NATrUAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 43 



Tlie ^ root protluces aliortion. 



(^ Enrojilialafes Jiarti'vi — 



or 8arrori'p]iah(s esru/c))f".<^ — 



Jhifnareru.) 



Sim I us 



Faiide-Wii (f;iu(le-\vai) . Cotton, stniw-colourcil (^Gosiiypiiim 



sp. — Ma/ra'-eae). 

 Ndulu-fande (niliilii- Cotton, ri.'il-l)rown. (Nilulu — 



fande) smoke.) 



Kwantle (kwandi) . Cotton, white. 

 Fokulo - bafa (fnkuln - A shrub. Leaves alternate, 5x2^ 

 bafai), or Fnkulo- inches, hmce-shaped, slightly 



bafa - la (fokulo- lougli, will not lie flat. Veins 



bafa-lai), or Fuku- clearly defined. Flowers in 



bafa-la (fuku-bafa- umbels, white, five lobes, 



lai) corolla ."i inches long, four 



stamens li inch long, and 

 one pistil. Flower IJ inch 

 diameter. 

 Gbakunje (gbakunje) or A shrub with leaves 6x.4 inches 

 Xjepai. growing horizontally, opposite. 



Bears a bean. Used as a 

 purge and for ringwoi'm. 

 Cibttinhu (gbnrohu) . . A shrub (Monrovia). Leaf crenate. 

 Gigbo (gigboi) ... A shrub bearing a red edible fruit 



called " baking fire " in Sierra 

 Leone English. 

 Gimbu (gimbui) or A shrub. Leaves 2 x J inches, 

 (Jimbu-lufi (giml)u- lance shaped, tender, alternate, 



lufi) Flower axillary in panicles J 



inch diameter, like a daisy 

 somewhat. Leaf crushed cures 

 ringworm in the head, hence 

 called "ta-hale," i.e. "skull- 

 medicine." Also juice dropped 

 into eye when bad. Aromatic 

 scent to it. (? Compositae.) 

 Katata (katatei) ... A climbing shrub (Monrovia and 



Sekondi). Leaves branch at 



