit. As regards height, and almost always as +regards girth, it is the largest of almost all the ebony-trees, +with the exception of one species found near the Niger, reaching a +girth of over 14 feet and a bole length of 70 feet. At the pole +stage, and as it gets older, the bark is evenly fissured, +vertically and horizontally, breaking up into small black-edged +sections of about 2 inches long and ½ inch wide. Until it is much +over 2 feet in girth the cortex is smooth, dark-green or black. +After this it becomes rather rough, with small fissures. Although +often very cylindrical in shape, the bole sometimes has very +considerable taper—in fact, more so than many other trees. The +branches come out almost at right angles to the stem and are very +persistent, still remaining as short snags for many years after +they have been broken off by storms or other agencies. The leaves +are smallish and lanceolate in shape, and almost appear to be +silvery on the under surface and very dark green on the upper +surface. The thinner branches appear silvery-grey, though they are +very similar, but thinner in comparison to <i>M. multinervis</i>, +which are found in the same locality growing side by side. The leaf +has a few fine veins. The fruit is flatly spherical, and is like a +little medlar with its russet-brown rough surface and the dried-up +sepals of the flower on it. It is, however, larger than than of +Multinervis.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and narrow and the heartwood +dark-brown to black, sometimes even green-black. It is very hard—in +fact, almost the hardest of all African woods, with perhaps the +exception of Yoruba Ironwood, Red Ironwood, and African Greenheart. +It splits fairly well. It is inclined to be brittle, especially in +timber from larger specimens, planes well and saws well, but is +difficult to nail. It is termite-proof. Occasionally<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_385">[385]</span> a large boring beetle burrows +into the wood when it is lying on the ground. However, the grubs +which do this damage are considered a delicacy by the natives, so +that wherever found they are soon collected and eaten. The younger +tree grows with branches more or less in whorls, but not so regular +as those of <i>M. multinervis</i>. When fresh it is liable to warp. +It keeps its colour better than most of the ebonies. It +occasionally shows a little figure. In proportion it has the +largest heartwood of any of them, and for this reason is a most +valuable tree.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i085" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig085.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig085.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 85.—<span class= +"bold">Khaya anthoteca, 16 feet in girth, Obagie Forest Reserve, +Benin Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i086" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig086.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig086.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 86.—<span class= +"bold">Okan (Cylicodiscus Gabunensis), African Greenheart, 24 feet +in girth, standing in Obagie Forest Reserve, Benin +Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 384.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Kamerunensis</i>. Cameroon Ebony.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree has been found in the Boji Hills Forest +as well as in the Cameroons. Although not of great size, it yields +a comparatively large and black-hearted ebony. The fruit is much +larger than that of most other species. It is comparatively +prevalent at an elevation of about 1,000 feet in the Boji Hills. Up +to the present it is doubtful if it has been worked at all. The +natives have no use for the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Barteri</i>. Ebony Nut or Yam Stick. +Ivioha (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Small ebony-shrub of the Benin province of Nigeria, +found near Okomo in rather moist ground. The natives have no use +for the wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros bipendensis</i>. South Cameroon +Ebony.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is supposed to be found in the Oban Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros crassiflora</i>. Benin Ebony. Aborkpor +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields the black ebony of the Benin country and +is somewhat prevalent. Found in the Benin, Abeokuta and Onitsha +provinces of Nigeria. A tree with a small leaf.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It forms almost pure groups or even small stands, +of half a mile and less in extent, near the banks of the Niger. It +can stand swampy ground. It used to be cut in the Onitsha +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros sp.</i> Benin Ebony. Isanhianme or +Ehrenyegbo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree of the Benin province of Nigeria. It +is supposed to yield a good ebony. It does not reach a very large +size. It is a soil protecting and improving tree. Locally it is +used for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as mahogany at 1s. 6d. per cubic foot. Since that +time it has not been exported.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros atropurpurea</i> (Gurke). Brown Ebony. +Igedudu (Yoruba); Igedudu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, attaining a girth of about 4 +feet. The heartwood is usually brown with black streaks, giving it +a curious and diverse streakiness, not unlike black marble +or<span class="pagenum" id="Page_386">[386]</span> Indian +Blackwood. The flower is reddish-purple coloured and quite +conspicuous, growing out of the upper surface of the twig without a +stalk of any kind. The bark is almost black and peels off in very +thin, oblong-shaped flakes; the cortex underneath is green. In old +age it is hollow at the first branch joint.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria. About one-third of the diameter of a mature tree is +heartwood. Apparently a slow-growing tree, though none have been +planted. It is a shade-bearer in the evergreen and mixed forest; +natural regeneration is not good. A large cerambix or other borer +makes finger-thick holes in the sap and heartwood of old trees.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It should be an export timber of value, but it was +only valued at £5 to £10 a ton in 1906. It has been used for mirror +frames.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—For firewood in the Benin +country, where it is considered very good.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros suaveolens</i>. Benin Ebony. Oohoo +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small-sized tree, with very small heartwood +and a small, oblong, almost lanceolate leaf. The bark, which is +quite black, has slight fissures and is much harder than that of +<i>D. atropurpurea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is prevalent in the Benin country, Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It likes to grow near water, but not in a swampy +place. It is a slow-grower and shade-bearer, being found as an +undergrowth in the high forest. It is not attacked by white ants. +The wood is hard and durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is used for house-building +as rafters, as well as for axe-handles of any kind. Small trees are +used for making bows (long) for shooting birds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros verrucosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree, although named from the Cameroons, is +found in the Abeokuta and Benin provinces of Nigeria. The twigs are +very rough compared to the other species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros dendo?</i>. Cross River Ebony. Ebubri +etu, Obiliteto (Efik); Itiuyang (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree with dark-green, smooth +bark, with large lanceolate leaves and strong upward-spreading +branches, which makes the bole shorter than it would otherwise be. +The fruit is almost pear-shaped, containing four long, thin, +wedge-shaped seeds, brown outside and white inside.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar and Ogoja provinces of +Nigeria, in the evergreen forest zone of the hill forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The crown is rather irregular in shape, being +supported<span class="pagenum" id="Page_387">[387]</span> with two +or three main limbs from the bole. It reaches a girth of about 6 +feet and a bole length of 12 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is wide and white and the heartwood +black. The tree is occasionally attacked by a large borer, which +makes large holes nearly ¾ inch in diameter. The timber is very +hard, but if the tree is killed by fire it becomes a little more +brittle than is usually the case. In old trees which may be left +lying in the forest, the middle of the heartwood often decays away +with ground-rot. It planes well and saws well. Nails often split +it. It splits moderately well, especially when free of knots.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. On the whole, it is more +exacting as to soil than most other trees, being usually found on a +good loam rich in humus, which is moist and with fair drainage. +Natural regeneration is none too good. Stump shoots are very weak, +and often do not occur. It has not yet been planted. It is very +susceptible to fire—in fact, more so than perhaps any other tree. +The timber has been exported for many years from Calabar, but of +late in decreasing quantities, owing to the exhaustion of the +nearer sources of supply, and to the fact that only small billets +under 3 feet in length, not square, and only 3 or 4 inches in +cross-section were cut. The usual native method of procedure is +very curious. On making a clearing for a farm, any ebony standing +there gets killed with the fire, and having comparatively few roots +and being very heavy, the tree falls down. Before abandoning the +farm the native may put a mark on this tree, or at any rate make a +mental note of its existence. After a year or two, if he is in need +of money to buy clothes, or wishes to purchase anything, he goes +back to this old farm, finds this tree, perhaps externally somewhat +charred, and perhaps the centre of the heartwood rotted away; he +proceeds to cut it into lengths of about 10 or 12 feet. These he +then splits lengthways into segments with a rounded side of about 5 +inches, the two split sides about 4 inches, and the inner surface +about 3 inches. In order to get these long pieces of suitable +dimension to carry to the nearest factory or trading station, he +cuts them into three or four billets; two or three of these, +according to weight, are tied together and carried to the factory. +It is sold by weight, and sometimes 200 billets go to the ton, +though a smaller quantity of a larger size would be better and +secure a better price. This method should be compared with the +superior one adopted by the natives of the Cameroons. Compared to +the usual price of £6 or £7 per ton for Calabar ebony, Cameroon +wood usually fetches £10 to £12.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_388">[388]</span><i>Diospyros xanthochlamys</i>. Okahimi +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the Benin ebonies and is not very +prevalent. It is said to yield a good ebony.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Maba Mannii</i>. Benin Maba.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Benin and Ondo provinces +of Nigeria. It only reaches a girth of 4 feet and a short bole of +about 10 feet. It is much branched, even low down, the branches +being persistent and crooked. The leaves are small, rather less +than ebony itself. The leaf is really a long, pinnate one, with +thirty pairs of pinnæ. The fruit is white, soft and oblong, with +small seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree has a white sapwood with a black +heartwood, rather small in proportion to the size of the stem. It +does not split well. Termites do not attack it, but occasionally +the gigas borers make holes in it. It grows slowly and stands a +good deal of shade. It sprouts well from the stool and the seed +also grows fairly well. It grows in the damp, deep soil and does +not stand fire at all. It belongs to the evergreen forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree has not been cut for local use or +exported to Europe. It is used as firewood, and is considered +better than most other woods, even <i>Ohia</i>, <i>Celtis +sp.</i></p> + +<p class="tax1">Oleaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Schrebera Golungensis</i>. Hard Yellow Wood. +Opele (Yoruba); Udegwoga (?) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria, +Olokemeji and Ilaro Reserves.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, reaching a girth of about 10 +feet. The smooth, light-green bark with yellow patches differs from +the Celtis species, which is rougher, and the Afrormosia species, +which is orange-red and peels off. The leaves are small for the +size of the tree. The crown is narrow and long and the branches +forming it slender. The curious small pear-shaped dehiscent fruit, +showing four oblong niches for seeds, is most typical of the tree. +In other respects the habit and build of the tree is similar to the +Celtis species, especially with the root spurns slightly +corrugating the base of the bole. It is not a common tree, but +usually a fair number of specimens are seen in any locality where +it has been found. The bole is very straight and free from branches +for quite a height of the tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is a dull-yellow colour, fine grain, of +smooth texture and moderately hard. It planes to a smooth, almost +shining surface. It scarcely shrinks or warps when drying.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_389">[389]</span>It +sprouts slightly from the stump, though the shoots do not seem to +have much strength.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not yet been exported, though its +valuable quality should assure it of a market. Sample planks used +at Olokemeji proved most durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is used by the +Yorubas for divining the future.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Loganiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strychnos densiflora</i> (Baill.). African +Strychnos Tree. Attako (Yoruba); Egbeda (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the dry-zone forest of the Ibadan +and Benin provinces of Nigeria, where it seems to be very +prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a small tree +or shrub, up to 12 feet high, with small leaves and very hard +wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is of slow growth, but on the whole is a +shade-bearer and soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural +regeneration appears to be poor.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been planted.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Apparently the seeds have not yet been examined as +to their value. The timber is too small for export or local use, +except for hut-building.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—The Benin natives use the stem for +making snares for Duika and the branches for making brooms, as they +are very tough.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista nobilis</i>. Ogugu, Sapho, Apa Oro +(Yoruba); Orrimogungun, Oriweni (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ibadan, Abeokuta, Benin and +Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has huge soft leaves, and is one of the first +plants to appear on a clearing in the dry-zone or mixed forests. In +old age the leaf is much smaller, and the mass of white flowers +along the uppermost branches is most typical of the tree. It is +often almost gregarious, and in most places more than one tree is +found in the immediate neighbourhood. Reaching a girth of about 3 +feet, its stem does not exceed 20 feet in height. There are usually +two or three main branches into which it divides. The wood is soft +and white.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a light-loving, rapid-growing tree, which is +soil-protecting and soil-improving in youth, but is too open in +crown after a few years. It should, however, prove a useful nurse +for superior species in the dry zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Firewood in places where wood +is scarce.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_390">[390]</span>Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alstonia Congensis</i> (Eng.). Pattern Wood, +Stool Wood. Ahun, Awun, Ogudugbu (Yoruba); Ukhu (Benin); Ekuri Ebu +(Ibo Owerri); Abo, Idu (Efik); Ofemm (Bembi); Etiap, Oguk (Oban, +Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, growing up to a height of 100 +feet and 10 feet girth. The white lenticels on the bark are very +typical of the tree, and give it the appearance of having a rust +disease. The crown is formed of two or three whorls of branches and +is very flat in old age. The tree grows always in whorls, though it +may have more than one stem. In the distance the leaves appear to +be digitate, but in reality three to seven are found to be growing +out of the end of one stalk, all being much the same size. The +crown is flatly umbrella-shaped. It has comparatively few branches. +The root flanges are slight, soon merging into the trunk. At the +base of the bole, however, they are not absolutely round in shape, +but have two or three large ridges, sometimes almost subdividing +it. The slash is white, with yellow spots. A chalky white latex +exudes when it is cut, rapidly running down the stem like a streak +of whitewash.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, +Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria in the evergreen and +mixed deciduous forest zone. It is a very common tree throughout +this region and is usually found growing singly.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white, there being little or no +difference between sapwood and heartwood. When dry, it is very +light and soft. It splits and planes easily, saws well, and takes +nails easily. The grain is close and fine and very even in texture. +Although dull, it works up to a smooth finish. It is attacked by +termites. It is not durable in the open, but under cover it lasts +quite well. In drying it is liable to shrink and warp a little, but +with care this can be avoided. It seasons comparatively quickly. It +cuts easily with a knife or chisel and might take the place of lime +as a carving-wood. From its texture it should take stains very +well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very fast-growing, at first slightly +shade-bearing and latterly a light-loving tree, which thoroughly +protects the soil and enriches it with its leaf fall. Natural +regeneration appears to be good, as it sprouts well from the stump. +It seems to like a good soil with plenty of moisture, and will even +withstand floods. It is not fire-resisting. The crown and branches +are liable to be broken with a high wind.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as a whitewood, but it was considered to be of no +value.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_391">[391]</span> It deserves +a further trial as a pattern-wood, comparatively large quantities +being available. Locally it has not been sawn up for planks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In Calabar the timber is used for stools, which are +carved out of large solid blocks of this wood in one piece, without +a joint.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—In the Benin country the +timber is used for doors and the roots for medicine.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The box of the musical instrument Asologun, a kind +of zither, is made of this wood in the Yoruba country. The latex is +used for mixing with real rubber latex of the Anyo or <i>Funtumia +elastica</i> tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Voacanga Africana</i> (Stapf.). Cloth Shrub. +Dodo, Giwini (Yoruba); Igbo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common shrub-like tree in the Ogoja, +Onitsha, Benin, Warri, Ondo, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria. The tree is usually noticeable from its white wax-like, +trumpet-shaped flowers, which have a very fragrant scent, and which +very rapidly wither when cut. The bark is thin and extremely +fibrous and hard to break, so much so that the natives of the Asaba +district make grass-like fibre out of it and mix it with a silk +fibre to make a very durable kind of cloth, which the natives wear. +It grows in waste places and requires light. It sprouts well from +the stump.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Conopharyngia durissima</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Western Provinces. It is +of a similar size to <i>C. pachysiphon</i>, and the timber is just +as durable.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Conopharyngia pachysiphon</i>. False Boxwood. +Dodo? (Yoruba); Ibbu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Warri, Benin +and Ondo provinces of Nigeria. A small tree, attaining a girth of +only 4 feet, with a large leaf, bearing large spherical-shaped +fruits in pairs. The large creamy-white, strongly scented flowers +are conspicuous to both sight and scent. The bark, even in its +younger stages, is covered with small yellow lenticels. The wood is +hard and yellow in colour, and there is no difference between +sapwood and heartwood. The latex has sometimes been used as an +adulterant for rubber. It is a shade-bearer, and is found at the +border of the evergreen and mixed deciduous forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The natives of the Benin country use the roots for +medicinal purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Farquharia elliptica</i>. Onanisankianmon +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a member of the new genus of Farquharia +found by<span class="pagenum" id="Page_392">[392]</span> Mr. +Farquhar in the Benin province of Nigeria, near Ugumu. It is not +stated whether the natives use this as a source of rubber or +not.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia florida</i> (Benth.). Rubber Vine. +Ibugidi, Ibo-akitipa (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A vine found throughout Southern Nigeria, though +most abundant in the dry-zone fringing forests and in the +intermediate forests, and at Ottoa, Benin province. It bears white +flowers having yellow centres.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—Milky juice is obtained from this +vine, but it is not good rubber, and has no market value.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia scandens</i>. Ibo (Yoruba); Ubamiogon +(Benin); Otopoi, Otanta (Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Ilaro.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Owariensis</i>, var. +<i>rubiginosa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found Anwai River, Asaba district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Owariensis</i>. White Vine Rubber. +Ibo tabong (Yoruba); Ubamiogon, Ubgo (Benin); Otta farfridi (Ibo +Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found Benin City and Mamu.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Senegalense</i>. Ibo akitipa +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Oyo province of Nigeria, and it +is supposed to be one of the sources of vine rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Thompsonii</i> (Chev.). +Corrugated-fruited Rubber. Ibogidi (Yoruba); Ugbamiogun +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Abeokuta, Benin and Calabar provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A vine growing abundantly throughout the rain and +fringing forests. It has white flowers with yellow centres and a +bright-yellow edible fruit. No rubber is obtained from it, but only +a pasty mass from the latex.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Petersiana</i>. Large-fruited +Landolphia.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Oban Reserve and Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia bracteata</i>. Autopoi (Ibo +Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found at Idanre, Anwai, Asaba district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carpodinus hirsuta</i> (Stapf.), var. +<i>djenge</i>. Flake or Paste Rubber, Root Rubber, Brown Cluster, +or Brown Medium. Ibo Ilecki (Yoruba); Uboto, Obo, Ubanakwi, Ake, +Abache (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Onitsha, Benin and Warri +provinces of Nigeria. It has a mauve-coloured flower with a +musk-like scent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The rubber was bought near the Niger until the +vines from which it was taken were destroyed.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carpodinus Barteri</i>, syn. <i>Clitandra +Barteri</i>. Mauve-flowered Vine Rubber. Ibo (Yoruba); Akhe +(Benin); Akwarri, Offonkwari (Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Anwai River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_393">[393]</span><i>Carpodinus fulva</i>. Pear-shape-fruited +Rubber. Ikwian (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Asaba district, Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clitandra elastica</i>. Brown Medium Rubber. +Ubabikpan (Benin); Beckindanko (Hausa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A vine of the dry zone, found in the Okwoga +district and at Adani in Awka district. It also yields root +rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields a good rubber, sold on the Niger for 1s. +3d. to 1s. 6d. per pound (1911). Extracted by tapping and +coagulated by boiling, also with salt.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clitandra visciflua</i> (Hall. Fil.). Ubake +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clitandra Togolana</i> (Hall). Ibo, Agba +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, up to 60 feet high (?). +Olokemeji.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clitandra cirrhosa</i>. Oban Rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is one of the commoner vines of the Oban +Forest Reserve. In recent years, owing to the low price of rubber, +it has not been tapped to any extent. The cost of collection to the +natives is rather high, with the extended preparations and amount +of food they must take with them in this forest. Added to this +there is the cost of the licence and the cost of taking it over the +long distance to the market, so that they do not think it pays to +collect this rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i> (Afzel). Swizzle-stick. +Iraigbo, Asofeyeje (Yoruba); Akata (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, +Warri, Owerri and Calabar provinces of Nigeria, in the evergreen +and mixed deciduous zone, where it is very prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree of 12 feet in height and 18 +inches in girth, with almost always four branchlets to each branch, +forming regular whorls in this manner. It has a soft, thin leaf and +a round, small green fruit. The stem is usually forked near the +ground, and each side branch is forked again and the uppermost +branches divided into four separate twigs, making thus a most +convenient shape for a swizzle-stick. The stem is more or less +dotted with a few white lenticels. The bark peels off very readily +and cleanly with a knife, leaving the bare white stem, especially +in the smaller branches.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood of the smaller branches is soft, showing a +small pith in the centre, but that of the stem in the larger +specimens is comparatively hard, and more like an inferior type of +boxwood. The sapwood is usually a little softer than the +heartwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration is +good. It<span class="pagenum" id="Page_394">[394]</span> sprouts +well from the stump, and a certain number of root suckers appear. +It stands pruning well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree does not really reach a large enough size +to yield export timber, or to be of much value for local use. It +is, however, commonly used as a swizzle-stick.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In places where building timber is scarce, it is +occasionally used in house-building. It could be, and sometimes is, +used as a live fence.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polyadoa umbellata</i> (Stapf.). Oak or Boxwood. +Aini (Egba); Erm (Yoruba); Osu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree which grows to a girth of +4 feet. The young stem is easily recognized by the longitudinal +strips of lenticels, joined together with the dark-green cortex, +showing between each strip. When older, lenticels appear on the +stem and it may be quite grey or white.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is a dirty yellow colour and very hard, +resembling box in the fineness and the hardness of its grain. It is +used by the natives for making combs for the hair; these combs have +six prongs about 6 inches long and are sold at 6d. to 1s. apiece. +It is used for house-building, and is considered the most durable +timber for this purpose; it is forked about 15 to 20 feet from the +ground. The bark is used medicinally by the natives (Yorubas).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The leaves are a yellowish-green, gradually turning +a rich dark-green. The small greengage-sized fruits appear in pairs +at the ends of the shoots, and occasionally in threes, but this is +rare.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It likes moist ground, though it will stand a long +dry season, so long as it has the shade of other trees. It is a +distinct shade-bearer, though it grows a fair height when it has a +chance. The flowers are white and have a very pleasant smell.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Only a very small quantity of latex exudes when the +tree is cut, and so does not give the impression of belonging to +the rubber family of Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is a similar colour to the heartwood. +It is not always straight, but this is owing to its slow growth +causing it to be amongst the dominated trees. In older trees the +stem is usually quite white, except where the bark has been +removed.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A sample was sent to England in 1914 and was said +to be valueless as a substitute for boxwood. In 1906 samples were +shipped to Liverpool, where it was sold as a species of oak at 1s. +9d. per cubic foot, but it was not considered as good as that +obtained from Awaw, Eba, <i>Lophira procera</i> or <i>Ostryoderris +impressa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_395">[395]</span><em>Native Use.</em>—The chief tree for all +tool-handles and house-posts. The most durable kinds are in Egba, +and they are not attacked by white ants.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alafia Landolphioides</i>. Ubamiagon (Benin); +Ata frifridi (Ibo Asaba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found at Illushi, Asaba district, Oke Igbo, Ilesha +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carissa edulis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria. The fruit is edible.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Motandra Guineensis</i> (A. D.C.). Bodekadun +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been used for making rubber.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strophanthus Preussii</i>. Elephant Poison. Isha +gere, Isha kekere (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Shagamu, Lagos and Calabar +districts.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A climbing shrub, attaining the height of 12 feet. +The flowers are creamy in colour, deepening to orange, with purple +spots and streaks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strophanthus hispidus</i> (A. D.C.). Isha fere +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ilesha district, Oyo province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Holarrhena Wulfsbergii</i> (Stapf.). The Male +Rubber Tree or False Rubber Tree, according to the Yorubas, or +sometimes known as the False Ireh Tree. Ireh-ibeji, Ireh-ako, +Ako-ireh (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree being found in the Abeokuta and Oyo +provinces of Nigeria, it is not very prevalent, nor does it grow in +large numbers in any one place. With its smooth, dark-green bark, +speckled irregularly all over with white spots and lenticels, it is +easily distinguishable from the almost silver-white or grey +beech-like stem of the true West African Rubber Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">At a height varying from 10 to 15 feet the bole +sometimes divides and forms two very straight stems, one much +smaller than the other. In the African Rubber Tree (<i>Funtumia +elastica</i>) usually only one stem is formed.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Again, in its sparse and rather drooping foliage it +is very different from the real rubber-tree. The leaves are much +longer, more sharply pointed, and in fact more lanceolate than +those of <i>F. elastica</i>. The foliage often gives the appearance +of being withered or that the tree is drying up.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Large raceme-like masses of small flowers appear in +February or March, which are much more prominent than those of +<i>F. elastica</i>, these being more hidden among the leaves, +although individually having larger blossoms. Later on, a thin +round pod, nearly 2 feet in length, forms in pairs, which hang down +and make the tree look most grotesque. On the other hand, <i>F. +elastica</i> pods are stout and short and almost hidden by the +foliage.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_396">[396]</span>The +tree reaches a girth of 36 inches and a total height of about 50 +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The slash is greenish-white, and a very little +white, rather watery latex exudes from the cut. The wood is white, +soft, planes easily, and splits comparatively easily. It saws +fairly well and takes nails with comparative ease. It is not +termite-proof.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately fast-growing tree of a +light-loving nature. Natural reproduction by seed appears to be +fair. It sprouts slightly from the stump.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Being found in odd and poor places in the mixed +deciduous forests at the edge of dry-zone vegetation, it should +prove useful for temporary house-building purposes and for cutting +up as cratewood for bananas, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pleiocerus Barteri</i> (Baill.). Irena, kekere +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is very much like a Cola and fairly +common in the forest. It is very sticky to the taste.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, in habit similar to the +Cola-tree, and most people would classify it from its external +appearance as a species of Cola.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Picralima Klaineana?</i>. Agege (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found at Agege, Yoruba country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oncinotis gracilis</i>. Ornamental Rubber Vine. +Allerle (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in Ogodo Dry-zone Forest.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><em>Name unknown</em>. Ikwian (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">An uncommon tree of the Benin province of Nigeria. +It attains a medium-size and bears large fruits. The wood is used +as firewood.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Borraginaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ehretia cymosa</i> (S. and H.). Ija oke +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia sp.</i>, <i>? Platythyrsa</i>. Drum-wood +Cordia. Ako Ledo (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia Irvingii</i>. Acorn-like-fruited +Cordia.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, similar to <i>Cordia +Millenii</i>. It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia Millenii</i>. Omon or Omo (Yoruba); Omah +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, +Benin, Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is an irregularly shaped tree, often with more +than one stem. The light-coloured bark, especially when it is +scaly, often gives the impression that the tree is luminous at +night.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_397">[397]</span> The leaf is +large. It is a common tree in the Benin district, of +medium-size.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields a softwood, which has a certain amount of +resonance. The sapwood is white and the heartwood a mid-brown +colour. It is not very durable, except under cover.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It stands a good deal of shade. It sprouts well +from the stump. It bears fruit irregularly, and seedlings are +scarce in the forest. The wood has not been exported, and none of +its qualities so far assure it of finding a good market in +Europe.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The natives use the wood for +making drums.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i087" class="iw5"><a href="images/fig087.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig087.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 87.—<span class= +"bold">Koko Town, with raft of mahogany logs moored near the +bank.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i088" class="iw5"><a href="images/fig088.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig088.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 88.—<span class= +"bold">Mahogany logs floating in the river above Koko +Town.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 396.</p> +</div> + +<p class="tax1">Verbenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Avicennia Africana</i>. White Mangrove. Ogbun +(Lagos); Ede, Eyhrodo (Benin); Odonumon (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Colony, Ondo, Warri, Owerri and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria. It is seen partly in pure groups, and +also mixed more or less in groups with the other areas of Red +Mangrove and <i>Laguncularia sp.</i></p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, growing up to 2 feet girth and +about 40 feet high.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The bole appears silvery grey and the branches very +slender. The leaves are of a lighter green than those of the Red +Mangrove. The aerial roots are smaller and not so extended as in +the case of Racemosa. On the whole, it occurs in the quieter and +less exposed localities, away from the sea, and it seems to appear +only secondary to <i>R. racemosa</i>, which is the first tree to +appear in the mangrove formation. The slash is white; the cortex is +thin.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood a light +brown when freshly cut. Is moderately hard, and durable when dry +and used away from water. It is termite-proof. In structure it is +similar to teak, being a member of the same family, but the grain +is more open and the pores are considerably larger and longer, +giving the wood a more open texture. It planes up with a smooth +surface, splits well, takes nails moderately well and saws +easily.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, at first +shade-bearing, and later on a light-demanding tree. Natural +regeneration is good, but it does not appear to be extending as +fast as <i>R. racemosa</i>. It sprouts from the stump; root suckers +and aerial root shoots grow in considerable numbers. On the whole, +it tends to die out sooner when the ground becomes dryer than <i>R. +racemosa</i>, and its area of distribution from the coast inland is +much less wide.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +sawn<span class="pagenum" id="Page_398">[398]</span> up for local +use. For the natives this tree forms what is considered the best +“salt bush” in the Jekri country. It is still used for the +manufacture of salt, which is considered much stronger than and +superior to imported salt. It is also used for poles, +house-building, boat and canoe houses and wharves.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex grandifolia</i>. Ori (Yoruba); +Owenkundignon, Oriri Ogikiomi (?) (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin, Onitsha, Owerri and Ogoja +provinces, in the open deciduous forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The digitate leaf is much larger than that of <i>V. +Cienkowski</i>, and on the whole the tree is larger too, reaching a +girth of 10 feet and a bole length of 30 feet. The fruit is rather +larger, but similar in shape and taste to the former. The branches +are very persistent, and coming out more or less in whorls from the +bole, give the tree a most distinct appearance.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and the heartwood at first +light-brown, and then darker brown. It is rather more open-grained +than the teak. It does not split very well, but can take nails; +neither does it plane easily, but can be worked up to a smooth +finish. It is very durable and termite-proof.</p> + +<p class="tax3">At first fast growing and later rather slower, it +is on the whole a little faster growing than <i>V. Cienkowski</i>. +It withstands the fires in an extraordinary manner, and only +occasionally does the bole get so deeply burnt that the tree +becomes hollow. It bears a large crop of fruit almost every +year.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +sawn up for local use. It deserves further attention than it has +received up to the present, more especially as it is of the same +family as the teak.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is eaten, and +occasionally the smaller trees are used for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex Cienkowskii</i>. Ori, nla (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, attaining a girth of +about 8 feet and a bole length of about 25 feet. The bark is rough, +divided up with long, narrow vertical fissures, which are more or +less regular in their distribution. The crown is spherical, +somewhat widespreading, and usually occupies about half the height +of the tree. The large, shiny, dark-green digitate leaf is most +characteristic of the tree. The fruit, not unlike a large acorn +without the cup, is edible and has a slight honey taste. It +attracts the bees from far and near.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Oyo and Abeokuta +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—Hard, brown wood, very similar to +teak. It is often rather knotty and sometimes cross-grained.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_399">[399]</span>At +first fairly fast-growing, later on it is rather slow. It is very +fire-resisting, but does not thoroughly protect the soil. It has +not been felled for export, nor has it been sawn up for local use. +It serves a useful purpose amongst the dry-zone vegetation, and is +one of the larger trees of that zone.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex Fosteri</i>. Ori-eta (Yoruba); Obuban, +Ibang (Benin); Ogi (Calabar).</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Chief Characteristics.</em>—It is a +medium-sized tree with thin, white bark and voluted stem, which is +not overstraight beyond 15 or 20 feet, soft and fibrous; one of the +common trees in the mixed forest, though also found in the +evergreen forest. It has a thin, digitate leaf. It usually stands +as one of the dominated trees in either forest. The leaves often +look silvery, but this is an optical illusion, owing to their being +so thin and white on the underside.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Distribution.</em>—It is found in the Abeokuta, +Ibadan, Jebu, Ode, Benin and Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—It is a hard, white wood of even +texture and smooth grain, which is apparently durable for interior +work. It is somewhat like hornbeam, though not quite so hard. It +works up with a smooth surface.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Silvicultural Qualities.</em>—It is a +shade-bearer, though, if planted pure, it is doubtful whether its +foliage would thoroughly protect the ground, owing to its being so +thin. Natural regeneration by seed is apparently good.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Use.</em>—It would probably make good +verandah-posts, door-frames and window-frames, but so far has not +been tried. As there is plenty of it, proper supplies could be +obtained in the provinces named.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Value.</em>—At present doubtful, as it is an +untried wood; however, belonging to the same family as teak, it +should find a place amongst the valuable small timbers for local +use.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex diversifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has been noted from the Oban Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clerodendron Thonningii</i>. Egwa, Oriakuku +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is an ornamental shrub of the Benin province of +Nigeria, found near the Osse River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clerodendron Thompsonii</i>. Egwa oviakuku +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized shrub with woody stem found in the +Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clerodendron scandens</i> (Beauv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large shrub with hard wood of the Benin +province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clerodendron volubile</i>. Ebenote (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_400">[400]</span><i>Clerodendron splendens</i> (Kew). Adabi +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A medium-sized shrub found in the Abeokuta +province. The stem yields small wood for farm implements.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Labiatæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ocimum viride</i> (Willd.). Efinrin (Yoruba); +Aramoho (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Yoruba and Benin country.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Scrophulariaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cycinium camporum</i> (Engl.). Arojoku +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Flowers white. Found at Obba on the Hill, Ondo +province.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spathoidea campanulata</i>. Red Tulip Tree. +Oruru (Yoruba); Okokwi Okwekwe (Benin); Essenim (Efik); Osukaregigi +(Bembi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree grows in the fringing and intermediate +forests. It is of medium size and has large trumpet-shaped flowers, +not unlike those of the tulip.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Uses.</em>—This tree is often used for +ornamental purposes. Timber, edible seeds and medicaments are +obtained from it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stereospermum acuminatissimum</i>. Osualong +(seed), Okwekwe, Aguana (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a somewhat common tree of the Benin +province of Nigeria, and certainly with its red flowers it is one +of the most handsome. It is not unlike the so-called African Tulip +Tree, <i>Spathoidea campanulata</i>. On the whole, it is a smaller +tree, with a round, almost spherical crown; the wood is soft and +white and not durable. It bears a large number of seeds, but few +appear to germinate. It sprouts feebly from the stump, is a +light-loving tree, and also a soil-protecting and soil-improving +species. It deserves greater attention for planting in gardens and +at the edges of recreation grounds of all sorts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stereospermum Kunthianum</i> (Cham.). Ayagdo +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the Abeokuta province and +Erin, Ilesha. It is very similar to the tulip-tree, but has a more +orange-coloured flower.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kigelia Africana</i>. Sausage Tree. Orora, +Pandoro (Yoruba); Ogiahimi, Esiskwi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree of the Ogoja, Owerri, Onitsha, +Benin, Ondu, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. The most +typical feature of this tree is the long sausage-shaped fruit, +which hangs by a stalk about 10 inches long; the flowers are red, +the leaves large and open. It is a small tree, often very much +branched. It is usually found in old clearings at the edge of the +mixed deciduous forest. The wood is not<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_401">[401]</span> durable. The natives use it for fences, and +the roots are mashed and used by Benis for cuts in the fingers. The +bark and fruit are also used medicinally by the Yorubas.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Markhamia tomentosa</i>. Iru, Aya, Iwe +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria, in +the mixed deciduous forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a tree 4 to 6 feet in girth, with a large +leaf having five pairs of pinnæ, the lowest being very small, like +stipules. A deciduous tree bearing small fruit. A very common +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is a soft, white wood, which is not +used. It is attacked by white ants, and is not durable except under +cover.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The tree is a light-lover, quick-growing, and +non-soil-improving. Natural regeneration is moderate, so that it +does not spread too much. The tree has not been felled for export +timber, nor has it been cut for local use.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newbouldia lævis</i>. Benin Ju-ju Tree. Akkoko +(Yoruba); Ikhimi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Calabar, Ogoja, Owerri, Warri, +Onitsha, Ondo, Benin, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, scarcely exceeding 4 feet in +girth. It has a large, oblong, dark leaf. It is most commonly seen +in the middle of a compound with a pot at the base of it. The +flowers are trumpet-shaped, white-coloured at the base and rose-red +at the mouth. The fruit is a long, thin black pod, which opens +releasing many flat, winged seeds. The seed is yellow and in the +middle of the wing.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is white and soft.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported or cut for local use.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The tree is used to mark +boundaries. It is a “Ju-ju” tree, both in and outside the compound. +It is sometimes used for fences. It is used by the Yorubas for +rafters.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Acanthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Thunbergia Vogeliana</i> (Benth.). Blue Benin +Thunbergia. Ohwohiro (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a shrub with handsome blue flowers; it is +moderately common in the Central Circle.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus eu-esculentus</i>. Sierra Leone +Peach. Egbesi (Yoruba); Aragbaihi (Benin); Amellaky or Egbessye of +Sierra Leone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Benin, +Onitsha, Owerri and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, where it is common +in the open deciduous forest.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_402">[402]</span>In +habit it usually takes more of the shape and form of a shrub rather +than a tree, though where it is protected a longish main leader +grows up, but even this droops. It rarely attains a height of more +than 15 feet and a girth at the base of about 18 inches. The leaf +is large and oval, opposite, and rather leathery to the touch. The +fruit is not unlike a peach, except that its surface is not smooth, +but is pitted in small depressions, giving it a more special peach +colour. The flesh is very woody and tough, interspersed with small +seeds not unlike those of the strawberry. When ripe the birds eat +them. The roots are of a yellowish-brown, especially when the +cortex is rubbed. The slash is yellow. The leaf is very shiny.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It does not really reach timber size, but the +sapwood is a light yellow and the heartwood a darker yellow.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a moderately quick growing, light-demanding, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration is +poor, but reproduction by root suckers and stool shoots is very +strong. It is very fire-resisting, and recovers easily from any +effects of fire.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—In cases of scarcity of +building-timber, occasionally short sections are obtained from it +for hut-building. It is, however, usually too short. The roots are +used medicinally in the following way: roots about a ¼ inch in +diameter and upwards to ¾ inch are thoroughly washed in water and +cut up into sections of about 4 inches long and boiled in water. +The solution thus made is strained off, and is drunk either hot or +cold in fairly large doses for the relief of venereal disease (G.) +in its earlier stages. Most of the natives affirm that it gives +great relief, though they acknowledge that it does not prove a cure +for it.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>. Weatherboard Wood. +Opepe (Yoruba); Obiache (Benin); Awessu (Jekri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin and +Calabar provinces of Nigeria, where in certain localities it is +very prevalent.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree of the evergreen forest zone, +which attains a girth of 12 feet and a corresponding bole length. +The bark is slightly rough and scaly, but in an even manner. It +bears a large edible fruit 2 inches in diameter. The fruit is not +unlike a peach in shape and colour, but with a rougher and softer +skin. It is very closely and finely pitted with tiny holes in its +surface. Inside, the flesh is pinkish-white. It is commonly seen at +the edge of freshwater swamps in the Benin, Ifon and Ondo +districts. It likes soil with good drainage, but it may be very +moist.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_403">[403]</span>The +bole is very straight, and not unlike that of real African Oak in +appearance. The leaves are rounded and moderately large, and +inclined to be leathery in texture, with two stipules at the base. +In the young seedlings the stem is more quadrangular in shape than +round, and there are a few almost straighter furrows running +vertically up it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It tends to spread with the opening up of the +evergreen forest. The root spurns are very slight and round, +merging into the stem a foot or so above the ground. The slash is +yellowish-white, and a rather dirty colour. Mucilage-like latex +gradually exudes from the cut.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Timber.</em>—The wood is very durable indeed, +both for exposed places and for interior work. It is moderately +hard, a little open and fibrous in grain, of a yellow to orange +colour, with slight variations in its distribution through the +wood. It planes well and saws easily; splits fairly well, takes +nails, and does not warp or shrink very much. There is only a +slight difference in colour between the sapwood and heartwood, but +the sapwood is not quite so durable. It is termite-proof. It is +usually very straight-grained, free of knots and other internal +defects—in fact, it is one of the cleanest of all the African +timbers.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very fast-growing, at first slightly +shade-bearing and later light-loving tree, which thoroughly +protects and enriches the soil with its leaf fall. In fact, after +the first two years it is very impatient of shade, and grows very +slowly, if it is at all under large trees. In suitable places +natural regeneration is very good. Fair crops of seeds are borne +almost every year. In some places, notably north of the Ikoha in +the Benin province, it is almost gregarious in habit. It sprouts +well from the stump. Here again, unless there is sufficient light, +it does not grow rapidly, and even tends to die down. In the +nursery, seeds generate readily, but often fall a prey to the +Duika, which eat the young seedlings. The tree does not stand +transplanting very well, as it throws back its development very +considerably. Small plantations have been made in one or two +places. Close planting appears to be the correct method, as the +branches are rather persistent and liable to form knots or places +of decay in the stem, if they do not drop off when they are quite +small.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold as a +hardwood in Liverpool market, where it was considered to show +little or no merit. However, since that date there have been +increased demands for all good timbers, so that it seems worthy of +a further trial. Locally it has been used for making canoes, +or<span class="pagenum" id="Page_404">[404]</span> has been cut up +for planks. It has also been used for bridge-building and other +constructional work, and being one of the most durable, ever wider +use is being found for it, quite apart from any likely demands for +export.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is felled for sawing up +into planks and making canoes, and is considered one of the best of +all local timbers, except Iroko.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus sambucinus</i> (?). Yellow Wood. +Opepe (Yoruba); Ebengiku, Obiache (Benin); Eben (Jekri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Ondo, Benin and Warri provinces +of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree of the swamps, both near +rivers and near the sea coast—in fact, it will grow in waterlogged +places—whereas the <i>Sarcocephalus esculentus</i>, to attain large +dimensions, likes drained soil.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is only an inch in diameter, but of the +same colour as the former. The pitting of the surface is more +widely distributed and the pits are shallower. The bark is less +scaly, with a very slight roughness or fissured surface. The wood +is not so durable as the former, especially in exposed places. On +the whole, the leaves are larger than <i>S. esculentus</i> and a +little thinner.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is whitish-yellow and the heartwood of +a deep yellow colour. It is more fibrous and rather more +open-grained than that of <i>S. esculentus</i>. The pores, too, are +longer. On the whole, it is easier to work, a little softer, planes +well, takes nails, splits well and saws easily. It is doubtful if +it is termite-proof.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Although really a light-loving tree, it can stand +more lateral shade than <i>S. esculentus</i>. It is a thoroughly +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree, the foliage making a very +rich humus. It is much more slow-growing than <i>S. esculentus</i>, +though on the whole it will stand closer together, and yet grow +well. It sprouts well from the stump. Natural regeneration appears +to be good. It is sometimes almost gregarious in habit, and in some +places one of the few valuable trees in the swamp region. It is +also often one of the few of merchantable size. No plantations have +been made with this tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as cedar, but it was only considered of poor +quality. It deserves, however, further trial now. Locally it is +occasionally sawn up for planks.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is sometimes used for +making canoes, but it is not liked by the natives, because they say +it is not so durable as <i>S. esculentus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_405">[405]</span><i>Sarcocephalus sp.</i> Swamp Opepe. +Oppepera (Yoruba); Eben Obiache (Benin). Perhaps the same as the +foregoing species.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda sp.</i> Brimstone Wood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Ekiti district, Ondo province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda lucida</i>. Brimstone Wood. Oruwo +(Yoruba); Obiache (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Yoruba and Benin country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda longiflora</i>. Ekiti Morinda.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ekiti district, Mamu Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pausinystalia sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Eastern Calabar province of +Nigeria. It is a medium-sized tree found growing in old farms. It +has globular-shaped flowers with yellowish-red anthers, making it +very pretty and conspicuous. It has a hard, yellowish-white +wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Saccoglottis Gabunensis</i>. Mahogany, Tala. Ugu +(Benin); Attalla (Jekri); Edat (Efik); Tala (Brass); Tala (New +Calabar); Edat (Oban, Ekoi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, attaining a girth of 15 feet +and a height of 150 feet. Nearly always found on swampy ground, or +anyhow where the rainfall is high, as, for instance, in the Oban +district. One of the first trees to be seen in the forest +immediately behind the mangrove swamps. The bark is roughly +fissured like elm, but more regularly, and the slash is red. The +fruit is an indehiscent nut with small nodules on it, about the +size of a walnut, which exudes a liquid not unlike honey. Bees +often frequent the tree for that reason. A reddish sap exudes when +the tree is cut.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin, Warri, Owerri and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is hard and dark-red, with a fairly close +grain, though easy to work. The sapwood is usually very narrow and +yellowish-red.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is evidently a shade-bearer, and stands a good +deal of shade in its youth. Natural regeneration is fairly good +where the rainfall is high. It seems a moderately fast grower, +though no actual measurements have yet been taken. It is almost +gregarious, especially in Oban. In 1906 it was valued in the +Liverpool market at 3d. to 6d. a superficial foot as a mahogany of +mild texture and fairly good colour. It has, however, not been used +by the Public Works Department.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—In the Benin, Warri and +Calabar provinces the bark is stripped off in rolls about 3 feet +long and sold for making gin bitter, by placing it in the liquid. A +bundle of bark is sold for 5s. at Calabar. In the Degema and Brass +districts it is one of the common canoe trees.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_406">[406]</span><i>Mitragyne macrophyllum</i>. False Opepe. +Burokossa, Bulokossa, Ugbodokossa (Benin); Ebar (Brass); Ebar (New +Calabar); Ubuen (Efik).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ondo, Benin, Warri, +Owerri and Calabar provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a large tree, attaining a girth of over 12 +feet and a height of over 100 feet. It has a very large leaf. The +tree is often more or less gregarious, more especially in the +moister or almost swampy parts of the evergreen forest zone. The +bark is of a dull-green colour, comparatively thin, and only +slightly fissured in a large tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is yellowish-white and the heartwood of +a pale yellow colour. It is almost a hardwood, does not split well, +planes up smoothly and saws comparatively easily. It hardens +considerably on seasoning and is very durable under cover, but not +so much on exposure to the air. The dense foliage makes a thick +layer of humus under the trees, as a few of the leaves fall off +each year. It is thus a soil-improving and soil-protecting tree. It +would probably be found to make a good mixture, in groups of about +half an acre in extent, with mahogany in the evergreen forest zone. +In the Brass district it is one of the commonest trees which is +used for making canoes; it has also occasionally been sawn up for +planks. It has not yet been exported to England, but at any rate +locally it should command a wider use in house-building of all +kinds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mitragyne Africanum</i>. Akpakossa (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin, Ondo, Warri and Calabar +provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat common tree on the borderland of +the mixed deciduous forest and the dry-zone vegetation. The tree is +of small size, attaining a girth of about 6 feet and a bole length +of 25 feet; the leaf is very large, but does not reach the size of +<i>M. macrophyllum</i>. It is most frequently found in the swampy +places at the edge of the deciduous forest; like the sister tree, +it is more or less gregarious, though the groups are usually not +very large.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is of a dull yellowish-white colour, and +planes well; it does not split very easily and is very durable.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This species is a shade-bearing tree of +soil-protecting and soil-improving qualities, owing to the dense +bed of leaves, which in turn makes a bed of humus at the base of +the tree, and thus grass-fires are very much hindered in spreading. +The timber has not been exported to Europe and the natives scarcely +ever use this wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_407">[407]</span><i>Randia malleifera</i>. Buje nla +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia octomera</i> (Hook.). Buje (Yoruba); +Assun (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province. It is a shrub +with spherical-shaped fruit like an apple, with the sepals +projecting from the top. The fruits yield a black dye which is used +by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia cladantha</i> (K. Sch.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province of Nigeria. It is +a woody shrub having a hard wood, and rather pretty red flowers in +the autumn, which brighten the evergreen forest very much.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia maculata</i> (Kew). Buje, Buji dudu +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A shrub having large, trumpet-shaped flowers. It is +very ornamental.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia caudata</i>. Blue Dye. Buje (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, 15 to 20 feet high. Found in +the Olokemeji Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Randia macrantha</i>. Kan Kan (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ondo province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Nr. Randia</i>. Ukape (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mussænda erythrophylla</i> (Sch. and Thonn.). +Kamatete (Ibo, Owerri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in Obudu, Ogoja province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mussænda tenuiflora</i> (Benth.). Mamu +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Mamu Reserve.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mussænda Isertiana</i>. Igi Ira (Lagos) +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Lagos.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pavetta Baconia</i> (Hiern). Idofun, Igbo +(Yoruba); Akapano Iyokheze (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Warri, Benin, +Ondo and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. A small, shrub-like tree, +reaching about 3 inches in diameter, most common as an undergrowth +plant in the evergreen forest zone. Many specimens are found in the +Obagie Forest Reserve. It stands the shade well, is moderately +hard, and sprouts well from the stump. The natives of the Benin +country cut young specimens very largely for use as yam-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hymenodictyon bracteatum</i>. Obadon +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Benin province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Corynanthe paniculata</i> (Welw.). Olikiba +Anikiba (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">So far it has been found in the Benin province of +Nigeria, but either this species or Johimbe should be found in the +Calabar and Ogoja provinces.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_408">[408]</span>It +is a medium-sized tree of the mixed forest zone, which is +moderately prevalent in certain localities.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is brown, hard and durable. It planes +well and splits moderately well. It takes nails and saws moderately +easily for hard wood. It is considered termite-proof by the +natives.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing tree, a shade-bearer, +a soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. Natural regeneration +only appears to be slight. It does not sprout very prolifically +from the stump. No experimental plantations have yet been made.</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a sister species to <i>C. Johimbe</i>, +which yields the bark containing the very useful alkaloid Johimbin, +but as yet the bark of this tree has not been tested for a similar +substance.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In the timber report of 1906 it is valued at 2½d. +to 3½d. a foot as a species of gummy mahogany, and in another case +as fancy wood at 1d. per superficial foot or 1s. 6d. to 1s. 9d. a +cubic foot.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Amongst the Benin natives it is used for +wall-plates, for which purpose it is highly esteemed.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Crossopteryx Kotschyana</i>. Ayeye (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A small tree found in the dry-zone forests, of no +special value. The fruit is leathery; the flowers grow in +panicles.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Parts of the tree are used in +medicine by the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sabicea calycina</i> (Benth.). Agan Aparo +(Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in Iro.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canthium glabriflorum</i> (Hiern). Attan +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a common tree in the Calabar, Ogoja, Warri, +Benin and Ondo provinces of Nigeria, also in the Cameroons.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of 9 +feet, but with a bole length of about 60 feet, rather longer in +proportion to the girth. The flat, wide crown is typical of this +tree, as are also the large tripinnate leaves and the brown, +stringy bark with slight fissures. The branches spread out almost +in two or three whorls near the top of the tree. The light can be +seen through the crown. The flower is white, in large, umbel-like +masses of small flowers, borne on the upper side of the branches. +It flowers in November.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is white and fairly broad and the +heartwood is brown, like cedar. Termites attack in the open.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a light-lover and grows quickly, in old farms +especially. It sprouts well from the stump, but there are no root +shoots. Seed production is good, and seedlings appear in near open +spaces.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been cut for local use or exported to +Europe.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_409">[409]</span>The +branch is used. It has to be placed on a boy’s head and is said to +make him grow. The boys do it themselves in the Benin country. The +wood is also a firewood in Benin.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i089" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig089.jpg"><img src='images/fig089.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 89.—<span class= +"bold">Funtumia Rubber Plantation on both sides of the road, +Igwoshudi, Benin.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i090" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig090.jpg"><img src='images/fig090.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 90.—<span class= +"bold">Mahogany Plantation (Khaya Punchii), twelve years old, near +Noami, on the banks of the Osse River, Benin Province.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i091" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig091.jpg"><img src='images/fig091.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 91.—<span class= +"bold">Entandrophragma log with three sides already squared and +fourth partially cut ready for squaring.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i092" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig092.jpg"><img src='images/fig092.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 92.—<span class= +"bold">Stump of Khaya Punchii with log at base, left in the Benin +Forest.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 408.</p> +</div> + +<p class="tax1">Compositæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia conferta</i>. Big-leaf African Cabbage +Tree. Onimagugun, Shapo (Yoruba); Orimagugu, Oriweni, Onamagungun +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Benin, Onitsha +and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria, in clearings at the edge of the +mixed deciduous and dry-zone forests. It is a very common small +tree or large shrub, springing up in all old farms. The very large +bright-green leaves, set opposite to each other on a small, +comparatively, stout, green, succulent stem, are most typical of +this plant. The fresh leaf, especially on the smaller plants, is +not unlike a very open cabbage leaf, but of a lighter green hue. As +the plant gets older the leaves do not attain such a size. The +flowers are small, but grow on large, open and much-branched +spikes. The stem is comparatively soft and pithy, scarcely forming +a real woody tissue. When dried they can be used for firewood and +kindle easily. Occasionally it is used for making live fences.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia Nigritana</i> (O. and H.). Bitter Leaf. +Ewuru or Oko (Yoruba); Ihagobo (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is found in the upper part of the Benin +province of Nigeria, near Sabongida, in the deciduous zone. A small +shrub-like tree, the leaves of which are used for soup. The dried +stem is used for kindling wood. The roots are sometimes used as +chew-sticks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia amygdalina</i>. (Del.). The Bitter +Leaf. Ewuru (Yoruba), Oriwu (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yoruba Chew-stick, also known as the Chew-stick of +Ewuro, thereby clearly showing the Yoruba origin of some of the +inhabitants of Sierra Leone, as Ewuro is also the name of it in the +Sierra Leone country.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan and Benin +provinces, where it grows in openings in the mixed forests.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small shrub, reaching a height of about 5 +feet, having soft leaves, with rather a greyish tint, which are +covered with very fine silvery hairs. It is commonly found in old +farms and by the side of the roads, usually in small bushes or +clumps.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It sprouts up when cut down, and thoroughly shades +the ground. However, it is sometimes so thick that it rather +hinders plantation operations, though once the other plants are +established it acts as a useful little “nurse.” The leaves are +picked off by the natives and cooked in water for +making<span class="pagenum" id="Page_410">[410]</span> soup. They +have a distinctly bitter flavour, but make a very healthy vegetable +soup. The leaves are often sold in the local markets. This shrub is +occasionally left more or less in line as a small living fence.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia cinerea</i> (Les.). Ash-coloured +Fleabane. Elegbe Oju (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the +Abeokuta province of Nigeria. A large, woody shrub, one of the +chewstick family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for making +soup.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Lycopodaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lycopodium phlegmaria</i> (Linn.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small Lycopodium found in the Benin +province of Nigeria. It was obtained from the uppermost branches of +a very tall tree, growing at the edge of a deep valley about 8 +miles north of Benin City.</p> + +<h3>NON-INDIGENOUS TREES OF NIGERIA</h3> + +<p class="tax1">Myrtaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eucalyptus amygdalina</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A specimen of this tree stands on the old beach at +Akassa, Warri province.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eucalyptus tereticornis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Lagos Island.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eucalyptus rudis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Lagos Island.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eucalyptus tesselaris</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Lagos Island.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eucalyptus citriodora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A specimen of this tree stands in the Botanical +Gardens at Calabar.</p> + +<h3>NOTES ON NIGERIAN TREES OF WHICH THE BOTANICAL NAMES ARE NOT +KNOWN</h3> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Itufiak</em> or <em>Etufiak</em> +(Efik). Essunwoi (Yoruba); Ilako (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a medium-sized tree of the freshwater swamps, +with heavy dark-green foliage; it grows quite gregariously in +stands of one to ten acres in extent. The trunk reaches a girth of +about 7 feet and a bole length of about 30 feet. The roots spurns +are comparatively slight, and do not extend much over a foot up the +bole. The foliage is very heavy and it casts a most dense shade, +making patches of this forest the darkest of almost any in +Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_411">[411]</span>It +is common on the banks of the Itunkpe Creek, a tributary of the Kwa +River, near Calabar, in the same named province, and also in the +Owerri province of Nigeria. It belongs to the evergreen forest +zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is a reddish-brown hardwood of close +grain, which would saw into sizeable planks. It is a somewhat +slow-growing, shade-bearing, soil-protecting and soil-improving +tree. The leaves yield a thick bed of humus. It appears to be one +of the most valuable trees in this respect. It is moderately hard, +with even, close-textured grain. It planes well, saws fairly +easily, takes nails, but does not split well. Natural regeneration +appears to be good. It also sprouts from the stump.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber has not been exported, nor has it been +cut for planks for local use. It appears to deserve a trial as a +local timber for floor-boards or for the making of boxes. +Considering that so often many trees are found in the same place, +it should not be difficult to obtain adequate supplies.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Building, but it is attacked +by the insect called Efiak.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Musk Tree</em>. Owi (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province of Nigeria, in +the evergreen forests. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a girth +of about 8 feet with a short bole of about 10 feet. The crown is +large but rather elongated, and reaches down two-thirds of the +height of the tree. The fruit is large and more like an avocado +pear in shape and colour. The leaf is very large and wide, more +like a teak leaf, but of stronger texture, the midrib especially +being very thick.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The timber is hard, with white sapwood and green +heartwood. It splits well and takes nails fairly well. It is a +little fibrous in texture, but can be planed; it saws fairly +easily.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a somewhat slow-growing, shade-bearing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. The leaves make a rich +humus. Natural regeneration is none too good. Stump sprouts do not +appear to be very strong.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It has not been exported or cut for local use, but +would be worth trying for house-building.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The fruit is kept for four +days and then the inside large kernel is eaten. The young leaves +are used for curing boils, as an external plaster to draw the +poison.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Ekkiowa</em> (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small shrub which is found in the Benin +district of the same named province. It is not very common.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—The seed is used medicinally +for the hands in case of sores which are red or raw.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_412">[412]</span><em>Satinwood</em>. Okwaba (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the mixed forests of the +Benin province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 sample logs of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as satinwood, but were not considered worth +shipping. Since then, however, none has been cut for export or for +local use. Perhaps owing to the increased demands for all kinds of +timber a further trial should be made with this one for satinwood. +Natural regeneration is poor. It is a somewhat slow-growing, +shade-bearing, soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. It reaches +a large size.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Ubellu</em>, genus? Annamamilla +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Benin province, Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, the name often confused with +the mahogany-walnut, <i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>, which is also +sometimes known as Annamamilla in the Benin country. The leaves are +imparipinnate. It is a softwood with light-brown heartwood and +little black, spherically-shaped fruit, unarmed.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—Firewood of good quality. Not +used otherwise.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Big Hardwood</em>. Arugbo +(Yoruba); Eto (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a very large tree with a wide crown. The +timber is of a brown colour, but the sapwood is white. It is +extremely hard and durable; even when felled in the farms it will +be six years before it has rotted away. The bark is a dark-green +with white lenticels scattered over it.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather a rare tree in the Benin province of +Nigeria. Standing a good deal of shade, it is a soil improver and +protector. Natural regeneration does not appear to be very +plentiful.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It does not sprout up when coppiced.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—None.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Ifon</em> (Yoruba). Owehe +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Is a small tree which has scented wood. It reaches +a girth of 20 inches only. Before going to market, according to the +natives, the feet, hands and body should be washed with a solution +prepared from the bark of this tree mixed with soap. The object of +this operation is to effect quick sales at the market.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Ewayron</em> (Yoruba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A leaf for wrapping up food, found in the Yoruba +country, also used in Benin for roofing houses.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_413">[413]</span><em>Mahogany</em>. Alode (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree is found in the mixed deciduous forests +of the Benin province of Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">In 1906 samples of this timber were sold in the +Liverpool market as a species of mahogany of a soft nature. Since +that date none has been felled. Perhaps with the changed conditions +with regard to the demand for all timbers similar to mahogany a +further trial with the timber of this tree should be made. Natural +regeneration is not very good. It is a rather slow-growing, +soil-protecting and soil-improving tree.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Spiny Tree</em>. Oaha +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree found in the Benin, Ondo and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. The small, rather thin and longish +spines on the stem are the most typical feature of this tree. It +usually grows with aerial roots. It reaches about 3 feet in girth, +and on the whole is more common in the secondary forest than in the +primeval. The wood is moderately durable, especially when used for +inside work, such as verandah-posts.</p> + +<p class="tax3"><em>Native Use.</em>—It is sometimes used for small +poles for hut-building.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>House Post</em>. Ewai +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A common tree in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces +of Nigeria. It is a slow-growing tree which has a very hard brown +wood; it is a shade-bearer. The seed is a small nut. The wood is +used by the natives of Benin for building-posts, rafters and small +planks.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the moist evergreen forest zone and +is somewhat common in the Obagie Reserve of the Benin district.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Ussehin Chew-stick</em>. Okuta +(Yoruba); Okuta, Opahan (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather a rare tree of the Benin, Ondo and +Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. The name means “a stone,” and has +apparently been given because of the hardness of the wood. It is a +medium-sized tree, reaching a girth of about 5 feet. The wood is +almost white, and there is little difference between sapwood and +heartwood. In the Ussehin country of Benin it is used as a +chew-stick. The Yoruba states that it is the hardest of all native +woods.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Akpo</em> (Benin). Hardwood.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is rather an uncommon tree of the Benin province +of Nigeria, also a very hard wood, a medium-sized tree. The +brown<span class="pagenum" id="Page_414">[414]</span> heartwood is +used by the natives for planks. It is thought rather highly of by +the Benin natives, especially for wall-plates and joists. In the +past it has been only hewn by them, but not sawn.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Ukpaigwi, Okpaigwi</em> +(Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Rather an uncommon tree of the Benin province of +Nigeria. It grows to 10 feet in girth and yields a soft wood which +is attacked by white ants. It is a shade-bearer and soil-protecting +tree. The roots are used by the natives for medicinal purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2 space-above15"><em>Oruru</em> (Benin).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a tree found in the Benin province of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a small tree, reaching a girth of 2 feet. +After three years it comes up in an old farm. The slash is red and +a little red sap exudes slowly. It is usual to find thirty small +ones in one place, from root suckers, but also from stool shoots if +a tree has been cut down before. It is similar to Eranpata in this +respect. The fruit is round and small and like peas, only a little +larger. The flower, which is white and quite small, grows in small +clusters.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is not hard and white all through. It is +attacked by termites, except when placed in the house, where it is +more or less protected.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Reproduction by stool shoot is the best method.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a shade-bearer and grows slowly. It grows in +good soil of some depth and also in the evergreen forests. When it +appears in old farms, it stands the fires well.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is a soil-improving and soil-protecting tree, +and tends to spread with the extension of cultivation, especially +in the evergreen and mixed deciduous forest zone.</p> + +<p class="tax3">As it does not reach timber size, it is not worth +trying as a building timber.</p> + +<p class="tax3">The fruit is edible; after eating it the tongue +becomes almost of a blue colour. The root is used medicinally. The +branches are used as pegs in the top of the walls of the houses in +Benin, partly for fixing the roof.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i093" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig093.jpg"><img src='images/fig093.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 93.—<span class= +"bold">Mimusops Djave, about twelve years old, standing near +Prison, Degema Station, Eastern Circle.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i094" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig094.jpg"><img src='images/fig094.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 94.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Light African Greenheart (Piptadenia Africana) +standing in the middle of Degema Station.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="clear"> +</p> + +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i095" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig095.jpg"><img src='images/fig095.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 95.—<span class= +"bold">Young Oil Bean Tree in bearing (Pentaclethra macrophylla), +Degema Station.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i096" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig096.jpg"><img src='images/fig096.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 96.—<span class= +"bold">Red Oak (Berlinia acuminata), 20 feet in Girth, standing +near the Sombreiro River, Degema Station.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 414.</p> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_415">[415]</span><a id= +"c10"></a>CHAPTER X</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE FORESTS AND TIMBER PRODUCTION OF THE BRITISH +SPHERE OF THE CAMEROONS</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">Running</span> parallel with the +Nigerian boundary, a strip averaging 75 to 90 miles in width, and +running back from the coast about 300 miles, we have the British +sphere of the Cameroons, in all, an area of about 31,000 square +miles. From the forest-zone point of view this land area can be +divided into really three different zones. First of all, nearest +the coast, there is Victoria, the Cameroon Mountains, followed by +the bank of the Mungo. Past the crest of Kuppe and the Manengube +Mountains and onwards along the Mbo, Foto and Bambuto Ranges round +to the headquarters of the Cross River and to the Nigerian +boundary, we have about 7,000 square miles of an almost unbroken +evergreen forest zone.</p> + +<p>The second area comprises a beautiful open grassland with only +scattered trees, covering largely the Chang, Bamenda, Kontsha and +more northern districts of the British sphere, in all about 17,000 +square miles.</p> + +<p>The third section comprises the heavy evergreen and deciduous +forests on the banks of the more northern rivers, such as the Mo, +the Cam, and covers approximately an area of 7,000 square +miles.</p> + +<p>From the forestry point of view, the most accessible, and +therefore the most valuable, of these areas are situated in the +first-named zone, therefore we will consider this area more in +detail.</p> + +<p>To begin with, it can be subdivided into three almost distinct +forest divisions; following the watersheds or basins of (1) the +Mungo River, (2) the Cross River, (3) the Akwayefe, Ndian, Moko, +Meme Rivers and the Rio del Rey district. Taking the third area +first, we have comparatively large areas of forest covering both +level and hilly country up to an elevation of about 3,000 feet, but +with the sides of the valleys less timbered than in the Mungo River +forest zone. Amongst the species of trees which have been felled +and exported from this area are the following: Mahogany +Sarcocephalus, Bitter Bark, <i>Saccoglottis Gabunensis</i>, Light +Mahogany, <i>Khaya Euryphylla</i>, Ebony, <i>Diospyros +Kamerunensis</i>, Red Ironwood or Bongossi, <i>Lophira procera</i>, +Long-capsuled Mahogany, <i>Entandrophragma Rederi</i>.</p> + +<p>Amongst the more prevalent trees of the lower lying land, +including<span class="pagenum" id="Page_416">[416]</span> the Tiko +plain, are the following: Mahogany, <i>Khaya Klainei</i>, +Long-capsuled Unscented Mahogany, <i>Entandrophragma Candollei</i>, +Scented Mahogany, <i>Entandrophragma utilis</i>, Cedar, <i>Guarea +sp.</i>, Red Ironwood, <i>Lophira procera</i>, <i>Canarium +Schweinfurthii</i>, Brown Ebony, <i>Diospyros sp.</i>, +<i>Terminalia scutifera</i>, <i>Afzelia pachyloba</i>, <i>Berlinia +sp.</i>, two kinds of Camwood, Walnut, <i>Lovoa Klaineana</i>, +<i>Pterocarpus tinctorius</i>, as well as the valuable +orange-coloured wood of <i>Sarcocephalus sambucinus</i> and +Mahogany-like species of Guttiferæ and <i>Uapaca Staudtii</i>.</p> + +<p>Some of the “stands” of this timber, and especially on the hill +slopes of the Cameroon Mountains, are very thick and dense, more +especially near Debundscha, with its annual rainfall of 423 +inches.</p> + +<p>One of the most interesting and unique stands on the +mountainside is that of tree-fern, about 30 feet high, as an +undergrowth, and heavy mahogany, <i>Entandrophragma Rederi</i>, and +<i>Ongekea Kamerunensis</i>, chiefly at an altitude of 3,500 to +4,000 feet, also quite untouched except in the neighbourhood of +Buea.</p> + +<p>Only the smallest part of all this area, and in fact only that +on the bank of the Meme, had been at all operated upon before the +war, and the forests on the banks of the Akwayefe were quite +untouched. All the higher slopes and the northern sides of the +Cameroon Mountains, and beyond as far as Mount Gonistan, were also +quite unused. All through this part the villages are comparatively +few and far between, and even in those parts where they are closer +together, the population in each is very small, and the forest +growth is so thick that they make little impression upon it. Added +to that, the chief crop grown by the natives is the cacao-yam, for +which only comparatively small areas are necessary, and in many +cases this is grown in small spaces in the shade of giant forest +trees. Also, all through this area only comparatively small +patches, compared to the whole, have been cleared and planted with +cacao. Again, the area occupied by the European-owned cacao and +rubber plantations is very small, and chiefly found near Victoria +and a little both westward and eastward at the base of the Cameroon +Mountain (Mount Fako).</p> + +<p>Turning now to the Mungo River region, we have in some ways an +even more valuable forest area. Here, indeed, one German firm had +actually made a felling over an area of nearly one square mile and +had sold nearly all the timber in Germany.</p> + +<p>Amongst the more prevalent species found are the following: Bush +Oak, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, Black Ebony, <i>Diospyros +Gilgiana</i>, Pearwood, <i>Mimusops Djave</i> (which is found in +immense specimens on the edge of the Kumba road), Inoi Nut, <i>Poga +oleosa</i>, with its light-reddish wood with wide medullary rays; +African Greenheart, <i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i>, a magnificent +tree; Shinglewood, Scented Mahogany, <i>Guarea glomerulata</i>, +Brown Teak, <i>Brachystegia cynometroides</i>, Long-capsuled +Mahogany, <i>Entandrophragma Candollei</i>, the Oil Bean, +<i>Pentaclethra<span class="pagenum" id="Page_417">[417]</span> +macrophylla</i>, Red Ironwood, not quite so prevalent; <i>Lophira +procera</i>, Paddle Wood, <i>Uvaria Busgenii</i>, Gum Copal, +<i>Pterogopodium sp.</i>, Wild Mango, <i>Irvingia Barteri</i>, +Light African Greenheart, <i>Piptadenia Africana</i>, Camwood or +Barwood, <i>Pterocarpus santalinoides</i>, Wood Oil Nut, +<i>Ricinodendron Africanum</i>, Hard Yellow Wood, <i>Coula +edulis</i>, and Ironwood, <i>Bridelia stenocarpa</i>. Although the +Bakundu and Balong natives are more active in their farming +operations near the banks of the Mungo, there are still very large +areas of comparatively untouched forests, and more especially in +the upper regions of the river. In four separate places beyond the +crossing of the Bakossi Road there are four different rapids or +waterfalls on the river, which would provide water-power for +saw-mills, or other wood-using industries. On the left bank of the +river, beyond the Bakossi crossing, there is an area almost without +population in which there are large numbers of Oil Palms, as well +as other forest trees. On this road, too, is seen the very +picturesque waterfall and narrow gorge of a tributary of the Mungo, +which is also suitable for generating power for one kind of mill or +another.</p> + +<p>Turning now to the Bakossi forests, which culminate in the more +or less isolated peak of Mount Kuppe (altitude 6,300 feet), the +land is all covered with forest with the exception of some rocky +points on the eastern side. A small amount of land has been cleared +at an altitude of about 3,000 feet, for the making of tobacco +plantations, but the rest, with the exception of the taking of a +few trees for local felling, remains intact. The Bakossis have made +large farms in the valleys, and are very industrious, but still the +forests situated higher up are largely untouched. It is interesting +to notice that the walls of the round and conically roofed houses +are made with about five circular rows of tree-fern stems, cut to +the length of the height of the wall and placed one behind the +other. These are most durable and are a most unique example of the +utilization of the produce of these forests, although many of the +tree-fern “stands” have been cut down and have quite disappeared; a +few remain in isolated places.</p> + +<p>Some of the more common species found in this forest are the +following: Bush Maple, <i>Triplochiton scleroxylon</i>, Ebony, +Diospyros, Mahogany, <i>Khaya Euryphylla</i>, Bush Teak, +<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, Gum Copal (<i>Copaifera Demeusii</i>), +Bilinga (<i>Afzelia Zenkeri</i>), Hardwood (<i>Millettia sp.</i>), +Scented Mahogany (<i>Entandrophragma Candollei</i>), Light Mahogany +(<i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>), Hardwood (<i>Dialium Staudtii</i> +and <i>Newtonia Zenkeri</i>), Yellow Hardwood (<i>Ongokea +Kamerunensis</i>), African Whitewood (<i>Enantia chlorantha</i>), +Camwood (<i>Pterocarpus Soyauxii</i>).</p> + +<p>There is less forest near the Manenguba Mountains, most of it +being situated on the banks of the Mo and Mbu Rivers (tributaries +of the Cross River). Continuing along the boundary line between the +grass country and the tree-fern forest, we have the Mbo and Foto +Ranges,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_418">[418]</span> with their +dense evergreen forests up to an altitude of 5,000 feet. Amongst +the more valuable trees are the Cola (<i>Cola laterita</i>), +Camwood (<i>Pterocarpus Soyauxii</i>), Albizzia species, Ibadan, +<i>Ficus Vogelii</i>. Below this point, at about 4,000 feet, Iroko, +<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>, Corkwood, <i>Musanga Smithii</i>, and +tree-ferns reappear, as well as <i>Acacia Farnesiana</i>. The Wild +Date, <i>Phœnix sp.</i>, occurs again about this altitude. The Oil +Palm occurs again in the valleys. On the lower slopes there are +Ricinodendron, Bombax, Sarcocephalus, and Trema.</p> + +<p>Continuing farther northwards we have the Bambuto Ranges, with +their fringing forests on the banks of the streams, and the bamboo +groves at an elevation of about 8,000 feet. Willows and small +Abyssinian plants are found, and with the flowering of Delphiniums +in the grass we might almost be in Europe. Toward the Cross River +side, the mountains are very steep, and isolated peaks, such as +that of Monkwa Rock, stand out in solitary grandeur amongst the +lower forested mountains of the Cross River. In the Cross River +basin we have mainly six large rivers, all joining the Cross River. +On the right or northern bank these are the Manyu, Mo, Manya, and +Oyi, above Mamfe, and on the left or southern bank the Mbu and +Manja, as well as the Awa, joining below Mamfe. All except one of +these rise amongst the forests, and it is on the banks of these +that the finest forests are situated, although in some parts, such +as near Tinto, the natives have been more active in farming and +have cleared large areas of them. This is more the case nearer the +villages, and nearer the roads, even where the forest has been cut +down, there are almost continuous groves of Oil Palms, less than a +quarter of its produce having as yet been collected or sold. +Amongst the most valuable timber trees of these forests are the +Ebony (<i>Diospyros</i>), Bush Teak (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>), +African Whitewood (<i>Enantia chlorantha</i>), Camwood +(<i>Pterocarpus Soyauxia</i>), Bilinga (<i>Afzelia Africana</i>), +Hardwood (<i>Millettia sp.</i>), Sapeli Mahogany +(<i>Entandrophragma Candollei</i>), Light Mahogany (<i>Canarium +Mansfeldii</i>), Hardwood (<i>Newtonia Zenkeri</i>), Wild Mango +(<i>Irvingia Barteri</i>), Mukonja (<i>Terminalia superba +combretaceæ</i>), White Cedar (<i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>), Red Oak +(<i>Berlinia acuminata</i>), Berlinia species with very large pod, +three species of Walnut, Albizzias, Red Ironwood (<i>Lophira +procera</i>), African Wood Oil Nut Tree (<i>Ricinodendron +Africana</i>), <i>Parinarium sp.</i> (<i>Dialium</i>).</p> + +<p>The range of hills Nda Ali is also forest-covered and is +situated in the Cross River basin.</p> + +<p>More or less adjacent to these areas, and partly between these +and the Meme River forest, are those of Gonistan and the Rumpi +Mountains. These again are quite untouched, although, lying some +distance away from navigable rivers, they may subsequently prove of +greater value when eventually opened up with the forest tramway or +other means of transport. The species of trees found here are +very<span class="pagenum" id="Page_419">[419]</span> similar to +those found in other parts. On the whole, Red Ironwood (<i>Lophira +procera</i>) is most prevalent in Ogu and Mbu, as also both +Mahoganies, Camwood (<i>Pterocarpus sp.</i>), African Greenheart +(<i>Piptadenia Africana</i>), Corkwood (<i>Musanga Smithii</i>), +False Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>), Hog Plum (<i>Spondias +lutea</i>), Wild Mango (<i>Irvingia Gabonensis</i>), Hard Mahogany +(<i>Detarium Guineense</i>). Numerous small Oil Palms occur in +places. On the banks of the Fi, Cedar (<i>Carapa procera</i>), Hard +Mahogany, Trichilia, an anacardiaceous tree; the hard whitewood +Akboro (Benin), the brown hardwood, Microdesmis, African Greenheart +(<i>Piptadenia Africana</i>), <i>Heritiera sp.</i>, Scented +Mahogany, <i>Guarea Thompsonii</i>, <i>Chrysophyllum Africanum</i>, +and a very hard wood known as Alikongeba by the Yorubas are found. +Near the Rumpi Mountains the following are more prevalent; the +<i>Sarcocephalus sp.</i>, Berlinia, <i>Piptadenia Africana</i>, +<i>Cylicodiscus Gabonensis</i>, Oroko, <i>Lophira procera</i>, +Satinwood, <i>Zanthoxylum macrophyllum</i>, Pattern-wood, +<i>Alstonia Congensis</i>, Shingle-wood, <i>Terminalia +scutifera</i>, Pear-wood, <i>Mimusops Djave</i>, Corkwood, +<i>Musanga Smithii</i>, Scented Mahogany, <i>Guarea sp.</i>, White +Cedar, <i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>, Camwood, <i>Pterocarpus sp.</i>, +brown hardwood, Microdesmis, Wild Mango (<i>Irvingia +Gabunensis</i>), Gaboon Mahogany, <i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i>, +Bilinga (<i>Afzelia pachyloba</i>), and Walnut.</p> + +<p>Out of the total of 14,000 square miles of forest, 6,000 must be +deducted as being inaccessible for many years to come. Again, out +of this 8,000 square miles, 4,500 square miles will be made +accessible as soon as those areas lying nearest the rivers have +been opened up for timber extraction. Therefore only these last +areas will be taken into consideration at the present time.</p> + +<p>The chief timber forests comprised in this area are those +situated between the Mfu and Fi, the Fi and Mbu, and the Manja and +Mak Rivers.</p> + +<p>On the whole, in the Cross River basin there is an area of fully +2,000 square miles of exploitable forests, within reach of streams +or rivers deep enough to float logs in the rainy season. In the +Akwayefe, Ndian, Moko, and Meme River valleys there is another 700 +square miles. Again, on the banks of the Mungo and its tributaries +there is an area of about 800 square miles suitable for the +extraction of timber. In all, then, there is an area of 3,500 +square miles of forest which could be utilized at the present time. +Assuming that only one tree on every four acres is of value for +export, and that each tree is worth a nominal amount of £1, +therefore the whole forest is worth £575,000. In addition to these +there are many other trees which would become valuable either for +export or for local use as soon as the forests were opened up and +utilized, and this would at least double the value of the forest. +This, also, is one of the last remaining large tracts of forest +where the population is smaller and the requirements<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_420">[420]</span> for forest products less than +those to be had in the forest. There is thus a surplus for export. +Up to the outbreak of war, out of all this area only 47,000 acres, +or 73½ square miles, had been, or was being, leased as timber +areas. Outside these areas some 285,000 acres, or 445 square miles, +had been alienated, chiefly on the lower slopes of the Cameroon +Mountains and in the neighbourhood of Mount Kupe. Under the old +German law, ten marks per ton was charged on Ebony, Mahogany, Bush +Oak, and one or two other species, and five marks on all soft +woods, except certain trees which had proved unprofitable to +export. Compared with those in force in Nigeria, these fees were +very low, and despite the fact that on the average the Cameroon +forest would be more difficult to exploit than the average one in +Nigeria, there should still be more profit in the former; also, +with the considerable number of water-power sites available, timber +conversion could be undertaken, and thus the cost of transport +cheapened in comparison with the value of the product to be +transported. Well-squared logs, large flitches or planks of timber +could be cut and transported. Under the German Colonial land law, +with the exception of 15 acres per head allowed to each native, all +the land could be declared Crown land, so that no difficulty would +be involved in leasing land to timber companies; that is to say, it +was first declared to be Crown land and then subsequently leased to +timber companies. The natives, however, then received no royalties +on the trees which were felled. Thus those in the immediate +neighbourhood had no incentive to work in the forests as they do in +Nigeria. Sufficient emphasis was not laid on the fact that a timber +company should possess ample capital.</p> + +<p>In afforestation a great deal had been planned, but only a small +amount had been executed. In the north, at Fontwans, in the Dschang +district, a 40-acre teak plantation had been made. At each of the +stations themselves, Dschang, Mbo, Djutisha, various experimental +plots of trees had been planted. Nearer the coast, at Kumba, +valuable test plantations, aggregating some 400 acres, had been +planted with Ebony, <i>Diospyros suaveolens</i>, Umbrella Tree, +<i>Musanga Smithii</i>, Casuarina, <i>Casuarina equisitifolia</i>, +Cigar-box Cedar, Cedrela, Iroko (<i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>), Djave +Nut (<i>Mimusops Djave</i>), Teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>), Para +Rubber (<i>Hevea Braziliensis</i>), Cacao (<i>Theobroma cacao</i>), +and Oil Palms (<i>Elæis Guineensis</i>), Red Ironwood (<i>Lophira +procera</i>), Mahogany (<i>Khaya euryphylla</i>), and Heavy +Mahogany (<i>Entandrophragma sp.</i>).</p> + +<p>At Mussake at an elevation of 6,000 feet on the side of the +Cameroon Mountains, there was a quinine plantation. At an elevation +of 3,000 feet at Buea there were small experimental plantations of +tea, Ceylon and ordinary, quinine and Casuarina. Several of the +roads had been planted with avenues of cypress and Biota trees. On +the coast at Victoria, small Casuarina plantations had been +made.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_421">[421]</span> For the +furtherance of all agricultural and forestal interests, the very +extensive Botanical Gardens had been made. Not only is it the +largest, but it contains the most extensive collections of plants +of economic value and for ornament of any place on the West Coast +of Africa. The very numerous test plots of most of the tropical +commercially known plants, such as Nutmeg, Rubber, Cocoa, Cola, +Cocoanut Palms, Oil Palms, Vegetable Ivory Palms, demonstrated how +these grew in the Cameroons.</p> + +<p>Then the agricultural areas of Cacao-yams, Casada, Sugar-cane, +Rice, one and all were destined to demonstrate the value and +possibilities of growing these products in the Cameroons. Then +again the forest tree plots of Teak, Casuarina, Mahogany +(<i>Swietenia macrophylla</i>), Trinkomalee Wood (<i>Berrya +ammomilla</i>), Gum Copal (<i>Copaifera Demeusii</i>), Candle Nut +(<i>Aleurites Moluccana</i>), Balsam of Peru (<i>Toluifera +Pereiræ</i>), <i>Terminalia sp.</i>, <i>Dillenia Indica</i>, show +how these trees will thrive in this locality. In growth, an avenue +of Indian Almond, <i>Terminalia Catappa</i>, could not be compared +with those at Lome.</p> + +<p>Again, all showed what forest products and forest trees were +most suitable to that climate.</p> + +<p>In the garden Museum, there were collections of timbers, fibres, +rubber, gums, resins, as well as mineral products; also very full +collections of the seeds, nuts and fruits of the trees and plants. +Finally, there was the large and well-equipped building of the +Experimental and Agronomical Institute, where chemical analyses of +the soil and other processes could be undertaken and tested. Here +also all the very full meteorological results were tabulated, as +well as other observations on the spot. This served also as a +centre to which planters or Government officers could send +specimens or material to be named or to be examined as to their +value. Allied with this, but having a separate building, was the +Agricultural School, where pupils were trained in the elements of +agriculture and forestry, so that they might subsequently act as +instructors at the different Government stations and also serve as +assistants on the plantations.</p> + +<p>Although economically much more backward than Nigeria, and with +a smaller population in a proportionate area than that in the +Southern Provinces, the possibilities in the development of the +forest products are even greater, especially in regard to that of +palm kernels and all the various kinds of timber for which West +Africa is gradually becoming well known. The main difference in +working would appear to be that owing to the lack of population, +much greater use of animal and mechanical means of transport, and +especially mechanical appliances, as well as machinery, are +necessary to make the labour most productive, as well as to +economize without upsetting the present agricultural system and the +very necessary production of food-stuffs for the local population, +as well as for sending to the larger towns.