480 
Ipomoea hederacea, /acq.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 159. 
lI. — Bot. Map! 188 EH Nil); Jacq. Ic. t. 36; Bot. 
Reg. (1815), t. 85; Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 34 (var. foliis marmora- 
tis); Collett, Fl. Simla, ‘337. 
Vernac. mes.—Yako (Yokoto, Dalziel); Asagao (Japan, 
W uu la. dana VERA Drury, Moloney).—Blu ue American 
Ipomoea, Morning Glory, Azure Convolvulus. 
Common in West Africa and generally throughout the Tropics. 
The seeds are used in India as a cathartic, recommended as a 
substitute for jalap (Zpomoea purge) (Watt, Cg seq.), and 
for a similar purpose in Japan (Woolley, Mus. 
BS € plant iur do and ornamental, tis pale blue 
the morning changing to pink, on on fences in native 
labos, Sokoto (Dalziel, "No. 376, 1914, Herb. Kew 
ef.-—-'' Ipomoea hederacea,” in Dict. Econ. Prod. diu, Watt, 
1890, pp. 485-487. ** Ipomoea hederacea,” in Pharma- 
EH Indica, Dymock, Warden en Hooper, ii. pp. 530-532. 
Ipomoea involucrata, Beauv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 150. 
Ill.—Pal. de Beauv. Fl. Oware et Benin, ii. t. 89. 
Vernac. names.—Ododo oko (Yoruba, Millson); Alukerese 
(Lagos, Dawodu). 
Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 
An ornamental mat "uo is eset rose-red flowers, limb 
of the corolla up to 2 in. in dia 
Ipomoea palmata, Forsk.; Fl. us Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 178. 
1ll.—Bot. Mag. t. 699 (Convolvulus cairicus); Pal de Beauv. 
Fl. Oware et Benin, ii. t. 1 moea vesiculosa 
Egyptian Bindweed (St. Helena, Mellis). 
Throughout Africa and the Tropics generally 
A twining, ornamental perennial; bright red-purple flowers. 
SOLANACEAE. 
Lycorersicum, Hill. 
Tropici esculentum, Mill.; Gard. Dict. Ed. viii. n. 2. 
An annual plant, of trailing EE 2-3 ft. high. Leaves more 
or less pinnate, the leaflets slightly divided, attenuate at the apex, 
pilose, glaucescent. Flowers green, insignificant, Fruit a berry, 
red or yellow when ripe, many seeded. 
Vernac. names. Tomatu Hess, Parsons); Ameh Osehbeh 
(Accra, + Makana ora (Siam, Kerr); Camatis 
(Philippines, AMEN .—The tomate 
Cultivated for its fruit in many pes of Nigeria and through 
Africa—where it is sometimes found semi-wild in the neigh- 
bourhood of abandoned camps—and in most warm countries. 
Tomato growing is an pet industry in Italy, Sicily, Enter 
