469 
Fruit edible (Dalziel, 1.c.) 
A shrub or small tree. 
AN A, Afzel. 
Anthocleista nobilis, G. Don; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, 
pp. 538, 625. 
Ill. Bock. Ic. t. 793-794 (A. Vogelii) ; Niger Flora, tt. 48-44 
(A. Vogel). 
Vernac. name.—Apa oro (Lagos, Dawodu). 
Senegal to the Cameroons, Lower Guinea, etc. 
The hollow stems are used as quivers for small poisoned arrows, 
Niger (Barter, Mus. Kew; Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 387). 
An erect tree 50—60 ft. E 
SPIGELIA, Lin 
Spigelia Anthelmia, Linn.; Sp. Pl. (1158), p . 149. 
An annual plant, about a foot high. gue ovate, -— 
opposite in pairs widely separated. Inflorescence a term 
triplicate or unilateral spike; flowers purplish. Capsule seal, 
muricate. 
Zil.—Linne, ——— Acad. v. t. 2; Lam. Encycl. t. e 
Plenck, Ic. t. 88; Browne, Jamaica, t. 37, £. 3; Desc. Ant. i. t. 61: 
Tussac, Ant. iv. t 8; Pot. Mag. t. 2359; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant. 
Medic. Düsseld. t. 205. 
Vernac. names = (Oloke-Meji, Dodd); Ewe Aran 
(Lagos, pu re ciel ie Fe —Worm 
Grass, ndia ink, Poudre vers ou Brainvilliers 
(Descourtilez). 
Lene (Dodd, No. 432, Herb. Kew); Lagos (Dawodu, 
No. 31, Her eodd native of S. America, and found in Florida 
and the West Indie 
Roots and leaves A leaves used rap Oloke- 
Meji (Dodd, 1.c.), herb boiled for worms, Lagos (Dawodu, l.e.). 
When eaten by cattle, sheep and goats the plant causes ce in 
from 2-3 hours (Scrutton and Co. Mus. Kew). 
BORAGINACEAE. 
Corpra, Linn. 
Cordia abyssinica, R. Br.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2 
Ill.—Transv. Agric. Journ. v. t. 170; Agric. Col. 1911, Suppl: 
p. 93. 
Vernac. names.—Alleluba (Katagum, Dalziel); Inderab or 
Hera invaiya (Arabie, Muriel); Banjam (Hameg, Muriel); 
abukwi (Zomba, Purves); M'tadola (Transvaal, Burtt-Davy); 
 Mukebu (Baganda, Dawe); Mutumba (Banyoro, Dave). 
Katagum, and found also in East Africa. 
ae edible, made into sweetmeats, Katagum (Dalziel, Herb. 
ew). 
