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A shrub or tree up to 16 ft. high; found as-a low bush in 
Bornu (Elliott, No. 149, 1904, Herb. Kew); propagated by seed, 
suitable for cultivation in comparatively dry regions. 
implements in India (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. p. 501; Diet. 
la). 
HezrorropivM, Linn. 
“Heliotropium indicum, Z2nn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 32. 
Ill—Pal. de Beauv. Fl. Oware, Benin, ii. t. 96 (H. aniso- 
phyllum); Bot. Mag. t. 1837 ; Desc. Ant. vii. t. 483; Wight, Illust. 
t. 171 (Téaridium indicum). 
Vernac. names.— 
Igun (Oloke-Meji, Dodd); Agogo Igun (Lagos, MacGregor, 
Dawodu); Cay- oi-boi (Cochin China, Dymock); Booroondi 
p. 273) and for erysipelas, West Africa (Journ. Soe. Arts, xxxv. 
995). 
oxiq. Guy. Franc. in 
p. 116). The plant has a foetid odour like stramonium, taste a 
little bitter; used as a local application for boils, sores and stings, 
Bombay (Dymock, Mus. Kew), and various medicinal uses are 
attributed to the plant in India (Diet. Econ. Prod. India; 
Pharmacog. Indica, Dymock, ii. p. 525). í 
An annual plant, 11-3 ft.: a common weed, with handsome light 
blue flowers; luxuriating in hot dry and also damp places, 
_ plentiful everywhere by streets, houses, etc. flowering nearly the 
` whole year, Golungo Alto (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. iii. p. 719). 
Heliotropium undulatum, Vahl; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2; piel. 
Ill.—Destontaines, Fl. Atlant. i. t. 41 (H. crispum); Lehmann, 
Ic. Rar. Pl. Asper. t. 40. . 
Given as a remedy for snake-bite (Diet. Ec. Prod. India; 
Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 388) for which purpose it is administered 
both internally and applied externally to the wound sometimes 
_A perennial plant. In sandy places, St. Vincent Island, Cape 
Verde (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. iii. p- 718.) 
TricHODESMA, R. Br. 
Trichodesma africanum, Æ. Br. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 48. 
Verne. name.—Paburpani, or Pabarpani (Punjab and Sind, 
Watt, Dymock). 
