NATrUAL HISTORY VOCAIH'LAUV 55 



K()li-ne (knli-nei) . . Lit. Leopard's tongue. A plant, 



thorny on stalks and leaves. 

 Leaves, some five-parted 2 

 inches each way, some ivy- 

 shaped, 1| inch each way. 

 Leaves and flowers sprout to- 

 gether, at legular intervals. 

 Flower has red cone in centre 

 1 inch long, yellow to red tip 

 surrounded by a fringe of 

 1-inch bracts. One flower on 

 each stalk. 



Kpama (kpame) ... A spinach with a little red flower. 



Leaf Ig X f inch. 



Kpiti - powa (kpiti - I ^^ j^^^.^ ^^ ^.j^ ^^^^^ j.^^ 

 powe) ( 



Kpa-yuka (kpa-yukei) . A plant after the style of Guinea 



grain (Monrovia). Fruit 

 orange-coloured, grows .some- 

 times in pairs, sometimes 

 singly, on top of the stalk. 

 Pod fleshy, with black seeds 

 inside, just like Cruinea grain. 

 Animals eat it, but not human 

 beings. 



Kporoii-la (kporori-lai) . A plant. Leaf 4x3 inches, thick, 



rough, serrated edge, each on 

 own leaf stalk. Flowers axil- 

 lary, small, yellow, in clusters 

 an-anged at regular intervals 

 up the stem, 



Kpu!u-la (kpuhi-lai) . A plant. Fleshy, opposite leaves, 



with zig-zag edge which is 

 red. Leaf 2 to 3 inches long 

 or more. The flower stalks 

 grow from root separate. The 

 monopetalous flowers, 1 inch 

 long, contain air and pop when 

 squeezed. {Bryoj^hyUiim caly- 

 cinum — craxsnlaceai'.) The 

 plucked leaf will sprout of itself. 