</p> + +<h3><span class="pagenum" id="Page_422">[422]</span><a id= +"c10s1b"></a>THE CONGO FRANÇAISE, OR THE FRENCH GABOON</h3> + +<p>To English-speaking mahogany producers and users the latter name +conveys more, and reminds them of one of the chief products, Gaboon +Mahogany, <i>Oukoumea Klaineana</i>, which had but a poor name in +the London market. This rich French colony, however, should mean a +great deal more to us with its huge extent, upwards of 300,000 +square miles, and its comparatively large open waterways all +flowing into the giant Congo. Its comparatively thin population per +unit of area, and its almost impenetrable forests make it one of +the largest of the last remaining primeval forests of Africa. +Already before the war it was the largest timber exporting country +of the West Coast of Africa. However, its somewhat ill-regulated +timber trade had one or two drawbacks and laboured under several +disadvantages. Most of the timber was shipped in the round—i.e. +round logs. This means, of course, that in stowing these logs in +the ship space is lost between them, and that space is charged for +by the shipping company, despite the fact that it is often filled +with “dunnage” in the shape of Ebony billets or even Camwood. In +the round log, too, there is all the sapwood, and for this the +merchant does not expect to pay much, if anything, and there is no +doubt that it tends to depress the value of the timber, whatever it +may be. The mere fact that the log is in the round is sufficient. +Quite apart from that factor, too, a round log, even when it is a +beautiful bit of redwood, never looks so well nor so workmanlike as +a hewn squared log with clean-cut sawn ends. The sapwood, being +softer than the heartwood, is more easily damaged than the +heartwood in the squared log, so this is an additional reason why +the round log often does not look as well as a squared one.</p> + +<p>Amongst the most important timbers exported from the French +Gaboon which are known and have been found suitable to the English +market are the following:</p> + +<p>1. Okoume or Angouma. Gaboon Mahogany. <i>Oukoumea +Klaineana</i>.</p> + +<p>2. Zaminguila or Ombega. Mahogany. <i>Canarium?</i>.</p> + +<p>3. Duika. Mahogany. <i>Irvingia Barteri?</i>.</p> + +<p>4. Kambala. Oak. <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>.</p> + +<p>5. Mandji or Bilinga. <i>Afzelia Africana</i>, or sometimes said +to be <i>Sarcocephalus Pobeguinii</i>.</p> + +<p>The first named has always sold at a cheaper rate in the London +market than the timber obtained from the other genii of West +African Mahogany, such as Khaya, Entandrophragma, Pseudocedrela and +Lovoa. First of all, as with other timbers, the Gaboon Mahogany is +shipped in round logs, which are cut none too straight at the ends, +owing to the rough usage they get in the long transport by water; +before and when reaching the port of shipment they are often +much<span class="pagenum" id="Page_423">[423]</span> damaged +externally, which gives them a bad appearance. The wood is not only +lighter in weight but also lighter in colour than the other West +African Mahoganies, and both these qualities detract from its +value. The grain is more open; it rarely if ever shows any figure, +in comparison to the highly figured logs from Benin and Bassam. +Having been tested very thoroughly as to tensile, torsion and +compression strengths since the beginning of the war, it has not +proved to be nearly as strong as the other West African Mahogany. +These tests having been conducted with scientific accuracy and +impartiality, they are to be trusted. Thus, for some purposes, such +as aeroplane propellor construction, Gaboon Mahogany has proved +unsuitable. However, it is only the very best, very strongest and +most durable kinds of mahogany that will stand the most severe +strains, such as wood is subject to when used in this work. +However, that does not preclude the wood from being used for +similar purposes as the other kinds of West African Mahogany, where +the strains and stresses are not so great and where the lighter +colour is no advantage. In fact, in many positions a greater +lightness in the weight of the wood would be a distinct advantage, +which should be pressed for all it is worth.</p> + +<p>Zaminguila is becoming better known, though previous to the war +it could not be said that it had an established place in the +market.</p> + +<p>Duika Mahogany is scarcely known, and may be the wood of +<i>Irvingia Barteri</i>.</p> + +<p>Kambala or Oak, which is also known as African Teak, is much +better known now, and in fact there is a steady demand for it, +chiefly under the Nigerian name Iroko, which has been exported from +Benin and Lagos in Nigeria in the form of “squared” logs.</p> + +<p>Thus far very few forest regulations have been issued in the +Congo Française and very little replanting has been done. However, +for the present, the supplies appear to be very large, but they +will no doubt get more costly as the timber has to be cut and +obtained from the much more distant and inaccessible forests. +Apparently there is little or no Khaya Mahogany in those regions, +so that there is little fear of real competition between the main +species of Mahogany found in the different West African countries. +The natives work the timber chiefly, cutting and bringing it to the +ports themselves.</p> + +<h3><a id="c10s1c"></a>THE BELGIAN CONGO</h3> + +<p>This, the greatest and largest river system in Africa, gives its +name also to the largest compact forest area of that country. Of +the 800,000 square miles, probably 700,000 are covered with forests +of one type or another. From the mangrove swamps on the islands at +the mouth of the Congo, through the dense evergreen forests of the +Upper Congo to the dry-zone open deciduous or almost treeless areas +of Katanga,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_424">[424]</span> an +almost illimitable amount of unused sylvan wealth is to be found. +Despite the obvious advantage of the Congo River, with its 3,000 +miles suitable for timber transport and its hundreds of tributaries +with many more thousand miles of streams, capable of floating logs, +only the smallest quantities of mahogany are exported from the +Belgian Congo.</p> + +<p>No doubt the large size of the river and the great distance of +some of the forests from the sea have hindered a more rapid and +intensive exploitation of the forests. In fact, Mahogany (<i>Khaya +sp.</i>) as an export timber is not really so well known as Redwood +(<i>Pterocarpus sp.</i>), though the former has been shipped in the +round. In the past a better known Belgian wood was blockwood or +boxwood, known as <i>Polyadoa umbellata</i> or <i>Dialium +Guineense</i>. Other forest products, however, such as Gum Copal +(<i>Daniellia sp.</i>), are found in huge quantities, in large +blocks weighing over a hundredweight, and have been exported for +many years.</p> + +<p>Large quantities of rubber, too, have been exported, and Oil +Palm products, such as kernels and oil, are of increasing export +importance, especially since Les Huileries de Congo have started +working up the Oil Palm forests with modern means of transport and +machinery on three different tracts of 10,000 hectares each.</p> + +<p>The railways of the Congo, supplementing as they do the +waterways, have also not been used to any extent for the shipment +of timber, though vast quantities of firewood have been burnt on +them as well as conveyed to the various stations both near and on +the River Congo. To some extent the paucity and low density of +population per unit of area has tended to hinder the working of +heavy produce such as timber, which is difficult to transport +compared to rubber, with its higher value per unit of weight. Owing +to this fact, too, near the mouth of the Congo there is an almost +savannah forest on the banks of the river, which has given the +country the appearance of not being an afforested one. In the past +the system of huge, exclusive trading concessions over specific +areas being granted only to one firm also hindered any free +development of the more lower-priced forest produce such as +timber.</p> + +<h3><a id="c10s1d"></a>SPANISH GUINEA</h3> + +<p>From Eloby, a little-known port situated in the middle of the +coast of the Spanish possession south of the Cameroons, a great +deal of Gaboon Mahogany (<i>Oukoumea Klaineana</i>), Redwood +(<i>Pterocarpus Soyauxia</i>), and several other timbers have been +exported. Despite the fact that the forests are not extensive, but +almost untouched, and very rich in mahogany, a comparatively small +number of firms have been working these areas. Apparently there are +no forest laws,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_425">[425]</span> and +there is little or no security for any forest rights one may +acquire from the natives. It would be perhaps advisable to work +areas here in conjunction with those in the Southern Cameroons. It +is supposed to be more unhealthy in this part than in others, +though probably this is due to the local conditions. Khaya is less +common than elsewhere, while Redwood (<i>Pterocarpus Soyauxii</i>), +Gaboon Mahogany (<i>Oukoumea Klaineana</i>) and Bilinga (<i>Afzelia +sp.</i>) are common woods. Again, <i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i> +and other species are also very prevalent.</p> + +<h3><a id="c10s2"></a>NOTES ON THE CAMEROON TREES</h3> + +<p class="tax1">Palmæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Raphia vinifera</i> (Raph.). Wine Palm.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the district of Victoria. The leaves +are 60 feet long. Palm wine (called Mimbo) is obtained from this +tree, also piassava fibre.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Elæis Guineensis</i> (Jag.). The Oil Palm.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the Buea and Victoria districts +chiefly, but is one of the most widely spread trees of the +Cameroons. Oil, kernels and cake are obtained from it, also palm +cabbage from the growing shoots at the top. The oil is collected by +the primitive efforts of the natives.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phœnix reclinata</i>. Swamp Palm.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is largely used in the Dschang and Ossidinge +districts for making palm wine, by tapping near the root.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Commelinaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Palisota hirsuta</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Victoria district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Iridaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antholyza Zenkeri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Dschang.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ulmaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trema Africana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Moraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i>. Bush Oak. Vai (Bali); +Abwang (Bare); Ntong (Fontem and Bangwa); Emang (Bakossi); Obang +(Bafo); Bobang (Balong); Mokongo or Momangi (Bakundu); Momangi +(Bakwiri); Bang (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">One or two found on an area of 2½ acres in the +districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and Mbo. Height, 97½ to 162 +feet. Time of flowering, December to February.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_426">[426]</span><i>Musanga Smithii</i> (R. Br.). Umbrella +Tree. Ikomba (Bare); Ekombo (Bakossi); Ekomba (Bago); Bokombo +(Bakundu); Lisengi (Bakwiri); Bosenge (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The wood is soft and like cork in texture. Found in +the district of Dschang and along the coast. Height, 97½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>. Bokukulende (Bakossi); +Wokeku (Bakwiri); Bokeku (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Undu districts of Buea and +Dschang.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Treculia mollis</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Treculia Africana</i>. Boembe (Bakundu); Bwembi +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Buea and Dschang.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Myrianthus arboreus</i>. Wokaka (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Fako, Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus populifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Capensis</i>. Ekol (Bakossi); Ekolo +(Bakundu); Monja (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Buea and Dschang.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus courania</i>. Wotenge (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ficus Schimperia</i>. Njondji (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Dschang and Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antiaris toxicaria</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Olacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ongokea Kamerunensis</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows to the height of 97½ feet and has a +yellowish heartwood. Found in the district of Johann Albrechts +Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strombosiopsis tetrandra</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ feet to 97½ feet. Found in the district +of Johann Albrechts Höhe and Bipindi.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Coula edulis</i>. Bokumia (Bakundu); Bonwula or +Woula (Duala); Wokomea (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 97½ feet. Found in the district of +Johann Albrechts Höhe. Time of flowering, October. This is a good +building wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strombosia grandifolia</i> (Hook.). Ifondo or +Wofondo (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Grows in the Dschang district chiefly, but spreads +over the Cameroons.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strombosia glaucescens</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_427">[427]</span>Anonaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Enantia chlorantha</i> (Oliv.). The Yellow-wood +Tree. Bopalo or Bololo (Bakundu); Woyoyo (Bakwiri); Nje or Banuke +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. The wood is a beautiful +yellow and is used in furniture-making and carpentering, and the +bark for building native houses. Found in the district of Johann +Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria Busgenii</i>. Bopanda (Bafo); Bopande +(Bakundu); Wofe (Bakwiri); Bope (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uvaria microtricha</i> (Diels).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Monodora myristica</i> (Dun.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Fako, Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexabolus megalophyllus</i> (Engl. and +Diels).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexabolus salicifolius</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">About 65 feet high. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hexabolus grandiflorus</i> (Benth.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 to 81¼ feet high, widely spread over the +Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xylopia parviflora</i> (Guill. and Perr.), +(Engl. and Diels).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 to 81¼ feet in height. Found in Bipindi and +Johann Albrechts Höhe districts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Isolona pleurocarpa</i> (Diels).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 81¼ feet. Found in Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myristicaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i> (Warb.). Nutmeg. Ngitsa +(Fontem or Bangwa); Pitchong (Ossidinge); Ngosame (Bakossi); +Bosambe (Bakundu); Esamba (Bakwiri); Bokondo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. It +is a tall tree. Used for building purposes.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Staudtii stipitata</i> (Warb.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 97½ to 123½ feet. Found in the district of +Johann Albrechts Höhe. The wood is hard.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Staudtii Kamerunensis</i> (Warb.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 97½ to 113¾ feet. Found in West Africa. +This tree has a hard reddish wood.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Lauraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Tylostemon crassifolius</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district. This +tree has a very hard yellowish-brown wood.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_428">[428]</span>Rosaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium chrysophyllum</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 81¼ feet. Found in the Bipindi and +Johann Albrechts Höhe districts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parinarium</i> (small). Ndikombo (Fontem or +Bangwa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ossidinge district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Leguminosæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Africana</i> (Hook.). Redwood. Erundu +or Wunga (Bakundu); Edundu (Balong); Jondo (Bakwiri); Bolondo +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. It +flowers in October and changes leaf December to January. Height, +97½ to 195 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Piptadenia Winkleri</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">9¾ to 39 feet in height. Found in the Duala +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Millettia sp.</i> Bongongi (Bakundu); Bongongi +(Duala); Bongongi (Sanaga River).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hylodendron Gabunense</i> (Taub.). Bokata +(Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe, +Bipindi, Minifia and Gabun. Height, 65 to 97½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Platysepalum</i>. Djengu (Bakwiri); Tada +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lonchocarpus Zenkeri</i>. Sosong (Bakossi); +Epuepue (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Preussii</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 feet in height.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Mannii</i>. Mokowa (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macrolobium Zenkerii</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 feet in height. It grows in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oxystigma Mannii</i> (Baill.), (Harms.). +Softwood. Bosipi (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 130 feet. Found in the district of +Victoria. The wood is used in building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterocarpus Soyauxii</i> (Taub.). Bo (Balong); +Boa (Bakundu); Muenge (Duala); Hiol or Mbia (Bakoko).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. +Height, 81¼ feet to 97½ feet. The wood is mediumly heavy, blood-red +in the heartwood, difficult to plane; used in making heavy +furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Copaifera Demeusii</i>. Bobanja (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. +Height, 97½ feet.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i097" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig097.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig097.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 97.—<span class= +"bold">Base of Red Oak (Berlinia acuminata), showing smooth bark +with comparatively few large scales, Degema Station.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i098" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig098.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig098.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 98.—<span class= +"bold">Iroko (Chlorophora excelsa) Nursery Bed, with seedlings two +years old, at the side of Forest House, Degema.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 428.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_429">[429]</span><i>Tetrapleura Thonningii</i> (Benth.). +Kombolo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. +Height, 48¾ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i> (Benth.). Combolo +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A huge tree, over 65 feet in height, with tough, +fibrous, reddish wood. Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts +Höhe, Bipindi and Jaunde. It yields Owala oil.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Welwitschii</i> (Welw.). Goo (Bali); +Esang (Bakossi); Elund (Balong); Isaka (Bakundu); Esakasaka +(Bakwiri); Bobai (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia Brownii</i> (Walp.), (Oliv.). Isaka +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. The wood is hard and much +used in building. It grows in the districts of Bipindi, Mimifia and +Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Albizzia fastigiata</i> (E. Mey.), (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 97½ feet. Found in the district of Johann +Albrechts Höhe. The wood is moderately hard.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia auriculata</i> (Sol.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 65 feet. Found in the Batanga and +Bipindi districts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Berlinia acuminata</i> (Sol.). Mbava +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Teko (Buea). Height, 48¾ +to 81¼ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum micranthum</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">65 to 130 feet in height. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i> (Don).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 97½ feet. Widely found through West Africa. +The wood is much used for house, bridge and ship building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ostryoderris impressa</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra Mannii</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A high tree found in Victoria and Bimbi and on the +coast.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cynometra multynge</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Over 65 feet in height. Found in the districts of +Johann Albrechts Höhe and Bipindi.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Scorodophlœus Zenkerii</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe, +Bipindi and Urwald. Height, 48¾ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Parkia Zenkerii</i> (Mim. Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Bipindi. Height, 48¾ to 65 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_430">[430]</span><span class="msg" title= +"cf. Baphia acuminata"><i>Wacuminata</i>.</span> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Rio del Rey.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Baphia Barombiensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterogopodium sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia Africana</i> (Smith).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 65 feet. Found in the Batanga, +Lokundje, and Bipindi districts.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afzelia Zenkeri</i>. Lom (Bakoko); Bobolo +(Malimba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. A +giant tree with edible seeds.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Brachystegia cynometroides</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 113¾ feet. Found in the districts of Johann +Albrechts Höhe and Mimifia.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythrina excelsa</i>. Mokamu (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea. Height, 65 feet. +Time of flowering is December and January.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Staudtii</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Guineense</i> (Willd.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 81¼ to 97½ feet. Widely spread through the +Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Dialium Zenkeri</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">About 32½ feet high. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Distemonanthus Benthamianus</i> (Baill.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 97½ to 130 feet. Found in the districts of +Johann Albrechts Höhe and Mimifia.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Distemonanthus sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Calpocalyx Dinklagei</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Bipindi. Height, 32 to 48¾ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Newtonia Zenkeri</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Bipindi. Height, 97½ to 113¾ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adenocarpus Mannii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Fako, Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Detarium macrocarpum</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 81¼ to 97½ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Indigofera Atriceps</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Fako, Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="msg" title= +"cf. Rhektophyllum mirabile"><i>Phutophyllum mirabile</i>.</span> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Rio del Rey.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_431">[431]</span><i>Galium aparine</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Victoria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Daniellia caudata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Afrormosia laxiflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cylicodiscus Gabunensis</i> (Harms.). Edum +(Bafo); Emang (Bakossi).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe. A tree with +enormous trunk and bark resembling the pine; the wood is reddish. +Height, 97½ to 130 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trachylobium sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Fillæopsis discophora</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ feet. Found in the Bipindi district. +Called by the Kameroon Holz Syndicate “Milletia.” A big tree with +huge paper-like pods.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stemonocoleus micranthus</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 81¼ to 97½ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pithecolobium altissimum</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 81¼ feet. Found in Bipindi.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Stachyothyrsus Staudtii</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 81¼ feet. Found in the Mimifia and Bipindi +districts.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Linaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllocosmus sessiliflorus</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. +Height, 48¾ to 81¼ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Erythroxylaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Erythroxylon Mannii</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ feet. Found in the districts of Johann +Albrechts Höhe and Bipindi.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rutaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Fagara Rederi</i> (Oliv.). Wongo (Bakundu); +Woongo (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Fagara altissima</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Bipindi district. Height, 48½ to 81¼ +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Zanthoxylum Senegalense</i>. Nitone (Fontem or +Bangwa).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Simarubaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Irvingia Barteri</i> (Hook.). The so-called Wild +Mango. Bope (Bafo); Bopek (Balong); Weke (Bakundu); Bwiwa +(Bakwiri); Bwiba ba mbale (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district +specially, but widely spread through West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_432">[432]</span><i>Irvingia Gabunensis</i>. Etue or Etu +(Bakossi); Botuba (Bafo); Bopala (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Odyendea Gabunensis</i> (Pierre).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district. +Height, 65 to 97½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Klainedoxa Gabunensis</i> (Pierre).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district. +Height, 65 to 97½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Klainedoxa grandifolia</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pierreodendron grandifolium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Rio del Rey district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Burseraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachylobus Zenkeri</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachylobus edulis</i> (G. Don). Bosao (Bakundu); +Sao or Bosao (Duala); Bokuka (Etam).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district. A +fruit tree of about 65 to 97½ feet in height, having dark-green, +alternating, bipinnate leaves, smooth bark and reddish to +grey-yellow wood. The wood is used to make axe-handles; the tree +also yields resin.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pachylobus var.</i> (Mbafo according to Engler). +Bosao (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A fair-sized tree with reddish and greyish-yellow +wood. It has a good heartwood, used for the axles of wheels; also +for calabashes. Found throughout West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium auriculatum</i>. Bweii (Bali); Wotua +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Victoria district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Schweinfurthii</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 113 to 130 feet. Found in the Johann +Albrechts Höhe district principally, but is fairly common +throughout West Africa. The wood is white and is used for +building.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canarium Mansfeldianum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Ossidinge district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Meliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma Rederi</i>. Njokubwele +(Bakundu); Won (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma utilis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Entandrophragma Candollei</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 97½ to 130 feet. Found in the Johann +Albrechts Höhe district. The wood is similar to mahogany.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_433">[433]</span><i>Guarea glomerulata</i>. Bobe ba ndiko +(Bakundu); Lilualamombe (Bakwiri); Timba or timba nundi +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district. This +wood is, like mahogany, used for furniture, also window-wood. This +tree is frequently attacked by boring insects.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia rubesilus</i> (Oliv.). Ifassoa +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Buea district. Height, 17½ to 32½ +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichilia Prieureana</i> (Juss.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district. +Height, 32½ to 39 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Klainii</i> (Pierre).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The most valuable mahogany is obtained from this +tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is abundantly found in West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya euryphylla</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">From 97½ to 130 feet in height. Found in the +districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Khaya Senegalensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Victoria.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Turraeanthus Zenkeri</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Jaunde and Buea districts. Height, 65 +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carapa procera</i> (D.C.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height about 65 feet. Found in the Johann Albrechts +Höhe district. It yields a wood very like mahogany, useful in +building and carpentry.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Euphorbiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ricinodendron Africanum</i> (Mull. Arg.). Esango +(Bakossi); Wonjasanga (Bakundu); Wonjangasanga (Bakwiri); Njangsang +(Duala); Ehan (Bakoko).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 81¼ feet. Found in the Johann +Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lepidoturus occidentalis</i>. Longoso (Bakundu); +Longoso (Bakwiri); Joloso (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Mbo.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Macaranga rosea</i>. Boka (Bakundu); Njon bwele +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. +Time of flowering, November.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bridelia stenocarpa</i> (Mull. Arg.). Esenge +(Bakundu); Mosenge (Bakwiri); Tata (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe. It flowers in +February and changes leaf in December and January. The wood is +light yellow with large, open pores.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_434">[434]</span><i>Bridelia macrocarpa</i>. Esenge +(Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alchornea floribunda</i> (Mull. Arg.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Sometimes found over 81¼ feet in height. It is +widely spread over the Cameroons.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alchornea cordifolia</i>. Dibobonga (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Antidesma laciniatum</i>. Liwoma (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows in the Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Claoxylon Preussii</i> (Pax.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Croton pyrifolius</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phyllanthus discoideus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Uapaca Staudtii</i> (Pax.). Bosambi +(Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Hevea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">A rubber-tree which needs less soil than the +Funtumia. Its extension has been hampered by lack of seed. It +suffers much from root diseases. The tree is found in the Buea +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sapium Mannianum</i> (Mull. Arg.), (Bth.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 97½ feet. Widely spread over the +Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grossera paniculata</i> (Pax.). Nama tubave +(Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows in the Bipindi district. Height, 48¾ to 65 +feet.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Anacardiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sorindeia trimera</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ feet. Very plentiful throughout the +Cameroons.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pseudospondias microcarpa</i> (A. Rich., +Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 48¾ feet. Found in the Buea district +and throughout the Cameroons.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Trichoscypha Bipindensis</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. It is found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapindaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Phialodiscus Zambesiacus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Deinbollia pycnophylla</i> (Gilg.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 feet. It is found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Tiliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Desplatzia Dewewrei</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the (Boanda) Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_435">[435]</span><i>Grewiopsis globosa</i>. Ebonga evodi +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This is a small tree having yellow fruit, the size +of a man’s fist, used as food for elephants.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, N.W. Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Grewiopsis discophora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, N.W. Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Malvaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pavonia Schimperiana</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Dschang and Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bombacaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ceiba pentandra</i>. Silk-cotton Tree. Monga +(Balong); Mungongo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Yields timber, bast, tanning materials, wool for +stuffing, oil, etc.; fruit woody.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adansonia digitata</i>. Baobab. Sometimes called +“Asses Bread.”</p> + +<p class="tax3">It yields timber, fibre, tanning materials, etc. +The pulp of the fruit and the seeds are edible. Found in the +savannah forests and also near villages.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Eriodendron</i>. Silk-cotton.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Bombax buonopozense</i>. Silk-cotton.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, West Africa. The tree yields timber, wool +for stuffing, fibre, oil, etc.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sterculiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia oblonga</i> (Mast.). Engele or Ongele +(Balong); Bongele (Bakundu); Ekonge (Bakwiri); Bongele or Bopum ba +nji (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. +A large tree having opposite leaves and smooth bark, which rapidly +turns red when exposed to the air. The wood is much used for +planks.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia tragacantha</i>. Poose (Bakundu); +Ndototo (Bakwiri); Pio (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. It +flowers in November.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia grandifolia</i>. Kamdjok +(Ossidinge).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Ossidinge.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia cordifolia</i>. Lom (Bakoko).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Ossidinge.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_436">[436]</span><i>Sterculia acuminata</i>, syn. <i>Cola +acuminata</i> (?).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Much cultivated in the Johann Albrechts Höhe +district and on the mountain slopes. The nut of this tree is very +much used in chocolate-making and is very refreshing.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sterculia rhinopetala</i> (K. Schum.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 81¼ to 113¾ feet. This tree yields an +excellent building wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of (Muea) Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola sulcata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It is found in the district of (Boanda) Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola altissima</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cola marsupium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of (Boanda) Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pterygota Kamerunensis</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Mungo River.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Xeropetalum Dombeya</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Triplochiton scleroxylon</i> (K. Schum.). Nkom +(Bakossi); Ejuong (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax3">This tree yields a good timber and furniture wood. +The leaves are very similar to those of the maple. Found very +plentifully in the Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Theobroma cacao</i>. Cocoa Tree.</p> + +<p class="tax3">There are about twenty species of this tree. The +Cameroon country is the richest in the world for cocoa. It grows +chiefly in the low-lying country of the Mungo, Wari and Sanaga +Rivers, in the Duala and Yabassi districts and Edea; also on the +slopes of the Cameroon mountains. It is much attacked by cockchafer +grubs (brown rot) and bark bugs. The world’s supply from <i>T. +cacao</i> has been going on for five hundred years, and +consequently has developed varieties showing a marked difference +from the original type.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Scytopetalaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oubanguia Klainei</i> (Teigh.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Buea. Height, 48¾ to 65 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ochnaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lophira alata</i> (Banks). Ironwood. Boko +(Bakundu); Ndonge (Bakwiri); Bongossi (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Mbo. Diameter, 7½ to 10½ feet. Height, 162½ feet. The time for +flowering is December and January and February for ripe fruit. A +good, very hard wood, used for stair treads.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_437">[437]</span><i>Ouratea monticola</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Guttiferæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Endodesmia calophylloides</i> (Bth.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 81¼ to 130 feet. It grows abundantly +throughout the Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Garcinia punctata</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 81¼ feet. Plentiful in Cameroon, +specially in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Pentadesma butyraceum</i> (Dom.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very high tree. Common throughout Cameroon.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Haronga paniculata</i>. Konkwa (Bali); Worolongo +(Bakwiri); Tolongo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Dschang and Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Symphonia globulifera</i> (L. fil.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. Found throughout the whole +of West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Flacourtiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Flacourtia Ramontchii</i>. Wondo (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Barteria aromatica</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Barteria fistulosa</i>. Ant-trees (Musimba).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lindackeria dentata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Scottellia Mimfiensis</i> (Gilg.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 97½ feet.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Caricaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Carica papaya</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Victoria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Thymelaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Lasiosiphon glaucus</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Victoria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rhizophoraceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Poga oleosa</i>. Njove or Njole (Rio del +Rey).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Poga conophora</i> (named after Muller). Njove +or Njole (Rio del Rey).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_438">[438]</span><i>Rhizophora mangle</i> (Roxb.). Mangrove. +Tanda (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows freely on the coast of West Africa. The +bark is much used in tanning.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Alangiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alangium begonifolium</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Combretaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Combretum cinerea</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">It grows in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Terminalia superba</i> (Engl. and Diels). Nkom +(Bakossi); Bokome (Bafo); Bokome (Bakundu); Djombe (Bakwiri); +Mukonja (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. It grows abundantly +throughout the Cameroon country, but especially at Johann Albrechts +Höhe. The wood is hard, light yellow and close grained; much used +for making windows and shutters.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Melastomaceæ</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="msg" title= +"cf. Memecylon polyneuron"><i>Amphiblemma +polyneuron</i></span>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Memecylon macrodendron</i> (Gilg.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Araliaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Schefflera Hookeriana</i> (Harms.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Buea district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Myrsinaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mæsa lanceolata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Sapotaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops sp.</i> +</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Mimusops Djave</i> (Laness), (Engl.). Nsab +(Bare); Bonjabi (Bakundu); Njabi (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Mbo. Height, 178¾ feet. Diameter, 6½ feet. There is frequently a +clear bole of 97½ feet, containing 6,380¼ cubic feet of wood (181 +cubic metres). The nuts are much valued locally as food.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum Africanum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Chrysophyllum macrophyllum</i>. Wonjanja +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe and Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_439">[439]</span><i>Omphalocarpum Radlkoferi</i> +(Pierre).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 feet. Found throughout West Africa. This +tree yields timber and a sort of gutta-percha.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i> (Kotschy.). Shea +Butter.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, N. West Africa. This tree yields a +gutta-percha-like resin, edible fruits, and from the seeds a fat +(Shea butter).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Omphalocarpum Pierreanum</i> (Engl.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 81¼ feet. Found in the district of +Bipindi.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Ebenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros suaveolens</i> (Gurke). Ebony.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 48¾ feet. Found in the district of +Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros atropurpurea</i> (Gurke). Ebony. +Efindofindo (Bafo); Findefinde (Balong); Epindepinde (Bakundu); +Findefinde (Bakwiri); Epindepinde (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Johann Albrechts Höhe, Bipindi and Buea, +and Muyuke. The tree flowers in April and May; the fruit is ripe in +October. It yields timber, tanning and dyeing materials, mucilage, +edible fruit (date-plums), fish-poison and medicaments. The wood is +very hard and of a yellowish colour, the bark black. It is +principally used for furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros megaphylla</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 48¾ feet. It grows near Bipindi.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Bipindensis</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ feet. It is found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Kamerunensis</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Dendo</i> (Welw.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. It is found throughout the +Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros Gilgiana</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros nsambensis</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros mamiacensis</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros aggregata</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Over 65 feet in height. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros incarnata</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 39 feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Diospyros mespiliformis</i> (Hochst.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">The sapwood is yellowish-white and close-grained. +It is very useful in turnery. The tree is found widely spread over +West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax1"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_440">[440]</span>Loganiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Nuxia Mannii</i> (Oliv.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, (Fako) Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Anthocleista Zenkerii</i>, also known as +Bopolo-polo.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Johann Albrechts Höhe district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Strychnos gnetifolia</i> (Gilg.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 97½ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Apocynaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kicksia elastica</i>. Dinjongo (Bafo); Dinjongo +(Bakundu); Manjongo (Bakwiri); Ebonga manyongo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Höhe and +Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia macrophylla</i> or <i>gonioclada</i>. +Enonge (Bakundu); Kanja (Bakwiri); Bandonge (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. The +time of flowering is October and March.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Rauwolfia vomitoria</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Alstonia Congensis</i>. Kuge (Bakossi); Bokuk +(Balong); Kanja (Bakundu); Wokuka (Bakwiri); Bokuka ba mhale +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe. The +wood is used for making stools in the Kamerun country.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Polyadoa umbellata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Funtumia elastica</i>. Ireh Tree. (Lagos +rubber.)</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found widely throughout West Africa. The chief +rubber-yielding tree. The tree suffers from the attacks of +stag-beetles.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Landolphia Dawei</i>. (Savannah rubber.)</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the primeval forests of West Africa. +Several species yield rubber, dyes and edible fruits (from which +drinks are made).</p> + +<p class="tax1">Convolvulaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Ipomæa involucrata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Rio del Rey.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Borraginaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia Irvingia</i>. Bola (Bakundu); Womba +(Bakwiri); Bomba (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Cordia yombomba</i>. Jom (Ossidinge); Yombomba +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Verbenaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Avicennia tomentosa</i> (Jacqu.). White +Mangrove. Bunja (Duala). Found in the district of Johann Albrechts +Höhe and very<span class="pagenum" id="Page_441">[441]</span> +frequently among coast vegetation. Height, 32½ to 48¾ feet. The +wood is very beautiful.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex cuneata</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Höhe.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vitex Bipindensis</i> (Gurke).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 32½ to 48¾ feet. Found in the Bipindi +district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Clerodendron</i>. Mumbambe (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Scrophulariaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Selaginella Vogelii</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Victoria.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Bignoniaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Spathoidea campanulata</i>. Jon (Bali); Etutu +(Bakundu); Mbako (Bakwiri); Bwele ba Mbongo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Kigelia acutifolia</i>. Sosong (Bakossi); Wulule +(Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Markhamia lutea</i>. Abbe (Bakossi); Mawelu +(Bakwiri); Mabanga (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the Dschang district.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Acanthaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Thomandersia laurifolia</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Rio del Rey.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Rubiaceæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Adina macrophylla</i> (Lepr. and Guill.), (K. +Schum.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Victoria. Height of tree, +48¾ to 81¼ feet. A yellowish wood, used in building and very good +for furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Sarcocephalus sambucinus</i> (Wint.). Tabu +(Bali).</p> + +<p class="tax3">A very common tree in West Africa. It is a good +building wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Plectronia glabriflora</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Dschang and Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Oxyanthus speciosus</i>. Wyfongo (Bakwiri).</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, Dschang and Buea.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Canthium glabriflorum</i>.</p> + +<p class="tax3">District, N.W. Africa. This tree has grey bark and +is like a palm in appearance. It yields resin, and calabashes are +made from the fruit.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Morinda citrifolia</i> (L.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 48¾ to 65 feet. It has a yellowish wood. A +very common tree in West Africa.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_442">[442]</span><i>Randia cladantha</i> (<i>K. +cladantha</i>).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Height, 65 to 81¼ feet. Very common throughout the +Cameroon country.</p> + +<p class="tax1">Compositæ.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia frondosa</i> (Oliv.). Bopolopolo +(Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Rio del Rey.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Vernonia conferta</i>. Bopolopolo (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the district of Rio del Rey.</p> + +<p class="tax2"><i>Helichrysum fœtidum</i> (Cass.).</p> + +<p class="tax3">Found in the districts of Victoria and Buea.</p> + +<h4>SOME CAMEROON TREES ONLY KNOWN BY NATIVE NAMES</h4> + +<p class="tax2">Abange (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Adom (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Akaka (Jaunde); Ikaka (Bakundu). The wood is soft +and nut-brown; it smells like pencil-wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2">Akondog (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ase (Jaunde); Njokubore (Bakundu). The fruit is +similar to the Entandrophragma (Meliaceæ), the root buttressed, and +the leaves with rosettes on the branches.</p> + +<p class="tax2">Awong (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Bosambai (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Dibanga (Jaunde). A mediumly hard, greyish-brown +wood with brown medullary rays; it is used for making +furniture.</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ebe (Jaunde); Borimba (Bakundu). A giant tree with +oval leaves, smooth on the top and having brownish hairs +underneath.</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ehemba (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ejan (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ekoah (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Enjog (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Esang (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Lawonong (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Lobog (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Otungue (Jaunde).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ebunja (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ekambamba (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Enjenju (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Esok (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Idjnake (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Mbonda pondo (Bakundu). A very close-grained, hard +wood.</p> + +<p class="tax2">Mondoa (Bakundu).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Bowasa (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax2"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_443">[443]</span>Bwiba ba njon (Duala). A hard wood used for +stair treads. At the Basel Mission the timber worked at was £2 per +35 cubic feet—Steyer and Pingel, at the rate of 10 shillings per 35 +cubic feet—the latter firm working all kinds of wood of medium +size.</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ebon (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Etotum (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Palambanja (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Tabako (Duala).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Eselebaka (Bakoko).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Ewnon (Bakoko).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Mpang (Bakoko and Basa).</p> + +<p class="tax2">Sibugang (Basa).</p> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_444">[444]</span><a id="c10app1"></a>APPENDIX I</h3> + +<p class="sch1">CAMEROONS—FOREST EXPORTS</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t444"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Products.</th> +<th colspan="2">1908.</th> +<th colspan="2">1909.</th> +<th colspan="2">1910.</th> +<th colspan="2">1911.</th> +<th colspan="2">1912.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm kernels</td> +<td class="tdr">11,198</td> +<td class="tdr">107,776</td> +<td class="tdr">13,244</td> +<td class="tdr">130,550</td> +<td class="tdr">13,689</td> +<td class="tdr">177,678</td> +<td class="tdr">14,937</td> +<td class="tdr">208,393</td> +<td class="tdr">15,742</td> +<td class="tdr">220,307</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palm oil</td> +<td class="tdr">2,983</td> +<td class="tdr">48,388</td> +<td class="tdr">3,305</td> +<td class="tdr">548,500</td> +<td class="tdr">3,140</td> +<td class="tdr">62,996</td> +<td class="tdr">3,333</td> +<td class="tdr">71,215</td> +<td class="tdr">3,537</td> +<td class="tdr">81,119</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Rubber</td> +<td class="tdr">1,214</td> +<td class="tdr">238,987</td> +<td class="tdr">1,517</td> +<td class="tdr">377,096</td> +<td class="tdr">1,961</td> +<td class="tdr">553,534</td> +<td class="tdr">2,664</td> +<td class="tdr">551,513</td> +<td class="tdr">2,766</td> +<td class="tdr">573,611</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Cocoa</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">475</td> +<td class="tdr">152,769</td> +<td class="tdr">3,525</td> +<td class="tdr">165,368</td> +<td class="tdr">4,479</td> +<td class="tdr">212,114</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum Arabic</td> +<td class="tdr">261</td> +<td class="tdr">7,049</td> +<td class="tdr">272</td> +<td class="tdr">4,827</td> +<td class="tdr">329</td> +<td class="tdr">2,866</td> +<td class="tdr">259</td> +<td class="tdr">2,135</td> +<td class="tdr">221</td> +<td class="tdr">2,218</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Timber (buildings, etc.)</td> +<td class="tdr">1,442</td> +<td class="tdr">7,953</td> +<td class="tdr">1,912</td> +<td class="tdr">8,855</td> +<td class="tdr">1,632</td> +<td class="tdr">7,193</td> +<td class="tdr">7,089</td> +<td class="tdr">19,409</td> +<td class="tdr">11,109</td> +<td class="tdr">34,793</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Bark</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">19</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">31</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +<td class="tdr">127</td> +<td class="tdr">32</td> +<td class="tdr">29</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Dyewood</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdr">21</td> +<td class="tdr">11</td> +<td class="tdr">36</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdr">11</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ivory</td> +<td class="tdr">53</td> +<td class="tdr">45,018</td> +<td class="tdr">53</td> +<td class="tdr">43,941</td> +<td class="tdr">37</td> +<td class="tdr">31,269</td> +<td class="tdr">40</td> +<td class="tdr">29,038</td> +<td class="tdr">34</td> +<td class="tdr">31,809</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Horns</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">48</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">238</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">94</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">138</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">204</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Honey and beeswax</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shea nuts and Shea butter</td> +<td class="tdr">123</td> +<td class="tdr">430</td> +<td class="tdr">198</td> +<td class="tdr">1,144</td> +<td class="tdr">186</td> +<td class="tdr">710</td> +<td class="tdr">65</td> +<td class="tdr">232</td> +<td class="tdr">105</td> +<td class="tdr">645</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kola nuts</td> +<td class="tdr">83</td> +<td class="tdr">1,213</td> +<td class="tdr">42</td> +<td class="tdr">1,391</td> +<td class="tdr">54</td> +<td class="tdr">900</td> +<td class="tdr">87</td> +<td class="tdr">953</td> +<td class="tdr">235</td> +<td class="tdr">8,348</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Djave nuts</td> +<td class="tdr">182</td> +<td class="tdr">1,023</td> +<td class="tdr">30</td> +<td class="tdr">160</td> +<td class="tdr">343</td> +<td class="tdr">1,628</td> +<td class="tdr">45</td> +<td class="tdr">254</td> +<td class="tdr">189</td> +<td class="tdr">1,258</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Copal</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +<td class="tdr">179</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">100</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">114</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">97</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">63</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad2 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bt">17,547</td> +<td class="tdr bt">458,082</td> +<td class="tdr bt">20,580</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,116,833</td> +<td class="tdr bt">21,861</td> +<td class="tdr bt">991,827</td> +<td class="tdr bt">32,065</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,048,905</td> +<td class="tdr bt">38,457</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,166,539</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_445">[445]</span><a id="c10app2"></a>APPENDIX II</h3> + +<p class="sch1">THE CAMEROONS—EXPORTS OF BUILDING AND OTHER USEFUL +TIMBERS ACCORDING TO PORT OF SHIPMENT</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t445"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Kind of Timber.</th> +<th colspan="2">Rio del Rey.*</th> +<th colspan="2">Victoria.*</th> +<th colspan="2">Nsanakang.*</th> +<th colspan="2">Duala.</th> +<th colspan="2">Kampo.</th> +<th colspan="2">Koibi.</th> +<th colspan="2">Uroko.</th> +<th colspan="2">Total.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span><br> +Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span><br> +Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span><br> +Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span><br> +Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span><br> +Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value,<br> +£.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Abochia</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">40</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +<td class="tdr">40</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Arajon, Mahogany, Entandrophragma</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">100</td> +<td class="tdr">500</td> +<td class="tdr">100</td> +<td class="tdr">500</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Afzelia, <i>Afzelia Africana</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdr">32</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdr">32</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td rowspan="2" class="tdl hang1 bdless-right">Pear-tree (Orella), +Adja-tree, Njabi, <i>Mimusops Djave</i></td> +<td rowspan="2" class="tdc width-brace1"><span class= +"br-large">}</span> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">62</td> +<td class="tdr">54</td> +<td class="tdr">62</td> +<td class="tdr">54</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">24</td> +<td class="tdr">74</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">240</td> +<td class="tdr">137</td> +<td class="tdr">264</td> +<td class="tdr">212</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Cotton-tree, <i>Bombax ceiba</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdr">14</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Bilinga</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">53</td> +<td class="tdr">149</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">53</td> +<td class="tdr">149</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Bongossi, <i>Lophira alata</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">700</td> +<td class="tdr">18,144</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">700</td> +<td class="tdr">1,814</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Bimbwa, <i>Irvingia Barteri</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><i>Chlorophora excelsa</i> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">16</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">16</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Ebony, <i>Diospyros sp.</i></td> +<td class="tdr">14</td> +<td class="tdr">41</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">205</td> +<td class="tdr">530</td> +<td class="tdr">1,503</td> +<td class="tdr">13,308</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">29</td> +<td class="tdr">110</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1,753</td> +<td class="tdr">13,994</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Mahogany, Meliaceæ</td> +<td class="tdr">11</td> +<td class="tdr">44</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">6,672</td> +<td class="tdr">18,485</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">90</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">156</td> +<td class="tdr">275</td> +<td class="tdr">6,845</td> +<td class="tdr">18,900</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Mbang, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1,426</td> +<td class="tdr">3,114</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">1,431</td> +<td class="tdr">3,116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Momangi, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">27</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">27</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">African Walnut, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">897</td> +<td class="tdr">684</td> +<td class="tdr">899</td> +<td class="tdr">685</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2"><i>Okoumea Klaineana</i> +</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">10,992</td> +<td class="tdr">6,832</td> +<td class="tdr">10,992</td> +<td class="tdr">6,832</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Odiki</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">24</td> +<td class="tdr">16</td> +<td class="tdr">24</td> +<td class="tdr">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Olim</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Olong</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">9</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Owango</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Palmwood</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Poana-Poana</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Redwood, <i>Pterocarpus sp.</i></td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">59</td> +<td class="tdr">232</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">76</td> +<td class="tdr">260</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Soppo</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">18</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">18</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Satinwood</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">33</td> +<td class="tdr">21</td> +<td class="tdr">33</td> +<td class="tdr">21</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Misc. parcels of wood</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Terminalia (Mukonja of Duala)</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">25</td> +<td class="tdr">176</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">25</td> +<td class="tdr">176</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2">Zimingela, <i>Terminalia superba +Combretaceæ</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">264</td> +<td class="tdr">145</td> +<td class="tdr">264</td> +<td class="tdr">145</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td colspan="2" class="pad2 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bt">27</td> +<td class="tdr bt">88</td> +<td class="tdr bt">5</td> +<td class="tdr bt">37</td> +<td class="tdr bt">205</td> +<td class="tdr bt">530</td> +<td class="tdr bt">10,503</td> +<td class="tdr bt">53,763</td> +<td class="tdr bt">3</td> +<td class="tdr bt">107</td> +<td class="tdr bt">29</td> +<td class="tdr bt">110</td> +<td class="tdr bt">12,877</td> +<td class="tdr bt">8,728</td> +<td class="tdr bt">23,651</td> +<td class="tdr bt">47,033</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="footnotes"> +<div class="footnote"> +<p>* These ports are in the English portion of the country.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<h3 class="pb"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_446">[446]</span><a id="c10app3"></a>APPENDIX III</h3> + +<p class="sch1">THE CAMEROONS—EXPORTS OF TIMBER ACCORDING TO +DESTINATION, 1913</p> + +<table class="borders xwide" id="t446"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2">Kind of Timber.</th> +<th colspan="2">Germany.</th> +<th colspan="2">England.</th> +<th colspan="2">France.</th> +<th colspan="2">Holland.</th> +<th colspan="2">America.</th> +<th colspan="2">Belgium.</th> +<th colspan="2">Total.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +<th><span title="Quantity">Qty,</span> Tons.</th> +<th>Value, £.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Abochia</td> +<td class="tdr">40</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">40</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Arajon</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">100</td> +<td class="tdr">500</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">100</td> +<td class="tdr">500</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Afzelia, <i>Afzelia Africana</i></td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdr">32</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdr">32</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Pear-tree (Orella), <i>Mimusops Djave</i></td> +<td class="tdr">300</td> +<td class="tdr">225</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">26</td> +<td class="tdr">40</td> +<td class="tdr">327</td> +<td class="tdr">266</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Cotton-tree, Ceiba and Bombax</td> +<td class="tdr">14</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">14</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Bilinga</td> +<td class="tdr">53</td> +<td class="tdr">149</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">53</td> +<td class="tdr">149</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Bongossi, <i>Lophira alata</i></td> +<td class="tdr">600</td> +<td class="tdr">1,580</td> +<td class="tdr">100</td> +<td class="tdr">234</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">700</td> +<td class="tdr">1,814</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Bimbwa, <i>Irvingia Barteri</i></td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ebony, <i>Diospyros sp.</i></td> +<td class="tdr">135</td> +<td class="tdr">11,402</td> +<td class="tdr">397</td> +<td class="tdr">2,592</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1,753</td> +<td class="tdr">13,994</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Mahogany, Meliaceæ</td> +<td class="tdr">4,153</td> +<td class="tdr">12,259</td> +<td class="tdr">2,622</td> +<td class="tdr">6,291</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdr">17</td> +<td class="tdr">57</td> +<td class="tdr">331</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">6,845</td> +<td class="tdr">18,900</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Mbang, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i></td> +<td class="tdr">1,428</td> +<td class="tdr">3,103</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1,431</td> +<td class="tdr">3,116</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Momangi, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">27</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">27</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>African Walnut?</td> +<td class="tdr">545</td> +<td class="tdr">472</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">21</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +<td class="tdr">152</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">180</td> +<td class="tdr">180</td> +<td class="tdr">899</td> +<td class="tdr">685</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Okumme, Gaboon Mahogany, <i>Okumea Klaineana</i></td> +<td class="tdr">8,847</td> +<td class="tdr">4,881</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">690</td> +<td class="tdr">526</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">513</td> +<td class="tdr">1,199</td> +<td class="tdr">941</td> +<td class="tdr">236</td> +<td class="tdr">10,991</td> +<td class="tdr">6,842</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Odiki</td> +<td class="tdr">24</td> +<td class="tdr">16</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">24</td> +<td class="tdr">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Olina</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">12</td> +<td class="tdr">5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Olong</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">9</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">10</td> +<td class="tdr">9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Owango</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdr">6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Palmwood</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Poana-Poana</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>African Lignumvitæ</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Redwood, Pterocarpus</td> +<td class="tdr">76</td> +<td class="tdr">260</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">76</td> +<td class="tdr">260</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Soppo</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">18</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">18</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Satinwood</td> +<td class="tdr">24</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdr">13</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">33</td> +<td class="tdr">21</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Terminalia</td> +<td class="tdr">25</td> +<td class="tdr">176</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">25</td> +<td class="tdr">176</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Choraschora, <i>Chlorophora excelsa</i></td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">1</td> +<td class="tdr">20</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Zimengela, <i>Terminalia superba Combretaceæ</i></td> +<td class="tdr">157</td> +<td class="tdr">127</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">2</td> +<td class="tdr">54</td> +<td class="tdr">7</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdr">50</td> +<td class="tdr">8</td> +<td class="tdr">263</td> +<td class="tdr">144</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad2 sc bt">Totals</td> +<td class="tdr bt">17,716</td> +<td class="tdr bt">34,815</td> +<td class="tdr bt">3,123</td> +<td class="tdr bt">9,131</td> +<td class="tdr bt">834</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,069</td> +<td class="tdr bt">264</td> +<td class="tdr bt">351</td> +<td class="tdr bt">513</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,199</td> +<td class="tdr bt">1,200</td> +<td class="tdr bt"><span class="msg" title="sic">66</span> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">23,651</td> +<td class="tdr bt">47,033</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i099" class="iw4"><a href="images/fig099.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig099.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 99.—<span class= +"bold">The temporary Wooden Bridge over the Imo, on the Eastern +Division, Nigerian Railway. Note, only native, locally grown timber +used in its construction.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i100" class="iw15"><a href= +"images/fig100.jpg"><img src='images/fig100.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 100.—<span class= +"bold">Medium-sized African Pearwood (Mimusops Djave) standing in +the middle of the road outside Degema Station, on the road to +Illimema, since felled, and logs sold in England.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i101" class="iw15"><a href= +"images/fig101.jpg"><img src='images/fig101.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 101.—<span class= +"bold">Inoi Tree (Poga oleosa) standing at the edge of the Degema +Station grounds.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 446.</p> +</div> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_447">[447]</span><a id= +"c11"></a>CHAPTER XI</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE OIL BEANS, SEEDS AND NUTS OF THE FOREST</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">In</span> a separate chapter the +Oil Palm and its produce are more fully considered, so that we give +here a detailed account of the other important Oil Seeds and Nuts. +Oil-bearing nuts and seeds are usually found in great profusion in +the Tropics, and West Africa is no exception to the rule.</p> + +<p>Amongst the botanical families in which the plants yield +oil-seeds or nuts are the Palmæ, Leguminosæ, Euphorbiaceæ, +Ochnaceæ, Sapotaceæ, Rhizophoraceæ, Meliaceæ and Guttiferæ. As far +as the Protectorates of Nigeria and Sierra Leone are concerned, the +“Oil Bean” (<i>Pentaclethra macrophylla</i>) is one of the most +important. According to the data in the Niger district, oil beans +have been bought for some ten years from the natives. They are also +known as Owala beans. The natives prefer a price of 1s. per case, +but the minimum of 6d. and the maximum of 9d. per case was about +the limit for the nuts in pre-war days. Even then only a small +profit was made by the European merchant at the prices then ruling +for the nuts in England. With the much greater, almost universal +demand for all kinds of oil-nuts and seeds, it is probable that +higher prices will be paid for these nuts now that the war is over, +provided a reasonable charge for freight can be arranged. The +natives themselves say that the nuts should be cooked for twelve +hours to be good for eating. There are six or seven beans in each +pod.</p> + +<p>Now that many roadsides in the Owerri province and other +districts have been planted with Oil-bean trees as a shade tree, +there will be a continual supply of nuts each year. The tree starts +bearing in the tenth year, and almost every year bears a fair crop. +An example of one of these avenues is seen on the Ikpoba Road, just +outside Benin City. The pods are used as a firewood, which makes a +hot, rapid fire. In Sierra Leone they are known as Fai beans. The +beans are large and flattened, covered with a hard brown seed-coat. +They may be from one and a half to two and three-quarter inches in +length, and from one to one and three-quarter inches in breadth, +and one-third to nearly half an inch in thickness. The kernels are +white and soft and contain a quantity of oil.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_448">[448]</span>According to the +very valuable investigations of the Imperial Institute:</p> + +<ul class="simple3"> +<li>The proportion of hard seed-coat (by weight), 20·7 per +cent.</li> + +<li>The proportion of kernel in bean (by weight), 79·3 per +cent.</li> + +<li>The amount of oil contained in the whole, 31·2 per cent.</li> + +<li>The amount of oil contained in the kernels, 39 per cent.</li> +</ul> + +<p>When the oil is left to stand it deposits a quantity of solid +fat. On trial, the oil was found to yield rather a soft soap, and +was stated to be worth only about £21 per ton. The cold-pressed oil +was of a golden yellow colour, and the hot-drawn oil a dull yellow +and rather thick. From analysis it was found that the meal was very +nutritious, containing over 39 per cent. of proteids, and if it +could be used as a feeding-cake it would be worth from £5 to £5 +10s. per ton (pre-war rates).</p> + +<p>The constants of the oil from the Southern Nigerian seeds +are:</p> + +<table class="tabw30" id="t448a"> +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="width4">87·07</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td>14·3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="no-wrap">50·15° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The composition of the meal after extraction of the oil is as +follows:</p> + +<table class="tabw30" id="t448b"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th class="width4">Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Moisture</td> +<td>12·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ash</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>3·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Proteins</td> +<td>34·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fibre</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>6·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Sugar (dextrose)</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>6·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Carbohydrates (other than sugar)</td> +<td>33·7</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The oil on analysis gave the following results:</p> + +<table class="tabw30" id="t448c"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 15·5° C. (60° F.)</td> +<td class="width4"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9194</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>184·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Free fatty acids, per cent.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·7</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Analysis of pressed cake:</p> + +<table class="tabw30" id="t448d"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th class="width4">Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Oil</td> +<td>12·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Moisture</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>9·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Crude proteins</td> +<td>33·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Carbohydrates</td> +<td>34·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fibre</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>5·7</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ash</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>4·5</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The oil would make a first-class edible oil. The value of the +beans is stated to be about £6 per ton c.i.f. London, August +1909,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_449">[449]</span> and subject +to being shipped in lots of fifty to one hundred tons at a time. No +regular plantations have been made with this tree, but it is +probable that with cultivation an earlier and quicker yield of nuts +could be obtained, also with further grafting and seed selecting +the thickness of the shell over the kernel could be considerably +reduced, and also the thickness of the pod, and thus make the +product more valuable in proportion to its size. A small tree will +bear half to one bushel of beans, and a large tree will bear two. +On the smaller and younger trees the pods are narrower and shorter +than on the older trees, and the beans are much smaller, being only +about half the size and a third of the bulk of those from +fully-grown trees. The pods, which also contain a certain amount of +oil, are not to be despised as a source of fuel, especially as time +goes on and the population increases.</p> + +<p>In this place also should be considered the beans of <i>Xylia +Evansii</i>. This is also a Leguminous tree. The natives apparently +have no use for the small, flattened round beans, which are about +half to three-quarters of an inch in diameter and an eighth of an +inch thick, and sometimes less. The beans have not been collected +or sold, neither have they been examined chemically as to their oil +or other content.</p> + +<p>Another oil-bean-bearing tree of this family is <i>Berlinia +acuminata</i>, which has large beans rather more than an inch and a +half long, an inch broad, and a third of an inch thick. Further +examination would show whether the oil content is such as to +justify their commercial exploitation. The Benin name is Ekpagoi +and Yoruba Apado.</p> + +<p>Closely allied to this one is <i>Macrolobium palisoti</i>, the +Ogaba of the Benis, which also yields a flat, almost square-shaped +bean, nearly an inch in length and an inch in width. The exact oil +content of this bean is unknown.</p> + +<p>The beans of <i>Cynometra Afzelii</i> and <i>Cynometra +Mannii</i> are much larger and stouter, but also contain a certain +amount of oil of unknown value. The Benin name is Upakeka and +Yoruba Eggi or Ekku.</p> + +<p>Then we have the small, almost black, button-like beans of +<i>Brachystegia spicæformis</i>, which, despite their large +quantity, have remained uncollected and unused. A proper chemical +examination would reveal the oil or other content of the beans. The +Benin name is Okwan and the Yoruba Ako.</p> + +<p>Still considering this same family of plants, the Leguminoseæ, +there are the brown beans of <i>Erythrophlœum Guineense</i> and +<i>E. micranthum</i>. These are of a brown colour, about half an +inch long, one-third of an inch wide, and an eighth of an inch +thick, and of a more or less round shape. Here, again, further +investigation would reveal the oil content of these beans. The +Yoruba name is Oginni or Inyi and Yoruba Erunor Obo.</p> + +<p>It is also not known whether the nuts of the various +Afzelias,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_450">[450]</span> known as +Apa by the Yorubas and Aligna by the Benis, contain a valuable oil +or other commercial product.</p> + +<p>It has been stated that the beans and pods of <i>Pithecolobium +altissimum</i> have been used as a kind of “Dividivi” for tanning +leather, but further experiment with these would prove or disprove +the point.</p> + +<p>Finally, there is the Calabar bean or Eseri bean, <i>Physostigma +venenosum</i>. It is known to the Efiks as Eseri. The deep furrow +on the upper side of the bean is most typical of it, and +differentiates it thus from the various Mucuna species. It contains +two alkaloids, Calabarine and Eserine. These beans are +comparatively well known. Besides being used locally as a medicine +and for witchcraft, they are collected and sold for export. The +bean used in games, <i>Mucuna urens</i>, has yet to be examined as +to its value.</p> + +<p>Amongst the other important families containing nut-bearing +trees are the Rhizophoraceæ. The Inoy nut, <i>Poga oleosa</i>, is +obtained from a common tree in the Owerri and Calabar provinces of +Nigeria. The local people of the Oban and Calabar districts are +very fond of the nut, and leave the tree standing when making their +farms. The nuts sell in the Calabar market at the rate of 250 for +3d. They were examined in England and favourably reported on by the +Imperial Institute in June 1905. The hard shell is against their +general use, as it is so particularly tough and hard to crack. The +shell on the nut itself is about one-fifteenth of an inch thick. +The kernel is soft, white, and very oily. It has a better flavour +than even the Brazil nut, and is pale-yellow in colour. The kernels +were valued in May 1906 at from £9 to £10 in England. They contain +about 60·8 per cent. of oil, which showed the following constants +according to the investigations of the Imperial Institute:</p> + +<table class="tabw30" id="t450a"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity of 15° C.</td> +<td class="width4"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·896</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>184·49</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>89·75</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>93·00</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>1·45</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>39·7</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>22° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>After extraction of the oil the meal gave the following +result:</p> + +<table class="tabw30" id="t450b"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th class="width10"><span class="med">Expressed on Dry +Material.<br> +Per cent.</span> +</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Proteins</td> +<td class="pad3">41·51</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Sugars, reducing</td> +<td class="pad3"><span class="padnum">0</span>1·32</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span class="word-spaced6"> „ </span> non-reducing +(sucrose)</td> +<td class="pad3"><span class="padnum">0</span>2·50</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Other carbohydrates</td> +<td class="pad3">36·92</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Crude fibre</td> +<td class="pad3"><span class="padnum">0</span>9·00</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ash</td> +<td class="pad3"><span class="padnum">0</span>8·75</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_451">[451]</span>“Inoy” kernels +would yield a nutritious cake for feeding cattle.</p> + +<p>Thus far no use has been found for the round small, pear-shaped, +nut-like fruits of the Red Mangrove, <i>Rhizophora racemosa</i>. +Considering the large quantity found floating about in the creeks +and rivers, further investigation seems warranted.</p> + +<p>In the Euphorbiaceæ family the Nsa-sana (Efik) or Okkwen nuts of +the Benis have been found to contain 45·2 per cent. of oil by the +Imperial Institute.<a id="FNanchor_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17" +class="fnanchor">[17]</a> This nut is obtained from +<i>Ricinodendron Africana</i> and <i>R. Rautenii</i>, and is known +to the Yorubas as Erimado. In each fruit there are two, three, or +even four nuts. The flesh of the fruit soon dries or rots away, +leaving the uncracked nuts among the debris. The shell of these is +hard and thick, and the inside a bright white colour. In some +experiments carried out on a comparatively large scale at the end +of 1907 and at the beginning of 1908, in Benin, it was found that +more than half the kernels were broken in the cracking of the nut. +However, in the Cameroons, where the nuts are used for alimentary +purposes, they are boiled for a short time, and then it is possible +to crack them quite easily without damaging the kernel inside. +Further experiments at Benin showed that six boxes (gin cases) of +green fruit yield one box of nuts containing actually 7,528, which +weigh 35 lb. 4 oz. One box of fruit contains 418 seeds and yields +720 nuts. An average of 7,419 seeds is contained in each box, 155 +nuts weighing 1 lb. Each fruit contains on the average two and +one-ninth seeds. On the average 9d. per box was paid for fruit, and +1s. per box for uncracked nuts. Twenty boys cleaned and got ready +2½ boxes of uncracked nuts per day at the cost of 5s. Paying at the +rate of 1s. a case for the uncracked nuts, the cost would be £17 +per ton. However, with regular quantities being brought in, no +doubt this cost could be reduced. In a similar way, if the nuts +were boiled in quantity and immediately cracked, the kernels would +be got out at a cheaper rate. The native working for himself, as +with the palm nuts, would turn out greater quantities in a shorter +time.</p> + +<p>The yield of the oil pressed from the kernels was 47 per cent., +or 14 per cent. on the whole nut. It is light yellow in colour and +has a pleasant taste, very much like that of the ground nut. The +chemical examination showed a resemblance to Tsung oil (Chinese +wood oil). It possesses the same property of drying on exposure to +air under ordinary atmospheric pressure. The oil could be used for +similar purposes, or for the making of soft soap, and would be +worth from about £18 to £20 per ton for this purpose, and it +appears that the oil would have a ready sale in England, and have a +value, equal to linseed oil, of about £21 per ton. According to the +investigations<span class="pagenum" id="Page_452">[452]</span> at +the Imperial Institute, the analysis of Nsa-sana kernels and Tsung +oil showed:</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t452"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Oil from Nsa-sana<br> +Kernels.</th> +<th class="pad1">Commercial Tsung Oil.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity</td> +<td class="tdc">0·9320 (at 20° C.)</td> +<td class="tdc pad1">0·933-0·942 (at 15·5° C.)</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="padl3">191·6</td> +<td class="tdc">190-197</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="padl3">147·7</td> +<td class="tdc">149-165</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td class="padl3plus">95·2</td> +<td class="tdc">96·3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="padl3plus">35·7° C.</td> +<td class="tdc">37·1-37·2° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Despite the large quantities of nuts available, especially in +the Abeokuta, Benin and Calabar provinces, the difficulty of +cracking the nuts satisfactorily and buying them cheap enough has +so far precluded an export trade from being built up. Owing to the +low percentage of oil in the whole nut it is evident that it would +not pay to ship the uncracked nuts. So far no plantations have been +made with this tree, but it comes up very readily and plentifully +in old abandoned farms of the mixed forest zone. In open +localities, with plenty of light, the tree begins to bear between +the seventh and tenth year, and almost each year there is a large +crop of fruit. From larger trees the yield appears to be over one +bushel of nuts per tree per annum.</p> + +<p>The curious nut-like fruits of Ubellu, Benin, supposed to be a +species of Microdesmis, have not been examined as to their oil or +other content. Soon after falling to the ground they break up into +a white putty-like substance, which has a very peculiar, almost +sulphurous, smell, and sometimes rather phosphoric. The nuts are +spherical and rather more than half an inch in diameter. The tree +is found chiefly in Benin, also in the Abeokuta and Calabar +provinces.</p> + +<p>Among the Euphorbiaceæ is the creeper, <i>Manniphyton sp.</i>, +known as Okwe to the Benis. The spherically shaped fruit with four +raised ribs on its surface is cut open and contains one large round +nut. It is about one inch in diameter. This is boiled for a few +hours and is then edible, after the thin dark-brown husk has been +removed. It can be peeled off with the fingers. The nut has a +pleasant mealy taste and is very satisfying. Further examination +would show whether it contains a valuable oil, and in what +quantity. So far it has not been cultivated.</p> + +<p>Of the Cucurbitaceæ, the seeds of <i>Citrullus vulgaris</i>, +known as Ikpan by the Efiks or Egusi bara by the Yorubas, have been +examined at the Imperial Institute<a id="FNanchor_18"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a> and found to contain from +40 to 41 per cent. of a pale-yellow oil. It is a common plant in +the more open farms of the forest and does not demand a very high +rainfall—45<span class="pagenum" id="Page_453">[453]</span> inches. +The natives use the kernels, after they have removed the hard skin, +for making soup. It makes an excellent dish with rather a sweet +taste. According to the investigations of the Imperial +Institute<a id="FNanchor_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19" class= +"fnanchor">[19]</a> an analysis of the oil gave the following +results:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t453a"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 15° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9184</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>5·5<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>194·0<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td>106·0<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>95·5<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>36·0° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The oil could be used for soap-making, and was valued at £29 per +ton.</p> + +<p>In the family Moringeæ there is <i>Moringa pterygosperma</i>, +the Ben oil-seed tree. It is a common tree of the upper part of the +Oyo, Benin and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. It is also found in +Borgu and other of the Northern Provinces. On examination by the +Imperial Institute the kernels were found to contain 38 per cent. +of oil, pale-yellow in colour and of a pleasant taste. The kernel +is difficult to extract. At the Imperial Institute<a id= +"FNanchor_19b"></a><a href="#Footnote_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a> +the analysis showed:</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t453b"> +<tr> +<th rowspan="2"> +</th> +<th colspan="2">No. 1 from<br> +Extracted Oil.</th> +<th colspan="2">No. 2 from<br> +Decorticated Seed.</th> +<th>No. 3 from<br> +Undecorticated<br> +Seed.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<th>Liquid.</th> +<th>Solid.</th> +<th>Cold Pressed.</th> +<th>Hot Pressed.</th> +<th>Hot Pressed.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 15/15° C.</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·914</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·902</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·898</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·913</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>15·3<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>49·7<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">100·5<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>2·3<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="tdc">189·2<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">194·4</td> +<td class="tdc">179·2<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">178·7<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">186·0<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>70·7<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>68·3</td> +<td class="tdc">100·3<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>88·0<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>67·7<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·67<span class= +"padnum">0</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>2·69<span class= +"padnum">0</span></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class= +"sc">Composition of Cake from Ben Seeds</span>.</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t453c"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th colspan="2">No. 2,<br> +Decorticated.</th> +<th>No. 3<br> +Undecorticated.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td colspan="2">Per cent.</td> +<td class="tdc">Per cent.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Moisture</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right"><span class="padnum">0</span>5·96</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>7·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Albuminoids</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right">24·12</td> +<td rowspan="2" class="width-brace1"><span class= +"br-large">}</span> +</td> +<td rowspan="2" class="tdc">30·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Other nitrogenous substances</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right">34·81</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fat</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right">11·27</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">14·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fibre</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·32</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">21·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ash</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right"><span class="padnum">0</span>5·66</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>4·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Other non-nitrogenous substances</td> +<td class="tdc bdless-right">13·86</td> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc">20·9</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>From the Simarubeæ there is <i>Balanites Ægyptica</i>, Betu +oil-tree of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria. Although it yields +58·7 per cent.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_454">[454]</span> of +oil, the exploitation of it is almost impossible, owing to the +difficulties in removing the husk, the external sugary pulp, and +then the thick fibrous shell under the pulp. At the Imperial +Institute,<a id="FNanchor_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20" class= +"fnanchor">[20]</a> Betu oil on analysis showed:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t454a"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·919</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>5·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>196·7</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>92·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>92·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="pad2">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>34·6° C. (approx.)</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The oil is a mixture; the results of analysis are as +follows:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t454b"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Olein</td> +<td class="tdc">33</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Linolein</td> +<td class="tdc">33</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Stearin and palmitin</td> +<td class="tdc">34</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The family of Simarubeæ also contains the trees <i>Irvingia +Barteri</i> and <i>I. Smithii</i>. These yield the Dika nut, or, as +it is sometimes called, Gaboon chocolate. The sun-dried kernels +keep in a perfectly good condition for some time. According to the +investigation of the Imperial Institute<a id= +"FNanchor_20b"></a><a href="#Footnote_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> +the kernel contains about 43·5 of “Dika fat.” It would be useful +either for soap or for candle making, and be worth from £25 to £27 +per ton, and the Dika kernels are valued at from £10 to £12 per +ton. Locally, however, they are often worth as much as this, but no +doubt increased production would mean a reduction in price. So far +the tree has only been planted in isolated instances, and otherwise +is a forest tree which has been protected by the native for the +value of its fruit. The decortication usually takes place near the +tree, or in an open place where the nuts are split in half with a +sharp matchet, which releases the kernel in the centre, and though +often cut in half by this method, it apparently does not mean a +large loss of oil to the kernel. According to the analysis of the +Imperial Institute<a id="FNanchor_20c"></a><a href="#Footnote_20" +class="fnanchor">[20]</a> the kernel showed:</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t454c"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Sample No. 1.</th> +<th>Sample No. 2.</th> +<th>Sample No. 3.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Yield of fat (on kernels) per cent.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>54·3</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>60·1<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>66·3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15° C.</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·863</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>6·6</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>12·6<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="pad1">244·5</td> +<td class="tdc">250·0<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="pad1">243·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>5·2</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">00</span>3·3<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>4·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·7</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>34·8° C.</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Melting-point of fat</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>39·2°C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_455">[455]</span>Apparently an +oil seed, probably Philiodiscus, a member of the Sapindaceæ family, +has been examined at the Imperial Institute and has been found to +contain a non-drying oil, which was free from taste and smell. It +should, therefore, be of value for eating or for making a white +soap.</p> + +<p>Sapotaceæ, <i>Butyrospermum Parkii</i>.—In recent years larger +quantities of Shea nuts, which are the product of this tree, have +been exported from West Africa, especially Nigeria, as also Shea +butter, which is manufactured locally from the nuts. In the +varieties Tengba and Bomo the quantity varied from “54·5 per cent. +to 48 per cent.,” and these were obtained from the Southern +Provinces of Nigeria. In the two varieties exported from the +Northern Provinces, those known as Eko showed a length of nut +varying from 1·5 to 2·5 inches, and the Giddouchi variety 1·4 +inches long. Owing to the wide prevalence of this tree much larger +quantities could be exported, but many of the forests containing it +are situated far away from means of transport, and no very suitable +method has yet been found of manufacturing the butter on a big +scale locally. At present it is made by certain women who know the +process, which takes nearly three days to complete. According to +the Imperial Institute the results of the analysis of Shea butter +are:<a id="FNanchor_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21" class= +"fnanchor">[21]</a></p> + +<table class="borders" id="t455"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>From Lagos.</th> +<th>Fat from<br> +Untreated<br> +Kernels.</th> +<th>Fat from<br> +Kiln-dried<br> +Kernels.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15·5° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·862</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>18·0<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>33·9</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>26·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="pad1">179·0<span class="padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">181·2</td> +<td class="tdc">180·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>58·7<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>59·4</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>55·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>96·5<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·7<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>52·0° C.</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="nind">The fat obtained from the Northern Provinces and +the Gold Coast shows very similar contents.</p> + +<p><i>Mimusops, sp. Djave?</i>.—The nuts of this species closely +resemble those of the Shea Butter Tree. The nuts are a light-brown +colour, about two inches long, and one to one and a half inches in +diameter, with roundly pointed ends. Rather more than half the +surface of the nut is smooth and shiny, and the other half is rough +and dull, and the whole of it is very hard. When dry it is, +however, comparatively easily separated from the kernel. The fresh +kernels are cream-coloured. According to the Imperial +Institute<a id="FNanchor_21b"></a><a href="#Footnote_21" class= +"fnanchor">[21]</a> the yield of fat extracted by solvents is 60·2 +per cent., or 37·7 per cent. from the<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_456">[456]</span> whole nut. The fat is solid at ordinary +temperatures. In 1913 some of these nuts were shipped from the +Cross River and were valued in Liverpool as Shea nuts, only at a +rather lesser rate. According to the Imperial Institute the +analysis showed:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t456a"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15·5° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·860</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>25·3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>187·6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>56·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>95·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="pad1">Nil</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>2·6 approx.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>47·8° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><i>Dumoria Heckeli?</i> (Baco or Abaku).—Although the Gold Coast +name is given, these nuts are also found in the Oban forest. The +nuts are large, considerably longer than those of Mimusops, but +rather thinner. They are of a pale-brown colour, with a thick, +hard, woody shell, most of which is smooth and shiny, only one +small part of the surface being rough and forming almost a nodule. +According to the Imperial Institute<a id="FNanchor_22"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a> analysis of the Gold Coast +samples, the whole nuts contain 21 per cent. of fat or 60·5 per +cent. in the kernels alone. The fat is solid and of a creamy white +colour. The soap-makers reported that it was about equal to +middling quality palm oil. It is also stated that dried kernels in +good condition would be worth £13 per ton. According to the +Imperial Institute<a id="FNanchor_22b"></a><a href="#Footnote_22" +class="fnanchor">[22]</a> analysis the fat showed:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t456b"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15·5° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·855</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>34·7</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>188·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>51·3</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>51·2° C.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>1·3</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The small nuts of <i>Mimusops multinervis</i> and <i>M. +lacera</i> have not been examined as to their oil or other content. +The hard nuts of <i>M. lacera</i> appear to contain a fair +proportion of oil.</p> + +<p>In this family, too, are the nuts of <i>Chrysophyllum +Africanum</i> and other species, for which a use has yet not been +found. Finally, there are the numerous and fine seeds of +<i>Omphalocarpum elatum</i>, known as Ikassa by the Benis, which +are probably also oil-bearing.