NATURAL HISTORY NOCAIU'LARV 



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Ngengele (ngengele) 



Ngogbe (ngOghe) 



Ngoru - bonu (iigvi''.' " 

 boni) 



Njopo - bowa (njopo - 

 bowe) or Bowa- la 

 (bowa-lai) 



Nguwo-tanga (nguwo- ) 

 tange) | 



Nikile (nikili) . . 



Ninga (ninge) 

 Pegele (peijeli) 

 Peli (peli) \ . 



Ponu (p'jni) 



Crincre. A plant, red stalk. Leaf 

 1 X I inch, alternate, serrated 

 edge. Seed pods stand ver- 

 tical, 3 inches long. 



A common small plant. Leaf 

 smells like a blackberry. 

 Leaves 2x1 inches, seriated 

 edge, deeply veined, oppo.site. 

 New leaves sprout axillary 

 and transversely. Small 

 thistle-like flower at head, 



1 inch long, pale blue. Leaves 

 crushed in water make an 

 emetic. {Ageratum ronyzoideff 

 — Corirpoi^itae.) 



A plant with leaf and pod similar 

 to Pijni, the Guinea-grain. 

 (Sch.)" 



A plant with long sword-like leaf, 



2 feet long, i-ibbed down 

 full length. When dry it 

 shrivels up. (Nji jpo = fallow, 

 or abandoned farm ; nibowa = 

 knife.) 



A kind of bitter cassava (Sch.). 



The ground nut. Leaf 4-pinnate, 

 leaflets oval, 1| inch long. 

 The nuts attach to the roots. 

 Small yellow papilionaceous 

 flower. {Arachis hypogaea — 

 Legutvinosae.) 



Some plant that grows in water. 



A very tall herb used medicinally. 



Egg-plant (Sch). See Knji (? cor- 

 rect). 



A plant growing to height of 4 feet. 

 Leaf lance-shaped. The red 

 pod at the root, just above 

 ground, contains brown seeds 

 in a white fleshy covering. 



