389 
Kef.—'' Helianthus tuberosus,” in Dict. Econ. Prod. India 
bru iv. 1890, pp. 211-212._—“‘ The erem Artichoke, 5 
W. in Gardeners’ Chronicle, Dec. 4th, 1909, p. 374. 
SPILANTHES, Linn. 
Spilanthes Acmella, (er ; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. P 384. 
Ill.—Rumpf, Amb. vi. t. 65; Plenck. Ic. t. 604; Raffeneau- 
Delile, Cent. Pl. Afr. Voy. ler t. 9, f. T (Acmella caulorrhiza) ; 
Annalen d' Pharmacie, 1836, . 9. 
Vernac. names.—Awere pepe TE Foster); Tonjatula 
(Uganda, Mutter): Akmal (India, Watt); Anamafana, 
Anamalaho, Kimontodoha (Madses ascar, Hecke el).—The Para 
Cress of Brazil, Cresson-Para Cresson des Indes (Heckel). 
Oloke-Meji; Old Calabar, and widely distributed in 
; eme Atos and M warmer — -" the nis T Id. 
odontalgic, tonic, and digestive ee à . Madagascar, 
in Ann. L'Inst. Col. Marseille, i. 1903 76). wed by the 
natives as a specific for toothache, Old tot. (Sampson, Herb. 
Kew); used by Europeans and Natives in India for similar pur- 
poses (Dict. Econ. Prod. India) Eaten in salads (French 
6500-7000 ft. Masuku Plateau, Noscdland (Whyte, Herb. 
Kew), in the Himalaya up to 5000 ft. cultivated and wild 
throughout India (Dict. Econ. Prod. India), and wild and in 
cultivated fields, Madagascar (Heckel, l.c. i. 1903, p. 76). 
Bivens, Linn. 
Bidens pilosa, Linn.; Fil. My Afr. III. p. 392. 
Ill.—Rumpf, Amb. 15; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. ii. 
t. a Lam. Encycl. t. 668; ease Agric. Journ. ii. tt. 27, 28. 
ac. names.—Abere Oloko (Lagos, Dawodu); Akesin-maso 
Fire Dial). —Black Jack (Chirinde, SE rton). 
Lagos: Old Nem and widely distributed in the Tropics. 
Used medicinally, Lagos (Dennett, Herb. Kew), also as a 
vegetable, Lagos ( aa Herb. Kew). 