</p> + +<p>The next important family is the Olacaceæ, <i>Heisteria +parvifolia</i>, known as Ikereoha by the Benis. It yields an edible +nut which is white on the exterior and has a black-coloured shell +over the actual<span class="pagenum" id="Page_457">[457]</span> nut +inside. It has not yet been exported or valued. The Benin and other +natives are very fond of eating it.</p> + +<p>Then there is the nut of Ivialegbi (Benin), which is edible and +has a pleasant taste. It is rather smaller than the Gaboon nut, and +its surface is slightly striated from the sharp point of the nut to +the base.</p> + +<p>In this family is found, too, <i>Coula edulis</i>, or the Gaboon +nut. This is chiefly found in the Cameroons, but owing to +similarity in the vegetation it is very probably growing in the +Oban forest of the Anom range. The shell of the nut is very rough, +and the outside is smoother than the inside. The shell can be +cracked comparatively easily with a somewhat powerful blow with a +hammer or axe-handle.</p> + +<p>From the Anonaceæ:</p> + +<ul class="simple3"> +<li><i>Monodora tenuifolia</i>, African Nutmeg.</li> + +<li><i>M. myristica</i>, var. <i>grandis</i>, Calabar Nutmeg.</li> + +<li><i>M. brevipes</i>, Yellow-flowering Nutmeg.</li> +</ul> + +<p class="nind">None of these nutmegs have yet been placed on the +European market. Although they are all much smaller in size than +the nutmeg of commerce, a proper examination would reveal any value +they might possess.</p> + +<p>Although the Myristicaceæ, <i>Pycnanthus Kombo</i>, yield +fat-bearing nuts, they have not been exported to the English +market. The nut is the size of a small oval plum. The outer husk is +hard and thick, but is comparatively easily broken. The inner nut +is covered with a red aril spread out over it, similar to the mace +over the common nutmeg (<i>Myristica fragrans</i>). The kernel is +white inside, with dark rays penetrating it from the outside. The +tree is very prevalent, and yields a large number of nuts. +According to the investigation of the Imperial Institute<a id= +"FNanchor_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a> +“the yield of solid fat was 54 per cent. It has an orange colour +and a bitter taste.” The fat was stated to be suitable for soap and +candle making and the meal as a manure. In Sierra Leone the nuts +were known as Kpoye, and are identical with those known as “Kafu.” +According to the chemical analysis made at the Imperial Institute +the following results were obtained:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t457"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>0·886</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Melting-point</td> +<td>48·5° C.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>235 to 245</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td>21·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td>90·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td>48·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td>45·8° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class="pagenum" +id="Page_458">[458]</span><span class="sc">Analysis of Fat from +Sierra Leone Kombo Seeds</span>.</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t458a"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Fat as Sent.</th> +<th>Fat Extracted<br> +from Kernels at<br> +Imperial Institute.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·887</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·880</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>33·0</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>31·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="pad1">231</td> +<td class="pad1">236</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>67·6</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>59·0</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Of the Meliaceæ there is <i>Carapa Guineensis</i> (<i>C. +procera</i>, D.C.), which yields the Carapa oil. The nuts are +roughly tetrahedral in shape, having a rough reddish-brown shell +enclosing one large kernel covered with a pale-brown papery skin. +Good kernels yield about 57 per cent. of oil by extraction with +solvents and 46·7 per cent. by pressure (27 per cent. on cold and +22 per cent. on heating); it is of a pale-yellow colour and has a +bitter taste. The commercial value of the oil was stated in 1907 to +be £20 10s. per ton according to the valuations made by the +Imperial Institute,<a id="FNanchor_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24" +class="fnanchor">[24]</a> and from the same authority we find the +Carapa cake is of a very low manurial value, and is only stated to +be worth about £2 per ton. Some dark-coloured kernels were bought +in 1909 at £11 5s. per ton, and light kernels at £11 10s. per ton. +According to the Imperial Institute the results were as +follows:</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t458b"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Cold Pressed Oil.</th> +<th>Hot Pressed Oil.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 40° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9179</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9174</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span class="word-spaced8"> „ </span> <span class= +"word-spaced6"> „ </span> 15° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9272</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9327</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="pad1">197·1</td> +<td class="pad1">196·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>75·6</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>71·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>3·5</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>3·1</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·5</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>2·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>35·4° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>36·1° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class= +"sc">Carapa Cake</span>.</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t458c"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Moisture</td> +<td class="tdc">9·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ash</td> +<td class="tdc">5·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Nitrogen</td> +<td class="tdc">2·9</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The ash contained:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t458d"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per cent.<br> +(calculated on Cake).</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Potash, K₂O</td> +<td class="tdc">1·91</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Lime, CaO</td> +<td class="tdc">0·18</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Phosphoric anhydride, P₂O₅</td> +<td class="tdc">0·51</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_459">[459]</span>Apocynaceæ.—Although the seeds of +<i>Funtumia elastica</i> yield oil, it was not favourably reported +on. Perhaps now, with the greater value of all the oil seeds, some +use could be made of it.</p> + +<p>Ebenaceæ, <i>Diospyros Barteri</i>.—This yields the Ebony nut, +which is small, but edible. The Benin natives are very fond of it. +It has not been exported.</p> + +<p><i>Diospyros crassiflora</i> or <i>Diospyros dendo</i> have a +fruit about the size of a large green plum, which contains four +long, thin, almond-like nuts, which have rather a bitter taste. +Although evidently oil-bearing, they have not been properly +examined or tested as to the exact content of oil or other +products.</p> + +<p>Rosaceæ.—Although the <i>Chrysobalanus sp.</i>, or Niko nut, is +comparatively well known, it is by no means fully utilized. Then +there is <i>Parinarium Gabunense</i>, yielding the Mahogany nut, of +uncertain value.</p> + +<p>Anacardiaceæ.—The <i>Anacardium occidentale</i>, yielding the +Cashew nut, is so far only utilized near Lagos, where it is growing +as a garden escape. No proper plantations have yet been made of +this tree.</p> + +<p>Amongst the Palmæ, besides the Oil Palm, we have the Bottle +Toddy or Fan Palm, <i>Borassus flabellifer</i>, yielding three or +four nuts in each fruit. These are oil containing, but of unknown +value. Considering the large areas in all the West African Colonies +where the Fan Palm is found, some use should be made of the large +number of nuts produced.</p> + +<p>Then we have Hyphæne, the Doum Palm, which yields a nut used for +making buttons. Here, again, the large quantities which are found +in Africa ensure a steady amount of produce being placed on the +market, provided a remunerative price is always paid for the nuts. +Finally there is <i>Phœnix dactylifera</i>, the Date Palm. Although +this is more of a fruit than a nut, it is included here, as it is +found in the forest groves of the North. Considering the value of +its produce and the constant demand there is for it, a wide +extension of its area of cultivation is to be recommended.</p> + +<p>Ochnaceæ, <i>Lophira alata</i>.—This is the dwarf Red Ironwood +tree, which yields the “Niam” fat or “Meni” oil. The fruit is +roughly conical, consisting of a reddish-brown fibrous shell, +enclosing one kernel. The kernel is conical in shape, and about +five-eighths of an inch in width. The inside is a pale-yellow +colour. The fruit has two uneven-sized wings, the larger being over +an inch in length and nearly half an inch in width. According to +the Imperial Institute<a id="FNanchor_25"></a><a href= +"#Footnote_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a> the fat is semi-solid and +of a yellowish colour. The kernel contains 31·1 to 43 per cent. of +fat. The fat is suitable for soap-making.</p> + +<p>According to the analysis of the Imperial Institute the results +were as follows: For soap-making it is considered to be of the +same<span class="pagenum" id="Page_460">[460]</span> value as palm +oil, i.e. in November 1911, at Liverpool, £30 to £31 per ton. The +cake obtained from it closely resembled Shea-nut cake and was of a +similar value, i.e. about £3 per ton in Liverpool. The decorticated +kernels, which contained about 40 per cent. of oil, were valued at +about £10 per ton c.i.f. at Liverpool in October 1911. These +kernels should find a ready market in Europe for soap-making, and +the cake to be used as a manure. As the tree is one of the +commonest in the dry-zone forests, ample supplies of the nuts +should be always forthcoming, providing an adequate price to pay +for the cost of production is paid for them.</p> + +<p class="center space-above1"><span class="sc">Table</span> I.</p> + +<p class="center"><em>Yield of Fat.</em> +</p> + +<table class="borders tabw30" id="t460a"> +<colgroup> +<col style="width:37.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +</colgroup> + +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>A.</th> +<th>B.</th> +<th>C.</th> +<th>D.</th> +<th>E.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Product received</td> +<td class="tdc">Fruits</td> +<td class="tdc">Kernels</td> +<td class="tdc">Fruits</td> +<td class="tdc">Kernels</td> +<td class="tdc">Kernels</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Condition of kernels</td> +<td class="tdc">Mostly sound</td> +<td class="tdc">Good</td> +<td class="tdc">Many partly decomposed</td> +<td class="tdc">Good</td> +<td class="tdc">fairly good</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="hang1">Yield of fat (per cent. calculated on weight of +kernels used)</td> +<td class="tdc">31·19</td> +<td class="tdc">43·0</td> +<td class="tdc">39·6</td> +<td class="tdc">41·16</td> +<td class="tdc">41·76</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="center space-above1"><span class="sc">Table</span> +II.</p> + +<p class="center"><em>Constants of Fat.</em> +</p> + +<table class="borders tabw30" id="t460b"> +<colgroup> +<col style="width:37.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +<col style="width:12.5%;"> +</colgroup> + +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>A.</th> +<th>B.</th> +<th>C.</th> +<th>D.</th> +<th>E.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9105</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9044</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9044</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9019</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9016</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>18·54<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>25·9<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>33·2<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>47·5<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>48·0<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>195·6<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +<td>181·5<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +<td>194·6<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +<td>180·7<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +<td>183·3<span class="padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>68·4<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>69·8<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>70·3<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>72·1<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>72·5<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·9<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·8<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·8<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>1·49<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·5<span class= +"padnum">000</span></td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·86<span class= +"padnum">00</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>49·0°C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>47·0° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>47·5° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>48·5° C.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i102" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig102.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig102.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 102.—<span class= +"bold">Oil Palm (Elæis Guineensis), eight years old, in bearing, +showing nine out of the twenty-one bunches of fruit on the +tree.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i103" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig103.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig103.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 103.—<span class= +"bold">Seven-year-old Oil Palm in bearing, rather over-pruned, +showing male inflorescence just below boy’s finger and bunch of +fruit in the middle of the picture.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 460.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p>Closely allied to the above is <i>Lophira procera</i>, the Red +Ironwood Tree, which yields the Kaku or Ebba kernels. The fruit is +usually more sharply conical in shape than that from <i>L. +alata</i>. The fruits are small, owing to the fact that these large +forest trees grow closely amongst others, and the fruits are not so +fully developed or filled out as those of <i>L. alata</i>. <i>L. +alata</i> usually grows in the open freely, or at most only just +touching a neighbouring tree, and thus the fruit has<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_461">[461]</span> ample light for its +development. According to the investigations of the Imperial +Institute, the nuts were found to yield 55·2 per cent. of fat, +which was solid and cream-coloured. Owing to the fact that this is +a larger yield than that obtained from the nuts of <i>L. alata</i>, +the decorticated kernels were valued at £12 per ton c.i.f. +Liverpool. This tree is one of the most prevalent in the evergreen +forests of Nigeria, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone, so that very +considerable amounts of the seeds could be obtained, provided a +remunerative price is paid to cover the cost of production. +According to the analysis made at the Imperial Institute<a id= +"FNanchor_26"></a><a href="#Footnote_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a> +the kernels contain:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t461a"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15·5° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·859</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>11·6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>190</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>60</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·8</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Guttiferæ, <i>Pentadesma Butyracea</i>.—The Tallow Tree. From +this a large number of fat-yielding kernels are obtained from each +fruit. The nuts are irregular tetrahedral shape. The shell is not +very thick and easily broken when the nuts are dry. When fresh the +kernel is lightish-yellow in colour, and the nut is brown. +According to the investigations of the Imperial Institute the fat +obtained is of a pale-yellow colour, and has a pleasant smell and +taste. In smell, in fact, it is very much like Shea butter.</p> + +<p>On analysis it showed:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t461b"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15·5° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>0·859</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>3·6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>190·1</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>41·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>50·7° C.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>95·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td><span class="padnum">00</span>1·7</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="pad1">Nil</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The samples from the Southern Provinces of Nigeria showed rather +a lower saponification and iodine value.</p> + +<p>From its appearance and chemical constants it seems possible +that this fat might be used in the manufacture of edible fats. The +kernels were valued, when in good and dry condition, at from £8 to +£10 per ton in the United Kingdom.</p> + +<p><i>Allanblackia floribunda</i>.—The numerous nuts or kernels +from the large fruits of this tree have not yet been used for any +commercial purpose. They appear to contain an oil. In this family, +too, there<span class="pagenum" id="Page_462">[462]</span> is +<i>Ochrocarpus Africanus</i>, which has the large edible fruit +known as the African Mammee Apple. This also yields large nuts of +an uncertain value, which are apparently oil or fat bearing.</p> + +<p><i>Garcinia conrauna</i>.—The nuts of this, the false or bitter +Cola, besides yielding an edible fruit, are used locally, but +further investigations would show whether they would obtain a +regular market as an export product.</p> + +<p>Polygalaceæ, “Cheyi” seed, <i>Polygala butyracea</i>, Heck.—This +is a common herbaceous plant of West Africa. The seeds yield a +valuable edible fat. They are about a fifth of an inch long and a +tenth of an inch broad. The seeds are of a brownish-black outside +and a greenish-yellow inside. According to the investigations of +the Imperial Institute “the seeds yielded 39·7 per cent. of a soft +yellowish fat. The taste of it was pleasant, and there was no +odour.” According to the Imperial Institute analysis the “Cheyi” +fat showed:</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t462"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Present Sample.</th> +<th>Results previously<br> +Recorded.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Melting-point</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>36° C.</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 100/15·5° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·866</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·24</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>11·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="pad1">251·0</td> +<td class="tdc">253·0</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>52·5</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>49·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>37·85° C.</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>85·6</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>45·6</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>45·5</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>“The edible fat manufacturers stated that ‘Cheyi’ fat was +suitable for their purpose if it could be proved that it did not +contain a poison, and valued the seeds at £13 to £14 per ton. The +oil-seed crushers valued the seeds at £12 per ton in the United +Kingdom.”</p> + +<p>N.O. Bixaceæ, according to Thonner, Flacourtiaceæ, <i>Oncoba +echinata</i>, Oliver.—This tree bears a large number of seeds, +which are known as “Gorli” seeds. The seeds are long and +irregularly shaped, and vary from a quarter to three-eighths of an +inch long, and from one-eighth to three-sixteenths of an inch +broad. The stiff husk is brown in colour. The seeds without husks +are white, waxy and soft. According to the Imperial Institute +investigations the seeds contain 46·6 of fat, which is hard, white +and crystalline. Although the soap made from it was satisfactory, +it did not lose the very peculiar odour which the fat has. The cake +and fat cannot be used as a food because of the large amount of +chaulmoogric acid contained in it, an acid which causes vomiting. +The fat might possibly be of value in candle-making. According to +the Imperial Institute analysis the seeds showed:</p> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class="pagenum" +id="Page_463">[463]</span><span class="sc">Analysis of “Gorli” +Seeds</span>.</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t463a"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Sample I.</th> +<th>Sample II.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdc less">Per cent.</td> +<td class="tdc less">Per cent.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Moisture</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">5·8</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">5·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fat</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">46·6</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">46·6</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Crude proteins</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">17·5</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">18·1</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1">Consisting of—</td> +<td> +</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad2">True proteins</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">11·3</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">10·2</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad2">Other nitrogenous substances</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">6·2</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">7·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Soluble carbohydrates</td> +<td class="tdc">Nil</td> +<td class="tdc">Nil</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Starch, etc.</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">11·8</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">12·1</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Crude fibre</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">15·6</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">14·7</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Ash</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">2·7</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">2·7</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class= +"sc">Analysis of “Gorli” Fat</span>.</p> + +<table class="borders" id="t463b"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>No. I.</th> +<th>No. II.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 15·5° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·898</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>0·896</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Acid value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>4·5</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>22·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td class="pad1">192·4</td> +<td class="pad1">193·9</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>99·7</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>96·8</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>57·8° C.</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>57·8° C.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>96·5</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">0</span>96·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td class="tdc">Nil</td> +<td class="tdc">Nil</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Unsaponifiable matter</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·6</td> +<td class="pad1"><span class="padnum">00</span>1·3</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The nut of Ogbogo, a Benin tree, is as yet unvalued, though it +appears to be an oil-yielding fruit. There is, too, the long +almond-shaped nut of Oktobun. Although it has a somewhat hard +shell, the nut is very large in proportion, and the kernel seems to +be rich in oil. So far no use has been made of it.</p> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_464">[464]</span><a id= +"c12"></a>CHAPTER XII</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE OIL PALM AND PALM KERNEL INDUSTRY</p> + +<p class="nind">1. <span class="sc">Æsthetic Aspect</span>.—A most +familiar sight to everyone visiting a farm in the southern part of +Nigeria is the charming grace of the fronds of the Oil Palm in the +clearings near the house. The long, straight, cylindrical, +undivided stem, crowned by a large tuft of broad green palm leaves, +easily distinguishes the Oil Palm (<i>Elæis Guineensis</i>) from +the Tombo (<i>Raphia vinifera</i>), which has a thinner stem, +clothed from the base to the top with 40-feet long heavy fronds, +the undersides being silvery and the upper part light green. In +certain times of the year huge bunches of yellow grape-like fruits +hang quite 4 feet down from the narrow crown of this tree. It is +most noteworthy that the Tombo Palm is found growing in or near a +swamp, and only occasionally planted as an avenue tree on drier +land, whereas the Oil Palm is usually found in the hard and drier +ground and only occasionally in the swamp. The Oil Palm is much +larger than another Wine Palm, <i>Raphia Hookeri</i>, which is +similar but smaller than <i>Raphia vinifera</i>, the growth being +similar but the seeds smaller.</p> + +<p><i>Raphia Ruffia</i> is a small swamp palm, with practically no +stem, but a large number of long, thin, and somewhat light, +pendulous fronds.</p> + +<p>Most visitors to West Africa are quite familiar with the huge +casks of orange-coloured or yellow oil, which often leaks on to the +deck of the ship, and the peculiar, rather nauseatingly pungent +odour of the “sweating” kernel bags.</p> + +<p>1<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">General Description of the Oil +Palm Tree, Fruit and Nut</span>.—From the railway carriage we can +see numerous groves of Oil Palms, as well as isolated specimens, +almost continuously for the first 60 miles from Lagos, and more +isolated for the next 180 miles. With few exceptions the Oil Palm +is a single stemmed tree, one notable forked tree being seen on the +northern side of the Nigerian Railway, a little more than three +miles before reaching Ibadan. In this case an oil palm nut may have +become embedded in an old leaf stalk sheath and subsequently +sprouted, thus forming a separate tree growing on the other, which +in the course of time has become joined up.</p> + +<p>It will be noticeable that in passing through the heavy forest +near Olokemeji few or no Oil Palms are seen. This forest, however, +is<span class="pagenum" id="Page_465">[465]</span> situated really +within the area of the natural distribution of the Oil Palm. The +Oil Palm, however, needs a good deal of light for its development, +and those trees seen in the heavy forest are very tall, often over +100 feet high, with comparatively short leaves and a small number +of them forming the crown of the tree (see <a href= +"#i102">illustration 102</a>). On the other hand, wherever a +clearing has been made in the forest, for instance near Awowo, the +older Oil Palms are shorter in stem, often being not more than 20 +feet in height. Another instance of this is seen in the farms near +Badagry, where the trees are often only 15 to 20 feet high, and the +stem itself only 10 feet in length. In each of these cases it will +be noticed that the trees are standing quite free, with no +overhanging vegetation. From the first they have been in this +position, and the leaves have had room to spread almost 20 feet all +round, thus giving the tree the maximum amount of moisture and +other food material.</p> + +<p>Amongst these trees, Oil Palm seedlings will be seen to spread +out over the ground almost at once, even when only the secondary +and tertiary leaves have grown. In the forest, however, the leaves +go almost straight up, and only after some years have elapsed +spread more as they dominate, or try to overgrow, other seedling +forest trees.</p> + +<p>2. <span class="sc">Botanical Description of Tree, Fruit, +etc</span>.—An Oil Palm starts male flowers when three years old, +and these are borne one to three years before the female flowers +appear. The male and female flowers are both found on the same +tree, the male above the female in the axils of the leaves. There +are two cycles of leaves younger than the female flower. The Oil +Palm fruit is formed first by the kernel surrounded by shell, then +the fibrous pulp containing the palm oil. The ripe fruit is of a +brilliant brick-red colour, the unripe fruit being always black at +the point and only red near the base, where it is covered by +neighbouring fruits. When ripe they fall from the bunch, and it is +especially noticeable that each bunch of fruit grows out of +alternate leaf axils, alternating also with the whorls or cycles of +growth (<a href="#i060">illustration 60</a>).</p> + +<p>The female flowers are very minute, and in the earlier years +each bunch is rather smaller than a man’s hand. The centre of the +flower is orange, coloured with a bluish tip, and scarcely lasts a +week. On the other hand, the male inflorescence is like a compact +horse’s tail, composed of closely packed pollenated stamens. Owing +to the different years in which the male and female inflorescence +appear, it is probable that cross-fertilization takes place.</p> + +<p>2<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Distribution of the Oil +Palm</span>.—The Oil Palm is found from Sierra Leone to Lake Chad, +down to Ambriz, and eastward to the borders of German East +Africa.</p> + +<p>The Palm Belt, according to Millbourne, is 3,000 miles in +length, and varies from 150 to 300 miles in width.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_466">[466]</span>It is estimated +that there are six or seven million Oil Palms behind Loanda inland, +though this sounds rather exaggerated.</p> + +<p>In Nigeria it is most widely distributed in the Southern +Provinces, and the densest “stands” are found in each of the river +basins wherever the forest has been cleared (see <a href= +"#i103">illustration 103</a>).</p> + +<p>Wherever the dry season is very prolonged and the locality shows +a shallow soil, overlying laterite or rock, the Oil Palm first of +all appears after the forest has been cut down. After a few years +the trees are subject to annual grass-fires, and while still +bearing fruit they begin to fail and scarcely last half the +ordinary period of their life. Localities of that nature are found +in the Afikpo, Onitsha, Ifon, and parts of the Ibadan +districts.</p> + +<p>The Oil Palm is also one of the first trees to appear after the +mangrove swamp and Tombo Palm region is passed in going through the +forest zones from the coast inwards.</p> + +<p>2<em>b</em>. <span class="sc">Varieties of the Oil +Palm</span>.—These, according to Professor O. Beccari, of Florence, +are as follows:</p> + +<ul class="simple3"> +<li><i>Elæis Guineensis</i>.</li> + +<li>Var. <i>albescens</i>. White Oil Palm. Abe-fita or Abe-fufu +(Gold Coast).</li> + +<li><i>Angulosa</i>. Oleporo Eyop (Old Calabar).</li> + +<li><i>Ceredia</i>. Adi-be (Gold Coast).</li> + +<li><i>Communis</i>. Udin (Benin).</li> + +<li><i>Communis forma, dura</i>. Ade-pa (Gold Coast).</li> + +<li><i>Idolatrica</i>. Sacred Palm. Abe-Obene (Gold Coast).</li> + +<li><i>Intermedia</i>.</li> + +<li><i>Macrocarpa</i>.</li> + +<li><i>Macrocarya</i>. Abubube (Gold Coast).</li> + +<li><i>Pisifera</i>.</li> + +<li><i>Repandra</i>. Kessede.</li> + +<li><i>Rostrata</i>. Mbana Oyop (Old Calabar).</li> +</ul> + +<p>The Benin people differentiate the Udin or ordinary palm from +Ogedin or the King Palm on account of its having smaller bunches of +fruit, each fruit being longer and having a softer shell. They also +treat Evirommilla or the Palm of Everlasting Life as a separate +species. The Yorubas, however, consider that there are three +species of Oil Palm.</p> + +<p>According to the German experiments in the Cameroons, the +Lisombe or soft-shell Oil Palm does not come up true to type, +approximately only 5 to 10 per cent. growing to the true variety. +From the locality in which the Lisombe Palm was and is found, it +looks as if the high rainfall (over 300 inches) had really been one +of the main factors in evolving this type of Oil Palm. In fact, +natives who know the ordinary Oil Palm and the soft-shell Oil Palm +say it is rather<span class="pagenum" id="Page_467">[467]</span> a +matter of taste as to which is the better of the two. Apparently it +depends on what commodity the native is dealing in, kernels or oil, +as to whether it pays better to get plenty of oil, and obtain the +kernels more easily from the soft-shelled Oil Palm, or an average +amount of oil and larger kernels obtained with more difficulty from +the ordinary Oil Palm. On the whole, the Lisombe Palm does not seem +to yield on an average more pericarp oil than the ordinary Benin or +Yoruba Oil Palm growing in a farm in the usual moist-zone climate. +Certainly the kernel of the Lisombe Palm is much smaller than the +ordinary Oil Palm. A further point to be considered, too, is that +the bunch of Lisombe Oil Palm fruit is smaller on the average than +the bunch of the ordinary Oil Palm.</p> + +<p>However, it may be noted that the natives of the southern part +of the Ogoja district, especially the Ndeh and Befun people, plant +a species of soft-shelled palm near the villages. Of course, in +this locality the Oil Palm is not found in very large quantities, +and the seeds for these groves were obtained from a good distance +away, probably near the Cross River.</p> + +<p>3. <span class="sc">The Growing of the Oil Palm—Distribution of +Seed by Farmers, Parrots, Monkeys</span>.—In the forest country a +clearing is made some distance away from the village by the native +to make a new farm. In clearing and cutting down the forest, few or +no Oil Palms are met with, so that the farmer’s wife brings palm +fruit or oil to the new farm, in order that they may have palm oil +to eat. Having made the oil, the nuts are put out in the open to +dry, with the intention of their being cracked later on. However, +they lie about some months, and rodents of various kinds, such as +rats and the hyrax (a squirrel-like animal), carry some of these +away into the farm. Some farmers, too, pick up a few and scatter +them over the farm. In the course of a year or two Oil Palm +seedlings appear, where they are left amongst the other vegetation +when the farm is abandoned. In this way, instead of the original +thick forest there is a more or less dense grove of young Oil +Palms. In other places the parrots may bring nuts from the +neighbouring forests or other old farms, and these, falling in the +clearing, also help to make a palm forest.</p> + +<p>The native also, after he has picked the bunches of fruit, puts +them down in some convenient place on the roadside. Some of the +nuts become scattered, which subsequently sprout and form +additional groves of palms, especially where the larger trees near +the roadside fall, or are cut down, thus giving more light to the +young seedlings.</p> + +<p>Again, when the bunch of fruit is ripe on the tree, it is not +often immediately cut off, and many of the ripe nuts thus fall to +the ground. These subsequently grow, forming almost thickets of Oil +Palms, instead<span class="pagenum" id="Page_468">[468]</span> of +the one from which the original seed was obtained. A similar +process takes place on a bigger scale in the more distantly +situated forests, where the natives do not collect the fruit at +all. Here, all the nuts gradually fall off the tree, more or less +forming a circle 10 to 15 feet away from the trunk. If any +clearings take place in these localities, they rapidly appear to +become filled up with Oil Palms, which in reality were already +there as little tiny seedlings amongst the herbs and undergrowth, +ready to make use of any additional light or growing space to +develop fully.</p> + +<p>4. <span class="sc">Fruit-bearing Age of Oil Palm</span>.—Under +these conditions, where the seedling Oil Palms stand only a few +inches, or at the most 4 or 5 feet apart, the growth is very +constricted, with the result that no flowers or fruit appear before +the fifteenth or twentieth year. Each stem is excessively thin, and +tends to grow upwards like an ordinary forest tree, rather than +forming a very short, almost negligible length of stem, but nearly +1 foot in diameter, as is typical of the palm family in the earlier +years of its growth. Contrary to the above, where the Oil Palm +comes up in a more open place the leaves do not tend upwards, but +outwards, arching over with the leaf stalk at an angle of about 45° +to the ground. The leaves themselves, instead of being long and +thin and with a long length of green stalk, soon spread out fully +20 inches on either side of the main stalk, thus giving the plant +more food material and making it grow more quickly. Then, in the +fourth or fifth year, bunches of fruit, each containing from +twenty-five to thirty nuts, are formed out of the female flower. +Each bunch, which is the size of a man’s fist at this age, +increases to nearly 2 feet in length and 1 foot in diameter at +maturity. However, each bunch of fruit, having been formed against +the stem of the palm and in the axil of the leaf stalk, is very +much compressed, especially at the base. As an experiment, when the +fruit is beginning to ripen, the leaf stalk just immediately below +the base of the fruit stalk is removed; gradually then the bunch of +fruit droops a little and develops more fully at the base, owing to +having more space. More light thus reaches the fruit sideways, and +the period of ripening is accelerated by three weeks.</p> + +<p>5. <span class="sc">Oil Palm Plantations and Crops</span>.—As a +result of the greater spreading out of the leaves of the young palm +and the more sessile habit of the stem in the earlier stages of +growth, light penetrates more intensely into the fruit-bearing +axils of the tree, thus increasing the size of each bunch.</p> + +<p>In the Calabar Arboretum, some Oil Palms were cleaned and the +ground thoroughly cultivated in two successive years. In the first +year one tree bore fourteen bunches of fruit, and in the second +year it bore twenty-two bunches. No manure was placed on the +ground, and the soil was distinctly poor and sandy—in fact, the +natives in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_469">[469]</span> the +locality said the land was of no use and could not be used for +farms (see <a href="#i102">illustration 102</a>).</p> + +<p>In another case, in Benin, the Oil Palms, which were first sown +at stake and subsequently transplanted, bore fruit in the fifth +year. Contrary to expectation, the transplanted Oil Palm seedlings +developed the secondary and tertiary leaves within a few months +after the transplanting had taken place, whereas those sown at +stake continued with only two spiky leaves for almost the first +year of their growth. As the tree gets older, the number of bunches +of fruit borne gets less, though each bunch is fully five times the +size of the first fruiting bunches of the fifth year.</p> + +<p>In most districts about five bunches of fruit ripen each year, +and each bunch bears from 1,200 to 2,000 nuts (from the best +trees). It is always noticeable that the palms growing in the open, +free from surrounding trees, produce the finest bunches and the +greatest number of nuts. On this point of the yield of bunches per +annum further investigations are necessary, as it is by no means +proved that an average of five bunches per annum is the maximum +number for a mature Oil Palm.</p> + +<p>In the Togo Plantations (251 acres), it was noticeable that in +the more favourable climate of Atakpame and Bassari the Oil Palm +bore in the fifth year, whereas in the drier climate of Jendi the +trees first bore fruit in the seventh year. In illustration +<a href="#i019">No. 19</a> the amount of growth shows clearly from +year to year, more especially in the difference in the size of the +leaf. The relative shortness of the stem is distinctly seen, +showing up when compared with the natural forest-grown Oil Palms in +<a href="#i020">illustration 20.</a> In addition, there is the Agu +Plantation in Togo. Thus far very few Oil Palm plantations have +been made, those in the Cameroons being the most extensive. +However, these are almost too young, or to some extent mixed up +with the original forest-grown Oil Palms, for conclusive results to +be shown.</p> + +<p>In the Central Circle in 1906 a communal plantation was made at +Okokwo, but the natives have not yet found the necessity of +extending it.</p> + +<p>Between the Kwa and the Akwayefe Rivers, going along the +Akpaboyo Road, the Oil Palms are so evenly distributed that they +almost appear to be one great plantation. However, the locality is +very favourable to the Oil Palm; the original forest has been +largely cut down and the natives have allowed the Oil Palms to +stand wherever they did not hinder farming operations. Owing to the +fact that the Oil Palm has spread, and is spreading, in those parts +of the Southern Provinces of Nigeria and elsewhere where the +rainfall is between 60 and 150 inches per annum, there has thus +far, from the native point of view, been no incentive to plant more +Oil<span class="pagenum" id="Page_470">[470]</span> Palms. In fact, +with the increasing amount of general work going on, combined with +the comparatively high price obtained for palm oil and kernels, +there is less necessity for the native to gather all the palm fruit +that has grown. It has been noticed that the cultivated Oil Palm, +or Oil Palms growing in an open place, only reach about one-quarter +the height of the forest-grown Oil Palms, which attain a height of +over 100 feet (see <a href="#i060">illustrations 60</a>).</p> + +<p>With cultivated trees it is possible in the earlier fruiting +years to stand on the ground and gather the fruit from the palms, +and even in later years only a short ladder is necessary in order +to reach it. It is really on this problem of the height of the +palm-tree that the chief collection of the fruit depends, and also +the total output from the Oil Palm forests. Further investigations +are necessary to decide as to how far it is possible to retard the +height-growth of the Oil Palm for as long as possible, while +accelerating the radial growth, or at any rate increasing the +thickening of the stem. Varying planting distances have been tried, +such as 16 feet 3 inches each way, 17 feet 9 inches in the German +experiments in Togo, but 23 feet each way in the Cameroons. In one +case teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>) had been mixed with it. On the +whole, in ordinarily favourable localities, a planting distance of +24 feet each way appears to be the most suitable. For the first +five to ten years at least agricultural crops could be grown in +between, until the Oil Palms had spread out so as to cover the +ground almost entirely. Few or no experiments have yet been +undertaken in selecting and planting only the biggest nuts of the +most prolific variety, which, according to Mr. Farquhar’s report, +<em>The Oil Palm and its Varieties</em>, is the A-sog-e-jub, which +contains 48 per cent. of pericarp oil.</p> + +<p>It has at any rate been demonstrated by the natives that Oil +Palms which have been tended yield bigger bunches and bear larger +nuts, but only by actual experiments in selected areas or +plantations can it be proved exactly how much more produce is +obtained, and the extra financial yield over and above the +increased cost of cultivation, etc.</p> + +<p>According to various commercial calculations, it has been +estimated that only £1 per ton can be paid for the ripe fruit at +the oil or kernel crushing mill.</p> + +<p>Owing to the comparative wide distance (24 feet) at which the +Oil Palm should be planted, for the first few years it is possible +to plant some catch crops. One of the cheapest ways of forming Oil +Palm plantations would be to take over an area fairly well covered +with self-sown Oil Palms up to 12 or 15 feet in height. After +choosing the best and marking these, the rest should be gradually +thinned out by tapping them for palm wine, which could be sold. A +crop of water-melon, or Egusi bara (<i>Citrullus vulgaris</i>) of +the Yorubas, could be<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_471">[471]</span> planted over two-thirds of the ground +between the Oil Palm plants and trees, leaving sufficient space for +their growth and about equal to the spread of their foliage in each +case. After this crop has been gathered in August or September, a +crop of Awuje (Yoruba name) beans could be planted, which would +again be ready for picking by December. In each case the haulms and +dried leaves of the plants, after the crop is gathered, should be +burnt in small heaps and the ashes scattered over the soil. At the +beginning of the following year the ground could be got ready again +and a crop of maize sown in a similar way, covering a half to +two-thirds of the ground between the plants. This could be followed +by another crop of water-melon, which would act as soil-covering +during the rainy season, and again another crop of beans in the +autumn. In turn this could be followed, after similar treatment as +before, at the beginning of the third year, by a crop of yams +(<i>Dioscorea sp.</i>). Probably owing to the growth of the palms +it would only be possible to have one row down the middle of the +line between the palms. The species of yam should not be too large, +so that the ridges or yam heaps could be heaped up if necessary +with a plough and not by hand, as is usually done. The following +autumn another crop of beans could be planted, and the next year, +if the soil was light and suitable, a crop of ground nuts could be +grown as a double row between the Oil Palms. In the following +autumn a crop of beans could be grown again. In the following year, +the fifth, some of the Oil Palms would be in bearing and yield the +first returns. Bananas could then be planted as a single row +between the lines of Oil Palms and would bear in the following +year, thus supplementing the second yield of oil and kernels. By +these means the whole cost of cultivation should at any rate be +covered by the sale of the produce grown, partially to the +labourers and otherwise outside, for export, and perhaps even a +profit made over and above the cost. In the eleventh or twelfth +year the bananas would be practically or entirely covered by the +Oil Palms, and thus have to be cut down and to some extent +uprooted. Their leaves, however, would form a good mulch for the +soil, and at any rate act as an effective soil-covering, thus +preventing the growth of weeds.</p> + +<p>It is doubtful whether it would be wise to plant bananas right +from the start in even one line, not to speak of two amongst the +Oil Palms, owing to the extraordinary amount of moisture taken from +the ground by the banana. In some cases, on the better soils, they +might be introduced in the third year. Cassava, <i>Manihot +utilissima</i>, is rather too exacting a crop to be suitable for +planting amongst the Oil Palms. It is very liable to impoverish the +soil. Then, too, as far as Nigeria is concerned, it is not a very +paying crop, yielding at the most about 14s. per acre after all +expenses have been paid. In all the above cases we are taking it +for granted that the Oil Palm has<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_472">[472]</span> been planted at, or thinned out to, a +distance of 24 feet between each tree. On the poorer soils the +distance might no doubt be 18 to 20 feet, and on the very best +probably a distance of 30 feet will not be found excessive. Where +lime or other manure is available and comparatively cheap, and in +some cases heaps of humus from the outskirts of villages, it would +pay to put this on the land in the late autumn when the ashes from +the previous crops are being spread on the land. In addition to +these crops, careful surface cultivation round each Oil Palm is +essential, not only to prevent the growth of weeds but also to keep +the aeration of the soil good, prevent the desiccating effects of +the dry season, and accelerate the growth of the Oil Palm. Besides +planting these crops by directly paid labour under European +supervision, using as many modern labour-saving appliances as +possible, parts of a plantation could no doubt be let out at a +nominal rent to the natives, even to some of the labourers, to work +it in their own time, but only planting such crops as would fit in +with the rotation and not lead to the impoverishment of the soil. +Apparently the greatest danger to the tropical soil is to leave it +bare for any length of time. In the rainy season all the mineral +matter and tilth is liable to be washed away, and in the dry season +fissures are formed in it, and if it is at all argillaceous it is +liable to be dried out for a depth of over 2 feet. Constant +covering is thus necessary to ensure the growth of the Oil +Palm.</p> + +<p>6. <span class="sc">Destruction of Oil Palms</span>.—This is +carried out for the following purposes: For farming (Onitsha) and +making palm wine. Sometimes many of these trees are destroyed by +fire in the Ahoada Okigwi, North Owerri, Afikpo, Abakaliki, Ogaya, +and Obudu. Grubs, too, are a very frequent source of destruction +among them. The trees are tapped in the Yoruba country to obtain +palm wine, but it is not known exactly to what extent this reduces +the yield of palm oil and kernels. On the whole it is harmful, +owing to the fact that insect and other pests can obtain entrance +to the tree through the holes made in tapping it. With the steadily +rising price of gin the tapping of the Oil Palm is increasing +annually, resulting in a destruction of many thousand trees each +year, chiefly in the Obubra and Ikom districts, and to a lesser +extent by tapping the trees in the Yoruba country. Wherever the +rainfall does not exceed much over 50 inches and the soil of the +locality is shallow over laterite or some rock formation, the fires +become usually an annual occurrence. The Oil Palms which at first +come up on the clearing of the forests then get burnt, and after a +few years cease to grow faster than the leaves are burned each +year, and subsequently die. In a similar way the young seedlings +which may come up are very easily killed by these annually +recurring fires, and thus the whole district is impoverished. This +process can be<span class="pagenum" id="Page_473">[473]</span> seen +going on in parts of the Afikpo, Owerri, Abakaliki, Onitsha, Ifon +and Ibadan districts. It is a serious menace to the future +development of the Oil Palm industry.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i104" class="iw7"><a href="images/fig104.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig104.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 104.—<span class= +"bold">Mature Brachystegia spicæformis standing at the side of the +Calabar Road, Calabar, showing the typical shape of the crown and +branches.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i105" class="iw7"><a href="images/fig105.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig105.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 105.—<span class= +"bold">Base of Mature Brachystegia spicæformis standing at the side +of the Calabar Road showing both the scaly untouched bark and the +wounded section covered with nodules.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 472.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p>6<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Native Method of Collecting +Fruit</span>.—The native, to collect the fruit, climbs the tree +with a specially made rope round his waist, by which he gradually +hoists himself up. With a rough chisel, like a piece of iron with a +handle, he first cuts off the leaf just above the fruit and then +severs the bunch, letting it fall to the ground. Many of the fruits +drop out in the transit, but these the native does not trouble to +gather up.</p> + +<p>It is usual for the Chief to close the forest for a certain time +until the Oil Palm fruit is more or less ripe, and then the natives +can gather it all at the same time. Owing to the difference in the +time of the ripening of the individual fruits at the top of the +bunch and those at the base, many fall to the ground before the +bunch is actually cut off the tree. These are not gathered up, and +are taken away by rodents or birds, or come up in the same +place.</p> + +<p>7. <span class="sc">Native Method of Making Oil and Kernel +Inspection</span>.—The native cracks the palm kernel almost +entirely by hand, the nuts being first dried in the sun on the +ground in open spaces, surrounded roughly with little billets of +wood, or in small sheds. When dry, they are taken out and cracked +on rocks (if they happen to be in the neighbourhood) with a piece +of stone in the cracker’s hand. Should the spot be devoid of rock, +a piece of wood or stone takes its place, and then a piece of iron +or stone is used by him in the right hand. Good workers, usually +small girls or women, can crack about 15 to 20 lb. a day in this +manner.</p> + +<p>An inspection fee on palm kernels and oil has undoubtedly helped +to improve the product immensely and not reduced the output.</p> + +<p>The kernels are picked out at the same time, the shell remaining +more or less where the nut is cracked. A certain amount of shell +adheres to the kernel, and if it is an excessive amount the native +picks it off. Anyhow, when he reaches the factory the shell +contents must not exceed 5 per cent. Although they are not actually +dried, they are usually kept in a dry, cool place, until sufficient +have been collected to sell either in the local market or straight +to a European factory. The inspection of the palm produce, both oil +and kernels, takes place at the factory, where the produce is +bought by the Inspectors of Produce under the Customs +Department.</p> + +<p>7<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Kinds of Oil</span>.—Most of the +oil is soft, but as some hard oil is made which is worth £3 or £4 +less per ton than the former, owing to its having about 8 per cent. +less of glycerine, and both are made by a different process, both +methods will be described.</p> + +<p><em>Hard oil</em> is made chiefly near Onitsha and Ikpa markets, +east of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_474">[474]</span> the Niger, +by the Ibos, and the following is the process employed in those +districts.</p> + +<p>The fruit is left on the bunch in the bush, covered with leaves, +for ten days; it is then brought into the village or place where +the fruit is cut or knocked off the bunch. Large earthenware pots +with a little water in the bottom are then filled with the fruit; +this is then heated, but the water does not actually boil, or even +steam very much. The fruit is then taken out and beaten in an old +canoe or hard mud trough until all the fibre is fairly well +macerated and detached from the nut. The whole mass is then placed +in a shady place for four days to enable the oil to “get strong,” +as the local people say. On the fifth day the oily fibre and nuts +are placed in the trough again, and cold water is poured in until +it is about a foot deep. The whole mass is pounded with the bare +feet of children, girls or women, so that gradually the oil becomes +detached from the fibre or from adhering to the nuts, and floats on +the surface of the water, especially near the edges of the trough. +It is then skimmed off with the hand and put into calabashes. The +nuts and fibre having sunk to the bottom of the trough, the oil is +left comparatively free from impurities. The oil in the calabashes +hardens to much the same degree as dripping, and is ready for +sale.</p> + +<p>On the banks of the Niger, where it is sold to European firms, +the natives are often obliged to boil it to purify it still +further, and to enable it to be poured into the puncheon in which +it is shipped to England. This oil, even when cleaned and boiled, +has a bitter taste, which the natives do not like when they have +been accustomed to soft oil. When this oil arrives in England it is +quite hard again.</p> + +<p>Soft oil is made in Nigeria, as well as in Sierra Leone and the +Gold Coast Colony. The Lagos and Benin oil is the best, so the +method employed in that part of the country will be described. The +fruit is cut off the tree in much the same way, but the loose fruit +is generally collected from the ground as well as the bunches, +which are then carried to the oil-making place, which is usually +situated near a running stream for the convenience of the +manufacture of the oil. The fruit is cut or knocked off the bunch, +cleaned of any extra stalk or dirt, and placed in earthenware pots, +in the bottom of which is a little water. These pots are then put +over a bright fire until the water not only boils, but has quite +steamed away. It is then considered that the fruit is thoroughly +soft and ready for crushing, when it is placed in earthen troughs +or old tree trunks which are used for this purpose. Cold water is +then poured over the fruit to about a foot in depth, and the fruit +is pressed by the feet of women or girls standing in the trough. +The oil rises to the surface of the water, is skimmed off with the +hand or a flat piece of wood, and put into earthenware calabashes; +all fibre is thoroughly squeezed and rinsed to obtain +the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_475">[475]</span> oil out of it. +The oil is now thoroughly boiled, and when quite thin and of a +reddish-orange colour is poured off carefully into clean pots. A +fine residue of fibre and particles of dirt remain in the pot in +which the oil was boiled; this is used for native lamps by dipping +a twisted fibre into it.</p> + +<p>The clean soft oil is now ready for sale, and is carried in old +kerosene tins or other receptacles to the nearest market. Despite +the very large loss which occurs, owing to the breaking of +calabashes on the road to market, still very large amounts are +carried in vegetable calabashes or earthenware pots. By the time +this oil reaches Europe it is partially hardened in the cask, +though usually there is a certain amount of liquid on the top.</p> + +<p><em>Sale of Produce.</em>—The palm oil is sold by the kerosene +tin (one gallon), by the keg, or by the puncheon. It is also sold +by the bottle in the markets for local use.</p> + +<p>The palm kernels are sold by the calabash in the districts +further away from the markets, but more usually by the coulah +(Jekri). They are also sometimes sold by the bag, weighing either +25 lb. or nearly 50 lb. in weight. The natives find old salt bags +of different sizes very convenient for this purpose, more +especially when the kernels are to be conveyed some distance to the +nearest factory.</p> + +<p>7<em>b</em>. At the beginning of 1915 hard oil was worth £32 per +ton, and soft oil £36 10s. per ton, whereas at the beginning of +1918 soft oil was being sold at £36 5s. to £47 10s. per ton, whilst +the official maximum price for unbleached palm oil is £44 per ton, +and £50 per ton bleached.</p> + +<p>7<em>a</em> and 11. <span class="sc">Utility of the Oil +Palm</span>.—From the Oil Palm are obtained the following products: +Palm oil, palm kernels, palm wine and yeast from the fermented palm +wine. The shells of the nuts are used by blacksmiths, as they give +out great heat. The growing head of the palm is used as a +vegetable—palm cabbage. The stems of the leaves are useful as +rafters or house posts in the Yoruba country, the leaves for making +mats for roofing, and the midribs as brooms.</p> + +<p>To obtain the wine, the tree is either tapped below the male +inflorescence in Ibadan, Yoruba, etc., or when the tree is felled +and the crown cut off. A calabash is placed so as to catch the +outflowing sap, which is the palm wine.</p> + +<p>The natives frizzle the kernels in an iron pot and obtain an oil +which is used as an emollient for wounds and rubbing on bruises or +sprains. It has a burnt smell. Only small quantities of kernels are +used for this purpose in Nigeria.</p> + +<p>Tapping is sometimes effected at the base of both +inflorescences, but this is a more unusual method.</p> + +<p>So far no use has been found for the wood, though it is +uncommonly tough and very fibrous.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_476">[476]</span>8. <span class= +"sc">Amount of Produce Used, Eaten, and Amount +Growing</span>.—There is probably only 5 per cent., or at most 15 +per cent., of the total possible trade done in this product from +West Africa.</p> + +<p>The amount of the oil used by the natives per annum is as +follows:</p> + +<p>Three gallons of oil per head per annum for food.</p> + +<p>Half-gallon of oil per head per annum for illuminant in the +Eastern Circle, according to Gilman, and half-gallon used mixed +with camwood for rubbing on the skin per head per annum.</p> + +<p>Allowing this amount for the total population of 8,000,000, we +have a total of 32,000,000 gallons used locally per annum. This +means the produce of at least 128,000,000 trees, taking into +consideration the very poor or underbearing state of many of the +trees. Some also are immature and not in full bearing when +utilized. Even so, this represents only a part of the total +possible crop, which might be 100,000,000 gallons and 500,000 tons +of kernels. Although the above small percentage of the amount of +trade done will eventually prove to be an exaggeration, partly +owing to the cutting down of Oil Palms in making farms, there is +nevertheless clear evidence that a great many more palm kernels +especially could be obtained if there were an increased number of +plants available for cracking the nuts in various parts of the +country. Then, too, in those places where the trees stand too +closely together, an increased yield would be obtained after they +had been thinned out. Allowing for an area of about 7,000 square +miles in the dry zone, where the Oil Palms are not found, and +12,000 square miles for mangrove swamps, rivers, roads, railways, +town and village sites, also where there are no Oil Palms, and +about 10,000 square miles of heavy evergreen and mixed deciduous +forest areas where there are few or no Oil Palms, this leaves an +area of about 50,000 square miles on which they are found growing. +The density varies from over 200 per acre down to only one, or in +isolated cases to one to ten acres. With the increased amount of +the tapping of the Oil Palm, as well as cutting it down both to get +the palm wine and for making farms for food as well as cocoa crops, +there is a great danger of the total amount being reduced. +Everywhere on the West Coast of Africa where other produce has been +introduced, such as in the Congo and in the Gold Coast, the export +of palm produce tends to fall very rapidly. Owing to the fact that +such a large amount of palm oil is used for alimentary or other +purposes locally, and a great deal is exported to the Northern +Provinces, the export of palm kernels to Great Britain and Europe +generally forms the better basis in calculating the amount of palm +produce now actually produced in the country. The small number of +kernels used for making an oil for<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_477">[477]</span> local use is really quite a negligible +quantity, and will no doubt almost die out when there are larger +amounts of pomade and other skin emollients available for the +natives to buy.</p> + +<p>9. <span class="sc">European Machinery for Extraction +(Pericarping)</span>.—Mr. E. W. J. Trevor, of 87, Maida Vale, +claims two machines for detaching and removing the pericarp of palm +fruit with abrading, and has devised also a means by which the +fruit is held in place and has along in line, an endless band or +chain. It is not stated, however, if this is successful.</p> + +<p>Another apparatus with knife-blades for decorticating the +pericarp has been patented by Mr. H. Beckwith, of 2, Rumford +Street, Liverpool. It is called the depericarping machine. Dr. +Hupfeld’s oil process is carried out at Agu (Togo).</p> + +<p>Haake, a Berlin firm, constructed a machine called the wet +process. The fruit is heated with water and freed from the pulp in +special machines. The pulp is allowed to drain, and then heated +again and put under presses. The nuts are cracked in a large +centrifugal machine, and the shell is separated by a drum-like +sieve or by brine. With this process 100 lb. of fruit yield 15 lb. +of oil and 14 lb. of kernels. Four or five tons of fruit can be +treated daily by fifteen or twenty men. The natives only extract 7 +per cent. of the pericarp oil. This oil contains over 30 per cent. +of fatty acid and is only used for soaps.</p> + +<p>The Government has set up kernel-cracking machines in various +places in West Africa.</p> + +<p>10. <span class="sc">European Nut-cracking</span>.—Several +plants have been put up latterly to deal with the cracking of +kernels by machinery.</p> + +<p>One of the first of such factories was started at Benin River, +Warri province, where the shells after the nuts had been obtained +from them were used for firing the engines of the machinery. +Another factory exists at Abonnemma, Owerri province, and yet +another was started at Yenagoa in 1914. The natives seem very +willing to bring in the nuts to be cracked, especially where the +population is not large enough to both make the oil and crack the +kernels, as in the Brass and Degema districts. Brine is often used +for separating the kernels from the shell.</p> + +<p>Some hand-machines have been brought out by Miller Brothers +which crack the nuts, but both shell and kernels fall to the ground +at the same time. A certain number of the kernels are broken in the +process, but of recent years an improvement has been made in this +respect. The cost of the hand-machine, amounting as it does to £30, +is almost prohibitive for the native, unless a system of +hire-purchase were to be adopted. Only a few of these machines +(comparatively) have been sold to them.</p> + +<p><em>Yield of Oil and Kernels from Whole Fruit by +Machinery.</em>—It has<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_478">[478]</span> been variously estimated that out of a +hundred tons of whole fruit the native obtains by his methods:</p> + +<ul class="simple3"> +<li> 7 tons of oil worth (pre-war rates) £12 per ton = +£84.</li> + +<li>15 tons of kernels worth (pre-war rates) £6 per ton = £90.</li> +</ul> + +<p>Again, out of the whole fruit, the result of various +investigations shows that the pericarp comprises 30 per cent., +shell 56 per cent., the kernels 14 per cent., and that there is 50 +per cent. of oil in the pericarp. It has also been estimated that +out of a hundred tons of whole fruit, a maximum of 15 tons of oil +and 14 tons of kernels can be obtained by machinery. These at the +pre-war rates would be worth approximately £600 and £200—in all, +£800. It has also been estimated that the crushing of the fruit, +the various freights, the carriage by rail and ocean, cost of bags, +shipping, landing charges, insurance and general expenses would +amount to £4 per ton, or in all about £400. This leaves about £400 +to pay for the fresh fruit and allow for a profit; thus, paying £1 +per ton for the fresh fruit, there would still be £300 left for +profit, or in the case of paying £2 per ton there would be £200 +left. However, so far £1 per ton has proved too low a rate for the +natives to accept, and in most places it has been refused. It is +doubtful whether £2 per ton will attract them sufficiently to bring +in the large bulk of farm produce which is available. From an +average closely stocked Oil Palm area the fruit could not be +collected at a cost of £1 per ton, and it is very doubtful if it +could be done for £2 per ton. So far, it appears that the native +working for himself in his own time will always do things at a +cheaper rate than paid labour under European supervision. Further +investigations will, however, prove what a high price can be paid +for the fresh fruit at the factory and yet leave sufficient margin +to make a profit on the extraction of the pericarp oil, and also of +the cracking of the nuts. In this connection the crushing of the +kernels is considered rather a separate economic problem, as +several other market factors come in which do not apply to the case +of the pericarp oil and the uncrushed kernels. The machinery for +the crushing of the kernels on the whole is much more intricate, +costly, and requires much more highly-trained European +supervision.</p> + +<p>10<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Percentage Oil and +Kernels</span>.—According to the investigations of the Imperial +Institute, the composition of the fruit is as follows:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t478"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Pericarp oil</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">18</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fibre and moisture</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">12</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Shell and disk</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">58</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Kernel</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">12</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Cake for fattening hogs</td> +<td class="tdr pad-right1">100</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The kernel contains 46 to 53 per cent. of oil.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_479">[479]</span>10<em>b</em>. +<span class="sc">Pericarp Palm Oil Analysis</span>.—This is as +follows:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t479a"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity 15/15° C.</td> +<td>0·9209-0·9245</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Melting-point</td> +<td>24°-42·5° C.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>196·3-205·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td>53-57·4</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl value</td> +<td>0·86-1·87</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td>94·2-97</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="nind">The solidifying-point of fatty acids varies from +35·8° to 46·4° C. usually 44·5° to 45° C.</p> + +<p>(See also 7<em>a</em>, Uses; see also 12<em>a</em>.)</p> + +<p>11. <span class="sc">European Uses of Oil and Kernels, Palm +Wine, Palm Cabbage, etc.</span>—From 46 to 53 per cent. of oil is +contained in the kernel.</p> + +<p>Palm oil is used in Europe for making margarine, vegetable +butters, chocolate and cooking fats. It makes a good +butter-substitute. Palm oil is chiefly used for making soap and +candles in England, according to Mr. Dennett’s paper. Tin plates +are covered with palm oil to prevent oxidization. The leakage from +the casks of oil on board ship is used for making metal polish. +Railways use it for greasing axle-boxes on railway carriages.</p> + +<p>11<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Nigerian Exports, Oil and +Kernels</span>.—The exports of palm kernels have been increasing +almost continuously for years, owing to the gradual opening up of +the country to trade, and also to the natives finding out the value +of the kernel as an article of barter; nevertheless, more still +could be obtained if hand-cracking machinery and more nut-cracking +mills were introduced at suitable spots.</p> + +<p>The following table shows the exports for the years 1909 to 1916 +of</p> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class="sc">Palm +Kernels</span>.</p> + +<table class="padded1 padded05" id="t479b"> +<tr> +<th>Year.</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Price.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1907</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">1,658,000</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1908</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +<td class="tdc">1,425,000</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1909</td> +<td class="tdc">158,869</td> +<td class="tdc">1,815,967</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1910</td> +<td class="tdc">172,998</td> +<td class="tdc">2,450,814</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1911</td> +<td class="tdc">176,389</td> +<td class="tdc">2,574,405</td> +<td class="tdc">£18 6s.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1912</td> +<td class="tdc">184,624</td> +<td class="tdc">2,797,411</td> +<td class="tdc">£19 15s.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1913</td> +<td class="tdc">174,720</td> +<td class="tdc">3,109,820</td> +<td class="tdc">£23 5s.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1914</td> +<td class="tdc">162,452</td> +<td class="tdc">2,541,149</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1915</td> +<td class="tdc">153,319</td> +<td class="tdc">1,692,712</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1916</td> +<td class="tdc">161,439</td> +<td class="tdc">1,739,706</td> +<td class="tdc">—</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class="sc">Palm +Oil from Colonial Report, Nigerian Exports</span>.</p> + +<table class="padded1 padded05" id="t479c"> +<tr> +<th>Year.</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +<th>£</th> +<th>Price.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1911</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>79,000</td> +<td class="tdc">1,696,875</td> +<td class="tdc">£13 15s.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1912</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>77,000</td> +<td class="tdc">1,654,933</td> +<td class="tdc">£29 18s.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1913</td> +<td class="tdc"><span class="padnum">0</span>83,000</td> +<td class="tdc">1,854,384</td> +<td class="tdc">£32 15s.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_480">[480]</span>The following is +quoted from Sect. 2, Mr. R. E. Dennett’s paper on British Trade in +Nigeria. Valuable notes have been obtained from this paper with +regard to the palm products.</p> + +<p class="center space-above15 space-below1"><span class="sc">Palm +Kernel Exports to Germany</span>.</p> + +<p>About £5,000,000 worth went to Germany before the war.</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t480"> +<tr> +<th>Year.</th> +<th>Tons.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1911</td> +<td class="tdc">262,680</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1912</td> +<td class="tdc">283,536</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">1913</td> +<td class="tdc">241,961</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>12. <span class="sc">Value of Oil and Kernels</span>.—Since the +war, the price of oil first went down £5 per ton and kernels £15 +per ton up.</p> + +<p>With kernels at £17 to £18 per ton, the oil is worth £36 15s. +per ton.</p> + +<p>Glycerine is worth £50 per ton, and pericarp oil contains about +8 per cent.</p> + +<p>At the beginning of 1918 the price of palm kernels varied from +£25 to £26 per ton, the latter figure being the official maximum +for it.</p> + +<p>12<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Description of Kernel +Oil</span>.—It is white or pale-yellow in colour, with a pleasant +nutty taste. By suitable treatment kernel oil can be divided into +liquid oil, olein, and solid palm-kernel oil, stearin. It is used +for soap and candles, edible fats—such as palmine, +margarine—cooking fats, vegetable butters and chocolate fats.</p> + +<p>13. <span class="sc">Import Ports in England and U.S.A. for Oil +and Kernels</span>.—<em>Hull.</em>—Congo kernels go to Hull by the +Cie Congo du Belge line, run by Elder Dempster & Co. In the first +six months of 1915, 20,821 tons of kernels were imported into Hull. +In most statements on Hull the price of palm kernel cake is +omitted, whilst those of linseed, Bombay cotton-seed, and Saga Bean +are always quoted. Hull imported between 40,000 and 50,000 tons in +1915 (from January to November only, 31,723 tons); 200,000 tons +were taken by Germany before, and hence are available now.</p> + +<p><em>Bristol.</em>—Bristol as a port is prepared, according to +its seed-crushers, to try kernels, but they asked the Colonial +Office for protection from Germany.</p> + +<p><em>Liverpool.</em>—For the first six months of 1915, 87,366 +tons of palm kernels were imported into Liverpool, against 73,000 +tons in 1914.</p> + +<p><em>U.S.A.</em>—In 1915, 4,000 tons of kernels were shipped +direct to the States.</p> + +<p>14. <span class="sc">The Crushing of Palm Kernels in Africa and +England</span>.—The largest seed-crushing and oil-extracting centre +in Great Britain is at Hull.</p> + +<p>Most of the crushing used to be done in Harburg, near Hamburg, +Germany, and only a little at Liverpool—some 70,000 tons out of +300,000 tons. Since the war began Hull and London (Erith) +have<span class="pagenum" id="Page_481">[481]</span> taken up the +crushing of kernels. Bristol and Manchester have both thought about +it.</p> + +<p>Crushing has been tried in Africa, but has not been very +successful so far, the cost of the operations having proved too +high. In the Congo, however, it is still being done.</p> + +<p>The crushing plants in Nigeria are situated at Opoba and Apapa, +near Lagos.</p> + +<p>14<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Other Methods of Kernel +Crushing—Solvents</span>.—Commercially, kernels are heated with +solvents or pressure is used to extract the oil. According to Mr. +Dennett the first expression takes place at a temperature of 45° to +50° C., and the second at 55° to 60° C. The double pressing is +necessary owing to the amount of fat in the oil. By solvents, all +or only a part can be taken out of the kernels. If all is taken, +then they are almost valueless as cake, owing to its lack of +oil.</p> + +<p>15. <span class="sc">Palm-kernel Produce</span>.—Palm-kernel +cake used to contain 20 to 22 per cent. of fibre and 10 per cent. +of oil, which went rancid, so was not liked here.</p> + +<p>This was the main reason why palm-kernel cake was not used to +any extent by farmers in England before the war.</p> + +<p>15<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Yield of Oil, Kernels and +Cake</span>.—From 46 to 53 per cent. of palm-kernel oil is obtained +from the kernels.</p> + +<p>Roughly speaking, a ton of kernels yields half a ton of cake, +according to Mr. R. E. Dennett.</p> + +<p>According to the <em>Bulletin</em> of the Imperial Institute 1 +ton of kernels yields 1,000 lb. of oil.</p> + +<p><em>Palm-kernel Cake and Oil Exports.</em>—Palm-kernel cake was +exported to Denmark in September 1915-18, 863 bags.</p> + +<p>15<em>b</em>. <span class="sc">Analysis of Kernel +Cake</span>.—This, according to a recent analysis in the +<em>Field</em> by Frank J. Lloyd, is:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t481a"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per<br> +cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fibre</td> +<td class="tdr">14·80</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Mineral matters</td> +<td class="tdr">3·55</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Nutrients—</td> +<td> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1">Oil</td> +<td class="tdr">6·17</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1">Albuminoids</td> +<td class="tdr">16·12</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="pad1">Carbohydrates</td> +<td class="tdr">48·51</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Water</td> +<td class="tdr">10·85</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> +</td> +<td class="tdr bt">100·00</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>A further analysis shows:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t481b"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Oil</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>5·5-10</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Albuminoids</td> +<td>15·8-18·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Carbohydrates</td> +<td>36-50</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p class="nind"><span class="pagenum" id="Page_482">[482]</span>or +per food unit it works out to £4 16s. per ton. Indigestible fibre +reaches 10 per cent., or in older samples of ten years ago 28 per +cent., which is far too high. As a unit it costs 1s. 4d., against +2s. 7d. for cotton-seed meal.</p> + +<p>According to E. D. News the analysis is:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t482a"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Albuminous matters</td> +<td class="tdc">17-30</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Fatty matter</td> +<td class="tdc">10-18</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Gum, sugar and starch</td> +<td class="tdc">30-40</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>15<em>c</em>. <span class="sc">Kernel Analysis</span>.—According +to the investigations the analysis showed:</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t482b"> +<tr> +<td>Specific gravity at 90/15° C.</td> +<td><span class="padnum">0</span>0·873</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Iodine value</td> +<td>10·3-17·5</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Saponification value</td> +<td>242-255</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Titer test</td> +<td>20·0-25·5° C.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hehner value</td> +<td>91·1</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reichert-Meissl test</td> +<td>5·0-6·8</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>16 and 17. <span class="sc">Value of Palm-kernel Oil and +Cake</span>.—Palm-kernel cake is sold at 7s. per cwt., and only 10 +per cent. of the food ration is given to cows or calves for the +first time.</p> + +<p>According to the <em>Oil and Colours Journal</em>, in September +1915 palm-kernel oil was worth £37 10s. per ton first hand, and £48 +in March 1916. According to this journal it is the lowest priced of +all the cakes. The price of the cake is £7 to £7 5s. per ton.</p> + +<p>The cake is sold at £7 5s. free on rail per ton at Hull. At the +beginning of 1918 it was worth £13 15s. per ton, but in Surrey it +could not be obtained under £21 per ton.</p> + +<p>Palm-kernel oil is worth about £40 per ton.</p> + +<p>At the beginning of 1918, palm-kernel oil extracted by solvents +was worth £51 per ton; crushed, £52 per ton; refined, £67 per +ton—which were the official maximum prices.</p> + +<p>17. <span class="sc">Uses of Palm-kernel Cake</span>.—Kernels +worked by solvents make a more digestible meal—80 per cent. against +73 per cent. of crushed kernels, and containing 19 per cent. of +protein and 2 per cent. of fat, against 18 per cent. of protein and +8 per cent. of fat for crushed kernels. It is used for feeding +young pigs and milch cows in Germany.</p> + +<p>18. <span class="sc">Results of Feeding Experiments with Kernel +Cake</span>.—The weekly gain in live weight with kernel cake ration +was 8 lb. at the West of Scotland Agricultural College. The cost +worked out at 4½d. per lb., and 3 lb. of kernel cake gave better +results than 4 lb. of bran.</p> + +<p>At the East of Scotland College, a gain of 2·04 lb. per day was +recorded, the cost being £6 6s. per ton.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_483">[483]</span>Experiments +conducted in Scotland showed that cattle increased 1·95 lb. per day +with palm-kernel cake, against only 1·84 lb. with linseed cake. No +difficulty was found in keeping the cake, and it did not go +rancid.</p> + +<p>The cattle fed on palm-nut cake were stated to look glossier, +carry more bloom, and have a looser skin than those fed on +cotton-seed cake. It is also claimed that the fat content of the +milk is increased, though the amount of extra butter-fat produced +per day cannot be demonstrated.</p> + +<p>A mixture containing 3 lb. of palm-nut cake is recommended per +day for milch cows, and one containing from ¼ lb. to ½ lb. for +sheep and pigs.</p> + +<p>Ten per cent. of the ration should be given to cows or cattle +the first time. Only 2 lb. of cake per day is given to animals.</p> + +<p>According to the Cambridge University Department of Agriculture +the feeding value of palm-kernel cake for bullocks is practically +the same as that of linseed cake.</p> + +<p>The feeding experiments demonstrated that the palm-kernel cake +gave equal results to linseed or cotton-seed cake, and paid better +because of the lower price of palm-kernel cake for milch cows and +cattle. It is recommended for pigs too. The cost of feeding for +eighty-four days was 43s. 4d. for palm-kernel cake against 51s. 6d. +for linseed, and a gain of 164·5 lb. in weight against 167 lb. +flesh weight with linseed cake. Cattle do not take to it readily at +first, but afterwards like it.</p> + +<p>According to Wyndham R. Dunstan, palm-kernel cake costs 1s. 5½d. +per food unit as compared to 2s. 4d. for hay, hay being £5 per +ton.</p> + +<p>According to Thomas Fawcett, L.M.R., A.S.E., it is a question of +what is relatively cheaper. British farmers have always bought +linseed cake at £10 10s. per ton, when beef was only 10d. to 1s. +per lb. Relatively, it would be better to go in for more cows being +fed with palm-kernel cake. He also states that kernels only came in +irregular quantities.</p> + +<p>The cake, according to Lancashire County experiments, must be +given as part ration, as milk yield goes down with kernel cake +alone.</p> + +<p>18<em>a</em>. <span class="sc">Palm-nut Meal: Experimental +Results of Feeding</span>.—In 1879, in <em>Agricultural +Chemistry</em>, by Johnson and Cameron (2nd edition), palm-nut meal +from England and the Continent is mentioned and recommended as the +cheapest meal for cattle, especially calves. The Royal Agricultural +Society of England in 1878 also published a pamphlet for the Paris +Exhibition, in which a mixture including a large proportion of +palm-nut meal is recommended, and the experience in feeding young +animals is given, showing that it is far cheaper and that linseed +cake is really very expensive.<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_484">[484]</span> Fourteen beasts fed on linseed cake +averaged at eighteen months old 13·5 lb. live weight the week, or +only ¾ lb. less than the heaviest at the show, on less food, +especially using palm-nut meal.</p> + +<p>According to others, meal is not recommended owing to its going +rancid and its indigestibility.</p> + +<p>19. <span class="sc">Manurial Value of Kernel Cake</span>.—The +manurial value of palm-kernel cake is £1 4s. for the ration as +given per ton.</p> + +<p>20. <span class="sc">West African Shipping in Relation to Farm +Produce</span>.—Before the advent of the German line, the West +Coast was at the mercy of the Shipping Combine, as it is now, +freights being arranged accordingly.</p> + +<p>Since the Government has fixed maximum freight rates, shippers +now know the largest amount they will have to pay, but even so +freights are extremely high, and with no outside competition are +unlikely to be brought down very much.</p> + +<p>21. <span class="sc">Bibliography of the Oil +Palm</span>.—Monsieur Chevalier’s <em>Les Végétaux Utiles de +l’Afrique tropicale française</em>, Fasc. VII (1<sup>e</sup> +partie), “Documents sur le Palmier à Huile,” contains a great deal +of valuable information on the subject of the Oil Palm. <em>The Oil +Palm</em>, by J. H. Farquhar, summarizes the results of a year’s +investigations as to the growth and yield of the Oil Palm in the +Southern Provinces of Nigeria.</p> + +<p>In the monograph <em>Oil Seed and Feeding Cakes</em>, issued by +the Imperial Institute, a complete account is given of the new +British palm-kernel industry.</p> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_485">[485]</span><a id= +"c13"></a>CHAPTER XIII</h2> + +<p class="sch1">THE FOREST IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE</p> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">The</span> intimate and very +important connection between Agriculture and Forestry is not at all +widely recognized, so it is desirable to bring out more fully +exactly how the one reacts on the other: the value of forests from +the climatic point of view to agriculture, the economic effects on +it, as well as the population connected with it.</p> + +<p>In all the older civilized countries, such as France, England +and Russia, and the United States and Canada of the newer ones, +definite and almost exactly fixed quantities of land are used for +agricultural purposes on the one hand and for Forestry on the +other.</p> + +<p>In the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria, +however, with the exception of about 1,500 square miles of forest +reserves and certain native land planted with rubber or cocoa, all +the land (even when covered with finest mahogany forests) is liable +to be farmed for a time and then abandoned for another piece of +forest-land under the system of shifting cultivation. In practice, +this means that every year thousands of square miles of forest are +ruthlessly cut down, in order that the land may be used for +agricultural crops, for one, two, or at the most three years’ +crops. In the drier parts of the countries named, through such +forests as exist, grass-fires annually burn, and destroy many trees +in order to provide poor grazing for herds of the nomads’ +cattle.</p> + +<p>It might be argued that in the comparatively damp and hot +climate which attains in a great part of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, +the Gold Coast and Nigeria, which are also to some extent still +covered with forest, it would be most advantageous to clear as much +land as possible. This, however, is a delusion resting on false +impressions, notably that the countries named are so much covered +with thick forest. In most places this so-called “forest” is in +reality an almost worthless secondary growth, consisting chiefly of +umbrella trees (<i>Musanga Smithii</i>), soft-wooded Hannoa, +creepers, grass, with isolated half-burnt or decayed trees from the +original forest. Again, too, this system of clearing new land is +quite haphazard, so that, after the first crop has been taken off, +the land may be found to be too poor to be planted again; the +natives then abandon it. In some places, chiefly in the Benin and +Oban districts, they even<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_486">[486]</span> go so far as to put a “Ju-ju” on the land, +which is in effect a notice to say that the land is of no use for a +farm. However, this is usually forgotten in a generation, so that +the same thing may happen again, only that insufficient time has +elapsed for a proper forest to be grown, as the cutting of the +original forest may have so altered the climatic factors of the +locality that not only different species of trees but also grasses +have come in, and choked nearly all the self-sown forest-tree +seedlings. The main beneficial effects of the forest may be +summarized as follows:</p> + +<p>1. The rainfall of the locality is increased, according to the +figures of the Indian rainfall stations. This may amount to as much +as 16 to 28 per cent. increase on the annual rainfall.</p> + +<p>Afforestation on the Russian steppes has shown that more rain +now falls on the planted area than in former years.</p> + +<p>In Western Canada it is generally said that its climate is +altering, and a general increase of rain has been noticeable since +plantations have been made on thousands of farms and what forests +there were originally have been rigorously protected from annual +fires.</p> + +<p>2. The rainfall both above and in the ground is more regularly +distributed.</p> + +<p>First of all, nearly 23 per cent. of the rain which falls on the +trees in a forest is re-evaporated into the air and does not reach +the ground at all. This in itself increases the humidity of the +atmosphere, tends to form clouds, and thus induces further +rainfall. The clouds tend to protect the plants from excessive sun +at what may be a critical period in the growing season. The extra +humidity of the atmosphere does not necessitate the plants +transpiring so much moisture as they would otherwise have to do, to +keep them in growing condition. Compared to that in the open, only +22 per cent. of the amount of evaporation takes place in the +forest, added to the fact that it occurs under the canopy of the +trees, thus creating the more humid atmosphere which is so +suitable, for instance, for the growth of cocoa and other such +crops. In other words, we can take one hundred parts as the amount +evaporated in the open, of which not a quarter is evaporated in the +forest. Again, as we have seen, twice as much of the rainfall soaks +into the ground in the forest as in the open, and owing to the +tree-roots and general covering of the soil the water can only flow +away gradually. On the other hand, in the open, if the ground is at +all sloping, more than half of the rain which falls to the ground +runs away immediately, or lies on the land, flooding it and making +planting impossible.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp2"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i106" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig106.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig106.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 106.—<span class= +"bold">Rest House Teak Plantation at Ndeh, showing rows of trees 9 +feet apart and 4 feet between.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i107" class="iw9"><a href="images/fig107.jpg"><img src= +'images/fig107.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 107.—<span class= +"bold">View between the lines of one-year-old Teak Plantation at +Ndeh, in which trees were planted 4 feet apart.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 486.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p>The trees then act as a rainfall distributer and also as a +rainfall regulator. The roots of the trees act like a sponge, +absorbing a great deal of the rainwater besides preventing it from +running away. It has been calculated that it takes nearly six +months for the rainfall<span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_487">[487]</span> to come out in the springs of a forest. +This also to some extent accounts for the saying that if the wells +are full in October in the Temperate Zone, or at the end of March +in the Tropical Zone, there will be sufficient water the whole year +round. With a varied distribution of forests in the country, the +above two effects are naturally felt on neighbouring agricultural +land, and in many cases make possible the growing of certain crops, +such as cocoa, Cola and rubber, which otherwise could not be +attempted. An interesting example of this is seen in the way in +which the natives of Ilobe, in Nigeria, have planted Cola trees +just inside and on the edge of the Ilaro Forest Reserve +boundary.</p> + +<p>3. The forest protects the land against corrosion. In most +countries, wherever the ground is sloping and bare the annual fall +of rain washes away large masses of good soil as well as stones and +other debris, in many cases destroying pasturage or agricultural +land, and in any case silting up the rivers with sand-banks and +bars, thus hindering navigation. It has often been said that, for +its size, the Cross River carries in the rainy season much more +material in suspension and rolled along its bed than many other +African rivers. The main reason apparently for this fact is that +several of its tributaries, such as the Mbu, the Fi, the Mfu and +the Bago, rise at what are now partially grass-covered mountain +slopes, but which no doubt were a short time ago covered with fine +evergreen forests.</p> + +<p>The immediate effect of clearing such slopes is that the water, +to the extent of nearly 90 per cent., rushes unchecked down the +mountain slope, gaining momentum with every mile and taking grass, +soil and even whole mountain slopes (1,500 feet in height) along +with it. On the other hand, if such slopes are covered with forest +trees 25 per cent. of the rainfall is re-evaporated into the air +before reaching the ground, 10 per cent. is evaporated from the +ground into the air of the forest, and fully 65 per cent. soaks +into the ground.</p> + +<p>An instance of this last effect can be seen in the Cross River +Divide from the Bambuto Mountains, on the Nigerian border. In a few +places the native farmers understand this effect and make the +terraces on which they plant parallel with the contour of the +hill-side; however, this is insufficient when the whole mountain +slope has been cleared of forest. Only a definite distribution of +the land between forest and farm would prevent the undue corroding +of hill-sides. The unrestricted rush of the rainwater off the +hill-sides has yet a further effect on the lower ground of the +country, in that it causes the streams and rivers to flood and +overflow their banks. This, in turn, prevents huge acreages of land +from being cultivated for many months in the year, and other large +areas lower down from being cultivated at all.</p> + +<p>Yet another effect is that a vast mass of water hurries down +into the sea where it is not required, and where there is already +plenty of<span class="pagenum" id="Page_488">[488]</span> +evaporation; whereas the greater part of it might have been stored +up in the forest to form perennial, almost unaltering springs, +streams and rivers. Two interesting examples of this are seen in +the slight, almost negligible rise in the Okwo and the Igbagon +streams of the Benin province. Both of these rivers rise in thick +forest, and thick forest is also found on their banks.</p> + +<p>In a similar way, instead of the water of the rivers being used +for irrigating land which is sandy and dry in the dry season, it +rushes away into the ocean for nothing. The flooding of much of the +land near the rivers also kills many large forest trees and causes +a rank growth of shrubs, creepers and grass, which form the +breeding-places for tsetse and other harmful flies. It is rare to +find any infected tsetse flies near a clear perennial stream in the +forest.</p> + +<p>4. The forest improves the soil of a locality, whether in the +primeval or the planted forest. The trees stand at least eighty +years, and sometimes for several hundred, on the same land, before +being cut down. During this period the tree roots with their +root-hairs are penetrating far and wide into the soil, subsoil, and +even underlying rock, gradually causing the two latter to weather +into finer and better constituent parts. For instance, nothing +appears so solid as a mountain of granite; nevertheless, at the +base and to the lee-side of each boulder, more especially if there +is any tree-growth there, a beautiful little bed or pocket of +blackish soil will be found. Then, again, besides this weathering +of the subsoil and rock, the tree leaves, even from evergreen +trees, fall down, gradually decay, and form a thick layer of humus. +This in itself forms an almost ideal seed-bed. At the edge of +forests this humus is washed out on to the agricultural lands and +thus enriches them; furthermore, dry leaves are blown out of the +edge of the forest on to neighbouring agricultural land, become dug +in, or drawn into the land by insects, and so tend to enrich it. In +many civilized countries a regular business is done in taking +litter and leaf-mould out of the forest to neighbouring garden and +farm lands.</p> + +<p>It is a well-known fact that when a forest is cut down after +some hundreds of years many plants appear in the clearing which did +not exist in the forest before, or, in fact, were not known in that +locality, the seeds having lain dormant during the whole period of +time. This clearly shows that the forest soil is an ideal medium +for preserving seeds, and that it improves rather than +deteriorates, which is the case with bare land. An instance of this +from the Tropics is seen in the way in which the Corkwood or +Umbrella Tree (<i>Musanga Smithii</i>) comes up after the mahogany +and evergreen forest has been cleared. No Musanga trees are usually +found in the primeval forest. A parallel example from Europe is +seen in the way in which <i>Atropa belladonna</i> almost invariably +appears when a beech forest is cut down.</p> + +<p>Planting trees and thus forming a forest, though expensive, +is<span class="pagenum" id="Page_489">[489]</span> another way of +clearly proving the beneficial effect of the forest, or +ameliorating the condition and plant-food content of the soil. On +the comparatively worn-out and poor soil near Ibadan a firewood +plantation was started some years ago; now already, in the shade of +the Ayin, <i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i> and <i>Cassia Siamea</i> +trees, the fallen leaves have decayed and formed a layer of humus, +killing out the lalang grass at the same time. Needless to say, it +is a very expensive method to wait until the forest has been +destroyed, the soil impoverished, and trees again planted, before +an improvement in the soil conditions can be expected.</p> + +<p>5. Individual trees, and thus trees in the aggregate, viz. +forests, take less mineral matter out of the soil than agricultural +crops covering a similar area. It has been calculated that the +trees on an acre of land only take one-twelfth of the amount of +mineral matter out of the ground which is required by an +agricultural crop on the same area. It follows from this that +trees, and in the same way forests, may be left standing upon or be +grown on land which is nearly or absolutely worthless from an +agricultural point of view. In the more civilized countries this is +seen, for instance, in the way in which the mountain ranges of +Germany have remained covered with forest and the sandy Landes +district of France has been planted with forests of pine. In +Canada, the Spruce Hills Reserve, near the Canadian Pacific Railway +in Manitoba, is another example of the setting aside of poor, +almost worthless agricultural land as a permanent forest area. In +Nigeria, the Oban Forest Reserve and the forest-covered hills of +Olokemeji are further examples of the practice of this +principle.</p> + +<p>Generally speaking, in fact, in most civilized countries there +are really three types of land, viz.:</p> + +<p>(<em>a</em>) Absolute farm-land, which comprises the very +richest and best land of the country, in which forests should only +be allowed to stand, as an exception.</p> + +<p>(<em>b</em>) Relative forest-land, comprising land which can be +used permanently for agriculture, but requiring a great deal to be +spent on improvements or manures to make it suitable for the +purposes, but which in its natural state carries a heavy stand of +timber, could be used for forests indefinitely.</p> + +<p>(<em>c</em>) Absolute forest-land, comprising land which, owing +either to its elevation, aspect, soil or position, cannot be used +for the permanent cultivation, or in some cases even the temporary +cultivation, of crops.</p> + +<p>6. The forest protects agricultural land against storms and +insect pests. In many places, owing to very strong winds, certain +crops cannot be grown. For instance, it is said bananas cannot be +grown at Zaria owing to the prevalent strong winds. In the Chang +district of the Cameroons the natives only plant plantains near +their houses<span class="pagenum" id="Page_490">[490]</span> or +behind the very high fences or hedges which mark off one man’s +compound from another. Apparently this is done in order to protect +the plants from the wind, which otherwise tears their large leaves +into shreds and prevents their proper growth.</p> + +<p>Some years ago, in the Ibadan district, a fierce tornado cut a +path about 100 feet wide and nearly a mile long through a forest, +but the agricultural land beyond was untouched. It goes without +saying that had all the land been under crops in this locality most +of them would have been destroyed, whereas the forest took the +brunt of the storm, and the force of the wind outside was thus +weakened and comparatively harmless.</p> + +<p>7. The forest protects the soil and its physical properties. In +the open it is noticeable that the native rarely clears the land +properly, many stumps both of forest trees and shrubs being usually +allowed to remain standing. It is true some of the shoots from the +stumps are left on purpose to be used as supports for the yam +tendrils or other crops which may be grown. Nevertheless, it is a +fact that the native always says that the land must not be +absolutely cleared of all stumps and roots or it will be useless +for the growing of crops. Then, again, the native speaks of a piece +of ground as being “spoilt,” and that he cannot stay there any +longer. As an example of this, in the Oban district, the people of +Ekong left the village site because they said the ground was too +stony and was no good, and they went right away into the forest. On +an examination of the land being made, it was found that where they +had cleared the forest and farmed for a few years all the humus, +tilth and other soil had been washed away, with the result that +boulders as well as the underlying rock had to some extent come to +view. Needless to say no attempt had been made at farming under a +rotation of crops, nor had any manure, green or otherwise, been +applied to the soil. On the other hand, in the forest the soil is +not washed away, the aeration of it is almost perfect, the mineral +content is always high, and it usually has considerable depth, even +where there are rock outcrops, for these become covered with dead +leaves or humus, which in their turn help to weather the rock and +thus make more soil.</p> + +<p>8. The forest tends to regulate the temperature, almost +preventing extremes of heat and cold. Accurate measurements taken +over a period of forty years have established the fact that in the +warmest season the temperature of the forest is 5° to 10° lower, +according to species (altitude taken to be the same), than the air +in the open over agricultural land. In a similar way, in the +coldest season of the year the temperature of the forest is 5° to +10° higher than in the open over agricultural land. Most readers +will have experienced the feeling of freshness and coolness in +passing through the forest zone near Olokemeji on the Nigerian +Railway, or, if on leave in England, in passing<span class= +"pagenum" id="Page_491">[491]</span> through the New Forest on the +Bournemouth road. This is only the effect which is expressed in +this difference of temperature: as with other effects, so this one +affects the neighbouring lands near the forest. Even a dry wind on +reaching a forest must take up some moisture, and thus be less dry +when it reaches agricultural land farther on. It can often be seen +how the grain in the drier parts of the country planted near the +edge of a forest sprouts up sooner than that right in the open. +Again, certain crops, such as cacao-yams, cocoa, and Cola trees +thrive best amongst trees. Without the forests the Cola plantations +of the Ilesha district would cease to exist, or at any rate bear +very small crops.</p> + +<p>9. The forest increases the humidity of the air. According to +accurate measurements taken over a period of forty years, it has +been proved that the forest increases the humidity of the air up to +10 per cent. No doubt in many of the Southern parts of Nigeria and +the Gold Coast, people travelling in the forests have often thought +that there was far too much moisture, not only coming from above +and below, but also in the air around them. However, this should +not blind us to the fact that further up country this greater +humidity of the air of the forest is spread over the adjacent +lands, and thus makes possible the growth of agricultural crops, +such as cocoa, Cola, yams, and cacao-yams, which would not +otherwise be possible. This greater humidity also tends to induce +local minor rainstorms, which in their turn benefit the adjacent +agricultural land. This greater humidity of the air also tends to +prevent the excessive drying in the dry season of the land situated +very near, and taken in conjunction with the other factors, such as +the regulating of the temperature and the rainfall, makes it +possible to put in crops earlier and almost ensures their growing +successfully.</p> + +<p>10. The forests prevent the spread of insect and fungoid pests. +So often we read that the crops in South Africa or the Argentine +have been destroyed by locusts, and on the Gold Coast we read that +various pests are destroying cocoa-trees in large numbers. Here, +again, a forest or a belt of forests with large numbers of +different species of trees interpose a living barrier of green leaf +food or woody tissue which these pests may attack, owing to the +diversity of the species of trees. Most pests only find a few trees +on which they can thrive or reproduce themselves; thus on reaching +the forest the scourge tends to lessen, or even die out. Even in +the worst case of large hordes of locusts, it is cheaper to allow +them into a forest, perhaps sacrificing it, rather than they should +spread further and further over agricultural lands.</p> + +<p>Having shown that it is necessary in a new and comparatively +unsettled country to preserve a certain proportion of the forests, +it remains to be considered what proportion is desirable and +necessary<span class="pagenum" id="Page_492">[492]</span> to fulfil +the conditions outlined before and give free play to all the +beneficial effects of the forests.</p> + +<p>Taking the proportion of permanent forest to other land in the +more civilized countries, we get the following ratios:—</p> + +<table class="padded1" id="t492"> +<tr> +<th> +</th> +<th>Forest per cent.</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Finland</td> +<td class="tdc">80</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Russia in Europe</td> +<td class="tdc">42</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Austria</td> +<td class="tdc">33</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hungary</td> +<td class="tdc">29</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Germany</td> +<td class="tdc">26</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>France</td> +<td class="tdc">16</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Sweden</td> +<td class="tdc">42</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Switzerland</td> +<td class="tdc">19</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Norway</td> +<td class="tdc">25</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>U.S.A.