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An erect plant 5—10 ft. high, in swampy places, Nupe (Barter, 
Herb. Kew), in damp bush, Katagum (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), culti- 
vated in villages, Unyoro (Grant, Herb. Kew: Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxix. p. 126), not plentiful in Kabba (Parsons, da Kew); culti- 
vated in the Upper Oubangui region (Cheva 4. 
Ref.—'' H ygrophila spinosa, in Dict. es Pos Tudiá; Watt, 
lv. 1890, p. 316.— —" Hygrophila spinosa,” in Pharmacogr. Indica, 
Dymock, Warden & Hooper, iii. 1893, pp. 36-40. 
BRILLANTAISIA, Beauv. 
Brillantaisia Lamium, Benth.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 38. 
Ill.—Bot. Mag. t. 4717, f. 3 (fruit, B. cwarionis; Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflan. iv. 1895, pt. 3 B, p. 296, f. 119 (B. Palisotii). 
Lagos, Abeokuta, Old Calabar, inc Denon, Oban, and 
ré widely distributed in West Afri 
A herbaceous perennial, 3-4 ft., prismeital, flowers deep blue. 
ACANTHUS, Linn. 
Acanthus montanus, 7. Anders.; Fl: Trop. Afr. V. p. 107. 
1ll.—Bot. Mag. t. 5516. 
Vernac. names.—Agamobo (Benin, Dennett); Ahon Ekun or 
Akawn Ekkun (Yoruba, Moloney, Millson); Lagos, Phillips, 
MacGregor); Akawn Ekkun (Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot t). 
Widely distributed in W. Africa, extending to Nyasaland, etc. 
Used medicinally in Yoruba (Millson, Kew Bull. 1891, p. 209), 
Siert Leone (Scott Elliot, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 3, 1893, p. 49). 
A herbaceous plant about 3 ft. high, very ornamental. Found 
in damp ground, Ilaro, Lagos (Millen, Herb. Kew), in the shade 
Ts forests, elevation 6000-7000 ft. Masuku Plateau 
(Whyte, Herb. Kew); o on Mt. Patti, Lokoja (Dalziel, Herb. Kew); 
readily raised from seed. 
CROSSANDRA, Salisb. 
Crossandra flava, Hook.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 113. 
Ill.—Bot. Mag. t. 4710. 
Lagos, Mu also from Sierra Leone and the Gold Coa 
Herb, 6-8 in. high, ornamental, flowers yellow; oak. from 
seed. 
Crossandra guineensis, Vees; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 117. 
Iil.—Bot. Mag. t. 6346. 
Oban, S. Nigeria, and recorded from the Cameroons, Gold Coast 
and Fernando "Po. 
erb, 2-8 in. high, very ornamental in the white calyx, w 
or lilac estia: sometimes brownish-red bracts, and white ud 
leaves. 
Justicia, Linn. 
Justicia extensa, 7. Anders.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 206. 
Lagos, Cross River, and Tropical Africa, etc,  - 
