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grassy land and waste places Zungeru, Kontagora, Lokoja 
(Dalziel, No. 148, Herb. Kew), cultivated as Sim-Sim, Acholi 
country, Uganda (Dawe, Herb. Kew), in sandy soil, flowering in” 
Oci 
r, 
Kondowe and Karonga (Whyte, “Herb. Kew). 
. For cultivation see under S. indicum. The seeds are small 
(about 1 lin. across), brown or black. 
ACANTHACEAE. 
THUNBERGIA, Linn. 
Thunbergia erecta, 7. Anders.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 12. 
Zll.—Bot. Mag. t. 5013 (M eyenia erecta). 
Lagos, Old Calabar, also in Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast. 
A decorative shrub 6-8 ft. high in Africa. It has been grown 
in gardens for more than 50 years. 
Benin, Nigeria; Cameroons and Fernando Po. sis 
A decorative shrub, 8-15 ft. cr more in height, mentioned 
(Bot. Mag. Lc.) as being more beautiful than 7. erecta. ere 
: ) i T. fragrans, Roxb. F1. Trop. Afr. v. p. 20, Bot. 
Mag. t. 1881, Roxb. Pl. Corom. i. t. 67, from Sierra Leone (pro- 
bably introduced from E. Indies), introduced to the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, in 1796; 7. chrysops, Hook. Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 21, 
Bot. Mag. t. 4119, from Sierra Leone, cultivated at Kew; T. alata, 
Boj. Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 16, from Sierra Leone, and throughout 
Tropical Africa. All are easily grown from seed or cuttings, as. 
bushes or trained on arches or trellises, thriving in rich loam. 
Hycroruiia, R.Br. 
hila spinosa, T. Anders.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p- 91. 
ll.— Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 449 (Asteracantha longifolia) ; 
Mem. Acad. Turin, xxxvi. t. 7 (Barleria hexacantha). 
Vernac. names.—Sare giuwa (Katagum, Dalziel, who translates. 
the native name as “Prick the Knee 7); Mafowo Kaunsonii 
(Lagos, MacGregor). 
per Oubangui region by the natives, who obtain the salt by 
burning the plant and one the ash (Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Nat.. 
