573 



There are no specimens of this species known from Nigeria ; 

 but it is given here because of the above suggestion and the fact 

 that Welwitsch states that E. Candelabrum and E. Tirucalli in 

 Xoanda as well as Jatropha Curca^ in Golungo Alto j)rovide the 

 negroes with pitchers or stakes that take root readily when 



-driven 



even where no other 



shrub or tree can live and for this reason they are frequently 



makin 



m 



a 



Euphorbia convolvuloides, Hochst. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VT. 



Sect. 1, p. 495. 



///, — Boisser, Ic. Euphorb. t, 15. 



Vernac. name. — Nonon Kurchiya (Hausa, Dalziel). 



Lagos, Nupe, Lokoja, Sokoto, and found in Senegal, Togoland, 



Mozamb 



rem 



U^ew 



Annual, about 6-18 in. high. A common field weed, Sokoto 

 (Dalziel, Herb. Kew) ; a common weed, a great nuisance in 

 gardens and roads, gravelly situations, Lokoja (Parsons, Herb. 



Euphorbia hirta, Linn, ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, p. 496. 



[E, pihdifera, Jacq., Ic. t. 478.1 



//Z.— Burman, Thes. Zeyl. tt. 104, 105 f. 1 {Tithymalus 

 hotryoides, zeylaniciis & T. b. erectus) ; Jacq. Ic. t. 478 {E. pilu- 

 Iifera); Jacq. Collec. v. t. 11, f. 1 (E. hirta) ; Greshoff, Kutt. 

 Ind. PL t. 7 {E. pilulifera). 



Vernac. names. — Nonon Kurchiya (Hausa, Dalziel) ; Emi-ile 

 or Emile (Oloke Meji, Dodd; Lagos, Dawodu). — AustraHan 

 Asthma Herb'(Mus. Kew). 



Lagos, Oloke Meji, Old Calabar, and also widely distributed 

 in Tropical Africa and other parts of the Tropics. 



The var. procumhens, N. E. Br. has been collected in Lokoja 

 (Parsons, No. 41) and Katagum (Dalziel, No. 414). 



Used in medicine, Lagos (Dawodu, No. 22, 1899, Herb. & 

 3Ius. Kew), as a cure for asthma, Queensland (Pharm. Journ. [4] 

 :xxviii. 1909, p. 529) ; and as a remedy for coughs, bronchial and 

 pulmonary disorders, but more especially in paroxysmal awthma, 

 J^ustralia (Potter's, Cycl. Bot. Drugs, p. 101). 



Annual. A common weed a few inches to a foot or so h 



■Se/. — '' Euphorbia pilulifera " in New Comm. Plants and 



Drugs, Christy, No. 5, 1882, pp. 64-67. " Euphorbia pilu- 



iifera,'' in Nuttige Indische PI., Greshoflf, pp. 25-27 (Amsterdam, 



.1894). ** Chemical Examination of Euphorbia pihdifi 



Power & Browning, in Pharm. Journ. [4] xxxvi. 1913, pp. 506- 

 510. 



Euphorbia lateriflora, Schum db Thonn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 



Sect. 1, p- 552. 



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