</td> +<td class="tdc">10</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>India</td> +<td class="tdc">38</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Special note should be made of the fact that in all these +countries the agricultural development has gone hand in hand with +the preservation of the forest, and especially with no detriment to +the development of agriculture in any direction in which it seemed +desirable. Russia has, for instance, enormous exports of timber and +enormous exports of wheat. Austria-Hungary had before the war +considerable exports of hardwood timber, such as oak, as well as +grain, both wheat and other kinds. Judging by the experience gained +in Germany with its hundred and seventy years of forestry practice, +a proportion of 25 to 33 per cent. of the land area of any country +can reasonably be retained under forest, or afforested if bare. +Such a proportion allows sufficient timber trees to be grown to +cover the large quantities of wood used in industrial development +and also a considerable surplus for export to other countries.</p> + +<p>Turning specifically to the West African Colonies, it would +mean, out of a total land area of 4,500 square miles, that in the +Gambia, for instance, an area of between 1,100 and 1,500 square +miles should be permanently set aside as Forest Reserves or Forest +Reserve Afforestation Areas. In the latter case, when all were +planted up they would gradually become forests.</p> + +<p>In Sierra Leone, with a total land area of 34,000 square miles, +the area would vary from 8,500 to 11,000 square miles.</p> + +<p>In the Gold Coast, out of a total land area of 80,000 square +miles, the permanent forest area would vary between 20,000 and +26,000 square miles.</p> + +<p>In the Southern Provinces of Nigeria, with a total area of +79,000 square miles, the permanent forest area would reach between +19,000 and 26,000 square miles.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_493">[493]</span>In the Northern +Provinces of Nigeria, out of a total area of 250,000 square miles, +the permanent forest area, including the afforestation areas, would +reach between 62,000 and 83,000 square miles.</p> + +<p>Large though these forest or afforestation areas appear to be, +it can, however, be shown that most of them do not at all trench on +existing farm-land. First of all, in Nigeria, taking the protective +forests, comprising all those lands or forests situated in most +inaccessible places on mountain ranges and hill-sides and the +sources of streams, they cannot be said to be desirable localities +for extending farming operations. Typical instances of this kind of +land are seen in the Boji Hills (Ogoja province), and on the rocky +hills near the Cross River in the Afikpo district (Owerri +province). In Sierra Leone the peninsular mountain forests and the +hills near Kennema are similar typical examples of this type of +land or forest.</p> + +<p>At the other extreme we have the dry-zone or desert formation, +with its sandy soil or bare rock outcrops. In either region, in +order to make agriculture possible and permanently profitable, +afforestation areas are most necessary. Near the sea, especially in +Nigeria and to some extent in Sierra Leone, there are the mangrove +forests standing on land which is never used for agricultural +purposes. In Nigeria alone these comprise several thousand square +miles of land. Again, in Nigeria there are the freshwater swamp +forests, either near rivers or in other localities. Although such +lands produce quite a profitable amount of timber from many +excellent species of trees, no farms have ever been made in such +areas.</p> + +<p>In other parts of the country, often comparatively level, there +are variations in the strata and soil formation, such as that of +the laterite formation. Over wide areas most of these lateritic +soils are nearly useless for permanent agricultural crops, so at +any rate it would certainly pay better in the long run if it were +permanently covered with forest. In a similar manner all forests +found growing on or near rock outcrops or otherwise stony +formations, such as old gravel beds formed by rivers, would be +treated in the same way. One or two agricultural crops may be +raised on such land, but all the soil is soon washed away in the +rainy season each year, so that little is left after a short time +except boulders and stones. Many typical instances of this kind of +formation are found in the Ibadan and Oyo districts of the Oyo +province. In other parts of the country, where practically all the +land is covered with some sort of forest (either high forest, +secondary growth or scrub), the same proportion as before, viz. 25 +to 33 per cent., should be set aside in convenient blocks, well +distributed over the area, as permanent forests (so-called Forest +Reserves).</p> + +<p>Strange as it may sound, there is comparatively little, at the +most an area estimated at 7,000 square miles, of real high forest +left in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria. As is well known, the +natives have<span class="pagenum" id="Page_494">[494]</span> a +special name for this type of forest; amongst the Efiks it is +called Ekai, the Yorubas term it Igbo, and the Benin people Egbo. +Considering the size of these last remnants of the real high +forest, agriculture cannot justly claim the right to clear and farm +even this area when so much (estimated at 28,000 square miles), +apart from the area already mentioned, has been cleared during the +last fourteen years. In the above estimate, areas even of 500 +square miles for roadways and railways, 1,000 square miles for +town, village and factory sites, and 2,500 square miles for inland +waterways were allowed for when computing the whole area of forest +land.</p> + +<p>At the present time in Nigeria, with the exception of certain +specified trees, and less so in the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and +the Gambia, there is nothing to hinder a native from cutting down +any forest he pleases for making a temporary farm. In fact, the +difference between farming as practised in civilized countries and +in these tropical West African Colonies is that the former partakes +of a permanent cultivation of the same land every year, whereas the +latter is shifting cultivation of a different piece of land almost +every year. At the most, the Yoruba returns to the land in five or +seven years, and the native of Benin after ten or twelve years.</p> + +<p>Another point which bears on this question is really the +comparatively small amount of land which a native actually farms +every year. For instance, an energetic Yoruba farmer will make +2,000 yam heaps a year, which, allowing for the distance of 6 feet +between each heap, amounts to 1·6 acres per year. This also +includes the help which he may receive from his family.</p> + +<p>Out of a total population of 8,000,000, at the most 2,000,000 +are actually men who make farms. It follows, then, that some +2,560,000 acres, or 4,000 square miles, are cleared and planted +each year. Now, allowing sufficient land for the native to be able +to return to the original piece cleared after seven years, the +total amount of land necessary for the existing farming population +would be 28,000 square miles, or rather more than a third of the +total area of the country. Even after allowing 19,000 or 26,000 +square miles of forest in the country, there would still remain +nearly a third, or 25,000 square miles, for the future development +of agriculture and the natural increase of the population. It +should be especially noted that it is under a system of shifting +cultivation that this 28,000 square miles is required. No doubt +under permanent cultivation less would be necessary. Quite apart, +however, from this consideration, owing to the greater heat, +moisture and humidity in the Tropics generally, and in the Southern +Provinces of Nigeria particularly, agricultural crops grow much +more rapidly and are much more prolific than in the more temperate +zones, even without manures. Yet in another way there is not such +an enormous demand on the amount of land required per unit of +population,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_495">[495]</span> in that +over an area of fully 30,000 square miles it is possible to raise +two crops a year on the same land, and over roughly an area of +10,000 square miles of the country it is possible to raise three +crops per year (in each case under a rotation of crops). In this +manner less land is required per person than in a temperate climate +in order to grow food either for local consumption or for +export.</p> + +<p>So far we have dealt with shifting cultivation. However, in most +civilized countries, sooner or later a system of permanent +cultivation is started instead of shifting farms. In England this +was begun at a time in which the population was less dense to the +square mile than it is now in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria +(average 101 persons per square mile). In Germany the density of +population is 323 persons per square mile, yet they had (before the +war) 25 per cent. of the land area of their country covered with +permanent forests. If it were possible to start permanent +cultivation with a rotation of crops in England when the population +was less dense than in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria, it should +be feasible in Nigeria now. Again, if it is found possible for +Germany to retain 25 per cent. of the land area under permanent +forest crops, with a density of population three times greater than +that of Nigeria, at the same time maintaining a prosperous system +of permanent agricultural cultivation, it should also be much +easier to have a similar proportion of permanent agricultural +cultivation in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria; at the same time, +taking into consideration the more favourable climatic factors, it +should be possible not only to grow sufficient foodstuffs for local +use, but also to grow sufficient to develop into a large export +trade for ground nuts, maize and beans, besides cocoa and +rubber.</p> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2><span class="pagenum" id="Page_496">[496]</span><a id= +"c14"></a>CHAPTER XIV</h2> + +<p class="sch1">BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WEST AFRICAN FORESTS</p> + +<h3 class="sc">1. Historical.</h3> + +<p class="nind"><span class="sc">One</span> of the first books was +<em>Forestry in West Africa</em>, by Sir Alfred Maloney, a former +Governor of Lagos, which was published in 1887. This is a most +interesting and readable book, and, for the time it was written, +gives a very good account of many of the forest trees. It is also +much to Sir A. Maloney’s credit that teak, <i>Tectona grandis</i>, +was introduced into Nigeria at that time.</p> + +<p>In <em>The Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and +Termination of the Niger</em>, by Richard and John Lander, only +very vague descriptions of the forests are given, and it is +therefore not of much value from the Forestry point of view, though +it is a most entertaining description of the people and their +doings at that time.</p> + +<h3 class="sc">2. Botanical.</h3> + +<p>From 1868 onwards, <em>Flora of Tropical Africa</em> appeared; +so far eight volumes have been published. This work was planned by +the late Sir William J. Hooker and edited first of all by Daniel +Oliver, and subsequently by Sir W. T. Thistleton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., +C.I.E., and now by Lieut.-Colonel D. Prain, the Director of the +Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is, of course, very scientific, +accurate and botanical, but has very dry descriptions of many of +the African trees and plants and no illustrations are contained in +these octavo volumes. What also makes it harder to use this +<em>Flora</em> is the fact that since 1868 many new plants have +been named, and some of the names of the old plants have been +altered. A most useful chapter on Elementary Botany is contained at +the beginning of Vol. I. This is to some extent also a glossary of +botanical terms, but of course it cannot take the place of <em>A +Glossary of Botanic Terms</em>, by D. G. Jackson, 1905.</p> + +<p>In many ways a much more useful book to the forester is Engler’s +<em>Monographien der Pflanzenfamilien</em>, of which eight volumes +have appeared:</p> + +<table id="t496"> +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">I.</td> +<td>Moraceæ, excluding Ficus.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">II.</td> +<td>Melastomaceaæ.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">III.</td> +<td>Combretaceæ Combretum.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">IV.</td> +<td>Combretaceæ, excluding Combretum.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_497">[497]</span>V.</td> +<td>Sterculiaceæ.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">VI.</td> +<td>Anonaceæ.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">VII.</td> +<td>Strophanthus.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr pad-right03">VIII.</td> +<td>Sapotaceæ.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>The full-page black-and-white drawings of the various plants are +very valuable, and as they are all done on the same system, +comparison both with the plants and with other books is not very +difficult. The expense of these volumes is not excessive, +considering the very large number of illustrations and the +authority of the text. It is a pity that this series has for the +time being come to an end.</p> + +<p>In Engler’s <em>Pflanzenfamilien</em>, of course, a very +complete account of all plants is given, and the additions to it +made almost monthly make it quite possible to find out the +latest-named additions to the plant-world. The only disadvantage to +these volumes is their number, size, and lack of illustrations.</p> + +<div class="plate"> +<div class="igrp3"> +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i108" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig108.jpg"><img src='images/fig108.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 108.—<span class= +"bold">Shinglewood (Terminalia scutifera), 12 feet in girth, +standing in the Ikrigon Forest Reserve, Eastern Circle.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i109" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig109.jpg"><img src='images/fig109.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 109.—<span class= +"bold">Iroko (Chlorophora excelsa), 15 feet in girth, standing in +Ikrigon Forest Reserve.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter"> +<figure id="i110" class="iw14"><a href= +"images/fig110.jpg"><img src='images/fig110.jpg' alt=''></a> +<p class="cp1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 110.—<span class= +"bold">Mahogany (Khaya Senegalensis) standing at the edge of +Ikrigon Forest Reserve, showing base of trunk with old bark wounds +already healed over.</span></p> +</figure> +</div> + +<p class="cpr">To face p. 496.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p>In a similar, though in a less complete way <em>The Kew +Bulletin</em> gives the latest list of plants identified at Kew, +amongst which are usually some from Nigeria, and occasionally +special bulletins appear on the plants from Nigeria—as, for +instance, <em>Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information</em>, +Additional Series No. 9; <em>The Useful Plants of Nigeria</em>, +Part I, 1908, Part II, Additional Series No. 10, 1912, Part +III.</p> + +<p><em>The Bulletin of the Imperial Institute</em>, edited by Sir +W. Dunstan, which appears quarterly, always contains the most +recent information with regard to tropical products, including +those of the forest. In recent years, too, much more has appeared +on the subject of the timber, gum and oil-seed resources of +Nigeria.</p> + +<p><em>Die Blütenpflanzen Afrikas</em>, by Franz Thonner, 1908, +arranged as it is in the form of a key, is most useful in +identifying many of the plants and trees. The black-and-white +illustrations add immensely to its value. Additions and corrections +to this have also been made in <em>Die Blütenpflanzen Afrikas</em>, +1913. The last edition is in English, and entitled <em>The +Flowering Plants of Africa</em>.</p> + +<p>Among more recent books is a <em>Catalogue of Plants</em> +collected by Mr. and Mrs. Talbot in the Oban district, South +Nigeria, identified by A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., and +others, and brought out by the British Museum in 1913. In this book +the flora of Oban is specially dealt with, and clearly shows the +difference between it and the rest of the flora and silva of +Nigeria. Although this is mainly a description of newly discovered +plants, the black-and-white illustrations by Mrs. Talbot show most +accurately their salient features.</p> + +<p><em>Notes on Nigerian Trees and Plants</em>, by E. W. Foster, +late Senior Conservator of Forests, contains accurate descriptions +of the most useful trees, and the native names from the Yoruba +country will be most useful to anyone working timber in that part +of Nigeria.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_498">[498]</span><em>The +Agricultural and Forest Products of British West Africa</em>, by G. +C. Dudgeon, Director-General of Agriculture in Egypt, 1911, gives a +short description of the main forest and agricultural products of +the country, which is more useful to the trader than the forester +or timber merchant. The illustrations showing the making of palm +oil and other country products are very interesting, but Fig. 21, +p. 112, supposed to be of an Iroko tree, is in reality that of +<i>Terminalia superba</i>.</p> + +<p>For reference purposes Dr. Adolf Engler’s <em>Syllabus der +Pflanzenfamilien</em>, 1904, which takes special account of the +medicinal and useful plants, is most valuable.</p> + +<p>For a proper introduction to Botany, Strasburger’s <em>Text Book +of Botany</em> is hard to beat.</p> + +<p><em>Kulturgewächse der Deutschen Kolonien</em>, by R. Sadebeck, +1899, gives a very good account of most of the useful West African +forest products; the very clear illustrations add immensely to its +value, although the book is now somewhat out of date.</p> + +<h3 class="sc">3. Timbers.</h3> + +<p>In <em>The Timbers of Commerce and their Identification</em>, by +Herbert Stone, F.L.S., F.R.C.I., 1904, a few of the West African +timber trees are mentioned, but only very cursorily, with but few +illustrations.</p> + +<p>In <em>Timber</em>, by J. R. Baterden, A.M.I.C., a few of the +West African timber trees are described, and a few photographs show +how the timber is worked. Their inclusion amongst the South African +timbers does not exactly enhance their value or give a true view of +their place in the economy of the timber trade.</p> + +<p><em>Wood</em>, by G. S. Boulger, gives an excellent system for +classifying woods by using all their various characteristics, such +as taste, smell, hardness, structure of the timber, and the various +pith rays and other peculiarities. A very complete list of all the +various timbers used in commerce is given, together with the +various synonyms of each, and the botanical names of each so far as +they are known. The uses of the timber and the supplies of each +country are given, and in this way it is a most important book of +reference for any Forest Officer.</p> + +<h3 class="sc">4. Forestry Generally.</h3> + +<p>In <em>Sylviculture in the Tropics</em>, by A. F. Broun, +Director of Woods and Forests, Soudan, 1912, some references are +made to West African trees. Some very typical photographs of forest +vegetation in various parts of the Tropics are very useful, and +demonstrate several forest theories far better than pages of +words.</p> + +<p><em>A Dictionary of the World’s Commercial Products</em>, by J. +A. Slater, B.A., LL.B., 1907, is very useful for looking up the +lesser known forest products. The descriptions have to be used with +discrimination,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_499">[499]</span> as +some of them are rather cursory and no authorities for botanical +names are given.</p> + +<p><em>Gold Coast Report of Forests</em>, by Mr. H. N. Thompson, +Chief Conservator of Forests, South Nigeria, 1910, is the +authoritative work on the Forestry problems of the Gold Coast. Full +descriptions of the chief forests are given, together with the +important plants and trees found in each. The laws of South Nigeria +as modified to suit Gold Coast conditions are also quoted. Forest +policy as suitable for this country is given; the different types +of forest and their relation to the climatic formations are also +mentioned at length. A suitable establishment carrying out these +suggestions is laid down. The black-and-white drawings which +illustrate this book, especially those of mahogany, are invaluable +to either the Forestry student or the timber merchant.</p> + +<p><em>The Oil Palm and its Varieties</em>, by J. H. J. Farquhar, +Conservator of Forests, Nigeria, is an interesting and useful +preliminary monograph on that most valuable tree. It gives a +summary of all the information of the Forest Department on that +subject up to that date.</p> + +<p><em>List of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of the Gold Coast, +Ashantee, and North Territories</em>, T. F. Chipp, B.Sc., F.L.S.; +<em>Der Tropenwirt</em>, by Dr. S. Loskin, Hinstorff’sche +Verlagsbuchhandlung, Wismar i. U., 1913; <em>The Principal Forest +Trees</em>, by H. N. Whitford, Ph.D., Bulletin No. 10, Manila +Bureau of Printing, 1911, are three useful books.</p> + +<p><em>The Kew Bulletin</em> and the <em>Journal of the Imperial +Institute</em> always contain most valuable notes on the botanical +and technical qualities of the various African trees and +plants.</p> + +<p><em>The Indian Forester</em>, which appears monthly, is a most +necessary periodical for every Forest Office or Timber Camp, +containing as it does not only original articles on sylvicultural +and other forest problems, but also much information on the uses of +timbers, similar kinds of which are found here, and thus gives one +an indication in what direction to exploit new timbers.</p> + +<p><em>In the Guiana Forest</em>, by Jas. Rodway, is a very +readable book on the tropical forest scenery found in Demarara. It +is, of course, written in very popular style, but gives one a very +good introduction to the tropical forest, showing both by beautiful +descriptions and good illustrations what one should observe in +these forests. Much tropical scenery is very similar, and +therefore, though this book deals with British Guiana, much of it +is applicable to West African forests.</p> + +<p><em>Forestry</em>, by Dr. Adam Schwappach, gives a short, +concise account of what is included under the term Forestry in +Europe. One obtains a clear view of the divisions under which this +subject is treated.</p> + +<p><em>The Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Sierra Leone</em>, +by C. E. Lane Poole, Government of Sierra Leone, is the most +important<span class="pagenum" id="Page_500">[500]</span> +collection of notes yet issued on this subject. It should prove of +greatest use to Forest Officers, and to all others interested in +the forests and afforestation.</p> + +<p>Much useful information has been obtained from the annual +Reports on the administration of the Forest Department from the +years 1906 to 1913, more especially from that of 1906, which +practically summarized the results of the Department’s work up to +that date. Data on Togo are contained in the report of the +afforestation of Togo with teak and other African timber trees. +This was the result of a long tour in that country made by the +author in 1911. From Sierra Leone much valuable knowledge was +acquired as a result of a five months’ tour made in 1908-9, and +this was embodied in a report which appeared in 1909. Very useful +information is contained in the reports by the Conservator of +Forests there, which have appeared since. A most extensive account +of the forest trees and plants, including the Oil Palm, is given in +<em>Les Végétaux utiles de l’Afrique tropicale française</em>, by +M. Chevalier, Parts I and II, 1909, 1910 (A. Challamel), chiefly in +connection with the Ivory Coast.</p> + +<p>In the <em>Notizblatt</em> of the Berlin Botanical Station are +some useful notes on <em>Die Nutz Holzer der Kamerun</em>, 1909. +Also in the pamphlets <em>Die Nutz Holzer Togos</em>, Parts I and +II. In this manner it is possible to make a comparative study of +the timber trees found in the different parts of West Africa. The +addition of the native names in most cases is also very +valuable.</p> + +<hr class="chap"> + +<h2 class="large"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_501">[501]</span><a id="ind"></a>INDEX</h2> + +<ul class="index"> +<li>Abá, (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Ababele (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Abache (Benin), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Abadan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Abafe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Abakaliki District, <a href="#Page_472">472</a>, <a href= +"#Page_473">473</a></li> + +<li>Abange (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Abara (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Abari (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Abba, or Abbo Rubber (Lagos), <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Abbis (Mendi), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Abe (Fanti), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; A. fita or A. fufu +(Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_466">466</a>; A. Obene, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Abeletia (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>.</li> + +<li>Abeokuta Province, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>, <a href="#Page_243">243</a>, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_259">259</a>, <a href= +"#Page_260">260</a>, <a href="#Page_262">262</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_280">280</a>, <a href= +"#Page_282">282</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a>, <a href="#Page_287">287</a>, <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a>, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>, <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_296">296</a>, <a href= +"#Page_299">299</a>, <a href="#Page_300">300</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_306">306</a>, <a href= +"#Page_309">309</a>, <a href="#Page_310">310</a>, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_317">317</a>, <a href= +"#Page_322">322</a>, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>, <a href= +"#Page_329">329</a>, <a href="#Page_330">330</a>, <a href= +"#Page_333">333</a>, <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a>, <a href="#Page_339">339</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a>, <a href="#Page_342">342</a>, <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a>, <a href="#Page_348">348</a>, <a href= +"#Page_350">350</a>, <a href="#Page_353">353</a>, <a href= +"#Page_362">362</a>, <a href="#Page_366">366</a>, <a href= +"#Page_370">370</a>, <a href="#Page_371">371</a>, <a href= +"#Page_374">374</a>, <a href="#Page_381">381</a>, <a href= +"#Page_383">383</a>, <a href="#Page_389">389</a>, <a href= +"#Page_391">391</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li>Abere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Abi or Yar River, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Abilu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Ablari (Fanti), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Abo (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>, <a href="#Page_366">366</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_334">334</a>; (Efik), <a href="#Page_390">390</a>; +A. Asha (Ibadan), <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; A. Idofun (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_269">269</a>; A. jaga (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a>; A. Lakosha (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_265">265</a>; A. oganwo (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Aboboë (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Abochia, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Abolo (Benin), <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Abonnemma (Owerri Province), <a href="#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li>Abono (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Aborkpor (Benin), <a href="#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li>Aborpor (Benin), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Abragba, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Abubube (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Abue (Egbado, Yoruba), <a href="#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li>Abugie (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Abura (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Aburese baka (Agni), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Aburuhi (Fanti), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Abuwe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_326">326</a></li> + +<li>Abwang (Bare), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Acacia, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, +<a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Albida, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>; +(<em>var.</em> saccharata), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_208">208</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Arabica, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_208">208</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Ataxacantha, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Benin Rope, <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Caffra, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Campylacantha, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, +<a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_208">208</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Catechu, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li class="isub">de Gabon (Colons), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Farnesiana, <a href="#Page_300">300</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Forests, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li class="isub">macrostachys, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li class="isub">pennata, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Senegalensis, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, +<a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Seyal, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_208">208</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Sieberiana, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_208">208</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Suma, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Thorny, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Whitethorn, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Acalypha, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Acantha montana, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Acanthaceæ, Gold Coast, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>; Nigeria, +<a href="#Page_194">194</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a>; Cameroons, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Acrocephalus polytrichus, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Adabi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Adadasé (Ewe), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Adadawa (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Adani (Akwa), <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Adansonia digitata, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_347">347</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Adder’s tongue, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Adema or Baba (Ewe), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Adenium Honghel, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Adenocarpus Mannii, <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Ade-pa (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Adere (Lagos), <a href="#Page_367">367</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_374">374</a></li> + +<li>Adiantum lunulatum, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; A. +Schweinfurthii, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Adi-be (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Adido (Ewe), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Adina microcephala, <a href="#Page_145">145</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; A. macrophylla, +<a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Adja or Adza (Ewe), <a href="#Page_137">137</a>; (Ibo), +<a href="#Page_228">228</a>; (Ibo, Asaba), <a href= +"#Page_292">292</a>; Adja tree, <a href="#Page_445">445</a></li> + +<li>Adjonde (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Adom (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Adowa (Appolonien), <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; A. and Dupain +(Ashanti), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Adua or Aduwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Adube (Fanti), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Adudze (Ewe), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Adugbin (Ibadan, Yoruba), <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Aduruku, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>; A. <em>syn.</em> Ba +reshe, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Adyanyapeso (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Adyokŭkola (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Adzadze (Ewe), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Ægle Barteri, <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Æolanthus, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Aeyedi (Quitta), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Afana (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Afara (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a></li> + +<li>Afe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Affi (Ibadan and Oyo), <a href="#Page_248">248</a></li> + +<li>Affram (Twi), <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; A. River, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Afikpo District, <a href="#Page_466">466</a>, <a href= +"#Page_472">472</a>, <a href="#Page_473">473</a>, <a href= +"#Page_493">493</a></li> + +<li>Afoforo (Egba) or Abo-fero (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Afoma (Mistletoe-like parasite), <a href="#Page_170">170</a>; +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Aforwa (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Aframomum, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Africa, British East, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>; Forest, +Central, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>; Forest escape, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>; Africa, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>African (West) Allspice, <a href="#Page_374">374</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Apricot (Colons), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Barwood, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Blackwood, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>; W. African B., <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Brazil nuts, <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Bread fruit, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Cabbage Tree, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>; Big leaf +C.T., <a href="#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Catechu, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Coffee, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Copaiba Balsam Tree or Copaivi, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Ebony, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li class="isub">“Elemi Tree,” <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, +<a href="#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Elm, <a href="#Page_248">248</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Greenheart, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>; Light G., +<a href="#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_286">286</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a>, <a href="#Page_384">384</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Indigo, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Kapok, <a href="#Page_345">345</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Kino, <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Lignumvitæ, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Lilac, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li class="isub">(West) Locust Bean, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, +<a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mahogany, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a>, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; Togo Plantations +of M., <a href="#Page_149">149</a>; Nigeria, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li class="isub">(West) Mahogany, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, +<a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mammee or Mammy Apple, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, +<a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href= +"#Page_462">462</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Maple, <a href="#Page_351">351</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mistletoe, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Myrrh, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Nutmeg, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Oak, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_27">27</a>, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href= +"#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href= +"#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_253">253</a>, <a href="#Page_255">255</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>, <a href= +"#Page_358">358</a>, <a href="#Page_403">403</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Padowk, <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Palm, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Pearwood, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href= +"#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Pepper, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Redwood, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Rosewood, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href= +"#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Rubber tree, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Satinwood, <a href="#Page_371">371</a>; Dry Zone +Satinwood, <a href="#Page_309">309</a>, <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Star apple, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_381">381</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Strychnos Tree, <a href="#Page_389">389</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Teak (English name), <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, +<a href="#Page_253">253</a>, <a href="#Page_256">256</a>; +small-fruited, <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li class="isub">(West) Timbers, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Tragacantha, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Tulip tree, <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Violetwood, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Walnut, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href= +"#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_328">328</a>; West African W., <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, +<a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href="#Page_326">326</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Whitewood, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Wisteria, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Wood-oil nut, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, +<a href="#Page_332">332</a>, <a href="#Page_333">333</a> <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Yellow wood, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Afrormosia elata, <a href="#Page_271">271</a>, <a href= +"#Page_352">352</a>; A. laxiflora, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>; A. sp., <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Afzelia, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a>, <a href="#Page_450">450</a>; Calabar A., +<a href="#Page_291">291</a>; Forest A., <a href= +"#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><span class="pagenum" id= +"Page_502">[502]</span>Africana (Rhodesian Mahogany), <a href= +"#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_271">271</a>, <a href="#Page_290">290</a>, <a href= +"#Page_291">291</a>, <a href="#Page_292">292</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li class="isub">bella, <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li class="isub">bracteata, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Brownei, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Cuanzensis, <a href="#Page_290">290</a>, <a href= +"#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li class="isub">fastigiata, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li class="isub">(Kontah), <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li> + +<li class="isub">microcarpa, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Nov. sp., <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li class="isub">pachyloba, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li class="isub">red-arilled, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp., <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Zenkeri, <a href="#Page_430">430</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Aga (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_233">233</a> or Agbawo, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Agan Aparo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Aganokwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a>, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>; A. No. I, +<a href="#Page_376">376</a></li> + +<li>Agave rigida, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>; A. Sisalana, +<a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Agba, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>; A. of the Benis, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>; (Ikale, Benin), <a href="#Page_304">304</a>, +<a href="#Page_353">353</a>; (West Side), <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Agbana (Ewe), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Agbara (Ikale), <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Agbarin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Agbede, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Agberibede (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; Agberigeddi, +<a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Agboin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Agbon (Benin), <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Agedegbo (Benin), <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Agege (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_396">396</a>; A. Yoruba Country, +<a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Agelæa obliqua, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Ageratum conyzoides, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Aggan Egbo (Egba), <a href="#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li>Aghaghe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li>Aghako (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Agiekpogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Agkwokhau (Benin), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Agniere (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Agnon (Abe), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Ago (Quitta, Krepi, Accra), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Agoma (Benin), <a href="#Page_381">381</a></li> + +<li>Agome Mts., <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li><em>Agricultural Chemistry</em>, by Johnson and Cameron, +<a href="#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Agricultural College, E. and W. Scotland, <a href= +"#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li>Agricultural land fixed by the older civilized countries, +<a href="#Page_485">485</a></li> + +<li>Agricultural Society of England, Royal, <a href= +"#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Agu (Togo), <a href="#Page_477">477</a>; A. Plantation, +<a href="#Page_469">469</a>; A. Valley, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a></li> + +<li>Aguana (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Aguaya (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Agui (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Agumua (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Agutesi (Krepi), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Aguwa, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Ahedua (Twi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Ahoada District, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>, <a href= +"#Page_255">255</a>, <a href="#Page_472">472</a></li> + +<li>Ahon or Ahun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Ai-da (Yoruba), <em>cf.</em> Kalango daji and Sandan Mayu, +<a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Aiko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_235">235</a></li> + +<li>Aini (Egba), <a href="#Page_394">394</a></li> + +<li>Ainyere (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Ainyesan (Benin), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Aiomiti (Kirikiri), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Aiu (Krepi), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Aiveygbo (Egbado, Yoruba), <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Aiye (Ondo), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li>Aiyeni (Egbado, Benin), <a href="#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li>Aiyo (Egba), <a href="#Page_249">249</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a>, <a href="#Page_370">370</a></li> + +<li>Aja-igi or Aja-iji (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, +<a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Ajama (Krepi), <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; (West Coast), +<a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Ajasso Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Ajia (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_278">278</a>; (Ibo Asaba), +<a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Ajumkobi (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li> + +<li>Ajurlo (Krepi), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Aka (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_285">285</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a>; A. Ishin, <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Akak (Timani), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Akaka (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Akala (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_382">382</a></li> + +<li>Akapano (Benin), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Akara (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Akassa (Warri Province), <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Akata (Twi, Denkira), <a href="#Page_105">105</a>; (Benin), +<a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Akbo (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_345">345</a></li> + +<li>Akboro (Benin), <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Ake or Akhe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_83">83</a>; (Atakpame), +<a href="#Page_146">146</a>; (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Akede (Abe), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Akee (Tree), <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>; A. Apple, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_341">341</a>; Bush A., <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a></li> + +<li>Akhuro (seed, Benin), <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Aki (Asante), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Akika or Aka, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Akiko or Agliko (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Akilla Timber Works, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Akinale (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Akinrankiri (Benin), <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Akion (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Akiti (Ibo Owerri), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Akiye or Akwiye (seeds), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Akkihien (Benin), <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Akkun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_339">339</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Aklo (Anecho), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Ako (Benin), <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>; (Yoruba) <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_270">270</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a>, <a href="#Page_330">330</a>, <a href= +"#Page_366">366</a>, <a href="#Page_375">375</a>, <a href= +"#Page_489">489</a>; A. bolobolo (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a>; A. gbogbonshe, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>; A. +Idofun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_269">269</a>; A.-ire, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>; A. ledo (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Akodiombi or Zakuebiembi (Attie), <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Akodo (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Akoima (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Akoko (Benin), <a href="#Page_350">350</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Akokotsua (Fanti), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Akomu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Akondog (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Akoriko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Akorüe (Indenie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Akosica (Abe), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Akoso (Benin), <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li>Akotompo (Fanti), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Akouibia (Fanti), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Akpaboyo Road, <a href="#Page_469">469</a></li> + +<li>Akpakpa (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Akpakossa (Benin), <a href="#Page_406">406</a></li> + +<li>Akpakpla (Anago), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Akpaku (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_328">328</a></li> + +<li>Akpanagya (Benin), <a href="#Page_272">272</a>; Akpan Etuidiwi +(Efik), <a href="#Page_274">274</a></li> + +<li>Akpanya (Efik), <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Akpe (Ibo), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Akplẽ or Loloẽ (Ewe), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Akpo, <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Akpoklo or Bofuti (Ewe), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Akposso, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Akronkron (Accra), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Aku (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a>; Akus, <a href= +"#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Akuana (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Akũgre (Kpedyi), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Akukan (Quitta) (Krepi), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Akukobasa (Ewe), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Akumasse (Fanti), <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Akume (Benin), <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a></li> + +<li>Akun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Akuosi, Ambi (Fanti), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Akure Province, <a href="#Page_322">322</a></li> + +<li>“Akushi” (native basin), <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> + +<li>Akushunmajadin (Ikale), <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Akwabohori (Fanti), <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Akwabu (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Akwankusuma (Fanti), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Akwantanuro (Fanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Akwarri (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Akwayefe District, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; A. River, +<a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Akwekwe (Benin), <a href="#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Ala (Ewe), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Alabata (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Alabenum, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Alabeta Province, <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Alade (Ikale), <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Alãfe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Alafia Landolphioides, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Alale (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Alambo, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Alangiaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Alangium begonifolium, <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Alapari (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Alasko, <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Alati (Quitta, Krepi), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Alayafu, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Albert Lake, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Albizzia, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href= +"#Page_172">172</a>, <a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Albruana, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Amara, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Angolensis, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Boji, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Brownii, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href= +"#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_293">293</a>, <a href="#Page_294">294</a>, <a href= +"#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Cæsalpinia, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Chevalieri, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li class="isub">fastigiata, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li class="isub">ferruginea, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Lebbek, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li class="isub">rhombifolia, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp., <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_293">293</a>, <a href="#Page_294">294</a>, <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a>, <a href="#Page_296">296</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li class="isub">stipulata, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; A. +Welwitchii, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Alchornea cordata, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>; A. cordifolia, +<a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; A. +floribunda, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; A. sp., <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Alembole (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Alensuneku (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Alepo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Aleurites Moluccana, <a href="#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Ali (Timani), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Aligna (Benin), <a href="#Page_79">79</a>; A. (or Adya), +<a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a>, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>, <a href= +"#Page_292">292</a>, <a href="#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Alikongeba (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Aliliba or aliliba, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Alinyan (Benin), <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Alismataceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Allahbanunu (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Allanblackia floribunda, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href= +"#Page_461">461</a>; A. parviflora, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Allerle (Benin), <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Alligator apple, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Allophyllus Africana, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Almeidina, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Almond Tree, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>; A. wood (Coula +edulis), <a href="#Page_33">33</a>; Indian A. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Alobla (Kpedyi), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Alode (Benin), <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Aloe Barteri, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>; A. Buettneri, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Alofin (Jebu), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Alongua (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Alsodeia, sp., <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Alstonia Congensis, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Alu (Ewe), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Alukon raba (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Alum bark, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Amaké (Ewe), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Amanoa bracteata, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Amaranthaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Amaranthus caudatus, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; A. viridis, +<a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Amaryllidaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_128">128</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Ambriz, <a href="#Page_465">465</a></li> + +<li>Ameliki (Timani), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Amellaky (or Egbessye of S. Leone) (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Ameme (Benin), <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Amerere (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_503">[503]</span>America (S.), +<a href="#Page_185">185</a>; A. exotics, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>; A. “whitewood,” <a href= +"#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>Amhio (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Amizi Agni, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Ammannia Senegalensis, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Amorphophallus Barteri, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; A. +dracontioides, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Amoyin (Egba), <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Ampelideæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>Ampelocissus, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Amphiblemma polyneuron, <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Amu-ati (Ewe), <a href="#Page_144">144</a>; A. Ne (New +Calabar), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Amuan (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Ana River (Togo), <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Anacardiaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_52">52</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_75">75</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_103">103</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_136">136</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Anacardium occidentale, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>; A. sp., <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Anaküe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Anamolum (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Anamomila or Anamomilla (Benin), <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, +<a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_412">412</a></li> + +<li>Ananas, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Anane (Axim), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Anaphe Moloneyi (Wild silkworm), <a href="#Page_206">206</a>; +A. sp., <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Anaphrenium, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Anchi (Fanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Anchomanes Dalzielii, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Ancistrophyllum, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>; A. sp., <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Andira inermis, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Andoni River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Andropogon apricus, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; A. Gayensis, +<a href="#Page_201">201</a>; A. sorghum, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a>; A. tectorum, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Andropogoneæ, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Aneilema, A. lanceolatum, A. sinicum, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Anglo-French saw-mills, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Anglocalyx ramiflorus, <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li>Angowma, <a href="#Page_422">422</a></li> + +<li>Angular pod, <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Anikantuhu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li>Anikiba (Benin), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Anisophyllea laurina (monkey apple), <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, +<a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Ankent (Timani), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Ankump (Timani), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Annatto (orange dye), <a href="#Page_364">364</a></li> + +<li>Anogeissus, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; A. leiocarpus, <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href= +"#Page_167">167</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a>, <a href= +"#Page_489">489</a>; A. sp., <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Anona, <a href="#Page_342">342</a>; A. afzelii, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>; A. Mannii, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>; A. +muricata, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>; A. palustris, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>; A. Senegalensis, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, +<a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>; A. sp., <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Anonaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_71">71</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_129">129</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_259">259</a>, <a href= +"#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Anopyxis ealænsis, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Ansellia, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; A. Congoensis, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Ant Trees (Musimba), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Anthericum, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Anthocleista Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; A. +magnifica, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>; A. nobilis, <a href= +"#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href= +"#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_203">203</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>; A. parviflora, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, +<a href="#Page_224">224</a>; A. sp., <a href="#Page_110">110</a>; +A. Vogelii, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Antholyza Zenkeri, <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Anthostema Senegalense, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Antiaris, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>; A. Africana, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, +<a href="#Page_129">129</a>; A. sp., <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, +<a href="#Page_250">250</a>; A. toxiaria, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href= +"#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Antidesma anbryanthum, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>; A. +laciniatum, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, +<a href="#Page_434">434</a>; A. sp., <a href="#Page_336">336</a>; +A. venosum, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Anwai District, <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; A. River, <a href= +"#Page_353">353</a>, <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Anyan (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Anyeran (Benin), <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_271">271</a>, <a href="#Page_352">352</a></li> + +<li>Anyesan (Benin), <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Anyi (Anago), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Anyo, <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Anyolo (Timani), <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Apa (Rhodesian Mahogany), <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>; (African Oak, Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_291">291</a>, <a href="#Page_292">292</a>; A. oro (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_389">389</a>, <a href="#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Apado (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_449">449</a>; (Abeokuta), <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Apagban (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Apakka (Anago), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Apapa (near Lagos), <a href="#Page_481">481</a>; A. Saw mill, +<a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Apapo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Apara (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Apassa, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>; (Efik), <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_379">379</a></li> + +<li>Apata, <a href="#Page_336">336</a>, <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>, <a href="#Page_379">379</a>; A. Wood (Benin), +<a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Ape (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Apepe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Aphania, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li> + +<li>Aphanocalyx sp., <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Apiko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Apobo (Jekri, Ijor), <a href="#Page_326">326</a></li> + +<li>Apocynaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_58">58</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_78">78</a>; Ivory Coast, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; +(Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_110">110</a>; (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_142">142</a>; (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_390">390</a>, <a href= +"#Page_394">394</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Apodytes Beninensis, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li> + +<li>Apokpo (Anecho), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Appapayi or Wausauwah (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a>; +(Fanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Apple tree compared with Fagara, <a href= +"#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Appolonia, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; Appolonians, <a href= +"#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Apukur (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Apurro (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Aqua egbua (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Ara (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Arab, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Araba (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Arabmetu (Adionkron), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Arac Palm, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Arachi (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href= +"#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Arachis hypogæa, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Aragbaihi (Benin), <a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Arajon, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Arakpa (Benin), <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Araliaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_140">140</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_375">375</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Aramoho (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Aranhe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Ararabi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Arasa (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Arasha (Ondo), <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Areca catechu, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Arenga saccharifera, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Arere (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; A. Tree, +<a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_178">178</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_351">351</a>, <a href= +"#Page_352">352</a></li> + +<li>Argemone Mexicana, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Argentine, <a href="#Page_491">491</a></li> + +<li>Aridan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_284">284</a>; A. Abatta, <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Aril, yellow, <a href="#Page_291">291</a></li> + +<li>Aristida, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Aristolochia alba, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Aristolochiaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Aroba (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Aro Boro (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Aroid, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Aroideæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Arojoku (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Aroko (Onitsha Province), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Aroro (Benin), <a href="#Page_335">335</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Arquane (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Arrow-poison climber, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Artabotrys sp., <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Artocarpus incisa, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Arugbo, <a href="#Page_412">412</a></li> + +<li>Arundo donax, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Asa bogüie (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; A. Gidi, <a href= +"#Page_338">338</a></li> + +<li>Asaba District, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a>, <a href="#Page_353">353</a>, <a href= +"#Page_391">391</a>, <a href="#Page_392">392</a>, <a href= +"#Page_393">393</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Asama (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Asana (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Asclepiadaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_59">59</a>; (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_112">112</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Asclepias lineolata, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Ase (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Asemigniri (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Ash (European), <a href="#Page_316">316</a></li> + +<li>Asha (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_335">335</a>; (Oudo), <a href= +"#Page_335">335</a>; (Ibadan), <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; A. +omode (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_331">331</a>; A. ragha (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Ashanti, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; A. natives, <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>; Ashanti Report (Gold Coast and Northern +Territory), by Mr. H. N. Thompson, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li> + +<li>Ashasha of the Yorubas, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a></li> + +<li>Ashuwole (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Asia, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>Asihuë (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Askale (Ikale), <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Asofeyeje (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Asogedaka (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>A-sog-e-jub, <a href="#Page_470">470</a></li> + +<li>Asokoru (Apollonian), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Asologun (musical instrument), wood of Alstonia, <a href= +"#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Asoma (Fanti), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Asoroa (Aowin), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Asparagus Pauli-Guilelmi (Tree), <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, +<a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Aspidosperma Quebracho, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Aspillia, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Asre (Yoruba, Egbado), <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Asses bread, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Assi (Benin), <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Assihato (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Assinie River and Town, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Assivi (Benin), <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Assomah (Twi), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Assoro (Twi), <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Assun (Benin), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Astragalus gummifer, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Astrochlæna, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Asuaindokun (Aowin), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Asukole (Ikale), <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Asunwon (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Aswen (Benin), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Asystasia Coromandeliana, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Ata (Anago), <a href="#Page_134">134</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_309">309</a>; A. frifridi (Ibo, Asaba), <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Ataka (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; Atakapuresossi +(Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Atakpame, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_469">469</a></li> + +<li>Atakpati (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Atakpla (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Atawa (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Atawah or Altawah (Twi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Atidje (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Atikuzẽ (Ewe), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Atillis (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Atisiā (Ewe), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Atite (Ewe), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Atiyi (Ewe), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Atolaie (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Atont (Timani), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Atore (Efik), <a href="#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Atori (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_323">323</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_324">324</a></li> + +<li>Atropa Belladonna, <a href="#Page_488">488</a></li> + +<li>Atsan (Attie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_504">[504]</span>Atta (Eflk), +<a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Attagbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_301">301</a>; (Benin), +<a href="#Page_310">310</a></li> + +<li>Attagura, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Attan (Benin), <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Attenli (Aowin), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Atwen (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Atwaba (Fanti), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Au River (Togo), <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Aubrya Gabunensis, <a href="#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li>Augor (Benin), <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_235">235</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Augwameatee (Aowin), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Auro (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Ause (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Austria-Hungary, <a href="#Page_492">492</a></li> + +<li>Austrian Markets, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>, <a href= +"#Page_326">326</a></li> + +<li>Autopoi (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Auwolo (Akposso), <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Avenya (Ewe), <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li> + +<li>Avicennia Africana, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href= +"#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>; (allied to A. +officinalis), <a href="#Page_144">144</a>; A. tomentosa, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Avogola or Awogolu (Ewe), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Awa (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Awabima (Twi), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Awasse (Abe), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Awaw District, <a href="#Page_394">394</a>; A. (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_297">297</a>; (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Awe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_331">331</a>, <a href= +"#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Awenu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Awesu (Jekri), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Awessu (Jekri), <a href="#Page_402">402</a></li> + +<li>Awewe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_342">342</a></li> + +<li>Awewi (Lagos, Yoruba), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Awigbi (Benin), <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Awin (Ib.), <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Awipu (Benin), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Awka Plantation, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Awoa (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Awolo (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Awong (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Awow (Benin), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Awowo, <a href="#Page_465">465</a></li> + +<li>Awraw (Egbado), <a href="#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Awshun, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></li> + +<li>Awun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Axim Forests, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li> + +<li>Aya, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; Aya Aya, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Ayagdo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Aye (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Ayeye (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Ayibukpo (Eflk), <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Ayin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_271">271</a>, <a href= +"#Page_373">373</a>, <a href="#Page_489">489</a></li> + +<li>Ayinre (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_295">295</a>; Ayinre Ayinre +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_296">296</a>; A. bonabona (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_294">294</a>; A. eta +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; A. langara (Egba, Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href="#Page_295">295</a>; A. ogo, +<a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href="#Page_295">295</a>; Ayinretta +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li>Ayo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_370">370</a></li> + +<li>Ayobo-Osuke Road, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Azimommon (Benin), <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Azodo (Abe), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Ba-fini, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; Ba-jini, +<em>syn.</em> Jina-jina (Sok. and Zanf.), <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>; Ba-reshe, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>; +Ba-ruwana, <em>syn.</em> Rimni (Sok.), <a href="#Page_218">218</a>; +Ba-Zanfare (Katagum), <em>syn.</em> Rai dore, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Baba (Ewe), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Bäbäle (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>“Babool,” Indian, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Baboon Kola, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Babu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Baccaurea Bonneti, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Bada, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Badagri, Trading Station, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Badagry, <a href="#Page_465">465</a>; Badagry District, +<a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Bagarumar makka (Sok.), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Bagarwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_208">208</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Bagi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Bago, River, <a href="#Page_487">487</a></li> + +<li>Baka-biringui (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Bakahehessi (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Bakana (Port), <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Bakasa (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Bakau (Fanti), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Bakbaboi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Bakbwi, or Bpakpei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Bakiesu (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Bakin makarfo, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Bakossi Road, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; B. Forest, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Bākū (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Bakum (Timani), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Bakundu Natives, <a href="#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Bälä (Afem), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Balakenta (Timani), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Balangi (musical instrument), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Balanites Ægyptica, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li>Balanophoraceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Balata (rubber), <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Bale (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Baledia or Welengele (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Balong natives, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Balsam Copaiba Tree, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_307">307</a>; B. apple, +<a href="#Page_193">193</a>; B. of Peru, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>; B. of Tolu, +<a href="#Page_316">316</a>; B. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Balsamodendron Africanum, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a>; B. pedunculatum, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Balsamodendron myrrha, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Balua (Attie), <a href="#Page_89">89</a>; Balua (Rosewood), +<a href="#Page_31">31</a></li> + +<li>Balui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Bambi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Bamboos, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>; B. palm, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>; B. sp., <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Bambus, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Bambuto Mts., <a href="#Page_487">487</a></li> + +<li>Bamenda District, <a href="#Page_415">415</a></li> + +<li>Bana (Attie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Bananas, wild, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href= +"#Page_147">147</a></li> + +<li>Bandana River, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Bandonge (Duala), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Bang (Duala), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Banuke or Nje (Duala), <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Baobab, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, +<a href="#Page_116">116</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a>, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Baphia, <a href="#Page_430">430</a>; B. Barombiensis, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>; B. nitida (Camwood), <a href= +"#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>; B. polygalaceæ, +<a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a>; B. pubescens, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>; B. sp., <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Bar nagoda (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Bara (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Barabutu (Hausa), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Barambo (Gobir), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Barbaji <em>syn.</em> Tsibra or Tsura (Sok.), <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Bariba or Biribi (Abe), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Barijuko, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Bark Bugs, <a href="#Page_436">436</a>; Bark exported, <a href= +"#Page_444">444</a>; Bark fibre, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, +<a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Baro, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Baro Kano Line, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Barteria aromatica, <a href="#Page_437">437</a>; B. fistulosa, +<a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Barth, Dr., <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Barwood or Nigerian Camwood, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, +<a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href= +"#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Basamu (Sok. and Zanf.), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Basel Mission Timber Works, <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Bassa-bassa (Benin), <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Bassam, <a href="#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li>Bassari (Togo), <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_124">124</a>; B. Savannah, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, +<a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_469">469</a></li> + +<li>Batabue (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Batanga District, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Batwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Bauchi (Highlands), <a href="#Page_188">188</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Baugbaningbamu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Bauhinia, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>; B. Dry Zone, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; B. +Krughii, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; B. reticulata, <a href= +"#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; B. rufescens, +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; B. Thonningii, +<a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Bauji (E. Hausa), <em>syn.</em> Fara Raya, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Baulan Bolo (Degema, Calabar), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Bauren fadama; Bauren rafi, (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Bauri (Hausa), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Baushe (Hausa), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Baut I. (Timani), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Bawie (Hausa), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Baya (Twi Kowin), <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Bayama (Kontagora), <em>syn.</em> Gwazkiya, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Baywood, <a href="#Page_20">20</a></li> + +<li>Bazana (Hausa), <a href="#Page_211">211</a>; Banzano (Kano and +Zaria), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Bead Head, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; B. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Beari (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Bebeti (Moyen Cavally), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Beckindanko (Hausa), <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href= +"#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Beckwith, Mr. H. (depericarping process), <a href= +"#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li>Beech, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>; B. compared with Gum Copal, +<a href="#Page_36">36</a></li> + +<li>Beef-Tree, Australian, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Beeswax, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_444">444</a></li> + +<li>Befun people, <a href="#Page_467">467</a></li> + +<li>Begonia (rostrata), <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Beguan (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Beibolei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Bek (Timani), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Belengbe (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Belgian Congo, <a href="#Page_423">423</a>, <a href= +"#Page_424">424</a></li> + +<li>Belvi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Bembe (Bambara), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Bembedo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Bembu (Mangu), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Ben (seeds), <a href="#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li>Bēnature (Mangu), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Bende, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>; B. noso (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Bendiguri (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Bendwi or Bunduei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Benin, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_238">238</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_245">245</a>, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_253">253</a>, <a href="#Page_254">254</a>, <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_258">258</a>, <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_271">271</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a>, <a href="#Page_279">279</a>, <a href= +"#Page_282">282</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a>, <a href="#Page_289">289</a>, <a href= +"#Page_291">291</a>, <a href="#Page_297">297</a>, <a href= +"#Page_306">306</a>, <a href="#Page_310">310</a>, <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_324">324</a>, <a href= +"#Page_327">327</a>, <a href="#Page_329">329</a>, <a href= +"#Page_330">330</a>, <a href="#Page_333">333</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>, <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a>, <a href="#Page_348">348</a>, <a href= +"#Page_350">350</a>, <a href="#Page_367">367</a>, <a href= +"#Page_376">376</a>, <a href="#Page_381">381</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; B. arboretum, +<a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>; B. cane or rattan, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>; B. City, <a href="#Page_166">166</a>, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>, <a href="#Page_304">304</a>; B. Forests, +<a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_292">292</a>; B. language, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>; B. +market, <a href="#Page_313">313</a>; B. natives and people, +<a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_264">264</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a>, <a href="#Page_287">287</a>, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>; B. (North), +<a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>; B. nut, +<a href="#Page_258">258</a>; B. Pearwood, <a href= +"#Page_378">378</a>; B. River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Beniti (Agome), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Bentpod, <a href="#Page_290">290</a>, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li>Benué Region, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>; B. River, <a href="#Page_188">188</a>, +<a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href="#Page_203">203</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Beri (Mendi), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Berlinia, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Berlinia acuminata, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_281">281</a>, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a>; B. auriculata, +<a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>; B. Heudelotiana, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, +<a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>; B. Kerstingii, +<a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>; B. sp., <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>; B. sp. near B. stipulaceæ, <a href= +"#Page_47">47</a>; B. tomentosa, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>; B. of +the Waterside, <a href="#Page_292">292</a></li> + +<li>Berrya ammomilla, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Bersama, Chippii, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; B. Doeringii, +<a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_505">[505]</span>Bersama +Paullinioides, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Bertiera glabrata, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Bessi, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>; B. (Ashanti), <a href= +"#Page_106">106</a>; B. Kpessei, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Betel nut palm, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Beteng (Aowin), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Betu oil or tree, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a>, <a href="#Page_454">454</a></li> + +<li>Beurre de Karité, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li> + +<li>Bewa or Mano River, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li> + +<li>Bewe-Bauban (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Bibiabe (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li><span class="sc">Bibliography of West African Forests</span>, +<a href="#Page_496">496</a>-500</li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Agricultural and Forest Products of British +West Africa</em>, by G. C. Dudgeon, Director-General of Agriculture +in Egypt, <a href="#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Bulletin (Kew)</em>, <a href= +"#Page_497">497</a>-499</li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information</em>, +<a href="#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Bulletin of the Imperial Institute</em>, ed. +by Sir W. Dunstan, <a href="#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Catalogue of Plants</em> collected by Mr. and +Mrs. Talbot in the Oban District, South Nigeria, <a href= +"#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Der Tropenwirt</em>, by Dr. S. Loskin, +<a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Dictionary of the World’s Commercial +Products</em>, by J. A. Slater, B.A., LL.B., <a href= +"#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Die Blütenpflanzen Afrikas</em>, by Franz +Thonner, <a href="#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Forestry</em>, by Dr. Adam Schwappach, +<a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Forestry in West Africa</em>, by Sir Alfred +Maloney, <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Glossary of Botanic Terms</em>, by D. G. +Jackson, <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Gold Coast Report of Forests</em>, by H. N. +Thompson, Chief Conservator of Forests, South Nigeria, <a href= +"#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>In the Guiana Forest</em>, by Jas. Rodway, +<a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course +and Termination of the Niger</em>, <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Journal of the Imperial Institute</em>, +<a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Kulturgewächse der Deutschen Kolonien</em>, by +R. Sadebeck, <a href="#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Les végétaux utiles de l’Afrique tropicale +française</em>, by M. Chevalier, <a href="#Page_500">500</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>List of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of the Gold +Coast, Ashantee and Northern Territories</em>, by T. F. Chipp, +B.Sc., F.L.S., <a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Monographien der Pflanzenfamilien</em>, +<a href="#Page_8">8</a> vols. by Dr. Adolf Engler, <a href= +"#Page_496">496</a>-497</li> + +<li> +<table class="tabp2"> +<tr> +<td class="tdr">I.</td> +<td>Moraceæ, excluding Ficus.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">II.</td> +<td>Melastomaceæ.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">III.</td> +<td>Combretaceæ Combretum.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">IV.</td> +<td>Combretaceæ, excluding Combretum</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">V.</td> +<td>Sterculiaceæ.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">VI.</td> +<td>Anonaceæ.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">VII.</td> +<td>Strophanthus.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr">VIII.</td> +<td>Sapotaceæ.</td> +</tr> +</table> +</li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Notes on Nigerian Trees and Plants</em>, by E. +W. Foster, <a href="#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Notizblatt of the Berlin Botanical +Station</em>, containing notes on “Die Nutz Holzer der Kamerun,” +<a href="#Page_500">500</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Pamphlets on <em>Die Nutz Holzer Togos</em>, +<a href="#Page_500">500</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien</em>, by Dr. +Adolf Engler, <a href="#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Sylviculture in the Tropics</em>, by A. F. +Broun, Director of Woods and Forests, Soudan, <a href= +"#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Text Book of Botany</em>, by Strasburger, +<a href="#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>The Indian Forester</em>, <a href= +"#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>The Oil Palm and its Varieties</em>, by J. H. +J. Farquhar, Conservator of Forests, (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>The Principal Forest Trees</em>, by H. W. +Whitford, Ph.D., <a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>The Timbers of Commerce and their +Identification</em>, by Herbert Stone, F.L.S., F.R.C.I., <a href= +"#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>The Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of S. +Leone</em>, by C. E. Lane Poole, <a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>The Useful Plants of Nigeria</em>, <a href= +"#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Timber</em>, by J. R. Baterden, A.M.I.C., +<a href="#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li class="isub"><em>Wood</em>, by G. S. Boulger, <a href= +"#Page_498">498</a></li> + +<li>Bignoniaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_60">60</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_79">79</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_113">113</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_144">144</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Bijaje (Hausa), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Bilinga (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_290">290</a>, <a href= +"#Page_292">292</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>; Benin Bilinga, +<a href="#Page_292">292</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Bimbi District, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Bimbwa, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Bingeria Africana, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Biophytum sensitivum, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Biota trees, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Bipindi District, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>, <a href="#Page_428">428</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>, <a href="#Page_430">430</a>, <a href= +"#Page_431">431</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>, <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Bishiyapl, or Bishiyoyi generic (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Bismarckburg sub-station (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a></li> + +<li>Bissaboko (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Bissimi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Bitter Bark, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>; B. Kola, <a href= +"#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>; B. Leaf, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a>; Bitter tomato, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Biunwe (Twi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Bixa orellana, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Bixaceæ or Bixineæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, +<a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Black Tumbler, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a></li> + +<li>Blackwater Plant, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Blackwood, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>; B. African W., <a href="#Page_297">297</a>; B. +Benin N., <a href="#Page_297">297</a>; B. Indian, <a href= +"#Page_386">386</a>; Yoruba Blackwood, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Blepharis, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Blighia sapida, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_341">341</a>, <a href="#Page_342">342</a>; B. sp., <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>“Blind” wood or Kapok, <a href="#Page_345">345</a></li> + +<li>Blita Resthouse (Togo), <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Blood Plum of Sierra Leone, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Bloodwood, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Blue dye, <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Blue gum, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Bo, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>; B. (Balong), <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Boa (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Boanda (Buea district), <a href="#Page_434">434</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Bobai (Duala), <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Bobang (Balong), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Bobanja Duala, <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Bobbyboya Water (Timani), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Bobby water, or Benin Mahogany, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li> + +<li>Bobe ba ndiko (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Bobolo (Malimba), <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Bodekadun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Bodgei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Bœmbe (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bofelei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Bofu (Fanti), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Bogi or Gbojei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href= +"#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Bogo zage (Zanfau), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Bogüe (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Boi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Boi boi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Boisima (Agni), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Boji, <a href="#Page_311">311</a>; B. Albizzia, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a>; B. Hills, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_290">290</a>, <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a>, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>, <a href= +"#Page_493">493</a></li> + +<li>Boka or Boko (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_433">433</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Bokata (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Bokeku (Duala), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bokombo (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bokome (Bakundu, Bafo), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Bokondo (Duala), <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Boko-pupa (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Bokuk (Balong), <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; B. ba mhale +(Duala), <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; B. (Etam), <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Bokukulende (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bokumia (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bola (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Bolo (Ijaw and Brass), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Bolobolo, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>; B. fibre, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a></li> + +<li>Bolondo (Duala), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Bolusila (Mangu), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Bomba (Duala), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Bombacaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_435">435</a>; (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_105">105</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>; (Liberia), <a href="#Page_76">76</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a>; (Sierra +Leone), <a href="#Page_53">53</a>; (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Bombax, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a>; B. brevicuspe, +<a href="#Page_105">105</a>; B. Buonopozense, <a href= +"#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a>; B. sp., <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Bombay Blackwood, <a href="#Page_176">176</a></li> + +<li>Bombay cotton seed, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Bomoku (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Bon (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Bonabona (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Bongani (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Bongele or Bopum ba nji (Duala), <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Bongongi (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_428">428</a>; (Duala), +<a href="#Page_428">428</a>; (Sanaga River), <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Bongossi (Duala), <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Bonjabi (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Bonni (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Bonny River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Bōnugú (Misahöhe), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Bonwula or Woula (Duala), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bonyurome (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Bonza (Bambara), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Booni (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Boottia Abyssinica, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Bopalo or Bololo (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_427">427</a>, +<a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Bopanda (Bafo) or Bopande (Bakundu), <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Bope (Bafo), <a href="#Page_431">431</a>; (Duala), <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Bopek (Balong), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Bopolo polo (Duala), <a href="#Page_440">440</a>, <a href= +"#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Borassus Æthiopium, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; B., <em>var.</em> +Æthiopium, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>; B. flabellifer (also called Fan or Bottle +Palm), <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, +<a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Borbor, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li> + +<li>Borepore (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Borer attacks on Anogeissus, <a href="#Page_374">374</a>; on +Dalbergia, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>; on Diospyros, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a>; on Gum Copal, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>; on +Mahogany (Leading Shoot Borer), <a href="#Page_167">167</a>, +<a href="#Page_175">175</a>; on Terminalia, <a href= +"#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Borgu Province, <a href="#Page_300">300</a>, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li>Borimba (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Bornu, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Boro (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Borraginaceæ (sometimes Boragineæ) (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_59">59</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_112">112</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_143">143</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a>; Cameroons, +<a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_506">[506]</span>Borri-borri +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Bosambai (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a>; Bosambe +(Bakundu), <a href="#Page_427">427</a>, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Bosav (Bakundu), or Sao (Duala), <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Boscia, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>; B. Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Bosenge (Duala), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bosipi (Duala), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Bosole (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Bossi (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Boswellia Dalzielii, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>; B. Klaineana, +<a href="#Page_100">100</a>; B. odorata, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Botapia (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Bōti (Dyakossi), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Bottle gourd, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; Bottle palm, +<a href="#Page_39">39</a></li> + +<li>Botuba (Bafo), <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Boundary Tree, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Bowasa (Duala), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Bowiwasi (Fanti), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Bowiwunua (Twi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Bowstring Hemp, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href= +"#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Boxwood, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, +<a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href="#Page_394">394</a>; compared +with Cratæva religiosa, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>; False B., +<a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Boye (Mendi), <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Brachystegia, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>; B. cynometroides, +<a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_430">430</a>; B. +spicæformis, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Bräkrauku (Asante), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Brass District, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a>, <a href="#Page_406">406</a>; B. language, +<a href="#Page_185">185</a>; B. natives, <a href= +"#Page_358">358</a>; B. Port, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>; B. +River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Brazil nut, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, <a href= +"#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Bread fruit, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Bridelia atroviridis, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href= +"#Page_335">335</a>; B. ferruginea, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, +<a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>; B. macrocarpa, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; B. +micrantha, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, +<a href="#Page_335">335</a>; B. scleroneura, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>; B. speciosa, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; B. +stenocarpa, <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_433">433</a>; B. Zenkeri, +<a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Brimstone, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href= +"#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a>; Bush B., <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a>; B. Wood, <a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Bristol Port prepared to try Palm kernels, <a href= +"#Page_480">480</a>, <a href="#Page_481">481</a></li> + +<li>British West African Colonies and Protectorate, <a href= +"#Page_17">17</a></li> + +<li>Bromabima (Axim), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Bromeliaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Bubbuoi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Buboi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Buchholzia macrophylla, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Buda͡u (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Budyonū (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Buea District, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_426">426</a>, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>, <a href="#Page_431">431</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a>, <a href="#Page_436">436</a>, <a href= +"#Page_437">437</a>, <a href="#Page_438">438</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a>, <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Buesse (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Buettneria, <a href="#Page_353">353</a></li> + +<li>Buffalo Horn, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Bugama Port, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Buini (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Buittigirri (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Buje nla (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Buji dudu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Bulbostylis, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; B. barbata, <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a>; B. laniceps, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Bullet-wood tree, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></li> + +<li>Bulokossa (Benin), <a href="#Page_406">406</a></li> + +<li>Bumbi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Bunbola Mountains, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Bundu dance, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>; Bundu devils, <a href= +"#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Bundui or Bundwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href= +"#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Bunga (Timani), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Bungi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Buni (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Bunja (Duala), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Bur-grass, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Bureh Mill, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>; B. River, <a href= +"#Page_25">25</a>; B. Town, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href= +"#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href= +"#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Burkea, <a href="#Page_302">302</a>; B. Africana, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Burma, <a href="#Page_162">162</a>, <a href= +"#Page_168">168</a>, <a href="#Page_171">171</a></li> + +<li>Burnatia enneandra, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Burogono (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Burokossa (Benin), <a href="#Page_406">406</a></li> + +<li>Buronona (New Calabar), <a href="#Page_364">364</a></li> + +<li>Buro Nuro (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Burseraceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; +(Liberia), <a href="#Page_74">74</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_85">85</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_100">100</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_314">314</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Bush Maple, <a href="#Page_351">351</a>, <a href= +"#Page_353">353</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; B. Oak, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; B. Pawpaw, +<a href="#Page_75">75</a>; B. Teak, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; B. +Town, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Bussea Occidentalis, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li> + +<li>Butter tree, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Butyrospermum Parkii, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_141">141</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_379">379</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>, <a href= +"#Page_455">455</a></li> + +<li>Buxus sempervirens, <a href="#Page_176">176</a></li> + +<li>Bwele ba Mbongo (Duala), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Bwembe (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Bwiba ba mbale (Duala), <a href="#Page_431">431</a>; Bwiba ba +njon (Duala), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Bwiwa (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Byrsocarpus coccineus, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Cabbage Palm, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>; C. Tree +of the West Indies, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Cacao, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a>; C. bean, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>; C. yams, +<a href="#Page_421">421</a>, <a href="#Page_491">491</a></li> + +<li>Cadaba farinosa, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Cæsalpinia arborea, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; C. Bonducella, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; C. +coriaria, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; C. regia, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>; C. rostrata, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; C. +sappan, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Cæsalpiniæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Caindah Wood, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Calabar, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_235">235</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_237">237</a>, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>, <a href="#Page_243">243</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_271">271</a>, <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a>, <a href="#Page_289">289</a>, <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>, <a href= +"#Page_306">306</a>, <a href="#Page_310">310</a>, <a href= +"#Page_312">312</a>, <a href="#Page_313">313</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a>, <a href="#Page_324">324</a>, <a href= +"#Page_327">327</a>, <a href="#Page_333">333</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>, <a href="#Page_350">350</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a>, <a href="#Page_376">376</a>, <a href= +"#Page_382">382</a>, <a href="#Page_387">387</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>, <a href="#Page_411">411</a>; C. Arboretum and +Botanical Gardens, <a href="#Page_166">166</a>, <a href= +"#Page_168">168</a>, <a href="#Page_174">174</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_410">410</a>, <a href= +"#Page_468">468</a>; C. Beans, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a>; C. Forest land, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, +<a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>; C. Market, +<a href="#Page_368">368</a>; C. River, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, +<a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a></li> + +<li>Calabash nutmeg, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Calamus Barteri, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; C. deerratus, +<a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>; C. sp., +<a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Callichilia subsessilis, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Caloncoba Gilgiana, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Calonyction speciosum, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>Calpocalyx, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>; C. Dinklagei, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>“Cam,” <a href="#Page_287">287</a>, <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Cam River, <a href="#Page_415">415</a></li> + +<li>Cambridge University Department of Agriculture, <a href= +"#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Cameroons, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href= +"#Page_378">378</a>, <a href="#Page_387">387</a>, <a href= +"#c10">chap. x,</a> <a href="#Page_415">415</a>-446; C. exports, +<a href="#Page_444">444</a>; C. Mountains, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_436">436</a>; C. (South), +<a href="#Page_425">425</a>; C. Timber exports, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Campanulaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Camps of Timber Firms, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Camwood, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, +<a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; Benin C., +<a href="#Page_288">288</a>; Cross River C., <a href= +"#Page_274">274</a>; Large-fruited Camwood, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>; Spineless fruited C., <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Canarium, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>; C. Auriculatum, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>; C. Mansfeldii, <a href="#Page_317">317</a>, +<a href="#Page_432">432</a>; C. occidentalis, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; C. Schweinfurthii, +<a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_315">315</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_432">432</a>; C. sp., <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Canary Isles, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Candle nut, <a href="#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Canoe-making (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_158">158</a>; Oguta C., +<a href="#Page_159">159</a>; C. Tree, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>; +Twelve puncheon C., <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Canta Bark, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Canthium discolor, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>; C. glabriflorum, +<a href="#Page_408">408</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Capparidaceæ (Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_84">84</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_130">130</a>; C. Vanguerioides, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>; (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, +<a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Capparis, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>; C. Thonningii, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>; C. +viminea, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Caralluma Dalzielii, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Carapa cake, <a href="#Page_458">458</a>; C. Gayensis, <a href= +"#Page_35">35</a>; C. Guianensis, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; C. +microcarpa, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; C. procera, <a href= +"#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>, <a href="#Page_458">458</a>; C. velutina, +<a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Cardiospermum Halicacabum, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Carissa edulis, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Carludovica palmata, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Carpodinus Barteri (<em>syn.</em> Clitandra Barteri), <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; C. fulva, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; C. +hirsuta, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, +<a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Carpolobia alba, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; C. lutea, <a href= +"#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Carriers’ duties and treatment (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_186">186</a></li> + +<li>Caryophyllaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Casada, <a href="#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Casearia sp., <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Cashew nuts, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Cassada, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li> + +<li>Cassava, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_471">471</a></li> + +<li>Cassia, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>, <a href= +"#Page_270">270</a>; C. Alata, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>; C. +Arereh, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>; +C. bicapsularis, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>; C. dwarf mimosoides, +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>; C. +fistula, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, +<a href="#Page_270">270</a>; C. florida, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>; C. Goratensis, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, +<a href="#Page_221">221</a>; C. Kotschyana, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>; C. Lophira, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>; C. +obovata, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>; C. occidentalis, <a href= +"#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>; C. podocarpa, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>; C. Siamia, +<a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_489">489</a>; C. Sieberiana, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, +<a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>; C. Tora, <a href= +"#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Cassytha Guineensis, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Castor-oil Shrub, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Casuarina, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>; C. equisitifolia, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href= +"#Page_173">173</a>; C. sp., <a href="#t183">183</a></li> + +<li>Catechu, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>; Burmese variety, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Cauri (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Cavally Port, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a>; C. River, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Cawthorne River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Ceara Rubber, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>; C. R. Plantation, +<a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Ceceru (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Cedar, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>; Cigar-box Cedar tree, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>; Dry Zone C., <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, +<a href="#Page_323">323</a>; Cedar-like Lauro, <a href= +"#Page_250">250</a>; C. Mahogany hard, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, +<a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>; Red C., +<a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>; Scented Mahogany +Cedar, <a href="#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>; +White Cedar, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Cedrat (Colons), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Cedrela, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>; C. odorata, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, +<a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href= +"#Page_173">173</a>, <a href="#t183">183</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>; C. Toona, <a href="#Page_173">173</a></li> + +<li>Ceiba, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>; C. pentandra, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Celastraceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Celosia argentea, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_507">[507]</span>Celtis, hard, +<a href="#Page_246">246</a>; C. integrifolia, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a>; C. Prantlii, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>; C. +soft, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>; C. solenostigma, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>, <a href="#Page_248">248</a>; C. sp., <a href= +"#Page_247">247</a>, <a href="#Page_388">388</a></li> + +<li>Cenchrus catharticus, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Cephalostigma Perrottettii, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Cerambix (Borer), <a href="#Page_386">386</a></li> + +<li>Ceratotheca sesamoides, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Ceredia, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Cestos River, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li> + +<li>Ceylon, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>; C. satinwood compared with +Eucalyptus, <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Chad, Lake, <a href="#Page_465">465</a></li> + +<li>Chailletia floribunda, <a href="#Page_332">332</a>; C. +toxiaria, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Chang District (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, +<a href="#Page_489">489</a></li> + +<li>Charcoal exported from Gambia, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>; C. +making from Lophira procera, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>; C. Wood +(Blacksmith’s), <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Charia indeniensis, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Che (Fõ), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Chediya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Chedscho Valley, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li> + +<li>Chen (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Chenchen (Twi), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Chêne d’Afrique (Colons), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Cherry, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li> + +<li>Chestnut (False), <a href="#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Chevalier, Mons. Auguste, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>; Books by, +<a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_484">484</a></li> + +<li>Chewstick, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href= +"#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_167">167</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_359">359</a>, <a href="#Page_360">360</a>, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li>“Cheyi” fat, <a href="#Page_462">462</a>; C. seed, <a href= +"#Page_462">462</a></li> + +<li>Chichiwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Chicue (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Chiriri, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Chleho (Fõ), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Chloris, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Chlorophora excelsa, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href= +"#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_171">171</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_253">253</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Chlorophytum, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Chocolate cream (from Shea Butter), <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a>; C. Gaboon, <a href="#Page_454">454</a></li> + +<li>Choka (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Choraschora, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Chrinika (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Chrysobalanus ellipticus, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; C. icaco, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; C. sp., <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Chrysophyllum, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>; C. Africanum, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, +<a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_381">381</a>, <a href= +"#Page_382">382</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>, <a href="#Page_456">456</a>; C. Albidum, +<a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_382">382</a>; C. +ellipticus, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>; C. Kainato, <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>; C. macrophyllum, <a href="#Page_438">438</a>; +C. obovatum, <a href="#Page_141">141</a>; C. pruniforme, <a href= +"#Page_57">57</a>; C. sp., <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_381">381</a></li> + +<li>Chuiansa (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Cissampelos Owariensis, <a href="#Page_259">259</a>; C. +Pareira, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Cissus, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Cistanthera sp., <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Citron de la mer, <a href="#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Citrullus vulgaris, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_242">242</a>, <a href="#Page_452">452</a>, <a href= +"#Page_470">470</a></li> + +<li>Citrus aurantium, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li> + +<li>Claoxylon Barteri, <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; C. Preussii, +<a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Clausena Anisata, <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Cleidion Gabunicum, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Cleistopholis, near C. patens, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, +<a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Clerodendron, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a>; C. scandens, +<a href="#Page_399">399</a>; C. splendens, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a>; C. Thompsonii, <a href="#Page_399">399</a>; C. +Thonningii, <a href="#Page_399">399</a>; C. volubile, <a href= +"#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Clitandra cirrhosa, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; C. elastica, +<a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; C. +Togoland, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; C. visciflua, <a href= +"#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Cloth Shrub, <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Clove, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Clynogyne, <em>syn.</em> Donax cuspidata, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>; C. filipes, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; C. +flexuosa, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Cnestis, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; C. ferruginea, <a href= +"#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Cochlospermaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Cochlospermum tinctorium, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Cockburn Major, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Cockchafer Bugs, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Coco Fibre, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>; C. nuts, <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>; C. nut Palm, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, +<a href="#Page_237">237</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a>; C. oil (Touloucouna de palmiste), <a href= +"#Page_90">90</a>; C. yams, <a href="#Page_255">255</a></li> + +<li>Cocoa, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>, <a href= +"#Page_444">444</a>, <a href="#Page_476">476</a>, <a href= +"#Page_487">487</a>, <a href="#Page_491">491</a>; C. Industry (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_92">92</a>; (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>; C. Plum, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>; C. seeds, +<a href="#Page_63">63</a>; C. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Cocos nucifera, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Cœlocaryon oxycarpum, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Coffea Liberica, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li> + +<li>Coffee, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>; C. scions, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a>; C. seed, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>; C. trees, +<a href="#Page_80">80</a></li> + +<li>Cola, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_351">351</a>, +<a href="#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_355">355</a>, <a href= +"#Page_356">356</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a>, <a href= +"#Page_487">487</a>, <a href="#Page_491">491</a></li> + +<li class="isub">acuminata, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Afzelia, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li class="isub">altissima, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Angustifolia, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li class="isub">astrophora, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Bitter, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>, <a href= +"#Page_462">462</a></li> + +<li class="isub">caricifolia, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li class="isub">cauliflora, <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li class="isub">common, <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li class="isub">cordifolia, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href= +"#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li class="isub">digitata, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> + +<li class="isub">False, <a href="#Page_359">359</a></li> + +<li class="isub">laterita, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Laurel-leaved, <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li class="isub">laurifolia, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_354">354</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a></li> + +<li class="isub">leonensis, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li class="isub">mahogany, <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li class="isub">marsupium, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li class="isub">mirabilis, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Cola nut, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, +<a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>, <a href= +"#Page_116">116</a>, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Cola proteiformis, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Simiarum, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp., <a href="#Page_354">354</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a>, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sublobata, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sulcata, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li class="isub">supfiana, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li class="isub">vera, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li class="isub">verticulata, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Colonguli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Combretaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a>, <a href= +"#Page_369">369</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_438">438</a>, +<a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Combretum Afzelia, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li class="isub">cinerea, <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li class="isub">constrictum, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li class="isub">geitonophyllum, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li class="isub">glutinosum, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Hartmannianum, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, +<a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a></li> + +<li class="isub">herbaceum, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Lawsonianum, <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li class="isub">leonense, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li class="isub">micranthum, <a href="#Page_373">373</a></li> + +<li class="isub">mucronatum, <a href="#Page_373">373</a></li> + +<li class="isub">paucinervium, <a href="#Page_373">373</a></li> + +<li class="isub">racemosum, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Sokodense, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp., <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp. near C. altum, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, +<a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li class="isub">verticillatum, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li class="isub">viridiflora, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li class="isub">zenkeri, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href= +"#Page_373">373</a></li> + +<li>Combwood, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li> + +<li>Commelinaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Commelyna, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; C. nudiflora, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>; C. umbellata, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Commiphora Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Communal Rubber Plantations, <a href="#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>“Compartments,” <a href="#Page_169">169</a></li> + +<li>Compositæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_114">114</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_147">147</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Conapharingia, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>; C. Crassa, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; C. durissima, +<a href="#Page_391">391</a>; C. longifolia, <a href= +"#Page_59">59</a>; C. pachysiphon, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, +<a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Confectioner’s Gum, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Congo, <a href="#Page_476">476</a>; C. Cie Congo du Belge Line, +<a href="#Page_480">480</a>; Belgian C., <a href= +"#Page_423">423</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>; French and +Belgian C., <a href="#Page_189">189</a>; French or Gaboon C., +<a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_423">423</a>; C. River, +<a href="#Page_423">423</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>; Upper C., +<a href="#Page_423">423</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a></li> + +<li>Congo-Congo (Gabonais), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Coniferous trees, <a href="#Page_162">162</a>; Conifer, +<a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Convolvulaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_112">112</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Convolvulus (Moon), <a href="#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>Coondi (Timani), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Copaiba Balsam Tree, <a href="#Page_205">205</a></li> + +<li>Copaifera Demeusii, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>, <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a>; C. Guibourtiana (Gum Copal), <a href= +"#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href= +"#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>; C. officinalis, +<a href="#Page_176">176</a>; C. salikounda, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_176">176</a></li> + +<li>Copaifera of the Boji Hills, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>; +<em>cf.</em> Copaifera, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Copal, <a href="#Page_444">444</a></li> + +<li>Copenhagen Market, <a href="#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Copra exported (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li>Coral flower, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>; C. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Corchorus, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>; C. acutangulus, +<a href="#Page_344">344</a>; C. olitorius, <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Cordia Abyssinica, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a>; C. (acorn-like +fruited), <a href="#Page_396">396</a>; C. (Drumwood), <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>; C. Gharaf, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>; C. +Irvingia, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a>, +<a href="#Page_440">440</a>; C. millenii, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a>; C. sp., <a href= +"#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>; C. Yombomba, <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Cordyla Africana, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Coreopsis, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Corkwood, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, +<a href="#Page_83">83</a>; C. Tree, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, +<a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_488">488</a></li> + +<li>Corynanthe Johimbe, <a href="#Page_408">408</a>; C. paniculata, +<a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Corypha elata, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Cosomon (Bambara), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Costus afer, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Cotton tree, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a>, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a>, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Coula edulis (Almond wood), <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href= +"#Page_43">43</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_258">258</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_426">426</a>, <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Counterwood (Afzelia Africana), <a href="#Page_47">47</a>; +Counter-top Mahogany, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li> + +<li>Cowhage, <a href="#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>Crab apple, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>; Crab-oil Tree, +<a href="#Page_318">318</a>; Crabwood, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, +<a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Cratæva Adansonii, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a>; C. religiosa, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Craterispermum laurinum, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Cratopteris Thalictroides, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Cream of Tartar, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Creepers, <a href="#Page_172">172</a></li> + +<li>Creole, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, +<a href="#Page_52">52</a>; C. Damson, <a href= +"#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Crinum yuccæflorum, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Cross River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_456">456</a>, <a href="#Page_493">493</a>; C. R. nut, +<a href="#Page_376">376</a></li> + +<li>Crossopteryx Africana or Kotschyana, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, +<a href="#Page_145">145</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href= +"#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Crotalaria, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_508">[508]</span>Croton +penduliflorus, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>; C. pyrifolius, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Cryptolepis nigritana, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Cucumis Melo, <em>var.</em> agrestis, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>; C. prophetarum, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Cucurbita Pepo, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Cucurbitaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Culcasia scandens, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Cupania akeesia, <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Curculigo Gallabatensis, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Cussonia, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>; C. Barteri, <a href= +"#Page_140">140</a>; C. Djalonensis, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; C. +Nigerica, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, +<a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Custard apple (wild), <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Cutch Tree, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Cuviera acutiflora, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Cyanastraceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Cyanastrum cordifolium, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Cyanothyrsus ogea, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Cyanotis, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Cycad appearance of Palm, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Cycinium camporum, <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Cylicodiscus, <a href="#Page_280">280</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a>; C. Gabonensis, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, +<a href="#Page_97">97</a> (compared with Piptadenia Africana, +<a href="#Page_99">99</a>), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Cymbopogon diplandrus, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; C. +giganteum, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; C. hirtus, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>; C. rufus, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; C. +Ruprechtii, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; C. Sennariensis, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Cynometra, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>; C. Afzelii, +<a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_285">285</a>, <a href= +"#Page_449">449</a>; C. cryptosepalum, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>; +C. Mannii, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_285">285</a>, +<a href="#Page_429">429</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a>; C. +megalophylla, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>; C. mitragyne, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, +<a href="#Page_36">36</a>; C. multynge, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>; C. sp., <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a>; C. Vogelii, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, +<a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>; C. Waterside, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Cyperaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Cyperus esculentus, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; C. +Fenzelianus, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; C. rotundus, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Cypress, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>; C. (Bald), <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>; C. (Deciduous), <a href="#Page_175">175</a>; +C. (swamp), <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Cyrtosperma Senegalense, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Dabadogun (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li>Dabino (Hausa), <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Dabudabu (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Dadafunde (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Dadie (Asante), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Dafara, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Dagbongbore (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Dagera (Hausa), <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Dahomah (Twi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Dahomey, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Dakwora (Hausa), <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Dalbergia, <a href="#Page_297">297</a>; D. (False), <a href= +"#Page_270">270</a>; D. Hostilis, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; D. +Latifolia, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>; D. Melanoxylon, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>; D. Rosewood, +<a href="#Page_48">48</a>; D. Saxatilis, <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a>; D. sp., <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Dali (Hausa), <a href="#Page_211">211</a>; (Kano and Katsina), +<a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Dalo, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Dalu (Kana and Katsina), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Dalziel. Dr. J. M., on “Botanical Features of Nigeria,” +<a href="#Page_188">188</a>-205; “Some trees of Hausaland,” +<a href="#Page_205">205</a>-219; “Nigerian trees,” <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>-225, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Dambarra Village, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a></li> + +<li>Damerghu, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Dandana, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Daniellia, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>; D. Caudata, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a>, <a href="#Page_431">431</a>; D. Fosteri, +<a href="#Page_278">278</a>; D. oblonga, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, +<a href="#Page_278">278</a>; D. ogea (Blue Bessie), <a href= +"#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href= +"#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>; D. Punchii, +<a href="#Page_278">278</a>; D. sp., <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, +<a href="#Page_424">424</a>; D. Thurifera, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Danko (Hausa), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Dan marike (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Danowa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Dan sarikin itatuwa (Sok. and Katsina), <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Dantwi (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Danya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Dargaza, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Dashi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Date, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>; Date, desert, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>; Date palms, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, +<a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_217">217</a>; wild date +palm, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Datura Metel, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Daudawa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Dawa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Dawo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Debundscha (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_416">416</a></li> + +<li>Degema, <a href="#Page_364">364</a>; D. Arboretum, D. District, +<a href="#Page_405">405</a>; D. Port, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>; +D. Town, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_314">314</a></li> + +<li>Deinbollia Indeniensis, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; D. insignis, +<a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; D. +primata, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>; D. pycnophylla, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Deleb palm, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Denbehawi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Dendo (Attie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Dengma (Mangu), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Dennett, Mr. R. E., Quotation from Paper on “British Trade in +Nigeria,” <a href="#Page_480">480</a>, <a href= +"#Page_481">481</a></li> + +<li>Dennettia sp., <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>; D. tripetala, <a href="#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>Denya (Twi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Depapāte (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Derris Stuhlmannii, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Desmodium, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Desplatzia Dewewrei, <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Detarium, Guineensis, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>; D. microcarpum, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, +<a href="#Page_430">430</a>; D. Senegalense, <a href= +"#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_306">306</a>; D. sp., <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Dialium, Dinklagei, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>; D. Englerii, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>; D. +Guineense, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, +<a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_424">424</a>; G. Senegalense, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, +<a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>; D. sp., +<a href="#Page_48">48</a>; D. Staudtii, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_430">430</a>; D. Zenkeri, +<a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Diancangue (Attie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Diangue (agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Dibanga (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Dibobonga (Duala), <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Dichapetalaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; Nigeria, +<a href="#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Dichrostachys nutans, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>; D. platycarpa, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Didelotia Engleri, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li> + +<li>Digitaria, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Digiten (Brass), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Digo (Anago), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Dika bread, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>; D. butter, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>; D. chocolate, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>; D. fat, +<a href="#Page_454">454</a>; D. kernels, <a href= +"#Page_454">454</a>; Dika nuts, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a>, <a href= +"#Page_454">454</a>; Benin D. nuts, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Dikbere (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Diki (Hausa), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Dikir (Efik), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Dilifu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Dilleniaceæ (Liberia), <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> + +<li>Dillenia indica, <a href="#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Dingi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Dinjongo (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Dinya (Kano), <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Dioclea reflexa, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Dioecious trees, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Dioscorea prehensilis, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; D. sp., +<a href="#Page_471">471</a></li> + +<li>Dioscoreaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Diospyros aggregata, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">atropurpurea, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, +<a href="#Page_383">383</a>, <a href="#Page_384">384</a>, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Barteri, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Bipendensis, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>, <a href= +"#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">crassiflora, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Dendo, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_386">386</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Gilgiana, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">incarnata, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Kamerunensis, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>, +<a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mamiacensis, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Megaphylla, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mespiliformis, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, +<a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_141">141</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_185">185</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_383">383</a>, <a href= +"#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mombuttensis, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, +<a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mombuttensis, <em>syn.</em> sinensis, <a href= +"#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Multinervis, <a href="#Page_384">384</a>, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Nsambensis, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Sanza, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Species, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_383">383</a>, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Suaveolens, <a href="#Page_386">386</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Tricolor, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Verrucosa, <a href="#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Xanthochlamys, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, +<a href="#Page_387">387</a></li> + +<li>Dipcadi, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Dipcadi occidentale, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Dipterocarpaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Dirinshi (Ibo), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Discoglypremna caloneura, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Dissotis, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Distemonanthus Benthamianus, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, +<a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>; D. sp., <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Dita (Detarium Senegalense), <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, +<a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li> + +<li>Dituture (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Djave Nut, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_444">444</a></li> + +<li>Djengu (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Djo Arbi (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Djombe (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Djuna (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Djutisha Station, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Do (Trepo), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Dodo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Dodonæa viscosa, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li> + +<li>Dodoriya, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; D. or Dadori (Hausa), +<a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Dodoya, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Dogo (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Doka (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Apollonian), +<a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Aowin), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, +<a href="#Page_200">200</a>; (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, +<a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Dolichandrone lutea, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Dombeya Buettneri, <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Dona (Abe), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Donax, Cuspidata, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Dongke on Jeti (Ewe), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Dorose Populu (Plapo), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Dorowa or Darawa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Doti (Ewe), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Doumane, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li> + +<li>Dracæna, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>; D. arborea, <a href= +"#Page_94">94</a>; D. Cylindrica, <a href="#Page_245">245</a>; D. +Mannii, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; D. +Perrottettii, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>; D. sp., <a href="#Page_245">245</a>, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>; D. Surculosa, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, +<a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Dragon’s blood, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Droseraceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Drosera indica, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Dschang Station, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a>, <a href="#Page_436">436</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Duakobin or Duabayi (General West Coast), <a href= +"#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Duala District, <a href="#Page_428">428</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Dubiddi (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Dubiri Kegingo (Appolonien), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Dubon or Dubini (Twi, Wassaw, Fanti), <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Duboscia macrocarpa, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Dubu (Brass), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Dudu (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Düdüreda (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Duika, <a href="#Page_361">361</a>, <a href= +"#Page_378">378</a>, <a href="#Page_403">403</a>, <a href= +"#Page_422">422</a>; D. Chop fruit, <a href="#Page_360">360</a>; D. +Maxwell’s, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>; Red-headed D., <a href= +"#Page_250">250</a>; Yellow-backed D., <a href= +"#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_509">[509]</span>Dukki (Hausa), +<a href="#Page_216">216</a>; or Dunki, <em>syn.</em> Zuwo (Kano, +Zaria, etc.), or Dinkin, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Duko, Durgo, or Duroko (Bondoukou), <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Dukuma Dugura (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Dum palm, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Duma, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; D. namé, <a href= +"#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Dumoria Heckeli, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>; D. Heckeli (Baca +or Abaku), <a href="#Page_456">456</a></li> + +<li>Dumya (Sok), <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Dunkwah Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Dunstan, Prof. Wyndham R. (Opinion on feeding cattle), <a href= +"#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Dupwi II (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Duru Forest, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Durumi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Dushe (Kana), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Dussa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_208">208</a>; D. (East Hausa), +<a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Duvui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Dworom (Asante), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Dye wood industry (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_159">159</a>; +Dyewoods, <a href="#Page_444">444</a></li> + +<li>Dyschoriste Perrottettii, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Dzobellobe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Dzogbenyabo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Eba (Benin), <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, +<a href="#Page_356">356</a>; E. District, <a href= +"#Page_394">394</a></li> + +<li>Ebakwe (Benin), <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Ebar (Brass, Ibo), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>; (Brass, North +Calabar), <a href="#Page_406">406</a></li> + +<li>Ebattan (Benin), <a href="#Page_364">364</a></li> + +<li>Ebba (Benin), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Ebbe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Ebbo (Benin), <a href="#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li>Ebbome (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Ebe (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ebegogogbo (Benin), <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Eben (Efik), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_314">314</a>; (Jekri), <a href="#Page_404">404</a>; +E.-etridon (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; E. giku, <a href= +"#Page_404">404</a></li> + +<li>Ebenaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_57">57</a>; (Ivory Coast), +<a href="#Page_88">88</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_110">110</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_141">141</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_224">224</a>, <a href= +"#Page_383">383</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li>Ebenote (Benin), <a href="#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Ebewaki (Benin), <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Ebo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Ebon (Duala), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Ebonga evodi (Duala), <a href="#Page_435">435</a>; E. manyongo +(Duala), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Ebony, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, +<a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>; Benin Ebony, +<a href="#Page_383">383</a>, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>, <a href= +"#Page_386">386</a>, <a href="#Page_387">387</a>; Black E., +<a href="#Page_416">416</a>; Brown E., <a href="#Page_385">385</a>; +Calabar E., <a href="#Page_387">387</a>; Cameroon Ebony, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a>; Cross River E., <a href="#Page_386">386</a>; +E. nut, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>; E. Plantations (Togo), +<a href="#Page_149">149</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_164">164</a>, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_186">186</a>, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>; Walking-stick E., <a href="#Page_383">383</a>; +Yoruba E., <a href="#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li>Eborodumuen (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Ebruke (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Ebubri etu (Efik), <a href="#Page_386">386</a></li> + +<li>Ebumen (Benin), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Ebunja (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ebuttemetta Gardens, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>; E. Sawmill, +<a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Ecastaphyllum Brownei, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Eché, or Alãfe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Echirua (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Eclipta Alba, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Econ grass, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>Edat, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>; (Ekoi), <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>; (Efik), <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Edde (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Eddo Binoyoba (Benin), <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Ede (Quitta, Krepi), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_300">300</a>, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>; E. +Plantation, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Edea District, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Edem (Calabar), <a href="#Page_363">363</a>; (Efik), <a href= +"#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li>Eden (Efik), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Edeng (Calabar), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Edible nut, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Edna (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Edum (Bafo), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Edun (Benin), <a href="#Page_359">359</a></li> + +<li>Edundu (Balong), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Efam (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Effnobrodidwa (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Effnokonkonti (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Efiari (Efik), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_360">360</a></li> + +<li>Efik, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>, +<a href="#Page_494">494</a></li> + +<li>Efindofindo (Bafo), <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li>Efiohlĕ (Ewe), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Efiori or Efrie (Efik, Kwa), <a href="#Page_359">359</a></li> + +<li>Efomu (Agu), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Efriyo, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>; E. moniba (Efik), <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Efuen (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Efu Iya (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Efunmundon (Appolonian, Aowin), <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Efurumundi (Agni), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Egba (Ewe), <a href="#Page_136">136</a>; (Iba, Owerri), +<a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_234">234</a>; East Province, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Egbe, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Egbesi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Egbi (Ibadan), <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Egbo (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_494">494</a></li> + +<li>Egeun (Aowin), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Eggi or Ekka (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_319">319</a>; +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_285">285</a>, <a href= +"#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Egg-shaped fruit tree (Ocotea cf.), <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Eggun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Eghogho (Benin), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Egoyn lukan (Benin), <a href="#Page_369">369</a>; E. nebbi, +<a href="#Page_369">369</a>; E. nikwi, <a href="#Page_369">369</a>; +E. nufwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a></li> + +<li>Egu (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Egui (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Eguni (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Egun oran (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Egusi bara (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_242">242</a>, <a href= +"#Page_452">452</a>, <a href="#Page_470">470</a></li> + +<li>Egwa oriakuku or oviakuku, <a href="#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Egyptian Mimosa, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Ehan (Bakoko), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Ehemba (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ehranbagogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Ehranezi (Benin), <a href="#Page_364">364</a></li> + +<li>Ehranpata, or Esanpata (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Ehrenyegbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li>Ehretia cymosa, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href= +"#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Ehrodo (Benin), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Ehrurumesi (Benin), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Ehukei (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Ehunogo, or Ehrunbogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_248">248</a></li> + +<li>Ehye or Incense Tree, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Eijan (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Ejan (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ejuong (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Ekai (Efik), <a href="#Page_494">494</a></li> + +<li>Ekambamba (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ekanesie adie (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Eke, deka (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_144">144</a>; E. oyimbo +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Ekebergia, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; E. Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Eket District, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>; E. Port, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Eki (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Ekika Aja (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Ekimi or Ekhimi (Benin), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>; (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Ekiti District, <a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Ekiyawa (Benin), <a href="#Page_296">296</a></li> + +<li>Ekkana (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Ekki (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Ekkiowa (Benin), <a href="#Page_411">411</a></li> + +<li>Ekko okpan, <a href="#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Ekku (Ibadan), <a href="#Page_332">332</a>, <a href= +"#Page_333">333</a></li> + +<li>Ekkun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Ekna (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Eknalokpoe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Eknana (Fanti), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Ekoah (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ekoi Plains, <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Ekok (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Ekol (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ekolo (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ekom (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Ekomba (Bago), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ekombo (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ekonge (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Ekopa (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Ekosuba, Zenna, Kerenya (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Ekpa (Krepi), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Ekpagoi (Benin), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_281">281</a>; (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Ekpagoize (Benin), <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Ekpin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Eku or Ekui (Aowin), <a href="#Page_105">105</a>; (Twi), +<a href="#Page_105">105</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Ekuba (Appollonian), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Ekube (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Ekugbi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Ekugbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Ekuie (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Ekuri Ebu (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Ekuro (Fanti), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Ekusa or Ikujo (Benin), <a href="#Page_360">360</a></li> + +<li>Ekusamba (Fanti), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Ekusawa (Fanti), <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Ekuso (Yoruba) (Ikale), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Ela (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_257">257</a>; or Elu, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Elæis, <em>var.</em> Albescens, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Angulosa, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Ceredia, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Communis, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Communis forma dura, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Guineensis, <em>var.</em> Lisombe, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Guineensis, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_241">241</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_464">464</a>, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Guineensis, <em>var.</em> Thompsonii, <a href= +"#Page_242">242</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Idolatrica, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Intermedia, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Macrocarpa, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Macrocarya, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Nigericum, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Orientale, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Pisifera, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Repandra, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Rostrata, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp., <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Elæophorbia drupifera, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Eleba (Jekri), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Elegbe Oju (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Elekikobi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Elekua (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Elemi gum, <a href="#Page_314">314</a></li> + +<li>Elephant hunting, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>; E. sugar cane, +<a href="#Page_375">375</a>; E. poison, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Elika-aja (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Elili (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Elk’s horn fern, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Eloby, <a href="#Page_424">424</a></li> + +<li>Elo Uta (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Elui (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Elund (Balong), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Emang (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; E. District, +<a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Emarr (Timani), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Embi-Siembi (Agni), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Eme-ela (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Emi-emi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_379">379</a>; E. gbegeri (Yoruba, Ibadan), <a href= +"#Page_323">323</a>; Emi ghegiri (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>; E. gbigi, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, +<a href="#Page_232">232</a>; E. ori, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>Emido (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_334">334</a>, <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a>, <a href="#Page_380">380</a></li> + +<li>Emil, Emril, or Emiri (General Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Emmaha (Benin), <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Emosobegan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Emuinguin (Fanti), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_510">[510]</span>Ena (Atakpame), +<a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Enantia chlorantha, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>; E. polycarpa, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Ende (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Endiar or N’diar (Wolof), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Endodesmia calophylloides, <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Endwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Engele or Ongele (Balong), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Enjenju (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Enjog (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Enonge (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Entada (Abyssinica), <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_299">299</a>; E. scandens, +<a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>, <a href= +"#Page_299">299</a>; E. Soudanica, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Entandrophragma, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href= +"#Page_320">320</a>, <a href="#Page_327">327</a>, <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a>, <a href="#Page_364">364</a>, <a href= +"#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_442">442</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>; E. candollei, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, +<a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>; E. cylindricum, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, +<a href="#Page_324">324</a>, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>; E. +ferruginea, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; +E. macrophylla, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>, <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; E. rederi, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>; E. rufa, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; E. +septentrionalis, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_102">102</a>; E. sp., <a href="#Page_420">420</a>; E. +utilis, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>, +<a href="#Page_325">325</a>, <a href="#Page_326">326</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Enwiwan (Benin), <a href="#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Enyena (Ashanti, Fanti, and Wassaw), <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Enyenewu, enyenewi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Enyenga (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Enyin Mbukpo (Efik), <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Enymi (Benin), <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Enyo (Aowin), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Epa ile (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Epe, Colony of Lagos, <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Epindepinde (Bakundu, Duala), <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li>Epiphytes, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Epiphytic foliage, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; E. orchids and +ferns</li> + +<li>Eplekgo (Jekri), <a href="#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li>Epuepue (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Epweperu, <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Eragrostis, <a href="#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Eranobapotineddo (Benin), <a href="#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Eremospatha macrocarpa, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>; E. sp., <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Ereruku (Calabar), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Eriagbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Erigaba (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Erimado (Ib.), <a href="#Page_332">332</a>; (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_451">451</a></li> + +<li>Erin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_394">394</a></li> + +<li>Erinji (Ijor), <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Eriocœlum, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; E. Kerstingii, <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Eriodendron, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a>; E. anfractuosum, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, +<a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a>; E. Nigericum, +<a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>; E. +orientale, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>, +<a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Eriosema, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Erogbo (Benin), <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Erohun of the Ikales, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Eru (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>Erüi (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Eruju (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Erumacie, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Erun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; E. obo (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Erundu or Wunga (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Erunnor Obi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Erunnor Obo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Erurunuesi (Benin), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Eruwa Road Station, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>, <a href= +"#Page_171">171</a></li> + +<li>Erythrina, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>; E. excelsa, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>; E. Senegalensis, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Erythrophlœum Guineense, (Sassybark), <a href= +"#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href= +"#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a>; E. Ivoriensis, +<a href="#Page_85">85</a>; E. micranthum, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a>; E. sp., <a href= +"#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_429">429</a>; E. sp. near +micranthum, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Erythroxylaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Erythroxylon Mannii, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Esakasaka (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Esang (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_428">428</a>; (Jaunde), +<a href="#Page_442">442</a>; Esango (Bakossi), <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Esanigbakhehe (Benin), <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Esanke or Esangue (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Escravos River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Eselebuka (Bakoko), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Eseme (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Esenge (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_433">433</a>, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Eseri (Efik), <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; E. Bean or Calabar +Bean, <a href="#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Eserine or Calabarine, <a href="#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Esisi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Esiskwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Esive (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Eso, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, +<a href="#Page_301">301</a>; Eso or Esho (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_350">350</a></li> + +<li>Esok (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Eson (Fanti), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Esore (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Essago (Benin), <a href="#Page_268">268</a></li> + +<li>Esseah or Essia (General West Coast), <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Essenim (Efik), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Esseresu opirimú (Asante), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Esseri (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Essobelīa (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Essunsun (Benin), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Essunwoi, <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Esu (origin of “Ju-Ju,” the devil), <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a></li> + +<li>Esura (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Esuro (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Etama (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Etare (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Etehetem Sawmills, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_364">364</a></li> + +<li>Ethiopian pepper (Colons), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Etiap (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Etini (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_384">384</a></li> + +<li>Etjannake (Akposso), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Eto (Benin), <a href="#Page_412">412</a></li> + +<li>Etori (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Etotum (Duala), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Etsa (Krepi), <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Etu or Etue (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Etufiak or Itufiak (Efik), <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Etüi (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Etutu (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Eucalyptus, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>; E. amygdalina, +<a href="#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_410">410</a>; E. +citrifolia, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>; E. citriodora, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_174">174</a>, <a href= +"#Page_410">410</a>; E. marginata, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; E. +robusta, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; E. rudis, <a href= +"#Page_410">410</a>; E. sp., <a href="#t183">183</a>; E. +tereticornis, <a href="#Page_410">410</a>; E. tesselaris, <a href= +"#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Euchresia (Fanti), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Eugenia callophylloides, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; E. +caryophyllata, <a href="#Page_224">224</a>; E. coronata, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>; E. Guineensis, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>; E. +owariensis, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, +<a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_374">374</a>, <a href="#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li>Eulophias, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Euphorbia Abyssinica, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; E. Ægyptica, +<a href="#Page_193">193</a>; E. Barteri, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; E. milkweed, +<a href="#Page_199">199</a>; E. pilulifera, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>; E. Poissoni, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; E. +sepium, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>; E. unispina, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Euphorbiaceæ (S. Leone), <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_75">75</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_332">332</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>, <a href="#Page_452">452</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Eussŭ́ (Misahöhe), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Eutie (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Evi (Quitta), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Evialegbi (Benin), <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Eviromilla (Benin), <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Evolvulus alsinoides, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Ewai of the Benis, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Ewanenimi (Benin), <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Ewasi (Aowin), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Ewäti (Anecho), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Ewayon (wrapping-leaves for food), <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, +<a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Ewayron (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_412">412</a></li> + +<li>Ewe ofo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Ewelisomū (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Ewoha (Benin), <a href="#Page_355">355</a></li> + +<li>Ewnon (Bakoko), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Ewon (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_301">301</a>; E. pala (Ikale), +<a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Ewuro or Ewuru (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li>Excœcaria, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>; E. sp., <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Exin (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Eye (Fanti), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Eyhrodo (Benin), <a href="#Page_397">397</a></li> + +<li>Eyo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Ezzi (Benin), <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Fae or Fai (Mendi), <a href= +"#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Fagara Altissima, <a href="#Page_431">431</a>; F. Macrophylla, +<a href="#Page_85">85</a>; F. Rederi, <a href="#Page_431">431</a>; +F. Zanthoxyloides, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Fagbajoi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Fai Beans, <a href="#Page_447">447</a></li> + +<li>Faia (Aowin), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Fako Mountain, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>; F. District, +<a href="#Page_426">426</a>, <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Falaba, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li> + +<li>Falcon’s Claw, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>“Falls,” <a href="#Page_169">169</a></li> + +<li>False Boxwood, <a href="#Page_391">391</a>; F. Chestnut, +<a href="#Page_347">347</a>; F. Cola, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>; +F. Dalbergia, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>; F. Iroko, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>; F. Nutmeg, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; F. +Oroko, <a href="#Page_249">249</a>; F. Rubber Tree, <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a>; F. Shea Butter, <a href="#Page_370">370</a>; F. +Shea Butter Nut, <a href="#Page_376">376</a></li> + +<li>Fan Palm, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, +<a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Fara doka (Hausa), <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>; F. Kaya (Hausa), +<a href="#Page_208">208</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; F. Kaya, +<em>syn.</em> Bauji (E. Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Farichin shafu (Hausa), <a href="#Page_208">208</a>; F. shafo +or Kumbar shafo, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Farin Makarfo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_207">207</a>; F. sansami, +<em>syn.</em> Shunin Biri Zanfara halshen sa, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Farnesian Acacia, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Farquhar, Mr., discovered new sp., Farquharia, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>, <a href="#Page_470">470</a>; on yield of Oil +Palm, <a href="#Page_484">484</a></li> + +<li>Farquharia elliptica, <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Faru (Hausa), <a href="#Page_212">212</a>; F., +<em>syn.</em></li> + +<li>Tudi (Zanfara), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Farum biri (Sok.), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Fasa daga, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>; F. Kwari, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Fate fate (Hausa), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Faurea speciosa, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href= +"#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Fawcett, Thomas, L.M.R., A.S.E., on feeding cattle, <a href= +"#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Fe (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Fegblo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Fela (Bambara), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Feretia canthioides, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Feutia (Aowin), <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Fevei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Fi River, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_487">487</a></li> + +<li>Fibre-producing trees, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Ficoideæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Ficus, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, +<a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>; F. Asperata, +<a href="#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>; F. +Asperifolia, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; F. Bembicicarpa, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>; F. Brachipus, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. +Capensis, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, +<a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; F. +Courania, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; F. Djurensis, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>; F. Dusenoides, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. +Elastica, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, +<a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>; F. Elegans, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; F. +Eriobotryoides, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; F. Exasperata, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>; F. Glumosa, +<a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; F. +Gnaphalocarpa, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>; F. Goliath, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>; F. +Grandicarpa, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; F. Indica, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>; +F.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_511">[511]</span> Kawuri, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; F. Lutea, +<a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. Ottoniæfolia, <a href= +"#Page_95">95</a>; F. Platyphytes, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>; F. Platyphylla, <a href= +"#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>; F. Populifolia, +<a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; F. Rokko, +<a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. Schimperia, <a href= +"#Page_426">426</a>; F. Schlechteri, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; +F. Sokodensis, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. species, <a href= +"#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>; F. Syringifolia, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, +<a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>; F. +Tesselata, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. Thonningii, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>; F. Togoensis, +<a href="#Page_129">129</a>; F. Tiliifolia, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>; F. Triangulus, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, +<a href="#Page_251">251</a>; F. Umbrosa, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>; F. Vallis choudæ, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; +F. Vogelii, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>; F. Whytei, +<a href="#Page_71">71</a></li> + +<li>Fidda sartsi, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Fiditi (Oyo Province), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Fifäti (Anecho), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Fifei (Ewe), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Fig (common), <a href="#Page_251">251</a>; F. large, F. +narrow-leaved, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; F. small, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Fig species (Antiaris), <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> + +<li>Filasko, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Filices (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Fillæopsis discophora, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Fimbristylis, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Findefinde (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_439">439</a></li> + +<li>Finger root, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Finland Market, <a href="#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Finzan (Bambara), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Firbandu (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Firewood Plantation, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Firmiana Barteri, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>, <a href= +"#Page_350">350</a></li> + +<li>Fish poison, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Fita (Hausa), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Flacourtia Ramontchii, <a href="#Page_366">366</a>, <a href= +"#Page_437">437</a>; F. Flavescens, <a href= +"#Page_366">366</a></li> + +<li>Flacourtiaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_55">55</a>; +(Liberia), <a href="#Page_78">78</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_108">108</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_365">365</a>, <a href= +"#Page_462">462</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Flagellaria indica, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Flagellariaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Fleabane (Ash-coloured), <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Flintwood, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li> + +<li>Floscopa, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Flueggea microcarpa, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Fõ (Ewe), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Fofol (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Fofui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Fognian (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Fõjiti (Anecho), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Fola (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Folei-kpakpei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Fonde (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Fontwans, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Forcados Port, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href= +"#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_382">382</a>; F. River, +<a href="#Page_151">151</a>; F. star apple, <a href= +"#Page_382">382</a></li> + +<li>Forests, Afzelia, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>; F. Calabar +Evergreen, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>; F., Canopied deciduous, +<a href="#Page_19">19</a>; F. Control, Gold Coast, <a href= +"#Page_92">92</a>; F. control, lack of, and results, <a href= +"#Page_92">92</a>; F., Department formed (1910), <a href= +"#Page_91">91</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; F. Department +guaranteed Iroko timber, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>; Nigerian, +<a href="#Page_228">228</a>; F. Evergreen, <a href= +"#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>; (Calabar), <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, +<a href="#Page_423">423</a>; F. Evergreen Fringing, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>; <em>F. Exports</em>, Sierra Leone, <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>; Liberia, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a>; Ivory Coast, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>; Gold +Coast, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>; Nigeria, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>; Freshwater Swamp Forests, <a href= +"#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>; Fringing or +“Galerie,” <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, +<a href="#Page_154">154</a>; F. Hill, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>; +<em>F. in relation to Agriculture, The</em>, <a href="#c13">chap, +xiii,</a> <a href="#Page_485">485</a>-495; F. land fixed in the +older civilized countries, <a href="#Page_485">485</a>; F. Law +(Nigerian), <a href="#Page_162">162</a>; F. Locust, <a href= +"#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>; F. Mixed, <a href= +"#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_350">350</a>; F. Mixed +deciduous, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, +<a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>; F. Mixed +intermediate, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>; F. New, <a href= +"#Page_491">491</a>; Officers in Nigeria (European), <a href= +"#Page_184">184</a>; Rank, Training, Appointments, Salary, etc., +<a href="#Page_186">186</a>; Chief Conservators, Senior +Conservators, Conservators, etc., <a href="#Page_187">187</a>; F. +Open deciduous, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>; F. Orchard, <a href= +"#Page_99">99</a>; F. Peninsular, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>; F. +Peninsular Mountain (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, +<a href="#Page_160">160</a>; Permanent Forests (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a>-166; Permanent Forests, Austria, Finland, +France, Germany, Hungary, India, Norway, Russia, Sweden, +Switzerland, U.S.A., <a href="#Page_492">492</a>; F. Rain, <a href= +"#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_189">189</a>; F. Reserves, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>; F. +Sapeli, <a href="#Page_326">326</a>; F. Savannah, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>; (True, Treeless, Bush, Tree, Sclerophyllus +Formation), <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, +<a href="#Page_93">93</a>; Nigeria (Tree, Bush, Open Orchard, +Treeless), <a href="#Page_188">188</a>; South-West African, +<a href="#Page_189">189</a>; Bush, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; +Parks, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>; F. semi-evergreen, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>; F. South Benin, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>, +<a href="#Page_326">326</a>; F. State, Communal, Municipal, or +Private, various countries, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>, <a href= +"#Page_92">92</a></li> + +<li>Forestry, Arboretum Calabar, <a href="#Page_342">342</a>; F. +Conference at Berlin on Togo Afforestation, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>; F. Progress in Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra +Leone, Gambia, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Forked Palm, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Frake (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Fram (Bonduku), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Framine (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Frankincense Tree, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Freetown, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, +<a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Fref (Fanti), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>French Beans compared to Locust Beans, <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a></li> + +<li>French Ivory Coast, position of, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li> + +<li>Frimu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Fruntum (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Fu (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>“Fufu” mortars, <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Fulani, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Fulŏ or Folŏ (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Funfun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_321">321</a>, <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Funtumia, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_180">180</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; F. Africana, +<a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>; F. Elastica, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, +<a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_180">180</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_391">391</a>, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a>, <a href="#Page_440">440</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a>; F. species, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li> + +<li>Furniture Woods, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Furu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Futu (Kirikiri), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Gabarua (Hausa), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Gabaruwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Gaboon, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_293">293</a>; +G. Chocolate, <a href="#Page_454">454</a>; G. Nut, <a href= +"#Page_258">258</a>, <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Gabun, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Gaertnera paniculata, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Gagamagati (Ewe), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Galium Aparine, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Gall-bug, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Gallery Forests, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Gamafada (Hausa), <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>; G. fada hada fuda (Sok.), <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Gambia, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href= +"#Page_20">20</a>-22, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href= +"#Page_494">494</a>; G. Forest Exports, <a href="#Page_24">24</a>; +G. Forest Trees, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>; G. Mahogany, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a>; “Gambia” pods, <a href="#Page_208">208</a>, +<a href="#Page_290">290</a>; G. Rubber, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Game Preservation Ordinance, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Gamji (Hausa), <a href="#Page_216">216</a>; or Ganji (Kano), +<a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Ganbe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Gangame (Hausa), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Garcinia conrauana, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_359">359</a>, <a href="#Page_360">360</a>, <a href= +"#Page_462">462</a>; G. punctata, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, +<a href="#Page_437">437</a>; G. Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>; G. Kola, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href= +"#Page_360">360</a>; G. Mannii, <a href="#Page_360">360</a>; G. +ovalifolia, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>; G. polyantha, <a href= +"#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; G. species, <a href= +"#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>; G., <em>var. +nov.