Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume Ii Part 15

Mean alt.i.tude of Porto da Lenha, 38 feet.

28th Sept. 6 a.m. 71.25 29.15 cor. 30.27 Dry, cloudy morning.

Banana factory, 9 a.m. 75 29.20 cor. 30.32 Calm, land and sea breezes very mouth of river, regular.

60 feet above Noon. 81 29.10 cor. 30.22 At noon thermometer at seaside in sea level. sun (overcast) 83.5.

3 p.m. 75.5 29.05 cor. 30.17 6 p.m. 74 29.05 cor. 30.17 Symp. (corrected) 30.32.

29th Sept. 6 a.m. 73 29.20 cor. 30.32 Weather calm; at seaside in sun same place. 9 a.m. 80 29.20 cor. 30.32 (overcast) thermometer 74.5.

Noon. 83 29.10 cor. 30.22 3 p.m. 80 29.15 cor. 30.27 Symp. (corrected) 30.32.

6 p.m. 74 29.05 cor. 30.17 Night cold and windy.

30th Sept. 6 a.m. 71 29.20 cor. 30.32 Clear weather, high wind.

same place. 9 a.m. 79 29.15 cor. 30.27

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.

Polycarpaea 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. Sabdariffae 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 Helicacab.u.m, 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 ac.u.minata, 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.

Cucurbitaceae (3 other spp. very imperfect and not laid in).

Umbelliferae Congo.

Desmodium Mauritianum(?), D.C. Ditto, Annabom(?) Desmodium do. v. adscendens Congo.

Desmodium latifolium, D.C. Dahome.

Desmodium Gargetic.u.m (?), D. C. Annabom.

Caja.n.u.s 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 l.a.b.i.alis (?) Annabom.

Erythrina sp. (?) Dahome.

Berlinia sp. (?) Congo.

Ca.s.sia occidentalis, L. Ditto (not laid in) Ca.s.sia mimosoides (?), L. Congo.