Richard F. Burton

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo


Appendix II.

Plants Collected in the Congo, at Dahome, and the Island of Annabom, by Mr. Consul Burton.

Received at the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew, September, 1864.

Argemone Mexicana Dahome. Cleome Guineensis, Hf. Congo. Gynardropsis pentaphylla, D. C. Ditto. Ritcheia fragrans. Br. Dahome. Alsodeia sp. Congo. Flacourtia sp. Dahome. Polygala avenaria, Willd. Congo. Polycarpæa linearifolia Dahome (not laid in). Seda cordifolia, L. Congo. Seda an S. humilis (?) Ditto. Seda urens, L. Ditto. Abutilon sp. Ditto. Urena lobata, L. Annabom and Congo. Hibiscus cannabinus, L. Dahome. Hibiscus vitifolius, L. Congo. Hibiscus (Abelmoschus) Moschatus, Moench Ditto. Hibiscus aff. H. Sabdariffæ Dahome. Gossypium sp. Congo. Walthenia Indica, L. Dahome. Walthenia (?) Congo. Triumfetta rhomboidea (?) Congo, Annabom, Dahome. Acridocarpus sp. Congo. Citrus Aurantium (?) Annabom (not laid in). Citrus sp. Annabom (not laid in). Cardiospermum Helicacabum, L. Annabom. Anacardium occidentale, L. Congo and Annabom. Spondias dubia? Reich. Annabom. Cnestis(?) sp. Dahome. Cnestis(?) sp. Congo. (?)Spondias sp. (very young) Ditto (not laid in). (?)Soindeia sp. fl. ft. Congo. Rosa sp. Ditto (not laid in). Jussieua acuminata, Jno. Congo. Jussieua linifolia(?) Vahl. Ditto. Mollugo Spergula, L. Ditto. Combretum spinosum(?) Dahome (fl. only). Combretum sp. Congo. Quisqualis ebracteata(?) Ditto. Combretum sp. (fruct.) Ditto (not laid in). Combretum sp. Congo. Modeeca tamnifolia(?), Kl. Annabom. Syzygium Avariense, Kth. Congo. Melothria triangularis(?), Kth. Ditto. Melothria(?) sp. Ditto. Cucurbitaceæ (3 other spp. very imperfect and not laid in). Umbelliferæ Congo. Desmodium Mauritianum(?), D.C. Ditto, Annabom(?) Desmodium do. v. adscendens Congo. Desmodium latifolium, D.C. Dahome. Desmodium Gargeticum (?), D. C. Annabom. Cajanus Indicus, L. Congo. Eniosema cajanoides Ditto. Eniosema aff. id. Ditto. Eniosema aff. glomerata Ditto. Abrus precatorius(?) Annabom. Pisum sativum Congo. Phaseolus sp. Annabom. Rhynchaesia sp. Congo. Tephrosia sp. Ditto. Milletia(?) sp. Ditto. Milletia(?) Ditto. Milletia or Lonchocarpus (?) Congo. Indigofera af. I. endeeaphylla. Jacq. Annabom. Indigofera sp. Congo. Indigofera sp. Dahome. Indigofera sp. Ditto. Sesbania sp. Congo. Crotalaria sp. Dahome. Glycine labialis (?) Annabom. Erythrina sp. (?) Dahome. Berlinia sp. (?) Congo. Cassia occidentalis, L. Ditto (not laid in) Cassia mimosoides (?), L. Congo. Dichrostachys nutans (?) Ditto. Mimosa asperata (?), L. Congo (not laid in) Zygia fastigiata (?) Ela Dahome. Vernonia (Decaneuron), Senegalensis Ditto, Annabom. Vernonia Congo. Vernonia an V. pandurata (?) Ditto. Vernonia cinerea Ditto. Ethulia conyzoides Ditto. Vernonia an V. pauciflora (?) Dahome. Vernonia stæchadifolia, Sch. Ditto. Ageratum conyzoides, L. Annabom, Congo. Mikania chenopodiifolia, Wild. Ditto. Grangea, sp. Congo. Bidens pilosa, L. Ditto. Coronocarpus (?) Dahome. Blumea (?) sp. Ditto. Blumea sp. Ditto. Blumea