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(Hausa, “ kubewa,” Fufulde, “ baskoje,” “takkei,” soup of okra) 
which is, however, of sufficient value to be sent to town markets— 
“yakua,” or “red sorrel” (Fufulde, “fulle”) Hibiscus Sabdariffa 
—beans with their leaves—leaves of the kuka (Fufulde, “ bokki”) 
Adansonia digitata, with ground-nut oil and Sesamum leaf and seed. 
these cultivated plants are almost equally added parts of 
several wild species besides the “kuka” already mentioned, of 
which the following are the most used :—an Asclepiadaceous twiner 
“ yadia ” (Fufulde, “ sokotoro ”) with viscid juice, the leaves of which 
are used all over the Protectorate in soup, or by the pastoral 
“borroro,” boiled and pounded up with beans, the leaf of a large 
tree called “ zuwo ” (Fufulde, “ wanko”), the young leaves of which 
are used in soup as well as a fodder for domestic animals, and lastly 
the bark of ashrub, Grewia mollis (“ dargaza,” Fufulde, “ Kelli,”) 
which is widely used as a food or as a thickening for soup. 
Benue ; “burburwa” or “ komaiya,” Eragrostis tremula; “ gude- 
gude,” Dactyloctentum aegyptiacum, probably only used in famine ; 
“baia,” Panicum sp. near P. albidulum ; “ tuji,” Eleusine indica, and 
others of which I can at present only give the native names, 
* Zarikia,’ “ Sabbe” and “ aburo” or “ ibiru.” 
XXI—NEW LAURACEAE FROM THE MALAYAN 
REGION. : 
J. S. GAMBLE. 
Cryptocarya Wrayi, Gamble [Lauraceae-Cryptocaryeae]; affinis 
ni 
C. densiflorae, Blume, sectionis Caryodaphne, sed foliis percoriaceis 
orbiculari-ovatis vix 7 cm. longis margine cartilagineis differt. 
Arbor parva, ramulis puberulis paullo angulatis. Folia per- 
coriacea, ovata vel orbiculari-ovata, apice vix acuta, basi truncata ; 
-7 cm. longa, 4-5 em. lata; supra glabra, nitida, infra glauca, 
minute puberula, margine cartilaginea ; 3—costata, costis lateralibus 
infra apicem desinentibus, nervis costae mediae utrinque 2- 
reticulatione obscura infra areolata ; petioli crassi, 5-10 mm. longi. 
Cymae paniculatae, terminales vel axillares, fulyo-pubescentes, ad 
3 cm. longae, pedicellis brevissimis, bracteis deciduis. Perianthit 
tubus infundibularis, 1°5 mm. longus; lobi tubum aequantes, orbi- 
culares, intus ad faucem villosi. Stamina ordinum I et II 1°5 mm. 
onga, connectivo acuto, filamento crasso villoso; ordinis LJ 
breviora, connectivo obtuso; staminodia ordinis IV triang ari- 
acuminata, 1 mm. longa, breviter stipitata; glandulae glabrae, 0°5 mm. 
longae, breviter stipitatae. Ovarium ovoideo-cylindricum, stylo tenul, 
MYVY 