</em> brevipedicellata, <a href="#Page_360">360</a></li> + +<li>Gardayi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Gardenia Abeokuta, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>; G. erubescens, +<a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; G. +medicinalis, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>; G. Sokotensis, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>; G. species, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>; G. +species near G. physophylla, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>; G. +tenuifolia, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_146">146</a>; G. ternifolia, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, +<a href="#Page_201">201</a>; G. Thunbergia, <a href= +"#Page_146">146</a>; G. viscidissima, <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Garicha (Zanfara), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Garlic, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Gassaya, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Gatisima (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Gauden kura, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Gauta, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Gautan Rura, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Gawasa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Gawo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_208">208</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Gazari or Gizeri (Hadeija), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Gbassei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Gbetschigbetschi (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Gbingbin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Gbingbindo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_272">272</a></li> + +<li>Gbogbonshe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Gboite (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Gbojei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Gbolei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Gedar (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a>; Gedar kurumi, +<a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Gedu (Benin), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Geduloha (Benin), <a href="#Page_322">322</a></li> + +<li>Genferrebiesó (Mangu), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Gera, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Geraniaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>German Markets, Sapeli wood, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li> + +<li>Gero, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Gesa, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Gesneraceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Geza, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Ghido (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Giant Pod, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Gibofoyoi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Gibowali (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Gibowuli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Gidjiko (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Giginya, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Gilli-gilli Forest, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Gimwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Ginger, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li> + +<li>Gingerbread palm, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>; G. plum, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Gisekia pharnaceoides, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Giwini (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Giyaiya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>; or Giyeya, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Gjira (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Gladiolus, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; G. quartinianus, +<a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Gloriosa superba, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Glossonema nubicum, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Glycerine in pericarp oil, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Glyphæa Grewioides, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_512">[512]</span>Gnibi (Attie), +<a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Gnidia, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Goga jiki, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Gogwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Gola Forest, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href= +"#Page_66">66</a>-69</li> + +<li>Gold Coast, <a href="#c06">chapter vi,</a> <a href= +"#Page_91">91</a>-115; Description of, <a href= +"#Page_91">91</a>-92; Forest Exports, <a href="#Page_115">115</a>; +Forest land, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, +<a href="#Page_492">492</a>, <a href="#Page_494">494</a>; Forest +Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>; List of Indigenous Trees and +Rubber Vines, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>-114</li> + +<li>Golli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Gombei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Gomphia, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>; G. Congesta, <a href= +"#Page_54">54</a>; G. Glaberrima, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>; G. +Insculpta, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>; G. W. Affinis, <a href= +"#Page_359">359</a></li> + +<li>Gongola or Gwongola gwangwala (Nupe), <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Goñgovi (Kpedyi), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Gongui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Gonguonkiur (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Gonistan Mountain, <a href="#Page_416">416</a></li> + +<li>Gonwé (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Gonwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Goo (Bali), <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Gora (Hausa), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Gorgo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Goriba, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a>; G. (Hausa), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, +<a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>“Gorli” seeds, <a href="#Page_462">462</a>, <a href= +"#Page_463">463</a></li> + +<li>Goro, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Goron biri or G. ruwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, +<a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Gossypium Peruvianum, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li> + +<li>Gotti (Fõ), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Government of Forest Reserves, Central and Federal, <a href= +"#Page_165">165</a></li> + +<li>Govwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Gramineæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_127">127</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Grand Basà, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>; G. Forests of, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a>; G. swamps, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li> + +<li>Grand Bassam, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>; G. Port, <a href= +"#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Grass in Treeless Savannah, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li> + +<li>Grazing Reserves, Nigeria, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>“Greenheart,” <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_280">280</a></li> + +<li>Grewia, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>; G. Carpinifolia, <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_344">344</a>; G. Gigantiflora, +<a href="#Page_137">137</a>; G. Mollis, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>; G. Tetragastris, +<a href="#Page_344">344</a>; G. Villosa, <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Grewiopsis discophora, <a href="#Page_435">435</a>; G. Globosa, +<a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Griffonia palescens Coronko— cut locally, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a></li> + +<li>Ground nuts, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li> + +<li>Grumilea vanosa, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Guaiacum officinale, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Guangua (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Guarea, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; G. Africana, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>; G. Glomerata, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, +<a href="#Page_433">433</a>; Guarea sp. near Leptotricha, <a href= +"#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>; G. species, +<a href="#Page_329">329</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>; G. (Satin +Mahogany) description, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href= +"#Page_328">328</a>; G. Thompsonii, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, +<a href="#Page_328">328</a>, <a href="#Page_329">329</a>, <a href= +"#Page_330">330</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Guava, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>; G. Mistletoe found on, +<a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Gudjápūpŭ or Gudzawuwu (Ewe), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Gueguirotta baka (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Guele (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Guere (Neyau), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Guesu (Bete), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Guiango (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Guiera Senegalensis, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Guima Djuma (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Guinea Corn, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>; G. Pepper, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; G. +(Spanish), <a href="#Page_424">424</a>; G. (Upper), <a href= +"#Page_17">17</a></li> + +<li>Gum, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; +G. African, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>; G. Arabic, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_444">444</a>; G. Copal, +<a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href= +"#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_424">424</a>; G. Elemi, <a href="#Page_314">314</a>; G. +Forests, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>; G. Resin, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a>; G. True Benin Copal, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Gumah, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>; G. River, <a href= +"#Page_35">35</a></li> + +<li>Gumgui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Gummel, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Gumni (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a>; or Gumui, <a href= +"#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Gumwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Guna, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Gung (Grunchi), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Gurara River, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Gurji, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Gurjiya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>; Gurjiya or Guriya, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Guru (Hausa), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Gurzundali (Katagum), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Gushiocho (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Guttapercha, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>; G. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Guttiferæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_54">54</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_77">77</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_107">107</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_447">447</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Gwaboa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_213">213</a>; (Sok., Kats., and +Zanf.), <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Gwandar daji (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Gwanja kusa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Gwaska (Hausa) or Itchen gwaska (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Gwe (Grunchi), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Gymnosporia Senegalensis, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Gynandropsis pentaphylla, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Haake (Berlin Firm), depericarping process, +<a href="#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li>Habenarias, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Habizacue (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Hadanyar rafi or Kadanyar kurumi (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Hæmanthus rupestris, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Hæmatostaphis Barteri, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Hague (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Haguguwa (Kano and Bauchi), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Haho-Baloë District Plantations, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, +<a href="#Page_119">119</a>; Afforestation area, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li> + +<li>Haho River, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Haiefai (Abe), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Hainde (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Hainfain (Attie), <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li> + +<li>Haipi (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; (Agni), <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Hakue (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Halu (Adionkron), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Hamburg Market, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_325">325</a>, <a href="#Page_326">326</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a>, <a href="#Page_378">378</a></li> + +<li>Hamon, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li> + +<li>Han Sawmill, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Hana Gobard (Zanfara), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Hanabali (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_280">280</a></li> + +<li>Hane (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Hanfaru (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Hankufa, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Hannoa Klaineana, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href= +"#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; H. Undulata, +<a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Hano (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Hanwego (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Hapo (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Happerrie (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Harburg (near Hamburg, Germany), <a href= +"#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Hardwood, <a href="#Page_360">360</a>, <a href= +"#Page_413">413</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; Big H., <a href= +"#Page_410">410</a>; Yellow H., <a href="#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>“Harmattan,” <a href="#Page_181">181</a></li> + +<li>Harmon, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Harms, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Haronga Madagascariensis, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_362">362</a>; H. Paniculata, +<a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Harrisonia Abyssinica, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Hasskarlia Didymostemon, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Hate (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Hausa, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href= +"#Page_185">185</a>, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_350">350</a>; H. Salts, <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Hausaland, <a href="#Page_188">188</a>, <a href= +"#Page_189">189</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Hazel-nut compared with Heisteria parvifolia, <a href= +"#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Heeria insignia, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Heinokohun (Mendi), <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Heinsia jasminiflora, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Heisteria parvifolia, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_456">456</a>; H. species, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Helei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Heleilahin (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Helichrysum fœtidum, <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Heliotropium, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Hellebolei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Hendje, Hengué (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; H., +soft-wooded, <a href="#Page_485">485</a></li> + +<li>Hendui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Henna, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Heptapleura Mannii, <a href="#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li>Heritiera, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>; H. species, <a href= +"#Page_351">351</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; H. Utilis, +<a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Hete bake (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Hetere (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Heteropterys Africana, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Hevea, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; H. Braziliensis, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_180">180</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Hewe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Hexalobus grandiflorus, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href= +"#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>; H. Monopetalus, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>; +H. Salicifolius, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>; H. Senegalensis, +<a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Hibiscus, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Hibiscus Esculentus, <a href="#Page_344">344</a>; H. +Grewioides, <a href="#Page_344">344</a>; H. Quinquilobus, <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a>; H. species, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>; H. +Tiliaceus, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Hides and skins exported Togo, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Hiern, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>“High Forest,” <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Hiol or Mbia (Bakoko), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Hippocrates, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Ho Sub-station (Togo), <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li> + +<li>Hobo hapi (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Hofa (Abe), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Hog Gum, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>; H. Plum of the Creoles, +<a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_338">338</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Hogogo (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Hoke (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Holarrhena Africana, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>; H. Ovata, +<a href="#Page_59">59</a>; H. Wulfsbergii, <a href= +"#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Holland, Mr., <em>The Useful Plants of Nigeria</em>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Homalium Africanum, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; H. <em>cf.</em> +Africanum, <a href="#Page_366">366</a>; H. Molle, <a href= +"#Page_55">55</a>; H. species, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Honey exported, <a href="#Page_444">444</a></li> + +<li>Honum (Twi), <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li> + +<li>Hooker, Sir Wm. J., <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li>Horns exported, <a href="#Page_444">444</a></li> + +<li>Horse Chestnut Tree, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; H. Radish +Tree, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>House post, <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Hugonia acuminata, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>; H. octhocosum, +<a href="#Page_100">100</a>; H. Planchoni, <a href= +"#Page_100">100</a>; H. Platysepala, <a href= +"#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Hui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Hull Port for Congo Kernels, <a href="#Page_480">480</a>; H. +Price of Cake, <a href="#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li>Humiriaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li>Humpe (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Humus, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Hupfeld, Dr. (depericarping process), <a href= +"#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li>Hure (Plapo), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_513">[513]</span>Huti (Fõ), +<a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Huwi Djenjei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Hydrocharitaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Hydrolea, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; H. Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Hydrophyllaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Hylodendron Gabunense, <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Hymenocardia acida, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href= +"#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>; H. Chevalieri, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>; H. +Heudelotii, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>; H. Lyrata, <a href= +"#Page_52">52</a>; H. Ulmoides, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Hymenodictyon Bracteatum, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>; H. +Kurria, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Hypericineæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Hyphæne, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a>; H. Coriaceæ, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>; H. +Thebaica, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, +<a href="#Page_218">218</a>; H. Togoensis, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Hyrax (squirrel-like animal), <a href="#Page_467">467</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Iakuni (Quitta), <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Ibadan, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>, <a href= +"#Page_185">185</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>, <a href= +"#Page_241">241</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href= +"#Page_285">285</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a>, <a href="#Page_294">294</a>, <a href= +"#Page_299">299</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a>, <a href="#Page_307">307</a>, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>, <a href= +"#Page_323">323</a>, <a href="#Page_331">331</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a>, <a href="#Page_339">339</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_349">349</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_362">362</a>, <a href= +"#Page_367">367</a>, <a href="#Page_370">370</a>, <a href= +"#Page_383">383</a>, <a href="#Page_389">389</a>, <a href= +"#Page_391">391</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_475">475</a>, <a href="#Page_489">489</a>, <a href= +"#Page_490">490</a>, <a href="#Page_493">493</a>; I. Forests, +<a href="#Page_244">244</a>; Ibadan-Jebu-Ode Road, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>; I. Plantations, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, +<a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>; I. +Reserve, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Ibadudu (Benin), <a href="#Page_368">368</a>; I. (Jebu, +Yoruba), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Ibagho (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_314">314</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li>Ibbegogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Ibbu (Benin), <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Ibegogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Ibeshe, <a href="#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Ibi, <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Ibibio Province, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>Ibitoto (Bembi), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Ibo-Akitipa (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; I.-tabong +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; I. Ilecki (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Ibo (Benin), <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; I. (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Ibo country, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_253">253</a>; I. language, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>; I. +markets, <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Ibos, <a href="#Page_474">474</a></li> + +<li>Ibugidi or Ibogidi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Icacinaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_53">53</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_104">104</a>; (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Ida Plantation, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Idagbon (Ondo), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Idah (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Idanre district, <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Idi, Idi Odan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li>Idigbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_369">369</a></li> + +<li>Idjawli (Akposso), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Idjnake (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Idofun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Iedi (Krepi), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Ifainaki (Egba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Ifassoa (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Ife, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Ifetn, <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Ifon Owe-Akure Road, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>; Ifon +Province, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_402">402</a>, +<a href="#Page_412">412</a>, <a href="#Page_466">466</a>, <a href= +"#Page_473">473</a></li> + +<li>Ifondo or Wofondo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ifwan (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Igata (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li>Igba (Yoruba, tree), <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Igbagon Stream, <a href="#Page_488">488</a></li> + +<li>Igberi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>Igbeshe, <a href="#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Igbin (Brass), <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Igbo (Benin), <a href="#Page_245">245</a>, <a href= +"#Page_391">391</a>; (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_265">265</a>; +(Lagos), <a href="#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>, +<a href="#Page_494">494</a></li> + +<li>Igbofia (Ibibio), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Igedudu (Benin), <a href="#Page_384">384</a>, <a href= +"#Page_385">385</a>; (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li>Igi Ira (Lagos), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Igigum (Egba), <a href="#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Igili (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Igmikkia fruit (Benin), <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Igoda (Benin), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Igogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Igoso, <a href="#Page_351">351</a></li> + +<li>Igun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Ihagobo (Benin), <a href="#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li>Ihege (Benin), <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Ihi (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; (Ibo, Owerri), +<a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Ija oke (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Ijaiye, old town site, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Ije (Benin), <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Ijebo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Ijebbo (Yoruba, Jebu, Ashuwole), <a href= +"#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li>Ijebu-Ode District, <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Ijeni (fruit, Benin), <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Ijeni Udegbu (West Side), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Ijor, <a href="#Page_185">185</a></li> + +<li>Ijors or “Waterboys,” <a href="#Page_155">155</a>, <a href= +"#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>, <a href= +"#Page_187">187</a>, <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Ikaka (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Ikakama Udia Ebian (Efik, Ibibio), <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Ikale Village, <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li>Ikan (Benin), <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Ikassa (Benin), <a href="#Page_379">379</a></li> + +<li>Ikate (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Ikbo (a Benin game), <a href="#Page_379">379</a></li> + +<li>Ikereoha (Benin), <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Ikhemeni tree (Benin), <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Ikhimi (Benin), <a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Ikoha (Benin Province), <a href="#Page_403">403</a></li> + +<li>Ikoi (Oban), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Ikom, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>; I. District, <a href= +"#Page_239">239</a>, <a href="#Page_472">472</a></li> + +<li>Ikomba (Bare), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ikoto, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Ikpa market, <a href="#Page_473">473</a></li> + +<li>Ikpa ukoro (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_241">241</a>; I. wudu +(Benin), <a href="#Page_294">294</a></li> + +<li>Ikpan (Efik), <a href="#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Ikpanya (Efik), <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Ikpoba Road, <a href="#Page_447">447</a></li> + +<li>Ikrigon Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_168">168</a>, <a href="#Page_171">171</a>, <a href= +"#Page_172">172</a>, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li>Iku, Seeds (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_285">285</a>, <a href= +"#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Ikwabobo (Benin), <a href="#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Ikwapbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li>Ikwapo (Benin), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Ikwepokin (Benin), <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Ikwian (Benin), <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Ilaka (Benin), <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Ilakosin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Ilaro Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_167">167</a>, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>, <a href= +"#Page_322">322</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>, <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Ilasa Omodo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Ile (Ibo), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>; (Bonny and New +Calabar), <a href="#Page_334">334</a></li> + +<li>Ilesha District, <a href="#Page_302">302</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Ilobe (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_487">487</a></li> + +<li>Ilorin, Balsam, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li>Ilugbro, <a href="#Page_359">359</a></li> + +<li>Ilugun, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Illushi (Asaba District), <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Ilysanthes, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Imo, Railway, <a href="#Page_364">364</a>; Imo River, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Imonon (New Calabar), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Imonor (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Imperial Institute, Teak samples sent to, <a href= +"#Page_171">171</a>; Report on Irvingia Barteri, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li><em>Imperial Institute Bulletins</em>, <a href= +"#Page_20">20</a></li> + +<li>Incense Tree or Ehye, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_314">314</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li>Indäihen (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>India, <a href="#Page_145">145</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>; I. Almond, +<a href="#Page_176">176</a>; I. Blackwood or Rosewood, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>; I. Value of Bombay Blackwood, <a href= +"#Page_176">176</a>; I. Rose Chestnut or Ironwood, <a href= +"#Page_176">176</a>; I. Walnut, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Indigo, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; I. (Big leaved), <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>; Yoruba Indigo, +<a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Indigofera, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>; I. Africana, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>; I. Arrecta, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; I. +Hirsuta, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; I. Secundiflora, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>; I. Stenophylla, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Indoabaka (Mangu), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Ingidido (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Inkum, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Innuwar Bauna (Hausa), <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>Inoi, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>; I. nut, <a href= +"#Page_368">368</a>; or Inoye (Efik), <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, +<a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_451">451</a>; Inoi +(Ekoi), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>“Inselbergs,” <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Insofaniowŏche (Mangu), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Insuakoto (Mangu), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Insuopangi (Mangu), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Intya (Dyakossi), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Intya Joko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li>Inya (New Calabar), <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Inyere (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Inyi (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; (Ibo, Onitsha Owerri), +<a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Inyin Tree, <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Ipa (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Ipahan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Ipapo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Ipawhaw (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Ipetu, <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Ipomæa, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; I. bona-nox, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>; I. involucrata, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Ira Odan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Iragbo Amuje (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Iraïgbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Iranje (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Ireh Ako, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>; I. (False) Tree, +<a href="#Page_395">395</a>, <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; +Ireh-ibeji, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>; I. Rubber (Funtumia +elastica) Plantations, Nigeria, <a href="#Page_180">180</a>; Togo, +<a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Irena-kekere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Irere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Iridaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Iringi (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Iro District, <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Iroko, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>; suggestion by Dr. Unwin, +<a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>; I. (chlorophora +excelsa) Plantations (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, +<a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_162">162</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_168">168</a>, <a href="#Page_171">171</a>, <a href= +"#Page_172">172</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_249">249</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_254">254</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_498">498</a>; Plantations +(Togo), <a href="#Page_149">149</a>, <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a></li> + +<li>Ironpost, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>; Uses of, <a href= +"#Page_28">28</a>; Sierra Leone, cut locally, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Ironwood, <a href="#Page_174">174</a>, <a href= +"#Page_176">176</a>; Dwarf Ironwood, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>, +<a href="#Page_379">379</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Irosun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Iru (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Irugba (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>; (fruit), <a href= +"#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Irugbo Abatta (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Irvingia, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; I. Barteri, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href= +"#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a>, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_423">423</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>, <a href="#Page_454">454</a>; Irvingia +Gabunensis, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>; I. Smithii, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, +<a href="#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_454">454</a>; I. sp., <a href= +"#Page_100">100</a>, <a href="#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Isain (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Isanhianme (Benin), <a href="#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li>Isbe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Iseko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Isha fere (Yoruba), I. gere (Yoruba), I. kekere, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Ishan (Benin), <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Ishan, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; I. gege (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>; I. jeje (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_343">343</a>; +I. oka (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_341">341</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a></li> + +<li>Ishishiya (Zanfara), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Ishoka, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Isienwe (Benin), <a href="#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li>Isinko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_342">342</a></li> + +<li>Isinrem (Lagos), <a href="#Page_367">367</a>; (Yoruba) <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li>Islii of the Akus, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Isoberlinia, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; I. Dalzielii, +<a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>; I. doka, +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_280">280</a>; I. sp., <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Isolona pleurocarpa, <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_514">[514]</span>Issa oku +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Ita of the Yorubas, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; (Ikale), +<a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>; I. gangan +(Egba), <a href="#Page_246">246</a>; Ita-ita (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_247">247</a></li> + +<li>Itaku market, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Itakum (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; I. mountain, +<a href="#Page_18">18</a>; I. okere (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Itebe (roofing canes), <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li> + +<li>Iteruku (Efik), <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Itiuyang (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_386">386</a></li> + +<li>Ito (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Itobo (Ibibio), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Itue (Benin), <a href="#Page_362">362</a></li> + +<li>Itunkpe Creek (trib. of Kwa River), <a href= +"#Page_411">411</a></li> + +<li>Ivialegbi (Benin), <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Ivioha (Benin), <a href="#Page_385">385</a></li> + +<li>Ivory, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>; Exported (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_150">150</a>-144; Ivory Coast, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, +<a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#c05">chap. v,</a> <a href= +"#Page_81">81</a>-90, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>; Forest exports, +<a href="#Page_90">90</a>; List of trees, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>-89; I. coast mahogany, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>; +method of felling, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>; working the forests, +<a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Iwe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Iwu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li> + +<li>Ixora radiata, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Iya (Efik), <a href="#Page_235">235</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li>Iyawy (Red Cedar), <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li> + +<li>Iyeye (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_338">338</a></li> + +<li>Iyoha (Benin), <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Iyokheze (Benin), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Izaquente Portugais (Colons.), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Izenagan (Benin), <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Izeni or Iyockan (Benin), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Jackson, D. G., <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li>Jagbouei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Jagiri, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Jahdanko (Accra), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Jalei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Jama (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Jamostima (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Jan Sayi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>; J. Yaro or Jitache, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Jashuli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Jasmin, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Jatropha curcas, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Jaudari (East Hausa), <em>syn.</em> Gorso, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Jaunde District, <a href="#Page_429">429</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Jawei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Jawul (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Jebere of the Ondos, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Jebu or Jebu-ode, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_349">349</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_357">357</a>, <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_378">378</a></li> + +<li>Jekri Country, <a href="#Page_308">308</a>, <a href= +"#Page_398">398</a>, <a href="#Page_474">474</a>; Jekris, The, +<a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Jendi (Togo), <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_469">469</a></li> + +<li>Jerusalem Thorn, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Jeti (Ewe), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Jibda kassa, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Jimshi (Sok.), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Jina Jina (Sok. and Zanf.), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Jirga (Sok. and Kats.), <em>syn.</em> Tsatsagi (Sok., Zaria, +Kano, etc.), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Jiri (Hausa), <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>; J. dan sarikin itatuwa (Sok. and Kats.), +<a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Johann Albrechts Höhe, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_426">426</a>, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>, <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a>, <a href="#Page_429">429</a>, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>, <a href="#Page_431">431</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>, <a href="#Page_433">433</a>, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a>, <a href="#Page_435">435</a>, <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Johimbe, <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Johimbin alkaloid, <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>John Obey, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Jojau (Kabure), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Jol (Timani) (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Joloso (Duala), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Jom (Ossidinge), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Jon (Bali), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Jondo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Ju (Akposso), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>“Ju-ju,” <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a>, <a href="#Page_287">287</a>, <a href= +"#Page_299">299</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a>, <a href="#Page_486">486</a></li> + +<li>Jujube Tree, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Juma (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Jumbowilli, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Justicia, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Kaba, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Kabeova, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Kabu or Ebba Kernels, <a href="#Page_460">460</a></li> + +<li>Kadanya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>; K. or Kadai, <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Kadanyar kurumi, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>; K. rafi (Hausa), +<a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Kadaura (Hausa), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>; (Kano, Zaria), +<a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Káde (Hausa), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Kaderabolo (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Kaduna R., <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Kæmpferia Æthiopica, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Ka fafogo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Kafahinei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Kafe or Kaffi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href= +"#Page_57">57</a>; Kafei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Kafro (Grunchi), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>“Kafu,” <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Kagnari Mountains, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href= +"#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Kaidaji (Hausa), <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>; or Kardaji, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kaiguigo (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Kaikai (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Kaikumba (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Kainya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Kaiwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Ka Jafgo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Kaju (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Kakaleka (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Kakana (Agni), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Kakanla (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Kakatown, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> + +<li>Ka Ki ganin bula (Zanfara), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Kakoba (creeper), <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Kakoro (Fanti), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Kaku or Red Ironwood Tree, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Kakunt (Timani), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Käla (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Kalangasshi Station (Togo), <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li> + +<li>Kalangon daji, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kam (Timani), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Kamaa River (Togo), <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href= +"#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Kamatete (Ibo Owerri), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Kambala, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li>Kamban (Fanti), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Kambui Hills, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href= +"#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Kamerun Holz Syndicate, “Millettia,” <a href= +"#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Kameruns, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Kamfuã (Bagu), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Kamou Aguire (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Kanahia consimilis, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li> + +<li>Kanakan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Kanda Bark, <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Kandari (Hausa), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Kangahan, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Kanja (Bakwiri and Bakundu), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Kanjanapcule (mangu), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Kanju (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Kankan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Kankandika (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_366">366</a></li> + +<li>Kánnâ (Asante), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Kano, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, +<a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>, <a href="#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>Kanran (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_384">384</a></li> + +<li>Kant (Timani), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Kanti (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Kanton (Fanti), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Kanumfari (Hausa), <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Kanwo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Kanya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Kao (Hausa), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kapok or C. Pentandra (German Botanists), Eriodendron (Kew +Botanists), <a href="#Page_122">122</a>; K. fibre, <a href= +"#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a>; K. plantations (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Kapro (Grunchi), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Kapus (Timani), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Karangia, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Karan masalachi, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Karene District, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Karfa (Bambara), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Kargo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li>Karina District, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>; K. Forest, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Kariya, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>; Kariye gatari, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Karjara (Kano), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Karki (Sok., Kats., and Zanf.), <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kasfiya, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>; K. (Sok., Kats., and +Zanf.), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Kashi Kashi (Kontagora Kols.), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kaskawami, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>; K. cannabinus, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Kassekui (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Kassewe Hills, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href= +"#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Katai (Timani), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Katambiri (Hausa), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Katanga treeless area, <a href="#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li>Katank (Timani), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Kati (Abe), <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; K. (Atakpame), <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Katsari (Hausa), <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Katsina, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>; K. (Allah), <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>; K. (River), <a href="#Page_188">188</a></li> + +<li>Katumbulia (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Kau belia or abalia (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_146">146</a>; +K. këure (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_146">146</a>; K. kutoku +(Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Kauchi, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Kauri Gum, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li> + +<li>Kauriri, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Kaüsa (Indenie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Kauwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Kawo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kawogei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Kawuri (Hausa), <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Kayar rakumi or Karo (Kano, Sok., and Kats.), <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kayo (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Kebarre (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kedā (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Kedeleā or Kodoleā (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Kedempo (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Kedemponasi (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Keditia (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kedjetjelo (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Keiwgo (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Keka (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Kekëū (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kekpili (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Kekung (Timani), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Kelantori (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Kelengma͡u (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Keleyn (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Kelipotu (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Kelle (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Kengüe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Kenjang (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kennema, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, +<a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href="#Page_493">493</a></li> + +<li>Kent, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Kerana, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Kere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_270">270</a></li> + +<li>Kersting, Dr. (Piptadenia Kerstingii experiments), <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a></li> + +<li>Keruwowo (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Kesang (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Kessede, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Kessing (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Kete-Kratschi Station (Togo), <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, +<a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Ketibubaka (Aowin), <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Ketschikantscha (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Ketum (Timani), <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Ketyelenea (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Kewe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>K’fut (Timani), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Khaya, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, +<a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>, <a href= +"#Page_330">330</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>; K. anthoteka, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, +<a href="#Page_318">318</a>, <a href="#Page_320">320</a>; K. +caudata, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>; K. euryphylla, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_433">433</a>; K. +grandifolia,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_515">[515]</span> +<a href="#Page_318">318</a>; K. grandis, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, +<a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href= +"#Page_318">318</a>, <a href="#Page_319">319</a>, <a href= +"#Page_320">320</a>, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>; K. Ivoriensis, +<a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>, <a href= +"#Page_319">319</a>, <a href="#Page_320">320</a>, <a href= +"#Page_321">321</a>, <a href="#Page_324">324</a>; K. Klainii or +Klaineana, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_433">433</a>; K. punchii, +<a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>, <a href= +"#Page_319">319</a>, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>; K. Senegalensis, +<a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_318">318</a>, <a href="#Page_321">321</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>; K. sp., <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href= +"#t183">183</a>, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>, <a href= +"#Page_319">319</a>, <a href="#Page_320">320</a>, <a href= +"#Page_321">321</a>, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>, <a href= +"#Page_424">424</a></li> + +<li>Kiangue (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Kicksia Africana, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>; K. elastica, +<a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Kidgeling (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Kidney-tree Cotton, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li> + +<li>Kigelia, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>; K. acutifolia, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a>; K. Æthiopica, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, +<a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>; K. Africana, <a href="#Page_145">145</a>, +<a href="#Page_400">400</a>; K., <em>var.</em> Bornuensis, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>; K. pinnata, +<a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_145">145</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Kili (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Kimba (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Kinchia, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>King of the Timber, <a href="#Page_318">318</a></li> + +<li>Kingkanga (Hausa), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Kinguei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Kinkonawon (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Kino (Timani), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Kinyelu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Kiria (Hausa), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Kiriandutschi (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kiriya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Kishia (General West Coast), <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Kita (Timani), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Kiukuesin (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Kiumba (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>K’Kuperb (Timani), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Klaineodoxa Gabunensis, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>; K. Grandifolia, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Klo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Klokpakpa (Ewe), <a href="#Page_131">131</a>; (Kratschi), +<a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Klongbau (Timani), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Kobei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Kobi (Bambara), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Kobwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Kochoa (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Kodago, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Kode lia (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Kofe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Kofei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Koghia bera (Fanti), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Koinadugu District, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Kojagei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Kokank (Lophira Procera) cut locally, Sierra Leone, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a></li> + +<li>Kokara (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kokiya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_215">215</a>; or Kokiyar biri +(Kontagora), <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Koko Port, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href= +"#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>; K. Town, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Kokochiko (Hausa), <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Kokojá (Losso), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Kokomazur (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Kokoro or Golloklo (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Kokoti (Wassaw, Fanti), <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Kokotsi (Fanti), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Kokotswi (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Kokpara (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Kokue (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Kokuwa (Sok. and West.), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Kola (Tree), <a href="#Page_54">54</a>; Baboon K., <a href= +"#Page_54">54</a>; K. Bark, <a href="#Page_145">145</a>; Bitter K. +(exported from Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href= +"#Page_106">106</a>. <em>See also</em> Cola</li> + +<li>Kola nuts, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Kolei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Koligi (Leopardwood), <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li> + +<li>Kologalei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Kombo seeds, <a href="#Page_458">458</a></li> + +<li>Kombolo or Combolo (Duala), <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Komdi (Timani), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Komigbulei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Komoe River, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Komu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Kondi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Kongkong or Kongkonga (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, +<a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Kongo (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Kongofura (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Kongoli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Kongolu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Kongowura (Kotokoli), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Konkwa (Bali), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Kontagora, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Kontah or Rhodesian Mahogany (<em>see</em> Afzelia African), +<a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Kontsha District, <a href="#Page_415">415</a></li> + +<li>Köpu (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Koran tablets made from Crossopteryx Kotschyana, <a href= +"#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Koriga stream, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Koronko (Timani), <a href="#Page_45">45</a>; (and Mendi), +<a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Kotia (Yendi), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Koto Dyakossi, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Kotokie (Indenia), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Kotopapa (Krepi), <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Kotopuan (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Kotschii, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Kotublassu (Fõ), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Kouanda (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Kowi or Kuwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Kpa (Efik), <a href="#Page_352">352</a>; K. (Ewe), <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Kpaini (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Kpako (Anago), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Kpakpa (Fõ), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>K’Pal (Timani), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>K’Palen (Timani), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Kpánenā (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Kpaoloe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Kpendei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Kpendeideli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Kpessei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Kpetellahen (Mendi), <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Kpoe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Kpoye (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Kreangú (Asanté), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Krekete (Bambara), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Krendja Haigue (Agni), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Kroo Coast, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Krŭbete (Asanté), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Krubua (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Krutū (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Kuakie-kuakie (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Kuangua (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a>; K. iniama (Agni), +<a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Kuanguan (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Kuatiecuale (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Kube (Akwapim), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Küe (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Kuge (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Kugŏnu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Kuka (Hausa), <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Kukorn (Timani), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Kukuki, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Kukumarugbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Kuli pia (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Kulil (Timani), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Kumba District, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Kumchi (Sok. and Zanf.), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Kuntunkun (Twi), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Kuntunkuni (Denkira), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Kupaussŭto (Kabure, Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Kupkup (Timani), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Kuppe Mountains, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Kurdi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kure (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Kuriya (Sok. and Zanf.), <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Kurna (Hausa), <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Kurnan nasara, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>; (East Hausa, Kontagora), <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Kursua (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Kuru (Brass), <a href="#Page_357">357</a>; (Ibo, Owerri), +<a href="#Page_357">357</a>; (Ijor), <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Kusia (Twi), <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Kuwi or Kowi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Kuwul (Timani), <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Kwa (River), <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_469">469</a></li> + +<li>Kwaboho (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Kwabohri (Twi), <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Kwaiebo River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Kwakwa or Kwakwar (Hausa), <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Kwalo nut, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Kwandaruja, <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Kwankanni, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Kwantama (Wassaw, General West Coast), <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Kwantanura (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Kwari (Hausa), <a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Kwina (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Kyllingia, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Kyukyu or bird, <a href="#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Labiatæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a>, +<a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Labuje goriya (largest nuts), <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Laburnum compared to Cassia fistula, <a href= +"#Page_99">99</a></li> + +<li>Lagenaria, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>; L. vulgaris, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Lagerstrœmia (L. flos Reginæ), <a href="#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Lagos, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href= +"#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_185">185</a>, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_339">339</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_368">368</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>, <a href= +"#Page_410">410</a>, <a href="#Page_464">464</a>; L. Public Works, +<a href="#Page_160">160</a>; L. Sawmills, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>; L. Reserve, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>; L. +River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Laguncularia racemosa, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_374">374</a>, <a href= +"#Page_397">397</a>; L. sp., <a href="#Page_397">397</a></li> + +<li>La Hou, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Lakole (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Lakoshe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Lakosin (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Lakuta (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Lalong grass, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Lancashire County experiments, <a href="#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Ländo (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Landolphia, <a href="#Page_203">203</a>, <a href= +"#Page_302">302</a>; Landolphia (large fruited), <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; L. bracteata, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, +<a href="#Page_392">392</a>; L. Dawei, <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; +L. Droogmansiana, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>; L. ferruginea, +<a href="#Page_110">110</a>; L. florida, <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; L. Heudelotii, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>; L. +jenge, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>; L. klainii, <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a>; L. leonensis, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>; L. +owariensis, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, +<a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; L. owariensis jenge, <a href= +"#Page_58">58</a>; L. owariensis, <em>var.</em> rubiginosa, +<a href="#Page_392">392</a>; L. Petersiana, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; L. scandens, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, +<a href="#Page_392">392</a>; L. Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; L. Thompsonii, +<a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Lane Poole (species trees, Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Lānga͡ua (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Lannea acidissima, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_136">136</a>; L. Barteri, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>; L. +sp., <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Lantana camara, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>; L. salvifolia, +<a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Lasiodiscus, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li> + +<li>Lasiosyphon Glaucus, <a href="#Page_437">437</a>; L. Kraussii, +<a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Latex, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, +<a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href= +"#Page_250">250</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_254">254</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>, <a href= +"#Page_292">292</a>, <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Lauraceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_427">427</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Lauro (Cedar-like), <a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Lawonong (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Lawsonia alba, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Laye, Igu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Lecythidaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_108">108</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Leea, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>; L. Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Leguminosæ, (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_44">44</a>; (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; (Liberia), <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_84">84</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>, <a href= +"#Page_276">276</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_301">301</a>, <a href="#Page_305">305</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_516">[516]</span>Leicester Peak, +<a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Lemon trees, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Lentibulaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Leopardstown (Calabar), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Leopardwood, Description of, <a href="#Page_35">35</a> +Lepidoturus occidentalis, <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Leptadenia lancifolia, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Leptaulos daphnoides, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Leptoderris, <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Leptonychia, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Lia nuwasanre (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Liane, liana (fibre), <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Liasá (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Liberia, position of, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>; L., <a href= +"#c04">chapter iv,</a> <a href="#Page_66">66</a>-80; L. Gola +Forest, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>; L. valuable trees, <a href= +"#Page_66">66</a>-69; L. Trees and Rubber Vines, <a href= +"#Page_70">70</a>-79; L. Forest Exports, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a></li> + +<li>Liberian coffee, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li> + +<li>Lifui (Ewe), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Light African Greenheart, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li> + +<li>Lignum Vitæ, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Lili River, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Liliaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_42">42</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_70">70</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_127">127</a>; Nigeria, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, +<a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Lilualamombe (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Lime trees, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Limonia, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>; L. Preussii, <a href= +"#Page_134">134</a>; L. Warneckei, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Linaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_100">100</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Lindackeria dentata, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href= +"#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Linociera Mannii, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; L. nilotica, +<a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Lipiti or Dsati (Ewe), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Lippia Ukambensis, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Lisombe Palm, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Lissochilus arenarius, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Liver Sausage tree, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Liverpool Markets, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_255">255</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_268">268</a>, <a href="#Page_272">272</a>, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_279">279</a>, <a href= +"#Page_280">280</a>, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a>, <a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a>, <a href="#Page_308">308</a>, <a href= +"#Page_310">310</a>, <a href="#Page_316">316</a>, <a href= +"#Page_327">327</a>, <a href="#Page_333">333</a>, <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a>, <a href="#Page_348">348</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a>, <a href="#Page_403">403</a>, <a href= +"#Page_404">404</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>, <a href= +"#Page_456">456</a>, <a href="#Page_460">460</a>, <a href= +"#Page_461">461</a>, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Liwoma (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Lloyd, Frank J., <em>Analysis of Kernel Cake</em>, <a href= +"#Page_481">481</a></li> + +<li>Lo (Abe), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; L. (Attie), <a href= +"#Page_85">85</a>; Lo (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; (Ewe), +<a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Lobog (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Locust, <a href="#Page_491">491</a>; L. bean, <a href= +"#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>; Tree, <a href= +"#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>; L. wood, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Loganiaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_58">58</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_110">110</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_389">389</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Logo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Logoasagu (Ewe), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Loho (Abe), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Loko, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Lokoba (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Lokobua (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Lokoja, <a href="#Page_188">188</a>, <a href= +"#Page_189">189</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>Lom (Bakoko), <a href="#Page_430">430</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Loma Mountains, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href= +"#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Lomburu (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Lome Experimental Gardens, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>; +Railway, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>; +Taxation, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>; (Capital) Togo, <a href= +"#Page_116">116</a></li> + +<li>Lonchocarpus, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>; L. Barteri, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>; L. +cyanescens, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; L. laxiflora, +<a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_201">201</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>; L. sericeus, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, +<a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href= +"#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href= +"#Page_302">302</a>; L. sp., <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; L. +zenkeri, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, +<a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>London markets, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>; (Erith), <a href= +"#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Longoso (Bakundu, Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Loofah gourd, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Lophira, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>; L. alata, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href= +"#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_82">82</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href= +"#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_214">214</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_357">357</a>, <a href= +"#Page_358">358</a>, <a href="#Page_379">379</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>, <a href= +"#Page_460">460</a>, <a href="#Page_461">461</a>; Lophira procera, +<a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_27">27</a>, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_356">356</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_359">359</a>, <a href="#Page_394">394</a>, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_460">460</a></li> + +<li>Lophotocarpus Guyanensis, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Lopi (Timani), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Loranthaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Loranthus, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; L. langwensis, <a href= +"#Page_43">43</a>; L. leptolobus (Red flowering L.), <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Lovoa, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href= +"#Page_326">326</a>, <a href="#Page_412">412</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>; Klaineana, +<a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>; L. sp. near L. +Klaineana, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Lubei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Lubi or Snuff, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Lubiniati (Adionkron), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Ludjŭ (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Luep (Timani), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Luffa Acutangula, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; L. Ægyptiaca, +<a href="#Page_194">194</a>; L. Soudanica, <a href= +"#Page_164">164</a></li> + +<li>Lumber exports (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li> + +<li>Lycopodaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Lycopodium phlegmaria, <a href="#Page_410">410</a></li> + +<li>Lymexylon, <a href="#Page_326">326</a></li> + +<li>Lythraceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Maba (Benin), <a href="#Page_388">388</a>; M. Mannii, <a href= +"#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_388">388</a>; M. Warneckii, +<a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Mabanga (Duala), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Mabump (Timani), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Macaranga, <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; M. Barteri, <a href= +"#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; M. heterophylla, +<a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; M. +Heudelotii, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; M. Monandra, <a href= +"#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; M. Rosea, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>; M. Rowlandii, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>; M. +sp., <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Mackay or Sea bean, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Macrolobium elongatum, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>; M. Limba, +<a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>; M. Mannii, <a href="#Page_428">428</a>; M. +Macrolobium, <a href="#Page_289">289</a>; M. Palisotii, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a>; M. Preussii, +<a href="#Page_428">428</a>; M. reticulatum, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>; M. sp., <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; M. sp. near +Heudelotii, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>; M. Stipulaceæ, <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_289">289</a>; M. Zenkeri, +<a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Madachi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; M. or Madavachi +(Sok.), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Madobia (Hausa), <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Mærua, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>; M. Angolensis, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Mæsa lanceolata, <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Mæsobotrya cauliflora, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>; M. sp., +<a href="#Page_52">52</a>; M. stapfiana, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; +M. sparsiflora, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Magariya, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Magariyar kura, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Magarua or Bagarua (Hausa), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Magbevi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Magoro (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Maho River, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li> + +<li>Mahogany, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, +<a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>, <a href= +"#Page_329">329</a>, <a href="#Page_332">332</a>, <a href= +"#Page_334">334</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href= +"#Page_364">364</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>, <a href= +"#Page_413">413</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>, <a href= +"#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li class="isub">African, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a>, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li class="isub">African, West, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, +<a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Bark Tree, Brass, <a href="#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Bastard, <a href="#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Bean, <a href="#Page_205">205</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Benin, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>, <a href= +"#Page_316">316</a>, <a href="#Page_319">319</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Cedar, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_328">328</a>, <a href= +"#Page_329">329</a>, <a href="#Page_330">330</a>; Hard Cedar M., +<a href="#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Cherry, <a href="#Page_376">376</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Close-grained, <a href="#Page_328">328</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Dita, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Dry Zone, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Duika, <a href="#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li class="isub">False, <a href="#Page_324">324</a></li> + +<li class="isub">False Hill, <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Gaboon, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a>, <a href="#Page_316">316</a>, <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_320">320</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_424">424</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Hard, <a href="#Page_306">306</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>; Hard capsuled, <a href= +"#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Heavy, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href= +"#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Khaya, <a href="#Page_423">423</a>, <a href= +"#Page_325">325</a>; M. Khaya Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_21">21</a>; Khaya Klainii, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Kontah, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Lagos, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_162">162</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Light, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Long-capsuled, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, +<a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mountain, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Niger, <a href="#Page_320">320</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Nuts, <a href="#Page_267">267</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Oban, <a href="#Page_378">378</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Pink, <a href="#Page_304">304</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Plantations (Togo) (Khaya Klainii), <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Red, <a href="#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Reserves, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Rhodesian or Kontah, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, +<a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Sapeli or Heavy, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, +<a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Satin, <a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href= +"#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Scented, <a href="#Page_317">317</a>, <a href= +"#Page_318">318</a>, <a href="#Page_329">329</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Seedlings (Growth, Felling, Rafting), <a href= +"#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Spanish, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Substitute, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Timber, <a href="#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Uhi, <a href="#Page_319">319</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Unscented, <a href="#Page_416">416</a></li> + +<li class="isub">White or Galvon, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, +<a href="#Page_320">320</a>; White-barked, <a href= +"#Page_320">320</a></li> + +<li>Maize, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_471">471</a></li> + +<li>Maje (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>; (Sok.), <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Majigi, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Majiriya (Kano), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Mak (River), <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Makarfo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Makasar adwa, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Makua (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Makube (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Fanti), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Malacantha sp. nov., <a href="#Page_382">382</a>; M. +Warneckeana, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Malankwi (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Malei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Mallotus oppositifolius, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Malmo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Malpigheaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Malvaceæ (Liberia), <a href="#Page_76">76</a>; (Gold Coast), +<a href="#Page_105">105</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_137">137</a>; +Nigeria, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_344">344</a>; +(Cameroons), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Mambo (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Mamboi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Mambui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Mamie Kini, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Mamfe, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Mammea sapota, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>; M. sp., <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Mammee (Timani), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Mammy or Mammee Apple (Ochrocarpus Africanus), <a href= +"#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href= +"#Page_55">55</a>; Mammy supporter, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Mamu Lonchocarpus, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; M. Reserve, +<a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href="#Page_166">166</a>, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_172">172</a>, <a href= +"#Page_173">173</a>, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_180">180</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href= +"#Page_264">264</a>, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a>, <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a>, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Manchester (prepared to take kernels), <a href= +"#Page_481">481</a></li> + +<li>Mandji, <a href="#Page_422">422</a></li> + +<li>Manengube Mountains, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_517">[517]</span>Mangifera, +<a href="#Page_75">75</a>; M. Africana, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>; +M. Indica, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; M. sp., <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a></li> + +<li>Mango, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, +<a href="#Page_222">222</a>; M. sp., <a href="#Page_75">75</a>; M. +Tree, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li> + +<li>Mangrove, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>; M. Bark, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>; Red M., +<a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>, <a href="#Page_451">451</a>; White M., +<a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_374">374</a>, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a>; White Button M., <a href="#Page_374">374</a>; +White Nut M., <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Mangrove Forests, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href= +"#Page_78">78</a>; M. Swamps, <a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href= +"#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> + +<li>Mangu natives, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>; M. station (Togo), +<a href="#Page_126">126</a></li> + +<li>Manihot dichotoma, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; M. Glaziovii, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>; M. +heptaphylla, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; M. Pianhyensis, +<a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>; M. utilissima, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Manja R., <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Mannia Africana, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Manniophyton Africanum, <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; M. sp., +<a href="#Page_337">337</a>, <a href="#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Mano River, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href= +"#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a></li> + +<li>Mansu, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Manya River, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Manyu River, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Maradi, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Marantaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_246">246</a>; M. (Togo), +<a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Maremper, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Mareya spicata, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Marga (Hausa), <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>Margarine made from Palm Kernel Oil, <a href= +"#Page_480">480</a>; from Shea Butter Nuts, <a href= +"#Page_153">153</a></li> + +<li>Marike (Hausa), <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Marine supplied with timber, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Markhamia Lutea, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a>; M. tomentosa, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, +<a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Maro, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li> + +<li>Marua, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Masche (Hausa), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Mat (Timani), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Match-box Bean, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Maticke (Ho), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Mauritius Hemp, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Mawelu (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Mbafo, <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Mbagboldede (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Mbako (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Mbana Oyop (Old Calabar), <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Mbang (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Mbaoa (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Mbarakun (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Mbauwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Mbawe (Abe), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Mbomdi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href= +"#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li>Mbomo-kuku (Efik), <a href="#Page_288">288</a>; M.-nkuku +(Efrie), <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Mbonda pondo (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Mbosse (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Mboti Buma (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>M’boy (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Mbrahu (Abe), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Mbu District and River, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_487">487</a></li> + +<li>Mbuandæ (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>McIver, Messrs., Lagos Sawmill, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Mdayen (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Measurements of planted trees (Olokemeji Reserve), <a href= +"#t183">183</a></li> + +<li>Mebeli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a>; M. deli, <a href= +"#Page_48">48</a>; M. or Mbelignli, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, +<a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Megabana (Trillesii), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Mekhi (Attie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Melastomaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_438">438</a>; M. +(Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; M. (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a>; M. (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_56">56</a></li> + +<li>Melia Azedarach, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Meliaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_432">432</a>, <a href= +"#Page_442">442</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>; M. (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_100">100</a>; +M. (Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; M. (Liberia), <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>; M. (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, +<a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_317">317</a>, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a>; M. (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; +M. (Togo), <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Melianthaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Memchin (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Meme (District), <a href="#Page_415">415</a>; M. (River), +<a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Memecylon macrodendron, <a href="#Page_438">438</a>; M. +polyanthemos, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; M. <em>cf.</em> M. +spathulandra, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; M. sp. (near Barten), +<a href="#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li>Mendi or Mendis, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href= +"#Page_40">40</a>; M. (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_26">26</a></li> + +<li>“Meni” oil, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_359">359</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Menispermaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>; M. (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Merremia, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; M. umbellata, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Mesua Ferrua, <a href="#Page_176">176</a></li> + +<li>Metchi (Attie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Mfam (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Mfu River, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_487">487</a></li> + +<li>Mgua (Abe), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Michelia Champaca, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Microdesmis puberula, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href= +"#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_336">336</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>; M. sp., <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a>, <a href="#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Mijin kade (Hausa), <a href="#Page_209">209</a></li> + +<li>Mileishia (Appolonien) (Aowin), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Milk-weed, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Miller Bros., Messrs., Koko Town Sawmill, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Millet (Bull-rush), <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Millettia attite, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>; M., <em>cf.</em> +drastica, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>; M. Lane-Poolei, <a href= +"#Page_48">48</a>; M. pallens, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>; M. +rhodantha, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>; M. sericeus, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>; M. sp., <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a>; M. sp. near M. sangana, <a href= +"#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>; M. Thonningii, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, +<a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>; M. +Zechiana, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li> + +<li>Mimbo (Palm Wine), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Mimifia District, <a href="#Page_430">430</a>, <a href= +"#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Mimosa asperata, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>; M. Dinklagei, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a></li> + +<li>Mimoseæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Mimusops, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, +<a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>; M. djave, +<a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_370">370</a>, <a href="#Page_376">376</a>, <a href= +"#Page_378">378</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>, <a href="#Page_455">455</a>; M. Egyptian, +<a href="#Page_219">219</a>; M. elengi, <a href= +"#Page_167">167</a>; M. Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_141">141</a>; M. +lacera, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, +<a href="#Page_141">141</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_378">378</a>, <a href="#Page_456">456</a>; M. multinervis, +<a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_141">141</a>, <a href="#Page_167">167</a>, <a href= +"#Page_186">186</a>, <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a>, <a href="#Page_456">456</a>; M. sp., <a href= +"#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href= +"#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Minjiriya (Kano), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Misahöhe (Togo), <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Mistletoe, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; M. (African), <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>; M. (parasite), <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, +<a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Mitragyne, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>; M. Africana, <a href= +"#Page_145">145</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>, <a href="#Page_406">406</a>; M. inermis, +<a href="#Page_145">145</a>; M. macrophylla, <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_145">145</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_406">406</a>; value of M. species, <a href= +"#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Mixed Plantations, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Mo River, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Mobo (District), <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_433">433</a>, <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>; Mobo River, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; M. +Foto Mountains, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Mobonran (Ijaw), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Mogbara (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_278">278</a>; M. (Ikale and +Yoruba), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Mohammedan rosaries, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>; M. Teachers’ +use of Vitex, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Moigbwamy (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Mo-Kamaa, Afforestation area, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li> + +<li>Mokamu (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Moko River, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Mokongo or Momangi (Bakundu and Bakwiri), <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Mokowa (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Molemṓle (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Mollugo, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Moloney, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Momangi, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Momordica balsamina, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Mon (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Mondetu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Mondoa (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Monechma, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Monga (Balong), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Moniera, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Monkey Apple (Anisophyllea laurina), <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, +<a href="#Page_55">55</a>; M. bread, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, +<a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_347">347</a>; M. cola, +<a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a>; M. Guava, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, +<a href="#Page_384">384</a></li> + +<li>Monkwa Rock, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Monocotyledonous orders (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Monodora brevipes, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href= +"#Page_265">265</a>, <a href="#Page_457">457</a>; M. myristica, +<a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>, <a href= +"#Page_457">457</a>; M. myristica, <em>var.