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the fresh bark, and if vomiting takes place after a few hourss 
followed by recovery, the happy issue is attributed to this remedy 
in which they appear to place considerable confidence. 
The only other forest product worthy of mention is rubber 
obtained from Landolphia owariensss, some of which finds its way 
in biscuit form to the Niger Company at +a but which is 
practically entirely a product of German Adamaw 
Arrow-poison here, as universally throughout YN. Bete et is pre- 
pared from the seeds “ Strophanthus (S. hispidus and S. sarmentosus, 
“kwankwanni” Fufulde, “ Toke”)as the sole indispensable ingredient, 
all other added Pataies nga in different localities, and no single 
en by mentioned by 
tree Kigeli africana Pau “ Rahaina ” and “ Nonon n giwa” ie. 
“ Hlephant’s breasts”; ; Pufulde, “ Jirlahi’’; Kanuri, “ belongu ”), with 
its huge pendulous cucumber-like fruits, becomes conspicuous on 
the Upper Benue and in the eastern provinces, while in parts 
-of Bornu and north of Lake Chad it is said to replace the “ Kuka.” 
ey regard to fibre plants, Yola Province probably offers nothing 
A species of Sansevieria (Hausa, “ Moda”; Fufulde, “ Besse- 
koje”) one of the bowstring hemps, thrives well in a natural state 
in shady places throughout the province, and in the most northerly 
districts of the Protectorate, many hundred miles from the sea, and 
although its fibre is used, the plant is never cultivated. The tall 
Hibiscus lunariifolius Hausa, “ramma,” Fufulde, “ gabbei ”) appears 
to be the only species cultivated definitely for fibre. The widely 
distributed and variable Urena lobata (sometimes called by the_ 
Hausa, “ka fi rama,” 7.2., you surpass “ramma”) is made use i as 
Hausa name means “ mother of tis 4, although the root 
especially has many medicinal and more magical uses, it is difficult 
to find any really important application. 
In Angola it forms one of the i ients in an ordeal brew, and 
in this country there is a general belief amongst white men that it 
is a usual source of arrow poison ; an I have only rarely found it 
to be so used even where the plant is plentiful, and then only as one 
amongst many additions to the essential Strophanthus. 
