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Onitsha (Barter, Herb. Kew), E. Akim, Gold Coast (Johnson, 
Herb. Kew). Propagated by cuttings and easily cultivated. 
Moretia, A. Rich. 
Morelia senegalensis, A. Rich.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 113. 
[Lamprothamnus Fosteri, Hutchinson, Kew Bull. 1907, p. 49]. 
Iil.—Kotschy, Pl. Tinneana, t. 14. 
Lagos (Foster, No. 4, 1906, Herb. Kew); Old Calabar (Mann, 
No. 2274, Her b. Kew w); Nupe Secon No. 1180, Herb. Kew); 
Zungeru (Elliott, No. 25, 1904, Herb. Kew 
Used to stupefy fish, Nupe ees Old Calabar (Mann). 
A shrub, with fragrant white flowers, common on river banks 8, 
Nupe (Barter), flowers white tinged with pink, Zungeru (Elliott); 
a tree at Speki river, Lagos (Rowland, Herb. Kew). 
Cremaspora, Benth. 
Cremaspora africana, Benth.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 126. 
Vernac. name.—Buje (Lagos; Dawodu). 
Niger. Found also in Sierra Leone, Mombuttu, Bongo, Djur- 
land and Zanzibar 
Fruits yield a iix colour like Indigo, W. Africa (Couper, 
Johnstone Co. Mus. Loa A pretty ornamental plant 
blossoming abundantly, Niger (Barter, Fl. Trop. Afr. l.c.); 
owerlng and fruiting in Chirinde Forest, Gazaland, altitude 
3700-4000 ft. Sept. to Dec. (Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 1911, p. 87). 
Prectrrontia, Linn. 
Plectronia Afzeliana, comb. nov. 
[Canthium Afzelianum, Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 142.] 
Ogbomosho, S. Nigeria, and in Sierra Leone. 
The bruised "ei is used by the natives as a cure for swollen legs 
(Fl. Trop. Afr. 1.c.; Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 368). 
much branched glossy shrub of moderate size (Fl. Trop. 
Afr. In 10-15 ft. high, common in the bush, Sierra Leone 
(Scott Elliot, Herb. Kew w). 
The fruit of C. lanciflorum, Hiern, is said to be one of the best 
in the country, collected by Kirk near Victoria Falls (Fl. Trop. 
Afr. iii. p. 146; but this species does not occur in Nigeria. 
Plectronia glabriflora, comb. nov. 
[Canthium glabriflorum, Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 140]. 
Vernac. names.—N yankumati (Gold Coast, Johnson) ; Edie den 
Calabar, Thomson); Culmatamba ? (Nigeria, mp. Inst. No. 
1905, Herb. Kew); Aragbahi (Benin, Herb. Kew); J Ape: Pe 
(Gold Coast, Chipp); Pao Formigo (West Africa, Chris 
Old Calabar; Benin. Found Pado in the Gold DE and 
extending to the Cameroons and S. W. Africa. 
