506 
Schwenkia . hirta, Klotzsch; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 261. 
Vernac. name.—Casuanze (Loanda, Welwitsch). 
Katagum, and known also from Sierra Leone, Salaga-Nile Land, 
Angola and Loanda, occurring in Brazil and Guiana. 
The whole plant given in decoction is recommended for chest 
pen Loanda (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. iii. p. 754). 
An annual herb up to 2 ft. high: common in dry places, 
Kitgum p Herb. Kew); very plentiful in pastures and in 
manioc plantations, in flower and fruit January and May, 
Loanda, in September Sierra Leone (Hiern, l.c 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. : 
LinperntaA, Allioni. 
Lindernia diffusa. Wettst.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 538. 
Widely distributed in Tropical Africa and Tropical America. 
A very bitter Scrophularia used as an antidote for snake-bite, 
Colombia (Blake White, Herb. Kew), and as an emetic in 8. 
America (Pharm. Journ. [3] ii. 1872, p. "849; Moloney, For. W. 
Afr. p. 396, Vandellia diffusa). 
A tern annual, about 6 in. high, in dry sandy ground, 
moist and wet places and grassy bush. 
HpzANTHELIUM, H. B. & K. 
Hydranthelium egense, Pocpp. 4 Endl.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 
2, p. 351. 
Ill.—Poeppig & Endlicher, Nov. Gen. PI. Chil. CE ni. t. 287. 
Onitsha, also in the Congo, and in Tropical America. 
A small ereeping plant in the muddy margins of MAP, 
pica (Barter Herb. Kew 
d as a diuretic and RARE vy the Hindus and the juice of 
de leaves mixed with petroleum used for rheumatism, India 
p For. W. Afr. p. 396). 
Ref.—'' Herpestis Monniera," in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, 
Watt. iv. 1890, pp. 225—226. 
SCOPARIA, Linn. 
Scoparia dulcis, Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 354. . 
Ill.—Gaertner, Fruct. Qe Pl. i. ; 53; Lam. Encycl. t. 85; Pal. 
de Beauv. Fl. Oware et Benin, ii. . 115; Desc. Ant. ii. t. 106; 
Blanco, Fl. Filip. t. 19; Arkiv. For. Botanik, Upsala and Stock- 
holm, vi. t. 1, ff. 2, 3, "ADEL 
"ernac. names.— Misinmis isin-gogoro or Misimisi-gogoro (Lagos, 
Foster, Dawodu); Achilabri (Bonny, Fagan); Ndiyang (Eifik, 
Ho £u Broom (Gambia, Brown Lester); Balai- doux, Pede 
Balai (French SK Hec. ckel); Herva dos Vassiros "(Am 
Welwitsch); Pipybras (Liberia, Holmes); Mahe (Sevchellee, 
eee ; Orosax (Porto Rico, Cook & Collins). —Licorice Weed. 
