40 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Titi 



Yi-ndi . 

 Nikili (nikili) 



Njawa (njawe) 



Njenyani (njenyani) 

 Njeko (njekoi) 



Nyille (nyale) .... 

 i!Tyaina-wa (nyama-wai) 



N w o n i - \v u 1 o - j a k y 

 (nwoni-wulo-jakni) 



The red cup-like flower of the 

 Bombax. 



Tlie pollen-bearing stamens of Titi. 



A tree (Kumasi). Leaves alter- 

 nate, 3x1 inches, smooth, 

 i-ibs uneven. Leaves sprout 

 axillary. Fruit yellow, ^ inch 

 diameter, hard, big seed in- 

 side. 



A tree with berries pigeons eat. 

 Berries have a slightly acrid 

 smell. Query, only grows in 

 grass country. 



Lit. Spoil-water. A tree with 

 bitter medicinal bark (Sch.). 



A tree or shrub with climbing 

 branches. Leaf heart-shaped, 

 8 X 4J inches. Berries split 

 either into two or three, hang 

 from own stalk in clusters, 

 about \ inch diameter. Two 

 antennae J inch long project 

 from top of berry. Leaves 

 infused make a purge. Ber- 

 ries, very acid, eaten to cure 

 diarrhoea. Berries ])ounded in 

 hot water milke a black for 

 painting basins, ilrc. Leaf is 

 put on to cuts and wounds. 

 in Sierra Leone English called 

 " Christmas." [Alchornea cordi- 

 folia or ronJata — Euplior- 

 biaceae.) 



X tree (^lonrovia). Leaf 8x3 

 inches, smooth. 



A small tree. Leaf 2 inches, 

 oval, smooth. Scarlet pods in 

 bunches, seeds inside. Like 

 an acacia. 



A tree. Leaf 1 x \ inch, smooth, 

 alternate. It is eaten on rice. 



