58 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Puje (puje) . 



Puta-pute (puta-pute) . 

 Sandi-yombe (sandi- 



yombe) or Sandi- 



yi-ngombe 



Sandn (sandoi) or Sato 

 (satoi) 



Sawa-wa (sawa-wai) 



Sele (sele) 



Sembe-kpeiiia (sembe- 

 kpeme) 



Sii-bondo (su-bonde) 

 Tanga (tange) 



These seeds are the Guinea 

 grains or Grains of Paradise. 

 (Afraniommn meJegueta — Zingi- 

 heraceae.) 



Pepper, a capsicum (Solanareae), 

 not the pepper tree. There 

 are two species well known. 

 One has large fruit, the other 

 ver}' small, about ^ x -^ inch 

 diameter. Red when ripe. 



See Kule-lai. 



A plant. Ground creeper. Leaf 

 2x1 inches. Flower like a 

 sweet-pea, no smell. i Cor- 

 rectly named. 



A plant. Leaves and fruit branch 

 together. Leaf palmate, three 

 parted, each leaflet 3x1 in- 

 i-hes, soft, ribs almost in pairs. 



Lit. The big sawa. Plant. Leaf 

 smooth, 1 X J inch. Flower- 

 head 6 inches long, very small 

 yellow flowei's. Leaves pounded 

 and scattered in the air are 

 said to ensure a good rice 

 harvest. 



Banana (^Miisaceae). 



A plant. Leaves fold at night. 

 Leaf-stalks alternate, leaves 

 fraction of an inch in size. 

 Hollow stalk. Flower half- 

 inch, at end of leaf stalk, flat 

 sideways, white with yellow tip. 



? A plant at all. A " medicine " 

 against thorns. 



Cassava. The sweet variety. The 

 roots may be eaten raw. Digi- 

 tate leaves. Stem 6 feet high 

 or more, brown, notched. 

 (.}fa.>d/iof 2^(i/ iiidtd — Eiqiliorhia- 

 reae.) 



