434 
Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 39) states that the latex after 
prolonged boili orms a resinous putty-like substance, which 
remains plastic for years, and that the price on the home markets. 
[1906] varies from 8d. to 9d. per lb. The yield of latex is plen- 
tiful and difficult to coagulate by either acids or alkalis (1.e.) and 
much the same opinion is expressed by Hua and Chevalier (Les 
Landolphiées du Sénégal, du Soudan et de la Guinée Franc. 
(Journ. de Bot. Paris, xv. 1901) p. 29), who mention that some 
manufacturers suggest a possible use for mixing with rubber in 
the manufacture of ebonite > 
According to Chevalier (Bull. Soc. Nat. d'Accl. France, 1912, 
p- 134) the vines are preserved in the villages of the French Middle- 
Soudan for the sake of their edible fruits. 
A powerful climber reported to be very common in the Western. 
Province, S. Nigeria (Thompson, 1.c.) 
oO AKef.— Landolphia senegalensis, Hua and Chevalier, in Journ. 
de Bot. Paris. xv. 1901, ** Les Landolphiées du Sénégal, du Soudan, 
et de la Guinée Francaise," pp. 79-83: Reprint, pp. 25-29 
(Augustin Challamel, 17 Rue Jacob, Paris, 1901). 
Landolpiia Thompsonii, Chev. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lviii. 
1911; Mem. viii. (1912) p. 182. 
Vernac. name.—lbo Giddi (Yoruba, 7 hompson, Oloke-Meji,. 
Foster). 
No. 66, 1910, p. The particulars given under L. senegalensis 
(Dudgeon and Thompson) apply also to this species, and Du 
(A. and Fo W. Afr. p. 122) further questions this as 
until it reaches the consistency of bird-lime, when it can only be 
handled in water. Inm this state it is sold to the merchants who 
accumulate it in casks for shipment. 
