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mentions that the latex is used in iud Western Province, B. 
Nigeria, to adulterate that of good rubber 
—Ref.—See under H. Wulfsbergii. 
 Holarrhena  Wulfsbergii, Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. T; 
. 164. 
Hl-—Waulfsberg, Holarrh. Afr. Inaug. Dis: ys 5 - £g afr 
cana, ff. 1-7); L'Agric. prat. pays chat 6 (ha 
with Funtumia dana p. 18 (leaf, fl. mes Pens = 19 (follicles) 
Vernac. names.—Ireno (Ibadan, dene Ire-Ibeji or Ako-Ire 
(Yoruba, ast ase Aka Ire (Oloke-Meïi, Foste r); Ire Basabasa . 
Lagos, MacGregor, Dawodu); Isai (Lagos, Moloney); Ire? 
(Bassa, Elliott); Kromi or Gbomi (Gold Coa = „Wulfs ber Pe 
Male of the Ire (Denton) or ** Male Rubber Tre 
Lagos (Moloney, 1883; Foster, No. 46, 1906, Herb. Kew): 
Abeokata (Barter, No. 3334, 1859, Herb. Kew) Mt. Patti, 
koje (Dalziel, No. 208, 1908, Comm. Imp. < t. 1909) ; Ibadan 
(Punch, 1901, Herb. Kew). The Gold Coast, e à 
The bak stooped i in palm wine is said to = ea D cure for 
dysentery (Kew Bull. 1896, p. 48, H. africana, and see Wulfsberg, 
l.c.). The medicinal properties are regarded as being similar to 
those of H. febrifug a, Klotzsch, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. Sect. 1, p. 162, 
the ‘‘ Quina ” of the Portuguese in Tou. * Ku mbanz zo' 
of the Zambesi (see Kew Bull. l.c. and Livingstone Missionary 
Travels, p. 648), the bark of which is used in fever, suggested 
as a substitute for quinine. 4. antidysenterica has similar uses 
in India (Dict. Econ. Prod. India). 
The latex will not coagulate (Freeh. Herb. Kew), is used to 
adulterate that of good rubbers, S. Nigeria (Thompson, Col. 
Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 39; ida ie and For. Prod. 
W. Afr. p. 99). 
The wood is used by the natives for making images, combs and 
handles of matchets, S. Nigeria (Thompson, List of For. Trees, 
S. Nig. 1910, p. 8). 
A shrub, Mt. Patti, Lokoja (Dalziel, forma tomentosa, Herb. 
Reb a shrub or small tree, Ábeokuta (Barter, Herb. Kew); Gold 
Coast (Brown, Herb. Kew); a tree 50 ft. Kwabu, Gold Coast 
(Johnson, Herb. Kew); flowers white and fragrant (Barter). 
Ref.—Holarrhena ajrvenpa, DC. eine Tropische Apocynacées, 
pend E Thsseriatio = Wu lfs sberg, pp. 1-31 (Druck der 
W. Fr. Kaestner, Got- 
tingen, ——* “Two nes ae (Holarrhena afri- 
ep ABS. and H. febrifuga, Klotz.)," in Kew Bull. 1896, 
E s Ireh, Holarrhena UC. Stapf, " 
uc. ae prat. pays chauds, vii. 2, 1907, pp. 16-19. 
STROPHANTHUS, DC. 
Strophanthus Barteri, F ie Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1; p. 177. 
Ill.—Nouv. Arch. Mus ord ser. v. (1893), t. 11 A ; Engl. 
Monogr. Afr. Pflan. ba ie Ta) I0, f. G (seed). 
