358 
Gardenia Vogelii, Hook. f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 103. 
Ill.—Hook. F1. Nigrit. tt. 38, 39; Hook. Ic Pl. tt. 782, 783. 
Aboh in S. Nigeria; also in Sierra Leone. 
Used in Djurland as a paint for the body (Moloney, For. W. Afr. 
. 968). 
A shrub, 8 ft. high, with white fragrant flowers, Aboh (Barter, 
Herb. Kew). 
Herb. Kew). (2) G. Jovis-tonantis, Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 
p.101; " Ndai, ^ Undai" * Dai,’ 
None of these appear to have been observed in Nigeria, though 
they may oceur there; being widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 
Oxyantuus, DC. 
Oxyanthus speciosus, DC.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 108. 
Vernac. name.—Mule-mule (St. Thomé, Welwitsch). 
Bonny River; Brass; Old Calabar. Also in Senegambia, Sierra 
Leone and St. Thomé. 
The bark is dried and used for scent, by the natives of Sierra 
Leone (Lane-Poole, No. 115, 1912, Herb. Kew). 
An ornamental shrub or tree, 12-20 ft. high. 
Oxyanthus tubiflorus, DC.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 107. 
Zil—Andr. Rep. iii. t. 183 (Gardenia tubiflora); Bot. Mag. 
t. 1992 (O. speciosus); Lindley Collect. Bot. t. 13 (O. speciosus); 
Fl. des Serres, t. 737; Lemaire, Le Jard. Fl. iii. 1852-3, t. 245; 
Bot. Mag. t. 4636. 
Lagos; Onitsha; Ibadan; Ilorin, and the Gold Coast, Bagroo 
River, St. Vincent, etc. 
The fruit is beaten in a mortar and used for food (Moloney, For. 
W. Afr. p. 368; Fl. Trop. Afr. Le.) 
An ornamental plant introduced to England in 1789 from Sierra 
Leone (Andr. Rep. t. 183) and grown at Kew as O. speciosus, 
Aiton; a shrub, flowers white fragrant, Ibadan and Ilorin; 
