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oots made into native Laconia, also used as worm-killer, Gambia 
(Kee Bull. 1891, 72). 
Erect annual, 13 ft. high, branched from the base (Fl. Trop. 
Afr. Lc.); 5 ft. high, seen everywhere, collected in long scam. 
Gambia (Kew Bull. 1.c.). 
** Kakeis "" (Oldenlandia globosa, Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 
** West African Drugs," p. 995). There is a specimen in the 
Herbarium at Kew, from Angola, but none from Nigeria. 
MuvssaENDA, Linn 
Mussaenda arcuata, Zoir.; Fl. Trop. Zn III. p. 68. 
Ill.—De Wildeman, Etudes Fl. Bangala, p. 114. 
ernac. names.—Tsikirity, Vahindanigo or Voandaingo (Mada- 
gascar, H MEN: ; Cicrite (Reunion, Heckel). 
Niger; Nupe. 
A decoction of the leaves and stem is a reputed ick and 
strengthening drink in Madagascar (Heckel, Ann. L'Inst. Col. 
Marseille, i. 1908, p. 161). Other medicinal uses are Seded for 
this plant by Heckel (Lo.). 
Mussaenda elegans, Schum. et Thonn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 69. 
. Nigeria (Elliott, No. 75, Herb. Kew): S. Nigeria (Holland, 
No. 45 Herb. Kew), and w idely distributed in Upper and Lower 
Guinea, occurring in Mombuttu Land. 
A decorative plant; flowers NER scarlet. 
Mussaenda erythrophylla, Schum. et Thonn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. 
p. 69. 
Ill.—Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. (1869) t. 13 an Tem Bot. 
Mag. t. 8222; Gard. Chron. Aug. 5th, 1911, p 
Ver names.—Dilula, Dilula-Riula, Ta or Alleluia 
(Paso does Welwitsch). 
Widely distributed in West Africa, from Biers Leone to the 
Cameroons and Angola; extending to Ugan 
The bright searlet bracts make this an steading handsome 
decorative plant. Introduced to Kew by Mann in 1863, but lost 
sight of for some years until sent to Kew by Ridley from Singa ore 
Botanic Gardens, flowered and figured for Bot. Mag. (l. x^ 
1908. Collected. ‘for Sander & Sons, on the banks of the Eada 
Loango, French Congo, in 1 188 
resembles that of Euphorbia pulcherrima in. brilliancy and floral 
effect, and it sometimes almost completely covers low trees with its 
