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Lagos, Oloke-Meji, and in bb Africa generally. 
d medicinally by the natives, Mie d Coast (Johnson, Herb. 
Kew), in Angola hess: Hob Kew), and as a fever drink, 
"Gambia (Mus. Kew; Moloney, For. W. Afr. 
An undershrub, 4-5 ft. ; Oloke- Meji (Foster, Herb. Kew), Ogun 
River, Lagos (Millen, Herb. ew). Flowers white, plant very 
^R. 5 rop. Afr. v. p. 219, a creeping visui al Le distributed in 
Tropical Africa—Senegal, Mozambique, etc., is recommended for 
making lawns in Egypt and similar hot, dry climates (Cook 
.& Collins, Econ. Pl. Porto Rico, p. 175). 
STACHYTARPHETA, Vahl. 
Stachytarpheta indica, Vall; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 284. 
Iil.—Sloane, Hist. Jamaica, i. $307. f.1 Mane folio, ete.) ; 
Jacq. Obs. t. 85 (Verbena jamaicensis); Bot. Mag. t. 1860 
(S. jamaicensis); Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 820 (S. jamaicensis); Vidal, 
Fl. For. Filip. t. 74 B. 
Vernac. names.—1lru-ala-ngba Cages, Dennett); Iru amurin 
(Lagos, Dawodu); Payun payun, Akitipa (Dagos, MacGregor, 
Dawodu); Crête de Inde, Crête-dinde (French i 
Cachinde ca menha (Loanda, i elwitsch); Herbe queue de Rat 
(Seychelles, 7homas set) .—Bastard Vervain of Jama 
Widely distributed in Tropical Africa, Asia and pero. 
The plant is regarded as a valuable remedy for dysentery in 
Ann. Inst. Col. Ma rseille, ios 1897, p. 109), Loanda (Hiern, Cat. 
Welw. Afr. Pl. iv. p. 831), Lagos (MaeGregor, Herb. Kew) and 
- Jamaica (Sloane, l.c. i. . 171; Archer, Mus. Kew 
A shrubby’ plant, 3-6 ft. high, variously described as an annual, 
biennial or triennial from seed or cuttings; a common weed in 
waste places. 
Duranta, Linn. 
Duranta Plumier Jacq.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 287. 
Ill.—Plumier, Ic. Burm. t. 79 (Duranta vedere Jacq. Ic. Pl. 
. Rar. iii. t. 502; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. t. 57; Bet. Reg. (1817) 
t. 244; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. ur Drapiez, Herb. Amat. de Fleurs, 
viii. t. 568; Dict. Sc. Nat. t. 41; Lam. Encycl. t. 545; Baillon, 
A dansonia, ii. t. 5, ff. 1-10; Boca Verbenaceae, t. 5, ff. 1-10; 
Gard. Chron. TE 14th, 1888, a). 
Vernac. names.—Jacu (€ 'antagallo, Peckolt): Azote-caballo, 
Lila, Lluvia (Porto Rico, Cook & Collins). 
Lagos, Old Calabar, cg dou pma in Tropical Africa; 
native of Tropical Amer 
A shrub, 5-10 ft he sometimes spiny, with irl , handsome 
-terminal racemes of bright lilac flowers; planted b eans in 
— and Lower French Guinea to make hedges up by the 
