450 
Old Galeber, ngos, Otta Egbah Country in Ni igeria; Fernando 
Po; Gold Coa 
The juice is d on the Gold Coast for coagulating the latex 
of — zem (Imp. Inst. No. 1110, Nov. 3rd, 1909, Herb. 
Kew); the “‘diecha "' juice has been found to contain tee and 
it is MER that the coagulating action like that of an 
infusion of Bauhinia leaves (see p. 263) may be due to this con- 
stituent (Col. Rep. Misc. No. 82, 1912, p. 325). 
A strong climber, and though not the showiest plant of the 
genus it is very decorative and grows freely in rich loamy soil. 
Ref. Funtumia Rubber prepared by means of the juice of 
the Diecha Vine, Strophanthus Preussi," in Col. Rep. Misc. 
No. 82, 1912, pp. 324-325. 
Strophanthus sarmentosus, DC.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 180. 
Ill.—Ann. Mus. Paris, i. (1802 ) t. 27, f.-1; De Candolle, 
Strophanthus, t. 1; Gray, Western Africa, t. C (S. pendulus); 
Nouv. Arch. Mus. Pans. 3rd enei A (1893) t. 16 (S. eran: 
Payrau, Strophanthus, p. i t. [1, f. 4 (trans. sect. of leaf), t 
f. 6 (seed, nat. ue t. 5, 4 (trans. sect. of seed) s. T 
tt. 3, f. 1, t, 6, f. £; Engl. unc Afr. Pfla ER Strophanthus, t. 10, 
ITA (seeds); "Pobéguin, Fl. Guin, Franc. t. 32. 
Vernac. names.—Lagba Ommode Cor, A Millson) ; 
Isa-wewe (Ebute Metta, Millen, Dawodu); Sagere (Lagos, Millen); 
Isha (Oloke-Meji, Foster); Kwankwanni Que Dalziel); 
Isha Kekere (W. Africa, Fraser). 
Lagos, Oloke-Meji, Abeokuta, Ebute Metta, Old Calabar, in 
S. Provinces, Zungeru, Kontagora, Nupe, ete., N. Dora, 
Nigeria; known also from Senegambia t to the Lower Con 
Used for EINE, _ Lagos, Oloke-Meji ow No. 161, 
ae Herb. Kew); mixed with *' Isa ” to form arrow-poison, said 
t to be a HE pem Mises. Ebute Metta (Millen, No. 25, 
1893, Herb. Kew); more frequently gren in Zungeru and 
spidus (Dalziel, Bull. 
Kontagora as an arrow-poison than S 
Imp. Inst. 1907, p. 264). 
A strong climbing shrub. Found on rocks or on the tallest trees 
of the ravine, Kontagora (Dalziel, Le.); climbing to the oe of 
huge trees in the forest; flowers yellowish-orange striped with 
purple, flower buds purplish outside, Aburi Hills, Gold Coast 
(Johnson, Herb. Kew); a i shrub i in the hedgerows, Kissy, Sierra 
Leone (Barter, Herb. Kew 
Ref.—Strophanthus sarmentosus, in Recherches sur les Stroph- 
anthus, Payrau, pp. 85-87, including 5. Paroissei, pp. 88-91. 
The following general references are to the genus : — 
Strophanthus, in New Comm. Pl. and Drugs, Christy, No. 10 
1887, pp. 7-29, illustrated. Recherches sur les Strophanthus, 
Payrau, pp- 1-176, pl. i-ix. with 2 maps showing the distri- 
bution of the species of Strophanthus in Africa and mne and 
