572 



]\rt. Purdy, River Niger (Barter, Herb. Kew), Lagos and 

 Yoruba ; also found in all the large forests Uganda (Dawe, Rep.. 

 Bot. Miss. Uganda, 1906, p. 8). 



Flowers sold in market, said to be used in medicine (Millen,. 

 Herb. Kew), sold in the markets, for use as medicine, Niger 

 (Barter, I.e. and Mus. Kew) ; decoction used for sore throat,, 

 laryngitis, Yorubaland (jVIillson, Kew Bull. 1891, p. 218) ^ 

 aromatic root used as a spice, Sokoto (Dalziel, Hausa Bot^ 



Voc. p. 64). 



Found as a parasite on indigenous forest trees and recently^ 

 some Para rubber trees at Sapele were found to have growths 

 of a parasitical plant on them, believed to be this species. The 

 remedy suggested was the careful, digging out and destruction, 

 of the parasites as they appeared (Johnson, Ann. Rep. Agrie. 

 Dept. S. Prov. Nigeria, 1918, p. 19). A parasitic plant found ii^ 

 the bush (Dalziel, I.e.), 



EUPHORBIACEAE. 



Euphorbia, Linn, 



T 



Euphorbia aegyptiaca, Boiss. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. I^ 



p. 507. 



Vernac. names. — Karar, Slianu, Rapasa (Hausa, Kano^ 

 Katagum, Dalziel). 



Nupe, Yola, Lokoja, Katagam ; also found in Lower Guinea^ 

 Cape Verde Islands, Egypt, Arabia, Syria. 



Used medicinally by the Natives for its purgative effects^ 

 Nupe (Barter, No. 316, Herb. Kew); used medicinally, Kano 

 (Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 65). 



An annual, low-spreading stems. A weed of waste places^ 



Yola (Dalziel, Herb. Kew) ; a small herb, Lokoja (Shaw, Herb^ 

 Kew). 



Euphorbia Barteri, iV. E. Br. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI, Sect. 1^ 

 p. 597. 



Vernac. iiame.- — Kerana (Hausa, Kano, Dalziel). 



Nupe, (Barter, No. 1012, Herb, Kew), where it w^as found 

 20 ft. high in dry rocky places. Uses suggested as similar ta 

 those of the following — hedges, fences or stockades of a sub- 

 stantial character being an important feature in the protection of 

 huts and compounds ; used as a fence, Kano, &c. (DalzieU 

 Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 61). 



■ 



EuphorMa Candelabriim, Tremaux; Fl. Trop Afr VI 



Sect. 1, p. 598. 



/iZ.— Tremaux, Voy. Soudan Orient, Atlas, tt. 13^14 {E. 

 canariensis). 



Sudan. * 



A tree 25 ft. high, with a short trunk of hard wood up to 

 3 ft. in diam., and the head 20-25 ft. throuorh. 



