449 
Recherches sur les Strophanthus, oe pp. 47-70 (Paris, seeds 
“ Gutachten über den arzn ec n Wert von Strop 
hispidus m Kombe,” Lew in nana vi. 7909, 
PP- 560-561. See also idein at end of the genus. 
Strophanthus Kombe, Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 173. 
Iil.—See the works of Blondel, Planchon, Payrau, Engler, 
l d Drude, mentioned under S. hispidus, "and the 
references to illustrated MEL given below 
Vernac. names.—Kom t eS Purves); Inée, Onaye, 
Onage, Gombé (Centr. Ate Chri 
Found chiefly in Nyasaland a northwards on the East Coast 
from Portuguese East Africa, etc., whence the commercial sup- 
Strophanthus seeds of commerce though the seeds of S. hispidus 
are equally important as a drug, and with those of other species 
(S. € Emini, Thollonii, etc.) may be imported under the 
m mbe. From Nyasaland the exports have been 
10,178 B value £2544, in er 32,878 lb. value £8219, in 
1905; 31,477 lb., value £3935, in 1906; and 29,394 Ib. value 
£3674, in 1907 (Chem. and Driggs 13th Feb. 1909, p. 214). 
The export price from Nyasaland was 1s. per lb. in 1914, when the 
market. See under S. hispidus for general pie also the 
following references together with those at en he genus. 
Ref—‘‘ The Kombé Arrow Poison “(Strophanth a of Africa,’ 
i E 
, in New 
Comm. PI. and Drugs, Christy, No. 9, 1886, ) . 53-61. 
its Totoductien into Medical Dacis. Pda No. 15, 1900, 
thus Kombe Seed of f Commerce,’ " Holmes, in Pharm. Journ. [4] 
xii. 1901, pp. 486-489. “A New Admixture of Commercial 
Strophanthus Seed," Perrédés, in Pharm. Journ. [4] xii. 1901, 
p. 518-521, ge No. 17, The Wellcome en Research 
Tabore ries. rophanthus Rules," No. 198, of 1913 (made 
under the Forests Ordinance of 1911, Section 14), pees for 
general information in The Ny -asaland Govt. Gazette, Pus 30th, 
p. 177. 
| Gi rm Preussii, Eng. & Pax.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, 
P 
it - ons. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3rd ser. v. (1893), t. 12 
(S. bracteatus); Payrau, Strophanthus, tt. 3, 5, 8 (S. bracteatus); 
Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pflan. he areas E 4, f. A; Bot. Mag. 
+. vam 
Vernac. names.—Omartwa-nini (Twi, Gold Coast, Tudhope); 
Diecha (Gold Lo, Tudhope). 