</em> grandifolia, +<a href="#Page_265">265</a>; M. tenuifolia, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href= +"#Page_264">264</a>, <a href="#Page_265">265</a>, <a href= +"#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Monotes Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Monrovia, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, +<a href="#Page_78">78</a></li> + +<li>Moo River, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Moor Plantation, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Moraceaæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; M. (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; M. (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; M. (Liberia), <a href="#Page_70">70</a>; M. +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>; M. (Sierra +Leone), <a href="#Page_42">42</a>; M. (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Morelia (Senegalensis), <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>Morinda Citrifolia (The Brimstone), Sierra Leone, cut locally, +<a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_60">60</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_146">146</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a>; M. confusa, +<a href="#Page_61">61</a>; Ekiti Morinda, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a>; M. longiflora, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>; M. +lucida, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>; M. quadrangularis, <a href= +"#Page_61">61</a>; M. sp., <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Moringa pterygosperma, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li>Moringaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a>; M. (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Morro (River), <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href= +"#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_69">69</a></li> + +<li>Morus Mesozygia, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>; M. sp., <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Mosaic-work and inlaying, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Mosangui (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Mosenge (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Motandra Guineensis, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Mountain Ash, <a href="#Page_311">311</a></li> + +<li>Mousandua (Fanti), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Moyamba, <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li> + +<li>Moyida (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Mozambique, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Mpang (Bakoko and Basa), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Mpanju (Efik), <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Mpot, <a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Mpuri (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Mucuna pruriensis, <a href="#Page_203">203</a>; M. sp. +Preussii, <a href="#Page_299">299</a>; M. urens, <a href= +"#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Muea (Buea District), <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Muell, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Muenge (Duala), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Mukonja, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>; M. (Duala), <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a></li> + +<li>Munchis, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Mundulia suberosa (Benth), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Mungo River, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Mungongo (Duala), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Munon (Efik), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Muruchi, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Musa textilis, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Musaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Musanga, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>; M. Smithii, <a href= +"#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>, <a href= +"#Page_485">485</a>, <a href="#Page_488">488</a></li> + +<li>Musk Tree, <a href="#Page_411">411</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_518">[518]</span>Muskat Nut, +<a href="#Page_72">72</a></li> + +<li>Mussænda, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>; M. erythrophylla, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>; +M. Isertiana, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>; M. tenuiflora, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Mussake, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Myole Polie (Abe), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Myrianthus arboreus, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_256">256</a>, <a href= +"#Page_426">426</a>; M. serratus, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, +<a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href= +"#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>; M. sp., <a href= +"#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Myristicaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_427">427</a>; (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>; (Liberia), <a href="#Page_72">72</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_266">266</a>; (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_44">44</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Myrrh, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Myrsinaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Myrtaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_108">108</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; (Liberia), <a href= +"#Page_78">78</a>; (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_374">374</a>, <a href= +"#Page_410">410</a>; (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_56">56</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Na (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Nagudi (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Nainvi (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Nali (Mendi), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Namijin gwabsa, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>; N. Kade (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, +<a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Naparli (Mangu), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Napoleona Imperialis, <a href="#Page_367">367</a>; N. +Owariensis, <a href="#Page_367">367</a>; N. speckle-fruited, +<a href="#Page_367">367</a>; N. Vogelii, <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_367">367</a>; N. Whitfieldii, <a href= +"#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Naprampogo (Dyakossi), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Narenga (Dagomba), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Nassarawa, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>; N. Province, <a href= +"#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Nassarli or Nabuli (Dyakossi), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Native Court Plantation, <a href="#Page_180">180</a></li> + +<li>Nayile (Konkomba), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Nbob (Moyen Cavally), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Ndambabuli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Ndat (Efik), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Ndau (Appolonian, Aowin), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Ndawi or Ndawei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href= +"#Page_44">44</a>; N. (Badgi), <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Ndebere (Attie), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Ndeh, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>; +N. people, <a href="#Page_467">467</a></li> + +<li>Ndeiwei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Ndian District, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>; N. River, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Ndonge (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Ndototo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Ndukwun (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Negro Pepper, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_260">260</a>; (N. P. small-flowering), <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Negro Republic, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li> + +<li>Nelsonia Campestris, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Nephrodium Asplenium, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Nesuwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Nettle-tree, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Newbouldia lævis, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>; N. L. compared with Markhamia tomentosa, +<a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>New Calabar language, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>; N. C. River, +<a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>News, Mr. E. D., Analysis, <a href="#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li>Newtonia, <a href="#Page_280">280</a>; N. Insignis, <a href= +"#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>; near Newtonia, +<a href="#Page_290">290</a>; N. Zenkeri, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>New Zealand Kauri Gum, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li> + +<li>Ngitsa (Fontem or Bangwa), <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Ngnanake (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Ngodua (Fanti), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Ngolo ngoloti (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>N’goloduloi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Ngosame (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Ngua (Abe), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; N. Abo (Attie), <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Nguangua (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Nguepe (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Nguni (Kabure), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Nguobi or Kusibiri (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Nhuei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Niagalei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Niam Fat, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Niamidua (Twi), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Nianga (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a>; N. Magui (English), +<a href="#Page_83">83</a>; (Indenie), <a href="#Page_83">83</a>; +Niankuma or Niangama (Fanti, Ashanti, Aowin, Appolonian), <a href= +"#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Niger Delta, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_185">185</a>, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>; N. Estuary, +<a href="#Page_151">151</a>; N. River, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, +<a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_188">188</a>, <a href= +"#Page_474">474</a>; N. Province, <a href="#Page_300">300</a></li> + +<li>Nigeria, <a href="#c08">chapter viii;</a> Afforestation, +<a href="#Page_166">166</a>-182; Amount of forest land, <a href= +"#Page_17">17</a>; Bush Savannah, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>-202; +Evergreen Fringing Belts, <a href="#Page_203">203</a>-205; Forest +Department, <a href="#Page_184">184</a>-188; Forest Exports, +<a href="#Page_226">226</a>; Imports of Timber, <a href= +"#Page_227">227</a>; Indigenous Trees, <a href= +"#Page_235">235</a>-414; List of Nigerian Trees, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>-225; Mahogany or Timber Industry, <a href= +"#Page_155">155</a>-160; Measurements of planted trees in Olokemeji +Reserve, <a href="#t183">183</a>; Park Savannah, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>-203; Permanent Forests, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a>-166; Review of the Botanical Features, <a href= +"#Page_188">188</a>-200; Rivers, Ports, and Forests, <a href= +"#Page_151">151</a>-154; Schedule of Protected Trees, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>-234; some trees of Hausaland, <a href= +"#Page_205">205</a>-217; South, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>; Southern +Provinces, <a href="#c09">chapter ix,</a> <a href= +"#Page_493">493</a>, <a href="#Page_494">494</a>, <a href= +"#Page_495">495</a>; Tree Savannah or Savannah Forest, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>-201</li> + +<li>Nigerian Swamps, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li> + +<li>Nihau (Benin), <a href="#Page_350">350</a></li> + +<li>Ni-Kaftei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Nikko or Niko Nuts, <a href="#Page_267">267</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Nikli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Nimeribaka (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Nimmini Mountains, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href= +"#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Nimwau Peso (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Ningei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Ningo (Bambara), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Niondobi (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Nja (Efik), <a href="#Page_272">272</a></li> + +<li>Njabi, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>; N. (Duala), <a href= +"#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Njahewe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Njakpe (Anlo), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Njakpokpo (Anecho), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Njangsang (Duala), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Njasun (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Njelei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Njokubore (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Njokubwele (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Njomboguli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Njondji (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; N. Bwele +(Duala), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Njorgora (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Njove or Njole (Rio del Rey), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Nkiebe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Nkissi River, <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Nkohen (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Nkom (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>N’ku (Akwapim), <a href="#Page_109">109</a>; (Fanti), <a href= +"#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Nkue (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Nkula (Gaboon), <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Nla Ali Hills, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Noami River, <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Nobe, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Non gwanki, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Normal type of Fringing Forests, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Notonima (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Nsa-sana (Efik), <a href="#Page_451">451</a>, <a href= +"#Page_452">452</a>; Nsa-sana kernels, <a href= +"#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Nsab (Bare), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Nsan (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_228">228</a>; (Oban, Ekoi), +<a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Nsukakara (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_338">338</a></li> + +<li>Ntaba (Bambara), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Ntagne (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Ntini Nyok (Kwa), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Ntong (Fongtem and Bangwa), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Ntung (Fanti and Ashanti), <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Nuatjä, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>; N. Agricultural School, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>; N. Railway, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a></li> + +<li>Nukoi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Nun River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a></li> + +<li>Nunu (fruit of Danya), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Nupé Canoes, <a href="#Page_215">215</a></li> + +<li>Nuso or Aru (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Nutmeg, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>; N. African, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, +<a href="#Page_457">457</a>; N. Calabar, <a href= +"#Page_457">457</a>; N. Calabash, <a href="#Page_265">265</a>; N. +yellow flowering, <a href="#Page_265">265</a>, <a href= +"#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Nutssunutssu (Anago), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Nuwo (Ekoi), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Nuxia Mannii, <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Nya (Efik), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Nyakpekpe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Nyam (Efik), <a href="#Page_376">376</a></li> + +<li>Nyama (Mangu), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Nyankon, Yankom or Yankun (General West Coast), <a href= +"#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Nyimo (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Nyimu (Mangu), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Nyi-nu-Robin (General West Coast), <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Nymphæa, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Nympheaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Nyomdobai (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Nyumbuyambei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Oaho (Benin), <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href= +"#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Oak (Bush O.), <a href="#Page_416">416</a>; O. (Dry Zone), +<a href="#Page_379">379</a>, <a href="#Page_394">394</a>, <a href= +"#Page_422">422</a>, <a href="#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li>Oba, Oba’s house, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>; O. Tree +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Obadan-nikwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Obagie Forest, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_339">339</a>, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Obala (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Oban Hills, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>; O. Hill Forests, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, +<a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>; O. +natives, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>; O. Reserve, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_362">362</a>, <a href="#Page_375">375</a>, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>, <a href="#Page_399">399</a>, <a href= +"#Page_450">450</a>, <a href="#Page_456">456</a>, <a href= +"#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li>Obang (Bafo), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Obba on the Hill (Ondo Province), <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Obbo (Akposso), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Obeche or Obechi, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_351">351</a></li> + +<li>Obi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_321">321</a>; O. Abata, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a></li> + +<li>Obiache (Benin), <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_402">402</a>, <a href= +"#Page_404">404</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Obidu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_355">355</a></li> + +<li>Obiedum or Obiedun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_355">355</a></li> + +<li>Obiletu (Efik), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Obiliteto (Efik), <a href="#Page_386">386</a></li> + +<li>Obo (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_318">318</a></li> + +<li>Oboba or Obobo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Obobonikwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href= +"#Page_328">328</a></li> + +<li>Obobonufwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_328">328</a>, <a href= +"#Page_329">329</a></li> + +<li>Obokha (Benin), <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Obon (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_318">318</a></li> + +<li>Obong (Efik), <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Obuba (New Calabar), <a href="#Page_281">281</a></li> + +<li>Obuban (Benin), <a href="#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Obubra Forest, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_274">274</a>, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a>, <a href="#Page_350">350</a>, <a href= +"#Page_472">472</a></li> + +<li>Obudu District, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>, <a href= +"#Page_365">365</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>, <a href= +"#Page_472">472</a></li> + +<li>Obuko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Oburuburu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Ochna Afzelii, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; O. multiflora, +<a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>; O. sp., +<a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a> (new sp.), +<a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Ochnaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_54">54</a> (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_77">77</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_107">107</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_356">356</a>, <a href="#Page_447">447</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_519">[519]</span>Ochrocarpus +Africanus, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, +<a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href= +"#Page_462">462</a></li> + +<li>Ochthocosmus Africanum, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Ocimum, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; O. Americanum, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>; O. viride, <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Ocotea, <em>cf.</em> <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Octodon, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Octoknema affinis, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Octoknemaceæ (Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Odahuma (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Odala (Ibo), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Odan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_309">309</a></li> + +<li>Ode District, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_357">357</a>, <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_367">367</a>, <a href= +"#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Odenya (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Odgebu (West side), <a href="#Page_362">362</a></li> + +<li>Odiki, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Odina acida, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>; O. Barteri, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; O. sp., <a href= +"#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Odji (Asaba), <a href="#Page_253">253</a>; (Brass), <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>; (Ibo), <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Odjiwawa (Ibo), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Odo (Jekri), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Odoko (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Odonomo-kyu-kyu (Benin), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Odonumon (Efik), <a href="#Page_397">397</a></li> + +<li>Odoum or Odum (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_83">83</a>; +(Asante), <a href="#Page_128">128</a>; (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>; (Twi), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Odu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Odubin (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Odudu (Ondo), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Oduduku (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Odupon (Fanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Odyendea Gabunensis, <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Œcological Division of Forests (after Warming), <a href= +"#Page_18">18</a></li> + +<li>Ofarm (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Ofemm (Bembi), <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Offenma (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Offonkwari (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Offram (Twi, Fanti), <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Offun (Lagos), <a href="#Page_247">247</a></li> + +<li>Ofika (Timani), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Ofriyio (Efik), <a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Ofu or Ohonton (Fanti), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Ofun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Ofuntum (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Ofwho (Quitta, Krepi), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Ogaba (Benin), <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a>, <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Ogabeszi (Benin), <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Ogabezzi (Benin), <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Ogabi, <a href="#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Ogan or Ogun River, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_272">272</a>, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href= +"#Page_322">322</a>, <a href="#Page_334">334</a></li> + +<li>Ogan or Okan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_373">373</a>; O. oga +(Yoruba), <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; O. pupa (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_372">372</a>, <a href= +"#Page_373">373</a>, <a href="#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li>Ogangan (Benin), <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Oganwo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_177">177</a>; or Ogangwo, +<a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_319">319</a>, <a href= +"#Page_321">321</a>; Oganwo or Oganwu (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>, <a href= +"#Page_319">319</a></li> + +<li>Ogba Forest, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>; O. Plantations, +<a href="#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>; O. Province, <a href="#Page_271">271</a>; O. +River, <a href="#Page_327">327</a></li> + +<li>Ogbamaton (Benin), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Ogbia (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_360">360</a></li> + +<li>Ogbogo nut, <a href="#Page_463">463</a></li> + +<li>Ogbun (Lagos), <a href="#Page_397">397</a></li> + +<li>Ogea (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Ogeddin (Benin), <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Ogedin, <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Ogege (Benin), <a href="#Page_328">328</a></li> + +<li>Ogemme (Benin), <a href="#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Ogi (Calabar District), <a href="#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Ogiahimi (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Ogidu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Ogiedi (Benin), <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Ogigedu (Benin), <a href="#Page_321">321</a></li> + +<li>Ogihu (Benin), <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Ogikan (Benin), <a href="#Page_328">328</a></li> + +<li>Ogikiomi (Benin), <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Oginni or Inyi (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Oginyi (Benin), <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Ogiovala (Benin), <a href="#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Ogiovu (Benin), <a href="#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Ogo (Akposso), <a href="#Page_140">140</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a>; O. Province, Nigeria, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Ogodo Dry Zone Forest, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li> + +<li>Ogohen (Benin), <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Ogohomeh or Oyohomeh (Benin), <a href="#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Ogoja, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_237">237</a>, +<a href="#Page_239">239</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_247">247</a>, <a href="#Page_249">249</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_255">255</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_258">258</a>, <a href="#Page_259">259</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_281">281</a>, <a href= +"#Page_283">283</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a>, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>, <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_297">297</a>, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a>, <a href="#Page_299">299</a>, <a href= +"#Page_301">301</a>, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a>, <a href="#Page_306">306</a>, <a href= +"#Page_309">309</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a>, <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>, <a href= +"#Page_324">324</a>, <a href="#Page_337">337</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>, <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a>, <a href="#Page_345">345</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a>, <a href="#Page_350">350</a>, <a href= +"#Page_354">354</a>, <a href="#Page_355">355</a>, <a href= +"#Page_357">357</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_362">362</a>, <a href="#Page_363">363</a>, <a href= +"#Page_365">365</a>, <a href="#Page_369">369</a>, <a href= +"#Page_379">379</a>, <a href="#Page_381">381</a>, <a href= +"#Page_382">382</a>, <a href="#Page_383">383</a>, <a href= +"#Page_390">390</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a>, <a href= +"#Page_397">397</a>, <a href="#Page_400">400</a>, <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a>, <a href="#Page_402">402</a>, <a href= +"#Page_404">404</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>, <a href= +"#Page_406">406</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>, <a href= +"#Page_408">408</a>, <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Ograw (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Ogrugru Province, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>; O. (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Ogu (Anago), <a href="#Page_138">138</a>; O. District, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Ogudugbu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Ogugu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>, <a href="#Page_389">389</a></li> + +<li>Oguja (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Oguk (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Ogungun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Ogunshileh, <a href="#Page_159">159</a></li> + +<li>Ogurohe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Oguru (Brass), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Ogwangu (Benin), <a href="#Page_321">321</a></li> + +<li>Ogwega (Benin), <a href="#Page_306">306</a></li> + +<li>Ogwi Tree (Benin), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Oha (River), <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Ohau (Benin), <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Ohehe (Benin), <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Ohia (Benin), <a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href= +"#Page_247">247</a>, <a href="#Page_388">388</a></li> + +<li>Ohianamemme (Benin), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Ohiomo of the Benis, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Ohiorme (Benin), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Oie (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_311">311</a></li> + +<li><em>Oil and Colours Journal</em>, <a href= +"#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li>Oil Bean tree, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_380">380</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>; Beans, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Oil Beans, seeds and nuts, <a href="#c11">chap. xi,</a> +<a href="#Page_447">447</a>-463; Analysis of—</li> + +<li class="isub">Ben oil seed cake, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Betu oil, <a href="#Page_454">454</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Carapa Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_458">458</a></li> + +<li class="isub">“Chevi” seeds, <a href="#Page_462">462</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Citrullus vulgaris, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Dumoria Heckeli, <a href="#Page_456">456</a></li> + +<li class="isub">“Gorli” seeds, <a href="#Page_463">463</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Inoy nut, <a href="#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Irvingia Barteri, <a href="#Page_454">454</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Kombo seed, <a href="#Page_458">458</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Lophira alata, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a>-460</li> + +<li class="isub">Lophira procera, <a href= +"#Page_460">460</a>-461</li> + +<li class="isub">Meal after extraction of oil, <a href= +"#Page_448">448</a>, <a href="#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Mimusops Djave, <a href="#Page_456">456</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Moringa pterygosperma, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Nsa-sana kernels, <a href="#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Oil after extraction of meal, <a href= +"#Page_448">448</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Oil from South Nigeria seeds, <a href= +"#Page_448">448</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Shea butter, <a href="#Page_455">455</a></li> + +<li>Oil Ben tree, <a href="#Page_453">453</a></li> + +<li>Oil Investigations by the Imperial Institute, <a href= +"#Page_448">448</a>, <a href="#Page_463">463</a></li> + +<li>Oil Nuts, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a></li> + +<li><em>Oil, Seed and Feeding Cakes</em>, by the Imperial +Institute, <a href="#Page_484">484</a></li> + +<li>Ojamba (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Ojia (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Oju Agbigbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Okagbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Okahimi (Benin), <a href="#Page_388">388</a></li> + +<li>Okakan, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li> + +<li>Okan (Benin), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Okankan, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Okare (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Okarora ossa (Ondo), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Oke-Igbo (Ilesha District), <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Okenuhen District, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Okha (Benin), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Okherli (seed) (Benin), <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Okika (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Okikopom (Ibibio), <a href="#Page_357">357</a></li> + +<li>Okilolo (Ijor), <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Okisibisi (Fanti), <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li> + +<li>Okitsiwanfu (Fanti), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Okkwan (Benin), <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Okkwen (Benin), <a href="#Page_332">332</a>; O. nebo (Benin), +<a href="#Page_333">333</a></li> + +<li>Oko (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_266">266</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_409">409</a>; O. Ishin (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a></li> + +<li>Okoko (Benin), <a href="#Page_348">348</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Okokotaka (Asante), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Okokwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Okokwo (Benin), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Okoni (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Okor (Benin), <a href="#Page_310">310</a></li> + +<li>Okot or Okut (Oban, Ekoi, Kwa), <a href="#Page_357">357</a>, +<a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Okoume, <a href="#Page_422">422</a></li> + +<li>Okporoporo (Akure), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Okra or Achro (fruit), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Okrika Port, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Oktobun District, <a href="#Page_463">463</a></li> + +<li>Okume d’Ivoire (Colons), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Okumme, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Okumu Forest, <a href="#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Okun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Okunmankra (Fanti), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Okurii (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>Okuta (Yoruba, Benin), <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Okuturupu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Okwaba (Benin), <a href="#Page_412">412</a></li> + +<li>Okwan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Okwawa hill system, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li> + +<li>Okwe (Benin), <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, <a href= +"#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Okwekwe (Benin), <a href="#Page_299">299</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Okwen (Benin), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>; O. seni (Benin), +<a href="#Page_333">333</a>; O. seva (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Okwo River, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_488">488</a></li> + +<li>Okwoga Plantation, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Olacaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_71">71</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_129">129</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_456">456</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Olax, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; O. subscorpoidea, <a href= +"#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Oldenlandia, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>; O. grandiflora, +<a href="#Page_202">202</a>; O. Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Oldfieldia Africana, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>; O. (imported as Teak), <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a></li> + +<li>Oleaceæ (Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; (Gold Coast), +<a href="#Page_110">110</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_388">388</a></li> + +<li>Olein, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Oleporo Eyop (Calabar), <a href="#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Oli (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Olibracha (Egba, Yoruba), <a href="#Page_283">283</a></li> + +<li>Olikiba (Benin), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Olim, <a href="#Page_445">445</a></li> + +<li>Olina, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Oliver, Daniel, <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li>Ollo (Akposso), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Olodu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Ologun She-she (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Olokemeji (Arboretum, Forests, Reserves, etc.) (oke = hill, +meji = two), <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, <a href= +"#Page_171">171</a>, <a href="#Page_174">174</a>, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>, <a href= +"#Page_245">245</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a>, <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_264">264</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>, <a href= +"#Page_270">270</a>, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>, <a href= +"#Page_302">302</a>, <a href="#Page_306">306</a>, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a>, <a href="#Page_310">310</a>, <a href= +"#Page_312">312</a>, <a href="#Page_331">331</a>, <a href= +"#Page_334">334</a>, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>, <a href= +"#Page_365">365</a>, <a href="#Page_367">367</a>, <a href= +"#Page_370">370</a>, <a href="#Page_371">371</a>, <a href= +"#Page_372">372</a>, <a href="#Page_374">374</a>, <a href= +"#Page_375">375</a>, <a href="#Page_382">382</a>, <a href= +"#Page_387">387</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>, <a href="#Page_464">464</a>, <a href= +"#Page_490">490</a></li> + +<li>Olong, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Olosan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_520">[520]</span>Oluwa (Benin), +<a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Omah (Benin), <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Omar (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Ombega, <a href="#Page_422">422</a></li> + +<li>Ome (Benin), <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li>Omo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Omocham (Benin), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Omoin (Egba), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Omomeran (Benin), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Omon (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Omphalocarpum, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>; O. elatum, <a href= +"#Page_456">456</a>; O. Pierreanum, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>; O. +procerum, <a href="#Page_379">379</a>; O. Radlkoferi, <a href= +"#Page_439">439</a>; O. sp., <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Omunu or Onumu (Benin), <a href="#Page_258">258</a>, <a href= +"#Page_314">314</a>; O. kynkyu (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a>, <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Omunu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Ona River, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Onamagugun, onamagungun, orimagugu, or oriweni (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li>Onanisankianmon (Benin), <a href="#Page_391">391</a></li> + +<li>Oncinotis gracilis, <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Oncoba dentata, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href= +"#Page_366">366</a>; O. echinata, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, +<a href="#Page_462">462</a>; O. Gilgiana, <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a>; O. glauca, <a href="#Page_366">366</a>; O. +spinosa, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, +<a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_366">366</a></li> + +<li>Ondo (Circle, Forest, Province, and Reserve), <a href= +"#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_180">180</a>, <a href= +"#Page_235">235</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_258">258</a>, <a href="#Page_259">259</a>, <a href= +"#Page_260">260</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href= +"#Page_266">266</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_271">271</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_282">282</a>, <a href= +"#Page_284">284</a>, <a href="#Page_286">286</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a>, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>, <a href= +"#Page_301">301</a>, <a href="#Page_302">302</a>, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a>, <a href="#Page_308">308</a>, <a href= +"#Page_310">310</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a>, <a href= +"#Page_313">313</a>, <a href="#Page_317">317</a>, <a href= +"#Page_318">318</a>, <a href="#Page_321">321</a>, <a href= +"#Page_324">324</a>, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>, <a href= +"#Page_327">327</a>, <a href="#Page_329">329</a>, <a href= +"#Page_330">330</a>, <a href="#Page_336">336</a>, <a href= +"#Page_340">340</a>, <a href="#Page_342">342</a>, <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a>, <a href="#Page_351">351</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>, <a href= +"#Page_362">362</a>, <a href="#Page_365">365</a>, <a href= +"#Page_369">369</a>, <a href="#Page_379">379</a>, <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>, <a href="#Page_382">382</a>, <a href= +"#Page_383">383</a>, <a href="#Page_390">390</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>, <a href= +"#Page_402">402</a>, <a href="#Page_404">404</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a>, <a href="#Page_406">406</a>, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a>, <a href="#Page_408">408</a>, <a href= +"#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Odutu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Onegozi (Benin), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Ongokea Kamerunensis, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; O. Klaineana, +<a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Ongina (Twi), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Oni River, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_160">160</a></li> + +<li>Onihokha (tree in flower) (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Onikokha (Benin), <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Onion, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Onitsha Province, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_255">255</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_305">305</a>, <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a>, <a href="#Page_309">309</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>, <a href="#Page_353">353</a>, <a href= +"#Page_358">358</a>, <a href="#Page_398">398</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a>, <a href="#Page_472">472</a>, <a href= +"#Page_473">473</a></li> + +<li>Onitsha-olona District, <a href="#Page_353">353</a></li> + +<li>Onomokyukyu (Benin), <a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href= +"#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li>Onuru (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Onyangba (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Onye (Benin), <a href="#Page_334">334</a></li> + +<li>Onyemo (Benin), <a href="#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Onyena (Fanti), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Onyenu (Benin), <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Onyina (Fanti), <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li> + +<li>Oohoo (Benin), <a href="#Page_386">386</a></li> + +<li>Opaga (Benin), <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Opagga (Benin), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Opahan (Benin), <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Opaina (Fanti), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Opapao (Twi, Akwapim), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Opäti (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Ope (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_241">241</a>, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a>; O. Ifu No. 1 (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>; O. Igbo (Benin), <a href="#Page_245">245</a>; +O. trumfo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>Opele, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_248">248</a>; (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_388">388</a></li> + +<li>Open Deciduous Forest, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li> + +<li>Open Orchard Forest, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li> + +<li>Opepe (Ikale, Ijor), <a href="#Page_273">273</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_369">369</a>, <a href= +"#Page_402">402</a>, <a href="#Page_404">404</a>; O.-ira (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_349">349</a>; False O., +<a href="#Page_406">406</a>; Swamp O., <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Opepera (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Opilia celtidifolia, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Ophioglossum vulgatum, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Opobo (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_481">481</a>; O. Port, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>; O. River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Opochala (Ibo, Niger), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Opon (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Oporipor (Benin), <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Opoto (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_251">251</a></li> + +<li>Opputtu (Benin), <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Ora-Igbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Orange (Calabash), <a href="#Page_312">312</a>; O. (common), +<a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Orban-igba (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li>Orchards (Togo), <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Orchid, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Orchidaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Ordeal bark, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href= +"#Page_276">276</a>; O. tree, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Oregbon I (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Orella, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Ori (Benin), <a href="#Page_297">297</a>; O. (Oban, Ekoi), +<a href="#Page_235">235</a>; O. (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_398">398</a>; O.-eta (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_399">399</a>; +O.-nla (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_398">398</a></li> + +<li>Oria (Benin), <a href="#Page_266">266</a>; O. Plantations, +<a href="#Page_168">168</a></li> + +<li>Oriakuku (Benin), <a href="#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Oriri Ogikiomi (Benin), <a href="#Page_398">398</a></li> + +<li>Orisi (Igbado, Yoruba), <a href="#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Oriweni (Benin), <a href="#Page_389">389</a></li> + +<li>Oriwu (Benin), <a href="#Page_409">409</a></li> + +<li>Orli (Anago), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Ormocarpum bibracteatum, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Ormosia laxiflora, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>, <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a>, <a href="#Page_308">308</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a>; O. monophylla, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, +<a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Oro (Brass), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>; (Egba), <a href="#Page_249">249</a>; (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_312">312</a>, <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>; O.-Igbo, <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Oroba (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Orodo (Benin), <a href="#Page_291">291</a>; (Brass), <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>; O. or Orodu (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Orogbo or Orugbo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_359">359</a></li> + +<li>Oroko, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, +<a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href="#Page_253">253</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>; False O., <a href="#Page_249">249</a></li> + +<li>Orokpo (Anago), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Orokwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Oron Port, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Oropa of the Yorubas, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Orora (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Orrimogungun (Benin), <a href="#Page_389">389</a></li> + +<li>Orro (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_322">322</a></li> + +<li>Orsorsor (Benin), <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li> + +<li>Orupa (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Oruru (Benin), <a href="#Page_414">414</a>; (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Oruwo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Oryza silvestris, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Osan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; O. odo (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li>Osangbalumo or Osum Agbalum (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>, <a href="#Page_382">382</a>; O. Edan (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_381">381</a>; O. Palambo (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a></li> + +<li>Osbeckia, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Ose (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Oshen or Oshun River, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_357">357</a></li> + +<li>Oshere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_366">366</a></li> + +<li>Osho (Il.), <a href="#Page_286">286</a></li> + +<li>Oshopoto Dudu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Oshoshi (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Oshun Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Oshunshun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_332">332</a></li> + +<li>Oshusi (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_364">364</a></li> + +<li>Osia, <a href="#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li>Osisiru (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Ositwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Ossa (Ondo), <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Osse River, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_166">166</a>, <a href="#Page_238">238</a>, <a href= +"#Page_241">241</a>, <a href="#Page_378">378</a>, <a href= +"#Page_399">399</a></li> + +<li>Osshosha (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_284">284</a></li> + +<li>Ossidinge District, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Ossiomo River, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Ossizza Factory, <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Ossusu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Ostryoderris impressa, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_297">297</a>, <a href="#Page_394">394</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Osu (Benin), <a href="#Page_394">394</a></li> + +<li>Osuabise (Akwapim), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Osualong (seed) (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Osukaregigi (Benin), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Osun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_178">178</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_273">273</a>; O. dudu (Yoruba), +<a href="#Page_273">273</a>; O. pupa (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Otanta (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Ote (Twi), <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; O., Oti or Etsu (Accra, +Ashanti, Fanti), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Otendui (Fanti), <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li> + +<li>Oti Steppe, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>; Valley (Togo), +<a href="#Page_118">118</a></li> + +<li>Otien (Benin), <a href="#Page_381">381</a></li> + +<li>Otopoi (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Otta farfridi (Ibo, Asaba), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Ottelia lancifolia, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Ottoa (Benin Province), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Otugba (Akposso), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Otun (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Otungue (Jaunde), <a href="#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Otutu (Jebu), <a href="#Page_347">347</a>; O. of the Yorubas, +<a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Otwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Oubanguia Klainei, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Oukot (Efik), <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li> + +<li>Oukoumea Klaineana, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_424">424</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Ouratea monticola, <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Ovalla (Benin), <a href="#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Ovia River, <a href="#Page_272">272</a>, <a href= +"#Page_321">321</a></li> + +<li>Oviaruza (Benin), <a href="#Page_335">335</a></li> + +<li>Oviegikwe (Benin), <a href="#Page_351">351</a></li> + +<li>Ovinni (Benin), <a href="#Page_276">276</a></li> + +<li>Ovioza (Benin), <a href="#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Ovu (Benin), <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Owala Beans, <a href="#Page_447">447</a>; O. (Gabonais), +<a href="#Page_85">85</a>; O. oil, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Owama (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Owango, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Owawa (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Owawe or Owowe (Benin), <a href="#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Owe (Benin), <a href="#Page_288">288</a></li> + +<li>Owehe (Benin), <a href="#Page_412">412</a></li> + +<li>Owena Reserve, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>; O. River, <a href= +"#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_321">321</a></li> + +<li>Owerri, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_259">259</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_281">281</a>, <a href= +"#Page_282">282</a>, <a href="#Page_284">284</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a>, <a href="#Page_287">287</a>, <a href= +"#Page_288">288</a>, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>, <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_304">304</a>, <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a>, <a href="#Page_313">313</a>, <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_322">322</a>, <a href= +"#Page_327">327</a>, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>, <a href="#Page_354">354</a>, <a href= +"#Page_355">355</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>, <a href= +"#Page_357">357</a>, <a href="#Page_358">358</a>, <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_362">362</a>, <a href= +"#Page_363">363</a>, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a>, <a href="#Page_376">376</a>, <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>, <a href="#Page_390">390</a>, <a href= +"#Page_396">396</a>, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>, <a href= +"#Page_398">398</a>, <a href="#Page_400">400</a>, <a href= +"#Page_401">401</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>, <a href="#Page_450">450</a>, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a>, <a href="#Page_472">472</a>, <a href= +"#Page_473">473</a>, <a href="#Page_493">493</a></li> + +<li>Owessu (Brass), <a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Owewe (Benin), <a href="#Page_294">294</a>; O. lagebon (Benin), +<a href="#Page_295">295</a>; O. nolemare (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_294">294</a>, <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Owi (Benin), <a href="#Page_411">411</a></li> + +<li>Owun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Owussu, <a href="#Page_158">158</a></li> + +<li>Oxyanthus speciosus, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a>; O. tubiflorus, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>; O. +unilocularis, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Ox-eye Bean, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Oxystelma Bornuense, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Oxystigma Mannii, <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Oxytenanthera Abyssinica, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Oyan River, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Oyen (Benin), <a href="#Page_334">334</a>, <a href= +"#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Oyife (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Oyo, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, +<a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>, <a href="#Page_283">283</a>, <a href= +"#Page_284">284</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>, <a href= +"#Page_299">299</a>, <a href="#Page_300">300</a>, <a href= +"#Page_301">301</a>, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>, <a href= +"#Page_347">347</a>, <a href="#Page_355">355</a>, <a href= +"#Page_372">372</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a>, <a href= +"#Page_374">374</a>, <a href="#Page_375">375</a>, <a href= +"#Page_379">379</a>, <a href="#Page_383">383</a>, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>, <a href= +"#Page_398">398</a>, <a href="#Page_452">452</a>, <a href= +"#Page_493">493</a>; O. Iseyin Road, <a href="#Page_170">170</a>, +<a href="#Page_322">322</a></li> + +<li>Oyon River, <a href="#Page_339">339</a></li> + +<li>Ozaba, <a href="#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li>Ozia (Benin), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>; O. Beans, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Pachylobus edulis, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, +<a href="#Page_314">314</a>, <a href="#Page_315">315</a>, <a href= +"#Page_432">432</a>; P. <em>var.</em>, <a href="#Page_432">432</a>; +P. Zenkeri, <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Pachypodanthium, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>; P. staudtii, +<a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_521">[521]</span>Pachystela +Cinereum, <a href="#Page_383">383</a>; P. Parkii, <a href= +"#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Padauk or Padouk, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>; P. African, +<a href="#Page_273">273</a>; P. Edible-fruited, <a href= +"#Page_272">272</a>; P. Indian, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li> + +<li>Paddlewood, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Padiivin (Difale), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Pakie-pakie (Agni), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Palambanja (Duala), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Paletuvier rouge (Colons), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Palime Station (Togo), <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li> + +<li>Palisota hirsuta, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; P. thyrsiflora, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Palissya Cordata, <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Palm Arac, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>; P. Belt (according to +Millbourne), <a href="#Page_465">465</a>; Black Run Palm or +Palmyra, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>; P. Bottle or Toddy, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; P. Cabbage, +<a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_479">479</a>; P. Cocoanut, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, +<a href="#Page_237">237</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a>; P. Date, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a>,’ <a href="#Page_240">240</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a>; Swampy Date, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>; Wild +Date, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>; P. Deleb, <a href= +"#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_217">217</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>; P. Dum, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; P. Everlasting +Life or King Palm, <a href="#Page_241">241</a>, <a href= +"#Page_242">242</a>, <a href="#Page_466">466</a>; P. Fan, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; P. Forked, +<a href="#Page_244">244</a>; P. Fruit Industry, <a href= +"#Page_92">92</a>; P. F. I. Cultivation, <a href="#Page_21">21</a>, +<a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_41">41</a>; P. F. I. Liberia, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, +<a href="#Page_70">70</a>; P. Hookers, <a href="#Page_235">235</a>; +P. Kernels, <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>, +<a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_444">444</a>, <a href="#Page_479">479</a>; P. K. Cake, +<a href="#Page_226">226</a>; P. K. Oil, <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>; P. K. Shells, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>; P. +Lisombe or Soft-shelled, <a href="#Page_243">243</a>, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a>, <a href="#Page_467">467</a>; P. Method of +Extraction, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>; P. Oil export, <a href= +"#Page_35">35</a>; (Gambia), <a href="#Page_21">21</a>; (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_115">115</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_99">99</a>; (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_63">63</a>, +<a href="#Page_64">64</a>; (Liberia), <a href="#Page_80">80</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_226">226</a>; P. O. Plantations (Togo), +<a href="#Page_116">116</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_149">149</a>; P. O. Nurseries, +<a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_124">124</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_218">218</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_237">237</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>, <a href= +"#Page_241">241</a>, <a href="#Page_242">242</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_444">444</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>, <a href="#Page_464">464</a>; P. O. Small, +<a href="#Page_243">243</a>; (Sacred Oil Palm), <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a>; P. O. White, <a href="#Page_466">466</a>; The +Oil Palm and Palm Industry, <a href="#c12">chapter xii,</a> +<a href="#Page_464">464</a>-484—</li> + +<li class="isub"> 1. Æsthetic Aspect, <a href= +"#Page_464">464</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 2. Botanical Description of Tree, Fruit, +etc., <a href="#Page_465">465</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 3. The Growing of the Oil Palm, <a href= +"#Page_467">467</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 4. Fruit-Bearing Age, <a href= +"#Page_468">468</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 5. Oil Palm Plantations and Crops, <a href= +"#Page_468">468</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 6. Destruction of Oil Palms, <a href= +"#Page_472">472</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 7. Native Method of Making Oil and Kernel +Inspection, <a href="#Page_473">473</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 8. Amount of Produce used, eaten, and +growing, <a href="#Page_476">476</a></li> + +<li class="isub"> 9. European Machinery for extraction +(Pericarping), <a href="#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li class="isub">10. European nut-cracking, <a href= +"#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li class="isub">11. European uses of the Oil, Kernels, Palm Wine, +etc., <a href="#Page_479">479</a></li> + +<li class="isub">12. Value of Oil and Kernels, <a href= +"#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li class="isub">13. Import Ports in England and U.S.A. for Oil and +Kernels, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li class="isub">14. The Crushing of Palm Kernels in Africa and +England, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li class="isub">15. Palm-Kernel Produce, Analysis, etc., <a href= +"#Page_481">481</a></li> + +<li class="isub">16 and 17. Value of Palm-Kernel Oil and Cake, +<a href="#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li class="isub">17. Uses of Palm-Kernel Cake, <a href= +"#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li class="isub">18. Results of Feeding Experiments with +Palm-Kernel Cake, <a href="#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li class="isub">19. Manurial Value of Kernel Cake, <a href= +"#Page_484">484</a></li> + +<li class="isub">20. West African Shipping in Relation to Farm +Produce, <a href="#Page_484">484</a></li> + +<li class="isub">21. Bibliography of the Oil Palm, <a href= +"#Page_484">484</a></li> + +<li>Palm, Palmyra, or Black Run, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>; P. +Piassawa, <a href="#Page_235">235</a>; P. Roofing, <a href= +"#Page_239">239</a>; P. Royal, <a href="#Page_237">237</a>; P. +Sacred, <a href="#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, +<a href="#Page_466">466</a>; P. Swamp, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; +P. Tombo, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, +<a href="#Page_237">237</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_464">464</a>; P. Vegetable Ivory, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a>; P. West African, <a href="#Page_241">241</a>; +P. Wine Tree (Raphia Vinifera), <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_244">244</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_464">464</a>, <a href="#Page_479">479</a></li> + +<li>Palmæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_41">41</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_70">70</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_127">127</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_235">235</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Palmas, Cape, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li> + +<li>Palmine, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Palmwood, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>“Palmyra,” <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a></li> + +<li>Pambei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Panama hat fibre, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>; P. Palms, +<a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Pancratium trianthum, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Pandaceæ (Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Pandanaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_41">41</a>; +(Liberia), <a href="#Page_74">74</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_127">127</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li>Pandanus Candelabrum, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a>; P. Fibre, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>; P. +Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>; P. species, <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a>; P. species near Candelabrum, <a href= +"#Page_41">41</a>; P. Togoensis, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Pandoro (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Pangalan (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Pangbaïngu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Pangi (Mangu), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Panguma Hills, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li> + +<li>Panicum stagninum, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Panyero (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_143">143</a>; Panyerobuda, +<a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Papac (Ewe), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Papala (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li>Papao (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Papau (Asante), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Papaveraceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Papilionaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_301">301</a></li> + +<li>Para, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>; P. Rubber, <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_180">180</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Para Dakue (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Paradaniella, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>; P. Oliveri, <a href= +"#Page_19">19</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_307">307</a>; P. (Rosewood), <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, +<a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>; P. Thurifera, +<a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Paradedi (Attie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Paran (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Parapara (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Parasolier (Colons), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Parinarium, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>; P. Chrysophyllum, +<a href="#Page_428">428</a>; P. Curatelifolium, <a href= +"#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_213">213</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_269">269</a>; P. excelsum, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, +<a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>; P. Gabunense, +<a href="#Page_269">269</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; P. +intermedia, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; P. Kerstingii, <a href= +"#Page_130">130</a>; P. macrophyllum, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, +<a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; P. mobola, +<a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; P. +polyandrum, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, +<a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>; P. Robustum, +<a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href= +"#Page_267">267</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_266">266</a>; P. species (Red Mahogany), <a href= +"#Page_267">267</a>; (small), <a href="#Page_428">428</a>; (White +Oak), <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; P. +subcordatum, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>; P. tenuifolium, +<a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Parkia Africana, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a>; P. Agbœnsis, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; P. +biglobosa, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, +<a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_282">282</a>; P. filicoidea, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_283">283</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_45">45</a>; P. Zenkeri, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Parkinsonia aculeata, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Parrots, seed carriers, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Partridge wood, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Pasau (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Patabua (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Patakli (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Patapara (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Pato (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Pattern Wood, <a href="#Page_390">390</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Patti Forest, <a href="#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Pau (Twi), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Paulai (Mendi), <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li> + +<li>Paullinia pinnata, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Pausynistalia Lane-Poolei, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>; P. +species, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Pauwilli, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li> + +<li>Pavetta Baconia, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href= +"#Page_146">146</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>; P. Barteri, +<a href="#Page_192">192</a>; P. Crassipes, <a href= +"#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Pavonia schimperiana, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Pawi Kpaoloe (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Pe (Abe), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Peach (blossom compared with Stereospermum Kunthianum), +<a href="#Page_145">145</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>; P. +(Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a></li> + +<li>Pear, native (Oban), <a href="#Page_314">314</a>, <a href= +"#Page_315">315</a>; P. Tree, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>; P. Wood, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Pebulai (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Pechi (Attie), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Pedaliaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Pegblagei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Pekĭre (Losso), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Peltoforum, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href= +"#Page_49">49</a>; P. species, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Pennisetum, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; P. pedicellatum, +<a href="#Page_201">201</a>; P. typhoideum, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Pentaclethra Macrophylla, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_380">380</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_429">429</a>, <a href="#Page_447">447</a></li> + +<li>Pentadesma, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>; P. Butyraceæ, <a href= +"#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_362">362</a>, <a href= +"#Page_363">363</a>, <a href="#Page_437">437</a>, <a href= +"#Page_461">461</a>; P. Grandifolia, <a href="#Page_361">361</a>; +P. Kerstingii, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; P. Leucantha, +<a href="#Page_88">88</a>; P. Nigritana, <a href= +"#Page_362">362</a>; P. species, <a href="#Page_360">360</a></li> + +<li>Peregun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_245">245</a></li> + +<li>Pereng (Kabure), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Pergularia tomentosa, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Peri (Timani), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Peristrophe bicalyculata, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Permanent cultivation, England, Germany, South Provinces, +Nigeria, <a href="#Page_495">495</a></li> + +<li>Permits for Tree-cutting (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a></li> + +<li>Persian Lilac, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Pesin (Attie), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Peso (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Petwun, <a href="#Page_176">176</a></li> + +<li>Peucedanum araliaceum, <em>var.</em> fraxinifolium, <a href= +"#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Peukwa (Twi), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Pfandi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Pfandu station (Togo), <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a></li> + +<li>Pfui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; P. II (Mendi), +<a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Phialodiscus species, <a href="#Page_341">341</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>, <a href="#Page_455">455</a>; P. Unijugatus, +<a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; P. +Zambesiacus, <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_522">[522]</span>Phœnix +Dactylifera, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a>, <a href="#Page_459">459</a>; P. reclinata, +<a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href= +"#Page_239">239</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_418">418</a>; P. spinosa, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Phrynium, <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Phutophyllum mirabile, <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Phyllanthus Discoideus, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; P. floribundus, +<a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; P. +Reticulatus, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_337">337</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Phyllocosmus Africanus, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; P. +sessiliflorus, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Physalis, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Physic nut, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Physostigma venosum, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>, <a href= +"#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Piampian (Fanti), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Pianro (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Piassava fibre, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>; Cameroons, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>; Exported, Sierra Leone, <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>; Gold Coast, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; Ivory +Coast, <a href="#Page_90">90</a>; Liberia, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_80">80</a>; Nigeria, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_236">236</a>, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>; Togo, <a href= +"#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Piche Aboko (Attie), <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Picralima Elliotii, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>; P. Klaineana, +<a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Pierreodendron Grandifolium, <a href="#Page_432">432</a></li> + +<li>Pigeons, seed carriers, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Pija (Wassaw), (Fanti), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Pineapple, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Pink Mahogany, <a href="#Page_304">304</a></li> + +<li>Pinus Mercusii, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Pio (Duala), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Piper Umbellatum, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Piperaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Piperomia Pellucida, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Piptadenia Africana, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_279">279</a>, <a href="#Page_286">286</a>, <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_428">428</a>; P. compared with +African Greenheart, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>; P. Chevalieri, +<a href="#Page_85">85</a>; P. Kerstingii, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a>; P. species, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; P. +Winkleri, <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Pitchong (Ossidinge), <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Pithecolobium Altissimum, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_290">290</a>, <a href="#Page_450">450</a>; P. Dulcis, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Placodiscus Pseudostipularis, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Plantains as Charms, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Plantations (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_180">180</a>-184; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_121">121</a></li> + +<li>Planting schemes (Togo), <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li> + +<li>Platycerium Æthiopicum, <a href="#Page_179">179</a></li> + +<li>Platysepalum, <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Platythyrsa, <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Plectronia Glabriflora, <a href="#Page_441">441</a>; P. +Vanguerioides, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li> + +<li>Pleiocarpa Tricarpella, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Pleioceras Afzelii, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>; P. Barteri, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_396">396</a></li> + +<li>Plekkogo (Benin), <a href="#Page_323">323</a></li> + +<li>Plum Abeokuta, <a href="#Page_366">366</a>; P. Blood; P. +Common, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_269">269</a>; P. +Hog, Jamaica, Spanish, or Yellow, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, +<a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>; P. Mirabel, +<a href="#Page_338">338</a>; P. Niger, <a href= +"#Page_366">366</a></li> + +<li>Poana-Poana, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Poga Conofora, <a href="#Page_437">437</a>; P. Oleosa, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_437">437</a>, <a href= +"#Page_450">450</a></li> + +<li>Poinciana drepanophylla, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; P. Regia, +<a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a></li> + +<li>Polu-Dyenye (Mangu), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Polyadoa Elliotii, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>; P. Umbellata, +<a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_394">394</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Polyalthia Oliverii, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li> + +<li>Polycarpæa, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Polygala arenaria, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a>; P. butyracea, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, +<a href="#Page_462">462</a>; P. Clarkeana, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Polygalaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_135">135</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a>, <a href="#Page_462">462</a></li> + +<li>Polysphæria Macrostyla, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Polystachys Odorata (Mistletoe-like Parasite), <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Polystemonanthus Dinklagei, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li> + +<li>Ponamagoi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Pondei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Pongoi-nei, Pongoi-hini (Mendi), <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Ponhon (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Ponpola or Ponponla (Ibadan, Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Pontya Excelsa, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Poor man’s candle, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Poose (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Poplar, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> + +<li>Poposi (Mbonoi), (Ebrie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Popowia Mannii, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>; P. Whyteii, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li> + +<li>Porcupine, <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Porepore (Abe), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Poroporo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_353">353</a></li> + +<li>Porphyranthus Zenkeri, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Port Harcourt, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Potato, sweet, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Potedon (Appolonian, Ashanti, Fanti, Wassaw), <a href= +"#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Potepote (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Poyndua (Fanti), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Prain, Lt.-Col. D., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, +<a href="#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li>Pranpran (Fanti), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Prekese (Ewe), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Premna Hispida, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>; P. Zenkeri, <a href= +"#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Prevostea Africana, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>; P. Heudelotii, +<a href="#Page_112">112</a></li> + +<li>Pride of India, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Propri (Timani), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Prosopis Oblonga, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_220">220</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Protea, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>; P. Bismarckii, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Proteaceæ (Pogo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Proteaceous Trees, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Protected Trees of Nigeria, List of Classes with Royalties, +<a href="#Page_228">228</a></li> + +<li>Pseudocedrela, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>; P. Cylindrica, +<a href="#Page_101">101</a>; P. Kotschyii, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_28">28</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>; P. species +near P. Utilis, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>; P. Utilis, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Pseudocinchona Africana, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Pseudospondias Microcarpa, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, +<a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_339">339</a>, <a href= +"#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Psidium Guajava, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href= +"#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Psilanthus Ebracteolus, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Psorospermum, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>; P. Senegalense, +<a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Pteleopsis, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>; P. Kerstingii, +<a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Pterocarpus, <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a>; P. Erinaceus, +<a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href= +"#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_273">273</a>; P. Esculentus, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, +<a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_272">272</a>; P. Indicus, +<a href="#Page_178">178</a>; P. Osun, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, +<a href="#Page_274">274</a>, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a>; P. Santalinoides, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; +P. Soyauxii, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_428">428</a>; P. species +(so-called Camwood), <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a></li> + +<li>Pterogopodium, <a href="#Page_304">304</a>; P. species, +<a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Pterolobium, <a href="#Page_305">305</a></li> + +<li>Pterygota, <a href="#Page_353">353</a>; P. Cordifolia, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>; P. Kamerunensis, <a href="#Page_436">436</a>; P. +Schumanniana, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Pteryyota Wawampe’e (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Public Works Department, South Nigeria, <a href= +"#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_186">186</a>, <a href= +"#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Pulley Wood, <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Pullum (Timani), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Pumpkin, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Puni (Krepi), <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Punkwa (Wassaw), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Pupalia lappacea, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Pusum (Lamatessi), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Puttuputtu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_332">332</a>, <a href= +"#Page_333">333</a></li> + +<li>Pwekupweku (Benin), <a href="#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Pycnanthus Dinklagei, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>; P. Kombo, +<a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>, <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li> + +<li>Pycreus, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Pynærtia ealænsis, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href= +"#Page_101">101</a>; P. Occidentalis, <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Pyrenacantha species nov., <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Quelipe Kelipe (Bondoukou), <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Quinine Plantations, <a href="#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Quisqualis Indica, <a href="#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Rafters exported (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a></li> + +<li>Rahaina (Hausa), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Railway supplied with timber, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Rainfall distributors, <a href="#Page_486">486</a></li> + +<li>Rake, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Raken giwa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Rama, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Ramaniya, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Rambong rubber (Ficus elastica) plantations (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Ramos River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Randia Caudata, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a>; R. Cladantha, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>, +<a href="#Page_442">442</a>; R. Genipæflora, <a href= +"#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>; near R. Macrantha, +<a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a>; R. +Maculata, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, +<a href="#Page_407">407</a>; R. Malleiflora, <a href= +"#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a>; R. Nilotica, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, +<a href="#Page_225">225</a>; R. Octomera, <a href= +"#Page_407">407</a>; R. sp. near R. caudata, <a href= +"#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Ranger (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_185">185</a>, <a href= +"#Page_186">186</a></li> + +<li>Raphia near R. Gærtneri, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>; R. Hookeri, +<a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_235">235</a>, <a href= +"#Page_239">239</a>, <a href="#Page_464">464</a>; R. Ruffia, +<a href="#Page_235">235</a>, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>, <a href= +"#Page_464">464</a>; R. Vinifera (see palm wine tree), <a href= +"#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href= +"#Page_68">68</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_235">235</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_464">464</a></li> + +<li>Rattan, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>; +R. Benin, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>; R. Benin (Large), <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_240">240</a>; R. Benin (Small), +<a href="#Page_163">163</a>; R. Substitute, <a href= +"#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Rauwolfia Cumminsii, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>; R. +Macrophylla, <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; R. sp., <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>; R. Vomitoria, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, +<a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href= +"#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a>; R. Welwitschii, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, +<a href="#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Rawaya, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Rawsonia spinosa, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Rawuya, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>; (Sok.), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Red-arilled Afzelia, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Red Cedar (Euphorbiaceæ sp.), Descrip., <a href= +"#Page_29">29</a>; cut locally, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href= +"#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Red Cotton Tree, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_76">76</a>; R. Flowering Silk C. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Red Dye-wood, <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Red Ironwood or Ironpost, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_27">27</a>, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>, <a href= +"#Page_107">107</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_209">209</a>, <a href= +"#Page_276">276</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>, <a href= +"#Page_358">358</a>, <a href="#Page_379">379</a>, <a href= +"#Page_380">380</a>, <a href="#Page_384">384</a>, <a href= +"#Page_415">415</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_459">459</a></li> + +<li>Red Mangrove, <a href="#Page_397">397</a></li> + +<li>Red Oak (Lophira procera) cut locally, Sierra Leone, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a>, <a href= +"#Page_350">350</a>, <a href="#Page_410">410</a>; Red Oak (Berlinia +auriculata), <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_281">281</a>, <a href= +"#Page_282">282</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>, <a href= +"#Page_418">418</a>; Red Oak (Sterculia cordifolia), <a href= +"#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Red Pine, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li> + +<li>Red Resin, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Red Water Tree, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Redwood (Colons), <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_159">159</a>, <a href="#Page_424">424</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>, <a href="#Page_428">428</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_523">[523]</span>Rendle, Dr. A. +B., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., <a href="#Page_497">497</a></li> + +<li>Rere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Reserve, Definition of, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_161">161</a>; objects of R., <a href= +"#Page_162">162</a></li> + +<li>Rhamnaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_137">137</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Rhaptopetalum Tieghemi, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Rhizophora, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, <a href= +"#Page_451">451</a>; R. (Liberia), <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, +<a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_438">438</a>; R. +Mangle, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>, +<a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_438">438</a>; R. +Mucronata, <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; R. Racemosa (Mangrove) +(Sierra Leone), cut locally, <a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href= +"#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Rhizophoraceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_55">55</a>; +(Liberia), <a href="#Page_78">78</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_108">108</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Rhodesia, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li> + +<li>Rhodesian Mahogany (Afzelia Africana), <a href= +"#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Rhynchosia, <a href="#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Rice, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>, +<a href="#Page_499">499</a></li> + +<li>Ricinus communis, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Ricinodendron, <a href="#Page_278">278</a>, <a href= +"#Page_314">314</a>; R. Africanum, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, +<a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_332">332</a>, <a href="#Page_333">333</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>, <a href="#Page_451">451</a>; R. Heudelotii, +<a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>; R. Ricin. +Rautenii, <a href="#Page_332">332</a>, <a href="#Page_333">333</a>, +<a href="#Page_334">334</a>, <a href="#Page_451">451</a>; R. sp., +<a href="#Page_333">333</a></li> + +<li>Ridi, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Rikio (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Rimi (Hausa), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>; R. (Kano), +<a href="#Page_223">223</a>; R. or Rini (Sok.), <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Ringa (Timani), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Rio del Rey, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_430">430</a>, <a href="#Page_432">432</a>, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a>, <a href= +"#Page_442">442</a></li> + +<li>Risga, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Ritchiea sp., <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Riverine Natives, <a href="#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Rock Elm (Chlorophora excelsa), <a href="#Page_26">26</a>; +(African Oak or Teak, Description), <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, +<a href="#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Roco (Dahomey), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Roey or Counter-top Mahogany, <a href="#Page_157">157</a></li> + +<li>Rogeria adenophylla, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Rokell River, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href= +"#Page_39">39</a></li> + +<li>Ronier (Colons), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Ronietta, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Roofing palm, <a href="#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Roof Pole (Benin), <a href="#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Rope Tree, <a href="#Page_350">350</a></li> + +<li>Rosaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_44">44</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_72">72</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_96">96</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_130">130</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Rosewood (Dalbergia sp. and Pterocarpus erinaceus), <a href= +"#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>; Rosewood (Senegal), +<a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>“Rotation,” <a href="#Page_162">162</a></li> + +<li>Rottbœllia exaltata, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Rough-barked Canarium, <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Rough-skinned Plum (Sierra Leone), cut locally, <a href= +"#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>; R. (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_72">72</a></li> + +<li>Rubber, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, +<a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a>, <a href="#Page_444">444</a>, <a href= +"#Page_487">487</a>; African R., <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, +<a href="#Page_228">228</a>; Balata R., <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>; Brown Cluster or Brown Medium R., <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; R. Company +(Liberia), <a href="#Page_66">66</a>; Corrugated-fruited R., +<a href="#Page_392">392</a>; R. Exports (Liberia), <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a>; R. Exports (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_226">226</a>; R. Exports (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_90">90</a>; R. Exports (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>; R. Exports (Togo), <a href="#Page_150">150</a>; +False R., <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>; +Flake or Paste R., <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; Gambia R., <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>; Lagos or Silk R., <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, +<a href="#Page_440">440</a>; Male Rubber Tree, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a>; Mauve-flowered Vine R., <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; Oban R., <a href="#Page_393">393</a>; +Ornamental R., <a href="#Page_396">396</a>; Para R., <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a>; Pear-shape fruited R., <a href= +"#Page_393">393</a>; Planting R. (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>; Rambong R., <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_149">149</a>; Raw R. exported +(Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_115">115</a>; Red Kano R., <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a>; Root R., <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href= +"#Page_392">392</a>; Savannah R., <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; +Spurious R., <a href="#Page_111">111</a>; True Rubber Tree, +<a href="#Page_79">79</a>; Rubber Vine or Whiteball R., <a href= +"#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>, <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; West African R., +<a href="#Page_395">395</a>; Whiteball R., <a href= +"#Page_111">111</a></li> + +<li>Rubiaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_60">60</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_79">79</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_113">113</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_145">145</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Ruka, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Rumfu or Runhu (Hausa), <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Rura (Hausa), <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Russegeri, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Russia, <a href="#Page_492">492</a></li> + +<li>Russian Market, <a href="#Page_325">325</a>, <a href= +"#Page_326">326</a></li> + +<li>Russian Steppes, Afforestation, <a href= +"#Page_486">486</a></li> + +<li>Rutaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_74">74</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_85">85</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_100">100</a>; +(Togo), <a href="#Page_134">134</a>, <a href="#Page_309">309</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_309">309</a>; (Cameroons)</li> + +<li>Ruwenzori, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Sa (Fõ), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Sabarra, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Sabicea calycina, <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Sabicu, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>, <a href= +"#Page_310">310</a></li> + +<li>Sabine, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Saccharum officinarum, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; S. +spontaneum, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Saccoglottis Gabunensis, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href= +"#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_238">238</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a>, <a href="#Page_415">415</a></li> + +<li>Sackwi or Mbauwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Sacred Lake, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>; S. Oil Palm, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_244">244</a>, <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Sadan mayu (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Saga Bean, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Sagbei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Sago (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; S. Palm, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Saingja (Asante), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Sakuni (Krepi), <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Salacia debilis, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li> + +<li>Salicaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Salix, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Sama, <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Samanta (Tivi), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Samantawa (Fanti), <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li> + +<li>Samarin danga, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Samba Sankamba (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Samia (Hausa), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>San (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Sanaga River, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Sanbúgo (Mangu), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Sandalwood, white scented, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Sandpaper Tree, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href= +"#Page_95">95</a>; (S. Leaf), <a href="#Page_252">252</a></li> + +<li>Sanga-sanga (Ijor), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; S.-S. (New +Calabar), <a href="#Page_279">279</a>; S.-S. (Sok. and West), +<a href="#Page_220">220</a></li> + +<li>Sangongo (Bambara), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Sannaba (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Sansami, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>; S. or Sasami +<em>syn.</em> Jiri dan sarikin itatuwa (Sok. and Kats.), <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Sansane Station (Togo), <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li> + +<li>Sansevieria, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; S. Cylindrica, <a href= +"#Page_128">128</a>; S. Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>“Sant” pods, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Santiriopsis, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>; S. Klaineana, +<a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Sanza, Asun, Minika, Seka (Agni), <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a></li> + +<li>Sapele-scented Wood (Entandrophragma utilis), <a href= +"#Page_102">102</a>; S. or Sapeli, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, +<a href="#Page_157">157</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>, <a href= +"#Page_325">325</a></li> + +<li>Sapho (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_389">389</a></li> + +<li>Sapindaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; S. (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; S. (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>; S. (Liberia), <a href="#Page_76">76</a>; S. +(Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_53">53</a>; S. (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Sapium Guineense, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>; S. Kerstingii, +<a href="#Page_136">136</a>; S. Mannianum, <a href= +"#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Sapoba, <a href="#Page_320">320</a></li> + +<li>Sapotaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_109">109</a>; (Liberia), +<a href="#Page_78">78</a>; (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_375">375</a>, <a href= +"#Page_447">447</a>, <a href="#Page_455">455</a>; (Sierra Leone), +<a href="#Page_57">57</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Sappan, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li> + +<li>Sarcocephalus, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>; S. esculentus, +<a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href= +"#Page_89">89</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_158">158</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_402">402</a>, <a href= +"#Page_404">404</a>; S. eu-esculentus, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>; +S. Pobeguini, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href= +"#Page_422">422</a>; S. Russegeri, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, +<a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>; S. sambucinus, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>, +<a href="#Page_404">404</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a>; S. sp., <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Sasabani, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; S. (Hadeija), <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Sasanemasa (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Sassandra (Port), <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a>; S. (River), <a href= +"#Page_81">81</a>, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Sasswood, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, +<a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_121">121</a>, <a href="#Page_123">123</a>, <a href= +"#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>; Sasswood +Plantations (Erythrophlœum Guineense) (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Sassybark, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Satinwood, <a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href= +"#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_154">154</a>, <a href= +"#Page_174">174</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_309">309</a>, <a href="#Page_310">310</a>, <a href= +"#Page_370">370</a>, <a href="#Page_412">412</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a>; S. (African), <a href="#Page_271">271</a>, +<a href="#Page_309">309</a>, <a href="#Page_311">311</a>; S. (Dry +Zone African), <a href="#Page_309">309</a>; S. (Dwarf), <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a>; S. (Spiny), <a href="#Page_74">74</a>; S. +(soft), <a href="#Page_352">352</a>; S. (True Benin), <a href= +"#Page_310">310</a>; S. (West Indian), <a href="#Page_311">311</a>; +S. (yellow), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_271">271</a></li> + +<li>Sausage-tree, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Sausanyebui (Mangu), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Scale Insects, <a href="#Page_250">250</a></li> + +<li>Scandent Palm, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li> + +<li>Schio (River), <a href="#Page_117">117</a>; S. (Valley of), +<a href="#Page_116">116</a></li> + +<li>Schizoglossum, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Schmidelia Africana, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a></li> + +<li>Schrebera Golungensis, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>, <a href= +"#Page_248">248</a>, <a href="#Page_388">388</a></li> + +<li>Schwenkia Americana, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Scitamineæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Scoparia dulcis, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Scorodophlœus Zenkerii, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Scotland, feeding experiments, <a href="#Page_483">483</a></li> + +<li>Scottelia coriaceæ, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>; S. (Kamerunen), +<a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; S. +Mimfiensis, <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Screwpine, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href= +"#Page_234">234</a>, <a href="#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li>Scrophulariaceæ (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_441">441</a>; S. +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Scytopetalaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_107">107</a>; S. +(Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; S. (Cameroons), <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Scytopetalum Tarquense, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Sea Bean (Mackay), <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_72">72</a></li> + +<li>Secretariat and Timber supply conditions (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_187">187</a></li> + +<li>Securidaca longepedunculata, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Segbe (Mangu), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Segna (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Selaginella Vogelii, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Senan (Attie)</li> + +<li>Sendar (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_329">329</a></li> + +<li>Senegal, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li> + +<li>Senegambia, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Senna (Senegal), <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Sesamum, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; S. Indicum, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_524">[524]</span>Sesbania +Ægyptica, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; S. leptocarpa, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>; S. aculeata, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Sesedo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Séssëu (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Shagamu District, <a href="#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Shaki, <a href="#Page_153">153</a></li> + +<li>Shakka (Brass), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a>, <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Shange (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Shapo Obibere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Shapon Market, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li> + +<li>Sharan lobbi (Sok.), <em>cf.