390 
weed. Found oe cltivaied “ground (Chirinde, esl mereri s 
common in and near corn , the seed vessels attaching them- 
selves to everything they come in contact with, flowering in 
December, Karagwe (Grant, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 99). 
ee Linn. 
; Fl. Palaest. in Amoen. Acad. iv 
pP. 463, ge COMUNE cg ue T1), p. 281. 
Somewhat shrubby, about 14 ft. high. Leaves minute, Debés 
obtuse, flat, subtomentose, ash-coloured. Inflorescence a panic 
late raceme. Flower heads rounded. 
Ill.—Plukenet, FAM. t. 79, f. 2; Plenck. Ic. t. 610; Delile, 
Egypt, t. 43; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant Medic. Diisseld. t. 229 ; 
Wagner, Pharm. Medie: Bot. t. 233. 
Vernac. name.—Buaiteran (Arabic, Post). 
Native of Syria, Egypt, Arabia, etc. 
An aromatic bitter, used in medicine in Arabia and Egypt. 
diiri from N. 
The plant has t eem recorded from Nigeria. 
Gynura, Cass. 
Gynura cernua, Benth.; Fl. Trop. Afr. ITI. p. 402. 
- R Hort. Bot. Vindob. iii. t. 98 (Senecio rubens). 
nac. names.—Efo Ebure (Oloke-Meji, Dodd); Efo Ebure 
Canin McLeod, Hato): Ebolo (Lagos, Dawodu); Anamdrambo, 
Maimbola, Fitango osana (Madagascar, Heckel). 
Lagos, Oloke-Meji, Niger, as various parts of Tropical Africa, 
extending to Abyssinia, Mada agascar, etc. 
Used for various medicinal purposes, Madagascar (Heckel, P1. 
Med. Madagascar, in Ann. L'Inst. Col. Marseille, i. 1903, p.i) 
as a are Lagos (Hislop, Herb. Ke y 
erect branched eri Mies 2-9 ft. high. Found at an 
altitude of 6 7000 ft. ssinia — common in 
cultivated fields, sega a eckel, 
Emila, Cass. 
Emilia sagittata, DC.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 322. 
x .— Cass. Dict. xiv. t. 5 (Emilea flammea). 
rnac. names.—Odundun Odo (Lagos, MacGregor); A b 
fice cues Tees quidem 
Lagos (Phillips, No. 44; MacGregor, No. 114, Herb. Ke 
AP (Barter, No. 180, Herb. Kew); giete daine, No. " 
Herb. Kew); Onitsha (Barter, No. 1751, Herb. Kev); Lokoja 
