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Im eer cs: Herb. Kew 
rect or decumbent herbaceous plant, found in swamp 
places, Ferlando Po and near river Ofun, Abeokuta (Barter, 
Herb. Kew); 1-2 ft. fomen eee Po Mange Herb. Kew); and near 
river, Efulen, stem succulent, rooting at joints (Bates, Herb. 
Kew); common in the marshes, Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, LS. if 
43), medicinally for headache by the natives, E. Akim, Gold 
w). 
VERNONIA, Schreb. 
Vernonia E Delile; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 284. 
Vernac. names.—Ewuro Eti mia Irving); Grabra (Abyssinia, 
Fl. Trop. Afr. l.c.); Libo (St. Tho au Welwitsch).— Bitter leaf 
of Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot). 
Abeokuta ; Oloke-Meji; Niger amas and widely Dd 
in West Trop. Africa, extending to the Congo and A 
Used as a chewstick (Abeokuta, Irving, Herb. Kew as a 
toothstick, Katagum (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), as a bitter Sierra 
Leone (Kirk, Fl. Trop. Afr. Le.), and described as possessing a 
medicinal bitter root, St. Thomas (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 
ii. p. 530). e leaves are soaked in water and used for soup, 
also used in Vr sauce, Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, Col. Rep. 
Misc. No. 3, 1893, p. 42). 
Found growing as a shrub 6-10 ft. high or small tree (Fl. 
Trop. Afr. Loj; 6-8 ft., re a (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), a 
Vernonia cinerea, Less.; Fl. in Ade, III. p. 275. 
Ill.—Rheede, Hort. Mal. x. t. 64; Wight, Illust. t. 134, f. 1. 
Vernac. names.—Oru Ewe jedijedi (Lagos, sn 
Elegbe Oju TOloke-Mojt,- Dodd), —The Ash-coloured Flea-ba 
rece ee Meji, and widely distributed in Tropical Africa 
and in 
Used Soia i in Lagos, where it is included in ‘‘ àjo i 
(see Xylopia aethiopica, p. 50) ; used medicinally in India, and the 
seeds are stated to be used in Patna as an alexipharmie and 
anthelmintic (Dict. Econ. Prod. India; Moloney, For. W. Afr. 
p. 371). Dymock, Warden and Hooper (Pharmacogr. Indi ica, ii. 
p. 243) state that the plant has no very sensible properties and “the 
medicinal virtues ascribed to it by the Hindoos appear imaginary. 
The leaves are eaten as a pot-herb in Chutia Nagpur (Dict. Econ. 
Prod. India). 
An erect herb 2-5 ft. high with reddish flowers; found in S 
laces in palm groves by the river Bengo near anda iern, Ca 
We lw. h ii li. p. y - m: channels at "m 
Hadramaut, 3000 ft. (Kew Bull. 1894, p. 333). 
