595 



Plant used to make fences in all the Yoruba towns (Barter, 

 Herb. Kew). 



A shrub about 6 ft. high, easily cultivated in the same way 

 as the foregoing species. 



Jatropha multifida, Linn, ; Fl, Trop. Afr, VI. Sect. 1, p. 784. 



III. — SaKsbury, Hort. Parad. Lend. t. 91 ; Martins, Fl. Bras. 

 xi, part 2/t. 69, f. 1 ; Blanco, FL Filip. t. 342 (J. Janipha) ; Pax, 

 in Engl. Pflanzenr. iv. Euphorb.- — Jatrophae, p. 40, t. 13 (leaf 

 I nat. size). 



Vernac. names. — "Ege , (Lagos, Mac Gregor, Phillips); Iboisa 

 (Benin, Uriwin); Pinhoen (Brazil, Dymock, Moloney). . 



Lagos, Benin, and in West Africa from Senegal to the 

 Cameroons. A native of America, and found in Texas, Mexico, 

 the West Indies and Brazil. 



Oil from the seeds, known as *' Pinhoen " oil, is used in Brazil 

 as an emetic, and the oil according to Soubeiranis very similai 

 to if not identical with that of Curcas. Cases of accidental 

 poisoning by the fruits have been recorded in India, chiefly 

 among children who have been attracted by their tempting 

 colour (Dymock, Warden & Hooper, Pharm. Ind. iii. p. 277- 



* % 



278). 



I ' 



Grown chiefly as a hedge plant and for ornament. Cultivated 



in many villages of Lower Dahomey and Ivory Coast (Chevalier, 



Bull. Soc. Nat. d'Accl. France, 1912, p. 314); everywhere by 



dwellings and also wild, Angola (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. iv. 

 p. 969). 



A shrub or tree 6-20 ft. high : flowers brilliantly scarlet : 

 easily cultivated ; propagated by seeds or cuttings. 



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Aleurites, Eorst. 



Aleurites triloba, Forst. ; FL Trop. Afr. VI.'p. 814. 



Ill, — Rumpf. Amb. ii. t. 58 (" Camirium ") ; Forster, Gen. 

 Char. PI. t. 56 {A. triloba); Lam. Encycl. t. 791 (A. triloba); 

 Jussieu, Euph. t. 12 {A. ambinux); Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 276 {A. 

 moluccana)^ 



Candle Nut — Indian Walnut, Belgaume Nut, Country Wal- 

 nut, Lumbang (Philippines), Bankul (French Colonies). 



to 



Native of Polynesia and Malaya; distributed 



West 



East Africa, Madagascar, Hawaii and also experimentally in the 



Cameroons. 



k L 



found to contain approxima 



cent, of oil suitable for various industrial purposes — manu- 

 facture of soft soap, oil varnishes, paints, linoleum, &c. (Col. 

 Rep. IVDsc. No. 88^ 1914, pp. .449-450 : Kew Bull. 1917, p. 340). 

 One ton of nuts are said to yield 40 gallons of oil (I.e. 1915, 

 p. 484). The cake is not recommended for feeding purposes as 



