NATITRAL HISTORY VOCAIiULARY 



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Tawa (tawe) .... 

 'I'awa-vuka (tawa-vuke) 

 Ta-liundi (ta-hon<li) 



Tej:jowe (te^owe) 



Teyu - ^bnme (teyn 

 irbuiue) 



Tifa(tife) 



Tola (tole) Of tiiwa ) 

 (towe) j 



Tn<i;a (tn«je) .... 



Tonye (tonye) 



To-ngoni (to-ngoni) . . 



Yawa (yawe) .... 



Yombe (yoiiil)e) or 



Ngombe (iigombe) 



Vnnde (vnnde) 



Tobacco. 



Lit. Tobacco-ground. Snuff. 



A plant. Axillary tliorns. Leaf 

 lance - shaped, soft, clearly 

 veined, 2x1 inches. Flower 

 a catkin. 



A plant, squared stem, leaf about 

 1 inch. Small Avhite flowers 

 each on its own stalk. {Cf. 

 Lahiafae.) 



A plant. Hairy leaves, alternate, 

 lanceolate, 3 x h inches. Small 

 flower, papilionaceous, blue at 

 big end, gray at small. Yellow 

 pistil and stamens. Leafy 

 bract holding water. Monocot. 



Shrub or plant in general. 



A bean, any kind. 



A soi't of crassula with small 

 leaves. 



A plant. Will climb. Leaf rough, 

 lance-shaped, 3| x 1 inches, 

 opposite. Flowers axillary, 

 like a sunflower about 1 inch 

 in diameter, (Coreopsis (juine- 

 e II sis — Compositae. ) 



A plant used as tobacco. Not at 

 Sekondi. Mende country. 



Onion {^Allium sjk — Liliaceae). 



A plant. Leaf heart-shaped, about 

 2| X 2 inches. Flower like a 

 buttercup. Seeds small, red, 

 with black heads, grow in a 

 cluster of pods, one in each 

 pod. 



A tobacco plant. The juice is 

 drawn up the nose for snuff. 