</em> Alambo, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Shasha (River), <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li> + +<li>Shayo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Shea Butter, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>; S. B. Tree, <a href= +"#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_141">141</a>, <a href="#Page_153">153</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_323">323</a>, <a href= +"#Page_379">379</a>, <a href="#Page_380">380</a>, <a href= +"#Page_439">439</a>, <a href="#Page_444">444</a>, <a href= +"#Page_455">455</a>; False Shea Butter, <a href= +"#Page_370">370</a>, <a href="#Page_376">376</a></li> + +<li>Shea Butter Nuts, exports (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href= +"#Page_378">378</a>, <a href="#Page_456">456</a>; (Sierra Leone), +<a href="#Page_63">63</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Shea Nut Cake, <a href="#Page_460">460</a></li> + +<li>Shedua or Abonsandua (Ashanti), <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; S. +(Twi), <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li> + +<li>Shedun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_270">270</a>, <a href="#Page_307">307</a>, <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a></li> + +<li>Shemusholoshi, <a href="#Page_294">294</a>; S. (Jebu), <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Shepolo-hun (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Sherbro, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li> + +<li>Shero (Dagomba), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Shifting cultivation (Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra +Leone, etc.), <a href="#Page_485">485</a></li> + +<li>Shinglewood Tree, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#Page_371">371</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li> + +<li>Shirinya, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Shisinya, <em>syn.</em> Shiriya (Sok.), <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Shunin-biri (Hausa), <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <em>Syn.</em> Farin sansami (Sok. and +Kats.)</li> + +<li>Siamese Cassia, <a href="#Page_176">176</a></li> + +<li>Sibugang (Basa), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Sida, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>; S. carpinifolia, <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a>; S. (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_329">329</a></li> + +<li>Sideroxylon Aylmerii, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_329">329</a>; S. longistylum, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, +<a href="#Page_78">78</a></li> + +<li>Sidu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_328">328</a></li> + +<li>Sie (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Sierra Leone, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href= +"#Page_25">25</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href= +"#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_287">287</a>, <a href="#Page_492">492</a>, <a href= +"#Page_493">493</a>, <a href="#Page_494">494</a></li> + +<li>Sierra Leone, <a href="#c03">chap. iii,</a> <a href= +"#Page_25">25</a>-65; I. The Forests, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>; +II. Notes on Timber Trees, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>; III. Trees +cut for local use, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>; IV. Minor Forest +Produce, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>; V. The Forest Department, +<a href="#Page_39">39</a>; VI. Indigenous Forest Trees, <a href= +"#Page_41">41</a>; Appendix I, II. Forest Exports, <a href= +"#Page_63">63</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>; Appendix III. Timber +Imports, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></li> + +<li>Sierra Leone (Mountains), <a href="#Page_206">206</a></li> + +<li>Sigo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li>Silk Cotton Tree, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href= +"#Page_116">116</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_209">209</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Silkworm, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Siluko River, <a href="#Page_238">238</a>; S. Road, <a href= +"#Page_258">258</a>; S. Sub-district (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_282">282</a></li> + +<li>Simarubaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_100">100</a>; S. +(Ivory Coast), <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; S. (Liberia), <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>; S. (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, +<a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_312">312</a>, <a href="#Page_313">313</a>, <a href= +"#Page_453">453</a>, <a href="#Page_454">454</a>; S. (Togo), +<a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Sime or Semei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Simua (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Sino Basin, <a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href= +"#Page_79">79</a></li> + +<li>Sino Kim (Town), <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> + +<li>Sisal Hemp, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Skiwaka (Hausa), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Smeathmannia lævigata, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>; S. pubescens, +<a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_365">365</a>; S. sp., +<a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> + +<li>Smilax Kraussiana, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>So (Abe), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Soap Tree, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li> + +<li>Sobos (Tribe), <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Sofo (Attie), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Soft-shelled Palm, <a href="#Page_243">243</a></li> + +<li>“Softwood,” <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Sogoto, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Sokodé-Bassari coast forests, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; S. +District, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>; +S. Plantations, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Sokoto, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Solanaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_194">194</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Solanum, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; S. incanum, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a>; S. Melongena, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; S. +sp., <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Somabari (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Sombreiro River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Soppo, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Sopubia, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Sorghum, <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>; S. vulgare, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>; S. +vulgare, <em>var.</em> saccharatum, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, +<a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Sorindeia juglandifolia, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>; S. trimera, +<a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Sorono (Asante), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Sorowa (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Sosong (Bakossi), <a href="#Page_428">428</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Sotibia (Fanti), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Soudan or Soudan Zone, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_200">200</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_208">208</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Soumbaras, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li> + +<li>Sounoum (Fanti), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Sour Gourd, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>; S. Sop, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a></li> + +<li>Soyauxia sp., <a href="#Page_365">365</a></li> + +<li>Spanish Elder compared with Melia Azedarach, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a>; S. Mahogany, <a href="#Page_175">175</a>; S. +Plum, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Spathodea, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>; S. campanulata, +<a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>, <a href= +"#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Spermacoce, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Sphenoclea Zeylanica, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Spice Tree, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>; Mountain S. T., <a href= +"#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Spiny Tree, <a href="#Page_413">413</a></li> + +<li>Spondias dulcis, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>; S. lutea, +<a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href= +"#Page_136">136</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_339">339</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; compared to +Pseudospondias microcarpa, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; S. sp., +<a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_239">239</a></li> + +<li>Sponges, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>; from vines and lianes, +<a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Spruce Hills Reserve (c. Pacific Railway), <a href= +"#Page_489">489</a></li> + +<li>Ssäre (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_128">128</a>, <a href= +"#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Sserre (Kratschi), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Ssissiku (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Ssissina (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Sso abalu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Ssomū (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Ssosi (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Ssossosi (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Ssua (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a>; S. dau +(Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Ssuto (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>St. Barbara (R.), <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href= +"#Page_154">154</a>; St. Bartholomew (R)., <a href= +"#Page_151">151</a>; St. John’s River, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>; +St. Paul’s River, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, <a href= +"#Page_73">73</a></li> + +<li>Stachyothyrsus Staudtii, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Stag-beetle attacks on Funtumia elastica, <a href= +"#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>“Stands,” <a href="#Page_162">162</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_238">238</a></li> + +<li>Star Apple, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href= +"#Page_110">110</a>; African S. A., <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, +<a href="#Page_381">381</a>; edible S. A., <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>; Forcados S. A., <a href="#Page_382">382</a>; +Monkey S. A., <a href="#Page_381">381</a>; Round S. A., <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>; White S. A., <a href="#Page_382">382</a></li> + +<li>Staudtia Kamerunensis, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>; S. +stipitata, <a href="#Page_427">427</a></li> + +<li>Stearin, <a href="#Page_480">480</a></li> + +<li>Stemonocoleus micranthus, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Stenanthera hamata, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Steppe conditions, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Sterculia, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href= +"#Page_106">106</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li class="isub">acuminata, <em>syn.</em> cola acuminata, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li class="isub">Barteri, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li class="isub">cinerea, <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li class="isub">cordata, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li class="isub">cordifolia, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_106">106</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>, <a href= +"#Page_348">348</a>, <a href="#Page_349">349</a>, <a href= +"#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li class="isub">grandifolia, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li class="isub">oblonga, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_138">138</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_435">435</a>; S. near oblonga, +<a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li class="isub">rhinopetala, <a href="#Page_347">347</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li class="isub">sp., <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href= +"#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li class="isub">tomentosa, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li class="isub">tragacantha, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href= +"#Page_348">348</a>, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li> + +<li>Sterculiaceæ, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>; S. (Gold Coast), +<a href="#Page_106">106</a>; S. (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_87">87</a>; S. (Liberia), <a href="#Page_76">76</a>; S. +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_210">210</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_347">347</a>; S. (Sierra +Leone), <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a>; S. +(Cameroons), <a href="#Page_435">435</a>; S. (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Stereospermum acuminatissimum, <a href="#Page_400">400</a>; S. +Kunthianum, <a href="#Page_144">144</a>, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>, <a href= +"#Page_215">215</a>, <a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a>; S. leonense, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>“Stinkwood” Tree, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Stool Wood, <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Strephonema Apoloniensis, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li> + +<li>Streptocarpus nobilis, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Striga, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>; S. Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Strombosia glaucescens, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; S. +grandifolia, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; S. Pustulata, <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Strombosiopsis tetrandra, <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Strophanthus hispidus, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a>; S. Preussii, <a href="#Page_395">395</a>; S. +sarmentosus, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Strychnos alnifolia, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>; S. Buettneri, +<a href="#Page_142">142</a>; S. densiflora, <a href= +"#Page_389">389</a>; S. emarginata, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>; S. +gnetifolia, <a href="#Page_440">440</a>; S. laxa, <a href= +"#Page_142">142</a>; S. pubescens, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>; S. +spinosa, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_214">214</a>; +S. triclisioides, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Stylochiton Dalzielii, <a href="#Page_196">196</a></li> + +<li>Subanda (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Suein (Appollonian), <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li> + +<li>Sugar Cane, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>; S. Loaf +Mountains, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>; S. Palm, <a href= +"#Page_177">177</a>; S. Plantations, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>; +S. Plum, <a href="#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Sukai I, S. II (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Sundew, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Supom, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li> + +<li>Surrey price of cake, <a href="#Page_482">482</a></li> + +<li>Susuwuru, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li> + +<li>Swamp Date Palm, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>; S. (Freshwater), +<a href="#Page_118">118</a>; S. planting, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a>; S. rice, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Swartzia Madagascariensis, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, +<a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Sweden Market, <a href="#Page_324">324</a></li> + +<li>Swietenia bijuga, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>; S. chloroxylon, +<a href="#Page_174">174</a>; S. macrophylla, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Swizzle-stick, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href= +"#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Sword Bean, <a href="#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Symphonia globulifera, <a href="#Page_88">88</a>, <a href= +"#Page_363">363</a></li> + +<li>Syzygium Guineense, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Taba ni ka samu (Hausa) (<em>cf.</em> Kurnan +nasara), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Tabako (Duala), <a href="#Page_443">443</a></li> + +<li>Taboia (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Tacazzea (Barteri), <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Tacca involucrata, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; T. pinnatifida, +<a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Taccaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_128">128</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Taceribe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Tada (Duala), <a href="#Page_428">428</a></li> + +<li>Tafashia (Hausa), <a href="#Page_214">214</a>, <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Tagalel, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_525">[525]</span>Tagbadja River +(Togo), <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li> + +<li>Tagbekove Village, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li> + +<li>Tahl of the Soudan, <a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Takanda, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>; or Takandar giwa (Kats., Sok., and Zanf.), +<a href="#Page_221">221</a>; Takandar giwa (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li> + +<li>Takwadua (Twi, Wassaw), <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li> + +<li>Tala (Ibo and Brass), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_238">238</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>; (New Calabar), +<a href="#Page_405">405</a></li> + +<li>Talaki or Talakin Yarubawa, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>; +<em>syn.</em> Namijn gwabsa (Kontagora), etc., <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Talisiopsis oliviformis, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Tallow Tree, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href= +"#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_107">107</a>, <a href= +"#Page_361">361</a>, <a href="#Page_461">461</a></li> + +<li>Tamarind, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href= +"#Page_306">306</a>; Velvet T., <a href="#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Tamarindus indica, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_229">229</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Tamarese (Asante), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Tamau (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Tambelei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Tamenasi (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Tanda (Duala), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Tangerine, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li>Tanna (English), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Tannin, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, +<a href="#Page_208">208</a></li> + +<li>Tano Forest and River, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Taramniya, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Taro (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> + +<li>Tartar Tree, <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>Tata (Duala), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Tatairo (Moyen Cavally), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Tau (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Taupwi (Young Trees, Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Taura (Hausa), <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Tauwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Tawatsa (Hausa), <a href="#Page_209">209</a>; T. or Tawatsa, +<a href="#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Taxodium distichum, <a href="#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Tchiat Kottse (Attie), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Tchiko (Attie), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Teak, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, +<a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href="#Page_121">121</a>, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_124">124</a>, <a href= +"#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_169">169</a>, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_171">171</a>, <a href= +"#Page_500">500</a>; Brown Teak, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>; Burma +T., <a href="#Page_162">162</a>, <a href="#Page_168">168</a>; Bush +Teak, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>; T. plantations (Tectona +Grandis), <a href="#Page_470">470</a>; T. (Togo), <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a></li> + +<li>Tebo (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Tectona grandis, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>, <a href= +"#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href= +"#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#t183">183</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a></li> + +<li>Tegai (Mendi), <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li> + +<li>Tei-tei (Ijor, Brass), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Teko District (Buea), <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Teli (Bambara), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Tema (Timani), <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Tendeba (Apollonian), <a href="#Page_110">110</a>; (Aowa), +<a href="#Page_110">110</a></li> + +<li>Tenuba, Tanuba (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Tephrosia, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>; T. Ansellii, <a href= +"#Page_302">302</a>; T. Vogelii, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Teredo borer, <a href="#Page_157">157</a>; T. Worm, <a href= +"#Page_357">357</a></li> + +<li>Terle (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Terminalia, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_169">169</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a>; T. Altissima, +<a href="#Page_88">88</a>; T. Avicennioides, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>, <a href="#Page_372">372</a>; T. Baumannii, +<a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>; Black bark Terminalia, <a href= +"#Page_369">369</a>; T. Brownii, <a href="#Page_372">372</a>; T. +catappa, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, +<a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>; T. +dictyoneura, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>; T. Dry zone, <a href= +"#Page_372">372</a>; T. Elliotii, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, +<a href="#Page_223">223</a>; T. Ivoriensis, <a href= +"#Page_88">88</a>; T. macroptera, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, +<a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_223">223</a>; T. Orange-barked, <a href="#Page_370">370</a>; +T. scutifera, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href= +"#Page_369">369</a>, <a href="#Page_370">370</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a>, <a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>; T. sp., <a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href= +"#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>, <a href= +"#Page_212">212</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a>, <a href= +"#Page_369">369</a>, <a href="#Page_370">370</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a>, <a href="#Page_421">421</a>; T. Superba, +<a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href= +"#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a>, <a href= +"#Page_179">179</a>, <a href="#t183">183</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_438">438</a>, <a href= +"#Page_445">445</a>, <a href="#Page_446">446</a>, <a href= +"#Page_498">498</a>; T. Togoensis, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, +<a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_140">140</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_371">371</a>; T. Yellow, <a href="#Page_369">369</a></li> + +<li>Termites, <a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a>, +<a href="#Page_73">73</a>, <a href="#Page_249">249</a>, <a href= +"#Page_257">257</a>, <a href="#Page_268">268</a>, <a href= +"#Page_280">280</a>, <a href="#Page_311">311</a>, <a href= +"#Page_388">388</a>, <a href="#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Tetere (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Tetracera leiocarpa, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>; T. Dinklagei, +<a href="#Page_77">77</a>; T. potatoria, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>; +T. sp., <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> + +<li>Tetrapleura, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>; T. Prekese, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>; +Thonningii, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>, <a href= +"#Page_284">284</a>, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li> + +<li>Teyei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Theobroma cacao, <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Thespesia populnea, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href= +"#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Thistleton-Dyer, Sir W. T., K.C.M.G., C.I.E., <a href= +"#Page_496">496</a></li> + +<li>Thomandersia laurifolia, <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Thompson, Mr. H. N., Conservator of Forests, South Nigeria, +Report on Ashanti, Gold Coast, and Northern Territory, <a href= +"#Page_91">91</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>; Brought Khaya +Senegalensis seed from Shaki district, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>; +Opinion as to Albizzia sp., <a href="#Page_295">295</a></li> + +<li>Thonningia sanguinea, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li> + +<li>Thorn Apple, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Thunbergia (Blue, Benin), <a href="#Page_401">401</a>; T. +Vogeliana, <a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>Thuya occidentalis, <a href="#Page_177">177</a></li> + +<li>Thymelæaceæ (Nigeria), <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; +(Cameroons), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Tiamatiama (Agni), <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; (Appolonian), +<a href="#Page_86">86</a>, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>; T. (Aowin), +<a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Tiame-tiame (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li> + +<li>Tigalo (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Tigu Schirafinsa (Mangu), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Tigwi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Tijoi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li> + +<li>Tika (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Tiko Plain, <a href="#Page_416">416</a></li> + +<li>Tiliaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_53">53</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_137">137</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>; (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Tim (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Timani or Tunani, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href= +"#Page_40">40</a></li> + +<li>Timba or Timba nundi (Duala), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Timber, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_165">165</a>, +<a href="#Page_498">498</a>; Conditions of working in Liberia, +<a href="#Page_69">69</a>; T. dogs, <a href="#Page_155">155</a>; T. +exports (Cameroons), <a href="#Page_444">444</a>; (Sierra Leone), +<a href="#Page_64">64</a>; T. Imports (Sierra Leone), comparative +statement, <a href="#Page_65">65</a>; T. Industry (Nigeria Law), +<a href="#Page_155">155</a>-166; Nigerian Local Felling T., +<a href="#Page_158">158</a>; T. Reserves (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_158">158</a>; T. Yield, Temperate Zone, <a href= +"#Page_161">161</a>; T. Yield Tropics, <a href= +"#Page_161">161</a></li> + +<li>Timbuctoo, <a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Tingbatau or Patandeu (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Tinya, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Tisal (Togo export), <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Tisemu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Titiro (Egbado), <a href="#Page_346">346</a></li> + +<li>Tiupe (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Tochitschíñe (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li> + +<li>Toddalia sp., <a href="#Page_312">312</a></li> + +<li>Toddy, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> + +<li>Togba (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Togbeli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li> + +<li>Togo, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_173">173</a>, +<a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href="#Page_306">306</a>, <a href= +"#Page_469">469</a>, <a href="#Page_500">500</a>; T., <a href= +"#c07">chap. vii,</a> <a href="#Page_116">116</a>-150; +Introduction, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>; Forests between or at +the Stations, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>-119; Forest department +plantations, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>-122; District plantations, +<a href="#Page_122">122</a>-127; Indigenous trees, <a href= +"#Page_127">127</a>-147; List of Introduced species planted, +<a href="#Page_148">148</a>; Census of Plantations, <a href= +"#Page_149">149</a>; Forest Exports, <a href= +"#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Togo, Tour by Dr. A. H. Unwin, <a href= +"#Page_116">116</a>-150</li> + +<li>Toi-tsi (Ibo), <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Tokei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Tolabu (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Tolongo (Duala), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Toluifera Pereiræ, <a href="#Page_177">177</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Toman or Tonas (Hausa), <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Tombo Palm, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>; (General West Coast), +<a href="#Page_93">93</a>, <a href="#Page_234">234</a></li> + +<li>Tonga (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Toon, <a href="#Page_173">173</a></li> + +<li>Tortoza, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>; (Timani), <a href= +"#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Totengei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Toto (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Totohote (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Touloucouna oil, <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Toye (Mendi), <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Trachylobium sp., <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Tragacanth, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Tragia Manniana, <a href="#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Trakuan (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Treculia Africana, <a href="#Page_83">83</a>, <a href= +"#Page_123">123</a>, <a href="#Page_233">233</a>, <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>; T. mollis, +<a href="#Page_426">426</a>; T. sp., <a href= +"#Page_256">256</a></li> + +<li>Trema affinis, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href= +"#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_249">249</a>, <a href= +"#Page_425">425</a>; T. Africana, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, +<a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_248">248</a>, <a href= +"#Page_249">249</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>; T. Guineensis, +<a href="#Page_197">197</a>; T. sp., <a href="#Page_420">420</a>, +<a href="#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Trevor, Mr. E. W. J. (Pericarping machines), <a href= +"#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li>Trianthema monogyna, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Trichilia, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; T. acutifolia, <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a>; T. Candollei, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; T. +cedrata, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; T. emetica, <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_211">211</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; T. Heudelotii, +<a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href= +"#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_330">330</a>; T. Prieuriana, <a href="#Page_135">135</a>, +<a href="#Page_330">330</a>, <a href="#Page_331">331</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>; T. retusa, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, +<a href="#Page_212">212</a>; T. rubescens, <a href= +"#Page_102">102</a>; T. rubesilus, <a href="#Page_433">433</a>; T. +sp., <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, +<a href="#Page_330">330</a>; T. sp. near T. Prieuriana, <a href= +"#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_330">330</a></li> + +<li>Trichodesma Africanum, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Trichoscypha, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>; T. Bipindensis, +<a href="#Page_434">434</a></li> + +<li>Triclisia macrophylla, <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li> + +<li>Trinkomali Wood, <a href="#Page_176">176</a>, <a href= +"#Page_421">421</a></li> + +<li>Triplochiton, <a href="#Page_19">19</a>, <a href= +"#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href= +"#Page_370">370</a>; Compared with Myrianthus Arboreus, <a href= +"#Page_257">257</a>; T. Johnsonii, <a href="#Page_106">106</a>, +<a href="#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_230">230</a>, <a href= +"#Page_251">251</a>, <a href="#Page_253">253</a>; T. Nigericum, +<a href="#Page_18">18</a>, <a href="#Page_117">117</a>, <a href= +"#Page_139">139</a>, <a href="#Page_159">159</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#t183">183</a>, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a>, <a href="#Page_351">351</a>, <a href= +"#Page_352">352</a>; T. nov. sp., <a href="#Page_353">353</a>; T. +scleroxylon, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Tripoli senna, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Tritonia, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Triumfetta cordifolia, <a href="#Page_344">344</a>; T. +Rhomboidea, <a href="#Page_344">344</a>; T. sp., <a href= +"#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_344">344</a></li> + +<li>Triwa (Agni), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Trochomeria, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Tsada, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Tsadar Lamarudu, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>; T. masar (Hausa), +<a href="#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Tsamiya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href= +"#Page_206">206</a>; T. or Tsamia (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_229">229</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; Tsamiyar or +“Tsamiya,” <a href="#Page_207">207</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Tschabola buanda or Tschabolabunda (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Tschaloware (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Tschamanu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_133">133</a></li> + +<li>Tschapēa (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Tschato (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Tschengunga (Asante), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Tschingbelika (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Tschuṓu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Tscisili (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Tsetse or Echéché (Ewe), <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li> + +<li>Tsiberi Kinkini, <a href="#Page_193">193</a></li> + +<li>Tsibra or Tsura (Sok.), <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Tso (Ewe), <a href="#Page_130">130</a>; Tsa (Ewe), <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Tsung Oil (Chinese Wood Oil), <a href="#Page_451">451</a>, +<a href="#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Tte (Attie), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Tuanyei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Tudi (Zanfara), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Tui (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Tuinynelli (Mendi), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_526">[526]</span>Tukuruwa Palm, +<a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Tulip (Tree), <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href= +"#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_405">405</a>; African T. tree, +<a href="#Page_400">400</a>; Red T. tree, <a href= +"#Page_400">400</a></li> + +<li>Tulipier de Gabon (Colons), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Tuloi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Tumbalaka (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Tumuku, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Tuna, Tunas, or Tunam (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a>, +<a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Tunfall (Timani), <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Tunka (Mendi), <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li> + +<li>Tunkia, Chief of, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li> + +<li>Tuntumi (Timani), <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li> + +<li>Tura (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li> + +<li>Turndogo (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Turraeanthus Zenkeri, <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Turræa Heterophylla, <a href="#Page_331">331</a>; T. sp., +<a href="#Page_50">50</a>; T. Vogelii, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a></li> + +<li>Tursuje (Hausa), <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Turtle-backs, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Turubi, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Tusima or Tingma (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li> + +<li>Twani (Appolonian), <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li> + +<li>Twe (Neyau), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Tyanka or Hogogo (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Tyentyem (Mangu), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Tyenyeólo or Pasau (Tschaudjo), <a href= +"#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Tyĕtĕbu (Mangu), <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li> + +<li>Tylostemon crassifolius, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>; T. +Mannii, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Tzambi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Ua magungŭ́na (Hausa), <a href= +"#Page_135">135</a></li> + +<li>Uapaca Benguelensis, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; U. +Bingervillensis, <a href="#Page_86">86</a>; U. Guineensis, <a href= +"#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_231">231</a>, <a href="#Page_334">334</a>; U. Heudelotii +(Sugar Plum, Red Cedar) cut locally in Sierra Leone, <a href= +"#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href= +"#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_136">136</a>, <a href= +"#Page_334">334</a>, <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, <a href= +"#Page_337">337</a>; U. Staudtii, <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, +<a href="#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>; U. +Togoensis, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li> + +<li>Ubabikpan (Benin), <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Ubake (Benin), <a href="#Page_393">393</a></li> + +<li>Ubanakwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Ubara (Efik), <a href="#Page_287">287</a></li> + +<li>Ubellu genus, <a href="#Page_412">412</a>; U. (nuts), <a href= +"#Page_452">452</a></li> + +<li>Ubelluname, Ubellunowe (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Ubuen (Efik), <a href="#Page_406">406</a></li> + +<li>Ubgo (Benin), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Uboto (Benin), <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Uche (Akposso), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Udeni (Ibo), <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Udeni (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_278">278</a></li> + +<li>Udi Plantation, <a href="#Page_167">167</a></li> + +<li>Udia Ebiong (Efik), <a href="#Page_232">232</a></li> + +<li>Udin (Benin), <a href="#Page_241">241</a>; U. (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_466">466</a></li> + +<li>Uganda, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Ugbamiogou (Benin), <a href="#Page_392">392</a>; or Ubamiogon +(Benin), <a href="#Page_392">392</a>, <a href= +"#Page_395">395</a></li> + +<li>Ugbehen (Benin), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Ugbodokossa (Benin), <a href="#Page_406">406</a></li> + +<li>Ughahan (Benin), <a href="#Page_309">309</a>, <a href= +"#Page_310">310</a></li> + +<li>Ugheberi (Benin), <a href="#Page_358">358</a></li> + +<li>Ugibisaro (Benin), <a href="#Page_267">267</a></li> + +<li>Ugo, <a href="#Page_258">258</a></li> + +<li>Ugumu, <a href="#Page_392">392</a></li> + +<li>Uhi Forest, <a href="#Page_160">160</a>, <a href= +"#Page_298">298</a></li> + +<li>Uhie (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Ukan (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Ukana (Efik), <a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Ukape (Benin), <a href="#Page_407">407</a></li> + +<li>Ukhu (Benin), <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li> + +<li>Ukloba (Akposso), <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li> + +<li>Ukpa (Efik), <a href="#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Ukpa (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a>; Ukpa-Kara (Brass), +<a href="#Page_231">231</a></li> + +<li>Ukpagga (Benin), <a href="#Page_303">303</a></li> + +<li>Ukpaigwi or Okpaigwi (Benin), <a href="#Page_414">414</a></li> + +<li>Ukpami (Akposso), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Ukpassa (Efik), <a href="#Page_379">379</a></li> + +<li>Ukpi nikwi of the Benis, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_342">342</a>; U. Nufwa (Benin), <a href="#Page_341">341</a>, +<a href="#Page_343">343</a>; Small Ukpi (Yoruba), <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>; U. Wenwan (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_348">348</a></li> + +<li>Ukpoi (Oban, Ekoi), <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>Ukposa (Benin), <a href="#Page_265">265</a></li> + +<li>Ukukon (Benin), <a href="#Page_239">239</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a></li> + +<li>Ukum (Efik), <a href="#Page_231">231</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a></li> + +<li>Ukung (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Ulazo (Benin), <a href="#Page_370">370</a></li> + +<li>Ulmaceæ, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>; (Ivory Coast), <a href= +"#Page_83">83</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_94">94</a>; (Togo), +<a href="#Page_128">128</a>; (Nigeria), <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_218">218</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Uloko, U. odigpe, U. nushinogbon (Benin), <a href= +"#Page_253">253</a></li> + +<li>Umaja or Umazza (Benin), <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Umbelliferæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_160">160</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_375">375</a></li> + +<li>Umberium (Timani), <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Umbrella tree, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_233">233</a>, <a href="#Page_252">252</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_426">426</a>, <a href= +"#Page_485">485</a>, <a href="#Page_488">488</a></li> + +<li>Ume (Benin), <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_178">178</a>, <a href="#Page_273">273</a>, <a href= +"#Page_275">275</a></li> + +<li>Umowenek (Efik), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Uncaria Africana, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_203">203</a></li> + +<li>Undu District, <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Ungari (Timani), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Ungive (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Ungu (Ibo, Owerri), <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li> + +<li>Ungu (Ibo), <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li> + +<li>Ungungmekkan (Benin), <a href="#Page_383">383</a></li> + +<li>Unie (Benin), <a href="#Page_260">260</a></li> + +<li>United States protection in Liberia, <a href= +"#Page_66">66</a></li> + +<li>Uno (Efik), <a href="#Page_233">233</a></li> + +<li>Unscented Mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Unwin, Dr. A. H., suggestion as to name Iroko, <a href= +"#Page_42">42</a>; Trip to Togo, <a href="#Page_116">116</a>, +<a href="#Page_150">150</a>; discovery of Khaya in Gold Forest, +<a href="#Page_50">50</a></li> + +<li>Unyenghen (Benin), <a href="#Page_264">264</a></li> + +<li>Uoli (Akposso), <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li> + +<li>Upakeka (Benin), <a href="#Page_285">285</a>, <a href= +"#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Upeka (Benin), <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Upper Cross River, <a href="#Page_317">317</a></li> + +<li>Upper Niger, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li> + +<li>Uputtu of the Benis, <a href="#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Ureben (Benin), <a href="#Page_273">273</a></li> + +<li>Urena lobata, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_345">345</a></li> + +<li>Urere, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Urginea, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; U. Indica, <a href= +"#Page_195">195</a>; U. Nigritana, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>; U. +Spp., <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Urophyllum hirtellum, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Urostigma, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Urticaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_95">95</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_257">257</a></li> + +<li>Uruaro (Benin), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Uruba su (Bete), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Urueben (Benin), <a href="#Page_311">311</a></li> + +<li>Uruhe (Benin), <a href="#Page_272">272</a>, <a href= +"#Page_367">367</a></li> + +<li>Uruiju Arogu (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_263">263</a></li> + +<li>Uruk (Efik), <a href="#Page_356">356</a></li> + +<li>Ururata (Benin), <a href="#Page_349">349</a></li> + +<li>U.S.A., Southern States, Deciduous Cypress, native of, <a href= +"#Page_175">175</a></li> + +<li>Usi (Benin), <a href="#Page_347">347</a></li> + +<li>Uso or Dinka, <a href="#Page_361">361</a></li> + +<li>Usshin (Benin), <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Uta (Ikale), <a href="#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Utan-tan (Benin), <a href="#Page_340">340</a></li> + +<li>Utricularia, <a href="#Page_194">194</a></li> + +<li>Uuti (Ewe), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Uvaria Afzelii, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_263">263</a>; U. Busgenii, +<a href="#Page_263">263</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>; U. Chamæ, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, +<a href="#Page_264">264</a>; U. Dinklagei, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>; U. Macrocarpa, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>; U. +Microtricha, <a href="#Page_427">427</a>; U. Scabrida, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>; U. sp., <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li> + +<li>Uwanwanis (Benin), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Uwar Yara (Kano and Katagum), <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, +<a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Uwen (Efik), <a href="#Page_230">230</a>; Uwenyriotan or +Uwemriotan (Benin), <a href="#Page_343">343</a></li> + +<li>Uwonwen (Benin), <a href="#Page_337">337</a></li> + +<li>Uwowe Lugu (Benin), <a href="#Page_293">293</a>; U. Labafun +(Benin), <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Uyat (Efik), <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Vandakiie (Attie), <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li> + +<li>Vangueria nigrescens, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>; V. +chrysocarpa, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>; V. euonymoides, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Vai (Bali), <a href="#Page_425">425</a></li> + +<li>Velvet Tamarind, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href= +"#Page_289">289</a></li> + +<li>Verbenaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_59">59</a>; (Ivory +Coast), <a href="#Page_89">89</a>; (Gold Coast), <a href= +"#Page_112">112</a>; (Togo), <a href="#Page_143">143</a>; +(Nigeria), <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>; (Cameroons), +<a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Vernonia, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a>; V. amygdalina, <a href="#Page_194">194</a>, +<a href="#Page_225">225</a>, <a href="#Page_409">409</a>; V. +cinerea, <a href="#Page_410">410</a>; V. conferta, <a href= +"#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a>, <a href= +"#Page_409">409</a>, <a href="#Page_442">442</a>; V. frondosa, +<a href="#Page_442">442</a>; V. nigritana, <a href= +"#Page_194">194</a>, <a href="#Page_409">409</a>; V. Senegalensis, +<a href="#Page_147">147</a>; V. sp., <a href= +"#Page_225">225</a></li> + +<li>Vetch, <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Vetiveria zizanoides, <a href="#Page_201">201</a></li> + +<li>Vi (Abe), <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Victoria District, <a href="#Page_415">415</a>, <a href= +"#Page_420">420</a>, <a href="#Page_425">425</a>, <a href= +"#Page_428">428</a>, <a href="#Page_431">431</a>, <a href= +"#Page_433">433</a>, <a href="#Page_441">441</a>, <a href= +"#Page_442">442</a>; V. Botanical Gardens, <a href= +"#Page_176">176</a>; V. Falls, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li> + +<li>Vigna, <a href="#Page_191">191</a>; V. sinensis, <a href= +"#Page_192">192</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a></li> + +<li>Vincentella impressa, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li> + +<li>Violaceæ (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_55">55</a>; (Gold +Coast), <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li> + +<li>Violetwood, Description of (Sierra Leone), <a href= +"#Page_30">30</a>; African V., <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li> + +<li>Vismia leonensis, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li> + +<li>Vitaceæ (Gold Coast), <a href="#Page_105">105</a>; (Nigeria), +<a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Vitex, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>; V. angolensis, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>; V. Bipindensis, <a href="#Page_441">441</a>; +V. camporum, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>; V. cienkowskii, <a href= +"#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href= +"#Page_144">144</a>, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_215">215</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_398">398</a>; V. cuneata, +<a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href= +"#Page_441">441</a>; V. diversifolia, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, +<a href="#Page_224">224</a>, <a href="#Page_399">399</a>; V. +doniana, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>; V. fosteri, <a href= +"#Page_399">399</a>; V. grandifolia, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, +<a href="#Page_398">398</a>; V. megaphylla, <a href= +"#Page_112">112</a>; V. micrantha, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, +<a href="#Page_89">89</a>; V. oxycuspis, <a href= +"#Page_60">60</a></li> + +<li>Vitis, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; V. pallida, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>; V. quadrangularis, <a href= +"#Page_193">193</a>, <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Voacanga Africana, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href= +"#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_341">341</a>; V. obtusa, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href= +"#Page_197">197</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a>; V. Thonnersii, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li>Voandzeia subterranea, <a href="#Page_192">192</a></li> + +<li>Volta River, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href= +"#Page_118">118</a></li> + +<li>Volta Valley, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Wa, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, <a href= +"#Page_216">216</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Wa-Wa (Appolonien), W. (Indenie)</li> + +<li>Wacuminata, <a href="#Page_430">430</a></li> + +<li>Wadda Tree, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>, <a href= +"#Page_224">224</a></li> + +<li>Waghebe (Ewe), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Wala (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Walehe (Abe), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Walnut, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_228">228</a>, <a href="#Page_295">295</a>, <a href= +"#Page_416">416</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; African W., +<a href="#Page_293">293</a>; W., East Indian, <a href= +"#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_293">293</a></li> + +<li>Waltheria Americana, <a href="#Page_190">190</a></li> + +<li>Walwei (Mendi), <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Wan kurumi, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Waogbum (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Ware Borf Ware (Agni), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Warie (Agni), <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li> + +<li>Warri Port, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>; W. (Province), +<a href="#Page_152">152</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href= +"#Page_235">235</a>, <a href="#Page_236">236</a>, <a href= +"#Page_239">239</a>, <a href="#Page_251">251</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_257">257</a>, <a href= +"#Page_263">263</a>, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_279">279</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a>, <a href="#Page_288">288</a>, <a href= +"#Page_308">308</a>, <a href="#Page_313">313</a>, <a href= +"#Page_317">317</a>, <a href="#Page_340">340</a>, <a href= +"#Page_356">356</a>, <a href="#Page_361">361</a>, <a href= +"#Page_362">362</a>, <a href="#Page_371">371</a>, <a href= +"#Page_381">381</a>, <a href="#Page_393">393</a>, <a href= +"#Page_397">397</a>, <a href="#Page_404">404</a>, <a href= +"#Page_405">405</a>, <a href="#Page_406">406</a>, <a href= +"#Page_408">408</a></li> + +<li>Warry (a Mendi game), <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li> + +<li><span class="pagenum" id="Page_527">[527]</span>Water Lily, +<a href="#Page_193">193</a>; W. Melon, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>, +<a href="#Page_199">199</a>, <a href="#Page_471">471</a></li> + +<li>Water Kola, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li> + +<li>Waterside cynometra, <a href="#Page_285">285</a></li> + +<li>Waterside Ekpagoize, <a href="#Page_290">290</a></li> + +<li>Water Tree, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> + +<li>Wawa (Appolonian) (Indenie), <a href="#Page_87">87</a>; Wawa or +Wawwaw (Twi), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>Wawæ (Mendi), <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li> + +<li>Wawapupus (Twi), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li> + +<li>We (Trepo), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Weatherboard Wood, <a href="#Page_402">402</a></li> + +<li>Weihea Africana, <a href="#Page_197">197</a>; W. sp., +<em>cf.</em> Africana, <a href="#Page_368">368</a>; W. sp., +<a href="#Page_368">368</a></li> + +<li>Weke (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Welu (Tschaudjo), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Were (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_302">302</a></li> + +<li>Western Africa, Logs exported from, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>; +Conditions of working, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li> + +<li>Weti (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Wheat, <a href="#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Whismore, description of, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li> + +<li>White Ants, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href= +"#Page_286">286</a>, <a href="#Page_401">401</a></li> + +<li>White-ball Rubber, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li> + +<li>White Cedar (<em>see</em> Pycnanthus Kombo), <a href= +"#Page_34">34</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href= +"#Page_77">77</a>, <a href="#Page_266">266</a></li> + +<li>White Mahogany, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href= +"#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li> + +<li>White Oak (Parinarium sp.), <a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href= +"#Page_52">52</a>; Ostryoderris impressa, <a href= +"#Page_277">277</a>, <a href="#Page_297">297</a></li> + +<li>Whitewood, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a>; W. (American), <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, +<a href="#Page_313">313</a></li> + +<li>Wild Custard Apple, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href= +"#Page_190">190</a>, <a href="#Page_262">262</a></li> + +<li>Wild Date Palm, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href= +"#Page_240">240</a>, <a href="#Page_418">418</a></li> + +<li>Wild Fig, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li> + +<li>Wild Indigo (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a></li> + +<li>Wild Mango, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href= +"#Page_312">312</a>, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>, <a href= +"#Page_419">419</a>, <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Wild Plum, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>; W. Rice, <a href= +"#Page_199">199</a></li> + +<li>Willow, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li> + +<li>Wine Palm, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li> + +<li>Wismao (Sierra Leone), <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li> + +<li>Witkoran (Timani), <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li> + +<li>Wo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_127">127</a>, <a href= +"#Page_131">131</a></li> + +<li>Wokaka or Wokuka (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_426">426</a>, +<a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Wokeku (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Wokotelimon (Abe), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Womba (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li> + +<li>Wondo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Wongo (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Wonjangasanga (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_433">433</a>; or +Wonjasanga (Bakundu), <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li> + +<li>Wonjanja (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_438">438</a></li> + +<li>Wood Oil Nut, <a href="#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Wood, various exported, Togo, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li> + +<li>Woods (exported Ivory Coast) for cabinet making, etc., <a href= +"#Page_90">90</a></li> + +<li>Woongo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_431">431</a></li> + +<li>Worolongo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_437">437</a></li> + +<li>Wotenge (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_426">426</a></li> + +<li>Woto or Atrati (Ewe), <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li> + +<li>Wotobe Ewotobe (Mbonoi), <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li> + +<li>Wu (Ewe), <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li> + +<li>Wueti (Ewe), <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Wulfram (Fanti), <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li> + +<li>Wulule (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li>Wuyan damo (Hausa), <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Wych Elm, <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, <a href= +"#Page_336">336</a></li> + +<li>Wyfongo (Bakwiri), <a href="#Page_441">441</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Xeropetalum Dombeya, <a href= +"#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Ximenia Americana, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href= +"#Page_191">191</a>, <a href="#Page_202">202</a></li> + +<li>Xylia Evansii, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href= +"#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_97">97</a>, <a href= +"#Page_232">232</a>, <a href="#Page_307">307</a>, <a href= +"#Page_449">449</a></li> + +<li>Xylopia Æthiopica, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href= +"#Page_96">96</a>, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>, <a href= +"#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_262">262</a>; X. sp. Dinklagei, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, +<a href="#Page_71">71</a>; X. sp. near X. Elliotii, <a href= +"#Page_43">43</a>; X. Eminii, <a href="#Page_130">130</a>; X. +Parviflora, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>, +<a href="#Page_84">84</a>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>, <a href= +"#Page_130">130</a>, <a href="#Page_196">196</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_262">262</a>, <a href= +"#Page_427">427</a>; X. Striata, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li> + +<li>Xysmalobium, <a href="#Page_192">192</a>; X. granitiolum, +<a href="#Page_59">59</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Ya (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Yabassi District, <a href="#Page_436">436</a></li> + +<li>Yabonji, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li> + +<li>Yafo (Kpedyi), <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> + +<li>Yam, <a href="#Page_195">195</a>, <a href= +"#Page_204">204</a>-265, <a href="#Page_304">304</a>, <a href= +"#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_491">491</a>; Y. as charms, +<a href="#Page_255">255</a>; Y. crushing, <a href= +"#Page_132">132</a>; Yams as food, <a href="#Page_186">186</a>; Yam +stick, <a href="#Page_385">385</a>, <a href= +"#Page_490">490</a></li> + +<li>Yandahun Village, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li> + +<li>Yankran (Fanti), <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li> + +<li>Yar or Abi River, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Yaru (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_259">259</a></li> + +<li>Yawi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li> + +<li>Ya-ya or Yar-yar (General West Coast), <a href= +"#Page_113">113</a></li> + +<li>Yayabé (Mangu), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Yellow Aril, <a href="#Page_291">291</a>; Y.-backed Duika, +<a href="#Page_250">250</a>; Y.-flowering nutmeg, <a href= +"#Page_265">265</a>, <a href="#Page_457">457</a>; Y. Plum, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>; Y. poppy, <a href="#Page_193">193</a>; Y. +wood, <a href="#Page_71">71</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, +<a href="#Page_427">427</a>; Hard yellow wood, <a href= +"#Page_388">388</a>, <a href="#Page_404">404</a>, <a href= +"#Page_417">417</a></li> + +<li>Yenagoa, <a href="#Page_477">477</a></li> + +<li>Yere (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_334">334</a></li> + +<li>Yerepe (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li> + +<li>Yevo-Gboma (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Yewa River, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li> + +<li>Yeye (Yoruba), <a href="#Page_334">334</a></li> + +<li>Yinrin-Yinrin of Ijaws and Ikales, <a href= +"#Page_230">230</a></li> + +<li>Yokharauku (Dagomba), <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li> + +<li>Yokomi (Mendi), <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li> + +<li>Yola, <a href="#Page_207">207</a>; Y. mosque, <a href= +"#Page_217">217</a></li> + +<li>York, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li> + +<li>Yoruba, <a href="#Page_158">158</a>, <a href= +"#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a>, <a href= +"#Page_185">185</a>, <a href="#Page_212">212</a>, <a href= +"#Page_243">243</a>, <a href="#Page_253">253</a>, <a href= +"#Page_255">255</a>, <a href="#Page_270">270</a>, <a href= +"#Page_284">284</a>, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a>; Yoruba Market, +<a href="#Page_313">313</a>; Yorubas, The, <a href= +"#Page_170">170</a>, <a href="#Page_246">246</a>, <a href= +"#Page_247">247</a>, <a href="#Page_250">250</a>, <a href= +"#Page_252">252</a>, <a href="#Page_260">260</a>, <a href= +"#Page_267">267</a>, <a href="#Page_283">283</a>, <a href= +"#Page_295">295</a>, <a href="#Page_301">301</a>, <a href= +"#Page_303">303</a>, <a href="#Page_318">318</a>, <a href= +"#Page_331">331</a>, <a href="#Page_338">338</a>, <a href= +"#Page_349">349</a>, <a href="#Page_359">359</a>, <a href= +"#Page_389">389</a>, <a href="#Page_394">394</a></li> + +<li>Yoruba Blackwood, <a href="#Page_298">298</a>; Y. Blue Dye, +<a href="#Page_303">303</a>; Y. Charcoal Wood, <a href= +"#Page_305">305</a>; Y. Chewstick, <a href="#Page_373">373</a>; Y. +Coffinwood, <a href="#Page_333">333</a>; Y. Ebony, <a href= +"#Page_384">384</a>; Y. Indigo, <a href="#Page_303">303</a>; Y. +Ironwood, <a href="#Page_276">276</a>, <a href="#Page_335">335</a>, +<a href="#Page_384">384</a>; Y. Soft Cane, <a href= +"#Page_246">246</a></li> + +<li>Yotsa or Yo, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li> + +<li>Yowi or Togba (Atakpame), <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li> + +<li>Yrewo (Ewe), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> + +<li>Yukugo (Bondoukou), <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li> + +<li>Yumba (Mangu), <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li class="ifrst">Zacoba (Agni) (Attie), <a href= +"#Page_86">86</a></li> + +<li>Zaki banza, <a href="#Page_195">195</a></li> + +<li>Záklu (Misahöhe), <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li> + +<li>Zamarke (Hausa), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Zaminguila, <a href="#Page_422">422</a>, <a href= +"#Page_423">423</a></li> + +<li>Zanha golungensis, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li> + +<li>Zanthoxylum, <a href="#Page_309">309</a>, <a href= +"#Page_310">310</a>, <a href="#Page_419">419</a>; Z. macrophyllum, +<a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href= +"#Page_74">74</a>; Z. parvifolium, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>; Z. +rubescens, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>; Z. Senegalensis, <a href= +"#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>, <a href= +"#Page_196">196</a>, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href= +"#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_232">232</a>, <a href= +"#Page_309">309</a>, <a href="#Page_310">310</a>; Z. sp., <a href= +"#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_74">74</a>, <a href= +"#Page_311">311</a></li> + +<li>Zaria, <a href="#Page_185">185</a>, <a href= +"#Page_189">189</a>, <a href="#Page_190">190</a>, <a href= +"#Page_200">200</a>, <a href="#Page_206">206</a>, <a href= +"#Page_207">207</a>, <a href="#Page_216">216</a>, <a href= +"#Page_489">489</a></li> + +<li>Zech, Graf (late Governor of Togo), <a href= +"#Page_120">120</a></li> + +<li>Zeronga (Bambara), <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li> + +<li>Zimingela, <a href="#Page_445">445</a>, <a href= +"#Page_446">446</a></li> + +<li>Zinder, <a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href= +"#Page_210">210</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li> + +<li>Zindi (Katagum, Kanuri), <a href="#Page_223">223</a></li> + +<li>Zini River, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li> + +<li>Zizyphus Jujuba, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a>, <a href="#Page_343">343</a>; Z. mucronata, +<a href="#Page_104">104</a>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>, <a href= +"#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_222">222</a>, <a href= +"#Page_343">343</a>; Z. Spina-Christi, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>, +<a href="#Page_198">198</a>, <a href="#Page_213">213</a>, <a href= +"#Page_222">222</a></li> + +<li>Zogalagandi, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>; Z., <em>syn.</em> +Bagarumar makka (Sok.), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li> + +<li>Zone Guinéenne of Chevalier, <a href="#Page_189">189</a></li> + +<li>Zone Sahélienne, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>; By Chevalier, +<a href="#Page_198">198</a></li> + +<li>Zungeru, <a href="#Page_189">189</a>, <a href= +"#Page_241">241</a></li> + +<li>Zuwo, <a href="#Page_216">216</a></li> + +<li>Zygophyllaceæ (Togo), <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li> +</ul> + +<div class="page"> +<p class="center small spaced15"><em>Printed in Great Britain +by</em><br> +UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED<br> +WOKING AND LONDON</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnotes"> +<h2>FOOTNOTES:</h2> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1"><span class= +"label">[1]</span></a><em>Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of +Sierra Leone.</em> See <a href="#c14">Lane Poole.</a></p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2"><span class= +"label">[2]</span></a>Pre-war rates.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3"><span class= +"label">[3]</span></a>Reprinted by kind permission of the Editor of +<em>United Empire</em>.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4"><span class= +"label">[4]</span></a>4th class in Northern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5"><span class= +"label">[5]</span></a>6th class in Southern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6"><span class= +"label">[6]</span></a>4th class in Northern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7"><span class= +"label">[7]</span></a>5th class in Southern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8"><span class= +"label">[8]</span></a>4th class in Southern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9"><span class= +"label">[9]</span></a>3rd class in Southern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10"><span class= +"label">[10]</span></a>7th class in Southern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11"><span class= +"label">[11]</span></a>3rd class in Northern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12"><span class= +"label">[12]</span></a>3 feet minimum girth in Northern +Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13"><span class= +"label">[13]</span></a>2nd class in Northern Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14"><span class= +"label">[14]</span></a>3 feet minimum girth in Northern +Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15"><span class= +"label">[15]</span></a>6 feet minimum girth in Southern +Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16"><span class= +"label">[16]</span></a>4 feet minimum girth in Southern +Provinces.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17"><span class= +"label">[17]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18"><span class= +"label">[18]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_19"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19"><span class= +"label">[19]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_20"></a><a href="#FNanchor_20"><span class= +"label">[20]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_21"></a><a href="#FNanchor_21"><span class= +"label">[21]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_22"></a><a href="#FNanchor_22"><span class= +"label">[22]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_23"></a><a href="#FNanchor_23"><span class= +"label">[23]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_24"></a><a href="#FNanchor_24"><span class= +"label">[24]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_25"></a><a href="#FNanchor_25"><span class= +"label">[25]</span></a><em>Colonial Report</em>, 88, Oil Seeds, +Fats and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a id="Footnote_26"></a><a href="#FNanchor_26"><span class= +"label">[26]</span></a><em>Official Report</em>, Oil Seeds, Fats +and Waxes, Imperial Institute, 1914.</p> +</div> +</div> + +<p class="space-above2"> +</p> + +<div class="transnote"> +<h2>Transcriber's note:</h2> + +<table class="borders2"> +<tr> +<th>Page</th> +<th>Printed as</th> +<th>Changed to</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">multiple<br> +pages</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">[Albizzia] fastigata</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">fastigiata</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdc">multiple<br> +pages</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tschandjo</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Tschaudjo</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_13">13</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">near Oniloku Road, Olokemji Reserve</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Olokemeji</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_14">14</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Oshun River, looking downstrean</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">downstream</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_19">19</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ugenia Owariensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Eugenia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_33">33</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ansophyllea laurina</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Anisophyllea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_36">36</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">squares, which occude only very +gradually.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">occlude</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_46">46</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">probably Petophorum sp.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Peltophorum</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_46">46</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cassia Siberiana</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Sieberiana</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_51">51</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Fluggea microcarpa</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Flueggea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_51">51</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Antidesma lacinatum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>laciniatum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_54">54</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cola augustifolia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>angustifolia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_55">55</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Visinia leonensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Vismia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_58">58</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Polydoa Elliotii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Polyadoa</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_62">62</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">near <i>R. candata</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>caudata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_68">68</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis Guineensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_70">70</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis Guineensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_77">77</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Tetracera ærocarpa</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>leiocarpa</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_81">81</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">natives cut a ew trees at a time</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">a few</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_83">83</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Treculia africana</i>. Izaqueute +Portugais</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Izaquente</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_84">84</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Stenanthera Laniate</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>hamata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_85">85</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Heudje, Heugué (Agni)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Hendje, Hengué (Agni)</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_86">86</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Charia Indiensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Indeniensis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_86">86</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Macaranga Hendelotii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Heudelotii</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_87">87</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Syctopetalaceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Scytopetalaceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_87">87</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Rhaptopetalum Sieghemi</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Tieghemi</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_88">88</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Combretum vivoflora</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Combretodendron viridiflora</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_88">88</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Memycylon polyanthemos</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Memecylon</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_98">98</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cynometra Alzelii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Afzelii</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_99">99</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Flowers more brilliant then <i>C. +fistula</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">than</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_100">100</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Distemonanthus Benthamiam</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Benthamianus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_100">100</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Hugonia playsepala</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>platysepala</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_100">100</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Harrisonia Abyssinia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Abyssinica</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_100">100</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Bursuraceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Burseraceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_102">102</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Malphigeaceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Malpigheaceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_104">104</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Celastiaceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Celastraceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_105">105</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Thespesia populuea</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>populnea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_106">106</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Nansonia altissima</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Mansonia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_108">108</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Anopyxis ealænis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>ealænsis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_110">110</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Vincentella ampressa</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>impressa</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_110">110</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros xanthoxplamys</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>xanthochlamys</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_116">116</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">the nonal dry-zone vegetation</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">normal</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_122">122</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Terminalia catalpa</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>catappa</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_122">122</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Manihot Glaziovii</i> and <i>Manihot +dichotama</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>dichotoma</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_123">123</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Manihot dichotama</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>dichotoma</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_125">125</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">overlooking the Volto Valley</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Volta</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_125">125</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ceara Rubber, and Ramboug Rubber</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Rambong</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_127">127</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Oxytenanthera Abyssinia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Abyssinica</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_127">127</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Hyphæne corioceæ</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>coriaceæ</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_128">128</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Agava Sisalana</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Agave</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_129">129</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Myrianthus seratus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>serratus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_129">129</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ficus vallis chondæ</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>choudæ</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_129">129</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ficus toliifolia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>tiliifolia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_129">129</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ficus dusenwides</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>dusenoides</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_129">129</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Faures speciosa</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Faurea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_130">130</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Hexalobus morepetalus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>monopetalus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_131">131</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Entanda scandens</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Entada</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_131">131</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Entanda Abyssinia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Entada Abyssinica</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_133">133</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Berlinia accuminata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>acuminata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_133">133</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cassia Siberiana</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Sieberiana</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_134">134</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Fagara xanthoxyloides</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>zanthoxyloides</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_137">137</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Thespesia populuea</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>populnea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_141">141</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pachystela cinera</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>cinerea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_141">141</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">the Butyspermum in colour</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Butyrospermum</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_142">142</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Anothocleista Kerstingii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Anthocleista</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_148">148</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Terminalia catalpa</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">catappa</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_148">148</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Poinciana repanophylla</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">drepanophylla</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_148">148</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Manihot dichotama</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">dichotoma</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_148">148</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Ficus Sclechteri</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Schlechteri</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_174">174</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Lagostræmia (<i>Lagostræmia flos +Reginæ</i>)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Lagerstrœmia</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_176">176</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Berrya Ommomilla</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ammomilla</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_176">176</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Copaifera salicikounda</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>salikounda</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_177">177</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Entandrophragma Condollei</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Candollei</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_178">178</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros mespeliformis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>mespiliformis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_191">191</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">two species of <i>Anasphrenium</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Anaphrenium</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_192">192</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Moralia Senegalensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Morelia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_192">192</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Tœcazea Barteri</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Tacazzea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_194">194</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Giesekia pharnaceoides</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Gisekia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_194">194</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">a few of <i>Merrimia</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Merremia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_194">194</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="sc">Scrophularaceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="sc">Scrophulariaceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_194">194</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Blepharis</i>, <i>Monechma</i>, +<i>Justocoa</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Justicia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_195">195</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Hyphæna Thebaica</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Hyphæne</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_196">196</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Sorghum vulgare</i>, var. +<i>saccharantum</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>saccharatum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_196">196</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Agelæa</i> and <i>Cnestic</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cnestis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_197">197</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Plenisceras Barteri</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pleioceras</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_197">197</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Alchornea cordate</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>cordata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_199">199</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="sc">Curcurbitaceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="sc">Cucurbitaceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_201">201</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Vetweria zizanoides</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Vetiveria</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_201">201</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Sterospermum Kunthianum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Stereospermum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_202">202</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pseudrocedrela Kotschyi</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pseudocedrela</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_203">203</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Erythrophlocum Guineense</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Erythrophlœum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_204">204</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">mixed deciduous and xerophilus habit</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">xerophilous</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_207">207</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Parkia filicoidia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>filicoidea</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_213">213</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Z. lujuba</i>, Lam.</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>jujuba</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_214">214</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros mespeliformis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>mespiliformis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_218">218</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Elæsis Guineensis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Elæis</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_218">218</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kano and Katugum</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Katagum</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_219">219</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Uwar yara (Kano, Katagum), syn. +Kaguguwa</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Haguguwa</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_221">221</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Toruba Wild Indigo</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Yoruba</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_221">221</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Boswellia Dalzielli</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Dalzielii</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_222">222</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">[Zizyphus jujuba] Margariya</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Magariya</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_222">222</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">[Zizyphus mucronata] Margariyar kura</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Magariyar</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_224">224</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Diospyrus mespiliformis</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Diospyros</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_225">225</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">[Adina microcephala] Hadanyar rafi</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Kadanyar</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top">fc. <a href="#Page_228">228</a><br> +(<a href="#i047">fig. 47</a>)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Cedrela odrata (Cigar-box Cedar)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">odorata</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_231">231</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Oromosia monophylla</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ormosia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_232">232</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Xanthoxylon Senegalensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Zanthoxylon</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_233">233</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Garoinia conrauana</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Garcinia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_240">240</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Calamus dearatus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>deerratus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_241">241</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis Guineensis</i>. The Oil +Palm</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_242">242</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis Guineensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_243">243</a><br> +(x3)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_246">246</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Dracæna Perottetii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Perrottetii</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_246">246</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Clinogyne</i>, syn. <i>Donax +cusputata</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>cuspidata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_250">250</a><br> +(x2)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Antiarus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Antiaris</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_256">256</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Treculia Africana</i> (Dene)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Decne</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_259">259</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Loranthus leptolopus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>leptolobus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_259">259</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cissampelos Pariera</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pareira</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_266">266</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cratæva Adansonii</i> (Guill. et +Pierre)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Guill. et Perr.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_266">266</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cappiaris Thonningii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Capparis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_270">270</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cassia toro</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>tora</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_284">284</a><br> +(<a href="#i061">plate</a><br> +facing)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> +62.—<span class="bold">Base of Bilinga</span></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="sc">Fig.</span> 61.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_301">301</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Distemanthus Benthaniami</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Distemonanthus Benthamianus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_307">307</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Druosia laxiflora</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ormosia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_312">312</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Clausena Amsata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Anisata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_334">334</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Uapaca Guineensis</i> (Much. and +Arg.)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Muell. Arg.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_337">337</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">may be the same as <i>Uafaca +Heudelotii</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Uapaca</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_343">343</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Deinbollia primata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>pinnata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_343">343</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Zisyphus mucronata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Zizyphus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_344">344</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Hibiscus quinquilobus</i> (C. +Don)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">G. Don</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_359">359</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Gomphia glabriana</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>glaberrima</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_359">359</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Gomphia</i> nr. <i>offinium</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>affinis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_361">361</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">it it probable that the nuts</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">it is</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_366">366</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Flacourtia flabescens</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>flavescens</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_381">381</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diosypros mespiliformis</i>. Monkey +Guava</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_382">382</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">having brown tomatose hairs</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">tomentose</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_388">388</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros xanthoxyplamys</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>xanthochlamys</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_392">392</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Landolphia Thompsonii</i> (Ches.)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Chev.</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_394">394</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Polyodoa umbellata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Polyadoa</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_394">394</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Lophia procera</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Lophira</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_395">395</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Strophanthus bispidus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>hispidus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_395">395</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">one much smallar than the other</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">smaller</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_399">399</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Clerodendron volubulu</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>volubile</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_400">400</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Stereospermum accuminatissimum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>acuminatissimum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_407">407</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Randia malliefera</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>malleifera</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_407">407</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Randia cladanthra</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>cladantha</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_407">407</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Randia cordata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>caudata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_407">407</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Mussænda termiflora</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>tenuiflora</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_410">410</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Lycopodium phyllamaria</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>phlegmaria</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_410">410</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Eucalyptus tessitaris</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>tesselaris</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_416">416</a><br> +(x2)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Entandrophragma Condollei</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Candollei</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_416">416</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">Terminalia, Scutifera</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Terminalia scutifera</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_417">417</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Triplochiton schleroxylon</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>scleroxylon</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_417">417</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Dialium Standtii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Staudtii</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_420">420</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis Guineensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_422">422</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Sarcocephalus Pobegundii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pobeguinii</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_425">425</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæsis Guineensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Elæis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_430">430</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Distemonanthus Benthamiasus</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Benthamianus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_430">430</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Indigofera Africeps</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Atriceps</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_431">431</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Daniella caudata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Daniellia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_432">432</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Pachylobus edulis</i> (G. Dom)</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">G. Don</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_433">433</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Turracanthus Zenkeri</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Turraeanthus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_433">433</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ricinodrendron Africanum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ricinodendron</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_434">434</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Antidesma lacimiatum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>laciniatum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_434">434</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Trichoxypha Bipindensis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Trichoscypha</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_436">436</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cold acuminata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cola</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_436">436</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Cola suleata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>sulcata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_436">436</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Triplochiton sceleroxylon</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>scleroxylon</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_436">436</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Syctopetalaceæ</span> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><span class="bold">Scytopetalaceæ</span> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_437">437</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Flacourtia Ramintilii</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ramontchii</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_438">438</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Alangium hegonifolium</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>begonifolium</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_439">439</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros sauveolens</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>suaveolens</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_439">439</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros Gilgiano</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Gilgiana</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_439">439</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Diospyros mespeliformis</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>mespiliformis</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_440">440</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ranwolfia macrophylla</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Rauwolfia</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_440">440</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Rauwolfia vomitosia</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>vomitoria</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_440">440</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Ipomæa involvucrata</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>involucrata</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_441">441</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Canthium glabriforum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>glabriflorum</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_450">450</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Phyostigma venenosum</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Physostigma</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_459">459</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Chrysobalamus sp.</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Chrysobalanus</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_462">462</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Garcinia conrauna</i> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>conrauana</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_466">466</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">[<i>Elæis Guineensis</i> Var.] +<i>Marcrocarya</i></td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1"><i>Macrocarya</i> +</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_469">469</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">going along th Akpaboyo Road</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">the</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td class="tdr-top"><a href="#Page_488">488</a> +</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">on to neighbouring agrcultural land</td> +<td class="tdl-top hang1">agricultural</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Other than the changes above, taxon names haven't been +standardized.</p> + +<p>Most of the changes above affecting taxon names have also been +made in the <a href="#ind">INDEX,</a> as well as several other +spelling changes for consistency with the main text.</p> + +<p>Index entries with changed spelling have been moved or merged +when necessary.</p> + +<p>Additionally, some changes in punctuation have been done +silently.</p> +</div> +<div style='text-align:center'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 78844 ***</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/78844-h/images/cover.jpg b/78844-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 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