sp. Ditto. Chrysanthellum Sengalense (?), D.C. Dahome. Verbesinoid. dub. Congo. Gnaphalium an luteo-album (?) Ditto. Hedyotis corymbosa, L. Ditto. Otomeria Guineensis (?), Kth. Ditto. Randia longistyla, D. C. Dahome. Borreria ramisparsa (?), D. C. var. Ditto. Octodon (?) sp. Dahome. Spermacoce Ruelliæ (?), D. C. Ditto. Baconia Corymbosa, D. C. Ditto. Baconia aff. d. Annabom. Rubiaceæ, dub. Congo. Rubiaceæ Ditto. Rubiaceæ Annabom. Diospyros (?) sp. Congo. Cynoctonum (?) aff. Ditto. Ipomæa sp. (?). Ditto. Ipomæa sp. Ditto. Ipomæa sp. Ditto. Ipomæa sp. Dahome. Ipomæa filicaulis, Bl. Congo. Ipomæa sp. Ditto. Ipomæa involucrata. Dahome. Ipomæa sessiliflora (?) Clius (?) Ditto, Congo. Leonotis nepetifolia. Bil. Congo. Ocymum an O. gratissimum (?) Ditto (not laid in). Moschoesma polystachya (?) Ditto (ditto). Heliophytum Indicum, D. C. Ditto. Heliotropium strigosum (?), Willd. Dahome. Brillantaisia an B. patula, P. A. (?) Congo. Dicliptera verticillaris (?), Juss. Ditto. Asystasia Coromandeliana (?) Dahome. Justicia Galeopsis Ditto. Lycopersicum esculentum Congo. Capsicum an C. frutescens (?) Ditto (ditto). Solanum Ditto (ditto). Solanum Annabom (ditto). Solanum Congo (ditto). Schwenckia Americana, L. Ditto. Scoparia dulcis, L. Congo (not laid in). Spathodea lævis (?) Dahome. Sesamum Indicum, var. Ditto. Plumbago Zeylanica, L. Congo (ditto.) Clerodendron multiflorum (?), Don. Ditto, imp., Ditto. Clerodendron sp. Congo. Lippia sp. Ditto. Lippia an L. Adoensis? Ditto. Stachytarphita Jamaicensis, V. Dahome. Celosia trigyna (?), L. Congo. Erua lanata Ditto (ditto). Pupalia lappacea, Moq. Annabom. Achyranthes involucrata, Moq. Dahome. Achyranthes argentea (?), Lam. Congo. Celosia argentea, L. Dahome (ditto). Amaranthus paniculatus, L. Congo. Euxolus irridis Congo. Phyllanthus pentandrus (?) Dahome. Phyllanthus Nivari, L. Congo. Acalypha sp. Ditto. Manihot utilissima (?) Ditto. Antidesma venosum Ditto. Euphorbia pilulifera, L. Annabom. Croton lobatum Dahome. Phytolacca an P. Abyssinica (?) Congo (bad, not laid in). Ricinus communis (?) Congo (not laid in). Phyllanthus sp. Ditto. Cannabis sativa, L. Ditto (ditto). Boerhaavia paniculata Ditto (ditto). Polygonum Senegalense, Meiss Ditto. Castus Afch. Ditto (ditto). Aneilema adhærens (?) Ditto. Aneilema an A. ovato-oblongeum Ditto. Aneilema Beninense Congo. Commolyna (?) Dahome. Fragts. Commolyneæ (not laid in). Phœnix (?) spadix Congo. Canna Indica (?) Congo and Annabom. Chloris Varbata (?), Sw. Congo (not laid in). Andropogon (Cymbopogon) sp. (?) Ditto. Andropogon, an Sorghum (?) Ditto (ditto). Panicum an Oplismenus (?) Ditto (ditto). Panicum sp. Congo and Annabom. (?) Eleusine Indica Annabom (not laid in). Eragrostis megastachya, Lk. Congo. Leptochloa sp (?) Ditto. Pennisetum sp. Ditto. Pennisetum sp. Dahome. Pennisetum sp. Congo. Mariscus sp. Annabom. Cy. flagellatus (?) Hochst Congo. Cy. sphacelatus Annabom. Scleria an S. racemosa Congo.



Rendered into HTML on Tue Dec 30 10:46:03 2003, by Steve Thomas for The University of Adelaide Library Electronic Texts Collection.