441 
Abeokuta (Barter, No. 3346, Herb, Kew); Lagos (Rowland, 
ee: ee E m Gold Coas 
o be a rubber coagulant (Chipp, List of Tree es, 
Gold po (1913), » .98); used by the natives of the Ivory Coast 
for coagulating ber (Chevalier, Journ. d'Agric. Tropicale, ix. 
1909, p. 226). The method employed is one part ‘of the juice to 
30 Re of latex, the mixture is stirred quickly for from 5 to 10 
minutes, and the clots of rubber which form are afterwards washed 
in water to remove the deposit on the surface produced by the 
juice (l.c.; Agric. News, Barbados, 1909, p. 393). 
eet gratus, Franch.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 170. 
Bot. Mag. t. 4466 (Roupellia grata) ; des Serres, vi. 
D t. 589 (À. grata); Paxton, FI. Gard. (1850) p. 71, 
6 (R. ge ata) ; IO. Le Jard. Fl. 1. dis) 1. 16 (5. 
Monde e Pils 2. Strphanthns, t. 9 A ok p- 18, f. 1, aile. 
Strophanthus- Toge rie 
Vernac. names.—Isa (Lagos, Papen), Ishu Ogbugbu (Oloke- 
Meji, Foster); Isha Gidi (Lagos, Fra: er).—Cream Fruit. 
Oloke-Meji (Foster, No. 139, Herb, Kew); Lagos (Millen, 
No. 174, and Rowland, Herb. Kew); Brass (Burrows, Herb. Kew ^ 
Monogr. NUTS à . 18), Sierra Leone, Cameroons, etc. 
Used for poisoning arrows, Oloke-Meji (Foster, Herb. Kew), 
Ebute Metta (Millen, Herb. Kew). 
A climber ; under cultivation (Hope ees J Iu common 
near Brass, S. Prov. Nigeria (Burrows, Herb. Kew), plentiful i in 
the interior, cultivated near the coast, Lagos ( Millen, Herb. Kew) ; 
found in Sierra Leone at an altitude of 2000 ft. (Smythe, Herb. 
Ke A handsome flowering plant, may be propagated by seeds 
which are distinguished from the Strophanthus seeds of commerce 
by being glabrous, The seeds of this species are recommended for 
use in medicine in preference to those of any other chiefly because 
they yield “crystalline strophanthin," whereas the established 
official Strophanthus (see the two following species), b yield 
this glucoside in an amorphous condition (see Gilg. . p. 46; 
Pharm. Journ. seq. and Merck's Ann. Report, seq. 
Ref.—': Strophanthus Glabre du Gabon,” in Produits fournis 
àla Mat. Méd. Apocynées, Planchon, pp. 64-72 (Montpellier, 
1894).— —'* Strophanthus Glabre du Gabon," in Recherches sur 
Jes Strophanthus, Payrau, pp. 111-118 (Soc. d'Edit. Scienti- 
ren Paris, 1900).—Die Strophanthus-Frage: Bot. Pharm. 
(Bericht Deutsch. Pharm. Gesells.), Gilg, Thoms and 
Schedel. pp. 1-48 (Berlin, 1904). 
