418 
Kontagora, Bornu, and generally in Africa and India. 
The leaves are used in India as a diuretic (Dict. Econ. Prod. 
India; Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 389). 
An annual plant, common in waste places and eultivated ground. 
ARNEBIA, Forsk. 
Arnebia emer DC.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 56. 
Ill.—Lehman ae Rar. Pl. Asper. t. 39 (Lithospermum 
Repulacmen) DA ight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. iv. t. 1393; Jaubert et 
Spach, Illust. Pl. Dene 363. 
Vernac. name.—Ji NT (Katagum, Dalziel). 
Katagum, Bornu, in Nigeria; Kordofan and other parts of 
d and extending to North India 
ot deep ee in colour giving the native name '' man’s blood,” 
(Daluel Herb. Kew). The scaly bark of the root stock of Arnebia 
tibetana is te as a dye in Ladak, Kashmir, and another 
species is used as a substitute for Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria) in 
India (Dict. Econ. Prod. India; Dymock, Warden and Hooper, 
Pharmacog. Indica, ii. p. 524). 
Àn annual plant, common on sandy soil, growing very. bushy, 
Kordofan (Muriel, Wash Kew). 
CONVOLVULACEA E. 
Evorvvurvs, Linn. 
Evolvulus alsinoides, Zinn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 67. 
Ill.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 64; Burmann, Thes. Zeylan.t.9; 
| dil Illus. t. 168 bis, f. 10. 
ernac. names.—Vishnukránta, Vistnukrandi, Shan-kaveli, 
| sioe (India, Dymock, Watt); Vahimpasika (Madagascar, 
Heckel). 
Lagos, aat Nupe, Bornu; and widely distributed in 
the Tropics 
The plaut which is fragrant, is burnt to perfume houses; it is 
sold in the native markets near the confluence of the Niger and the 
Benue (Barter, Mus. Kew); the leaves, or and roots are used 
medicinally in ‘India (Dict. Econ. Prod. India : Dymock, Miele; 
and Hooper, Pharmacogr. Indica, ii. p. 543); the leaves are 
into cigarettes and smoked in cases of chronie bronchitis iid 
thma (l.c.), used as a remedy for diarrhea in Madagascar 
(Heckel, i L'Inst. Col. Marseille, i. 1903, p. 166). 
or perennial weed of variable habit, found in very 
different nest. fields, plains, hills, etc 
Catonyction, Choisy. 
Calonyction muricatum, G. Don; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, 
p. 118. 
Ill.—Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iii. t. 323 (Ipomoea muricata). 
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