466 
Ref— An Examination of the Leaves of Gyn hone. sylvestre,”’ 
Hooper, in Nature, xxxv. T, pp. 565-667.——‘‘ Gymnema 
sylvestre, " in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, us iv. 1890, pp. 189- 
190.——'* Gymnema sylvestre,” in Pharmacog. Indica, Dymock, 
Warden and Hooper, ii. fare, pp- 450-455, with analysis of the 
sun-dried and powdered leaves 
PERGULARITA, Linn. 
et eere africana, NV. E. Br.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, 
d Africa from Sierra bens to Old Calabar, extending to 
peces District and Natal. 
Extract like Dragon's blood with which the Dragon's blood of 
commerce is adulterated (Moloney, For. W. Africa, p. 306). 
X slender climbing plant. 
LePTADENIA, R. Br. 
Leptadenia lancifolia, Decne.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 430. 
Ill.—Engl. and Prantl, Pflanz. iv. pt. 2,f. 79, E-F (L. 
hastata). 
Vernac. names.—Isanaje igbo (Lagos, «M:llson) ; Yadia (Kata- 
gum, Dalziel). 
Senegambia to Lagos through Nigeria to Bornu and in the Nile 
region. Kordofan, Fashoda, “Madi, Gondokoro, ete 
a edible, Katagum Mou ns Kew). 
Found as a twiner on rocks, Oyo, ba (Barter, Herb. Kew), 
on bushes, Bure, near Lake Chad [Eiliott, Her, Kew). 
Ref.—'' Marakh Twigs, Leptadenia sp." in Col. Rep. Misc. 
No. 2 1909, pp. 128-129, would propspur apply here as a fibre 
plan 
CaRaALLUMA, R. Br. 
Caralluma Dalzielii, V. E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1912, p. 280. - 
A succulent herb, 6-18 in. high, stems leafless, branching from 
the base, erect, tetragonous. owers in pendulous fascicles, the 
axillary fascic bes 28 a: pedicels 1-1} lin. long, recurved, 
glabrous. Sepals . long, subulate, acute glabrous; corolla 
nearly 4 in. in diam. Y lobed, tube about 1 lin. long. 
Vernac. name.—Karan Masallachi (Katagum, Dalziel). 
Katagum (Dalziel, No. 317, Herb. Kew); Sokoto. 
Found on rocky hills at Sokoto, sn planted near houses, 
(Kew Buli. Le.). Chevalier (Bull. oc. Nat. d'Accl. F 
n a oe mentions an allied d opel ant the cn 
by the natives, and that he has seen this on cs mdi in the corner 
of a field of millet, in the region of Djougou, Upper ghe 
to keep off evil spirits. 
