607 



Ill—Rook. Tc. PI. t. 1297; De Wildeman, PI, Thonner 



Congol. ii. t. 4 {Macaranga Thonneri). 



Vernac. names. — Uwenvwen (Benin, Univin)\ Ijan or Ijan 

 funfun (Yoruba; Millson), 



■Lagos, Yoruba, Benin, and in Nile Land, Belgian Congo, &c. 



Leaves used to preserve Kola Xuts {Cola acuminata). Yoruba 

 (MiUson, Herb. Kew & Kew Bull. 1891, p. 217). 



A shrub or small tree 15-20 ft. high; a common deciduous 

 tree of the Yoruba forests (Barter, Herb. Kew). 



Alchornea, Sw. 



I 



Alchornea cordata, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VL Sect. 1, p. 915. 

 Vernac. names, — L^nwonwe or Unwonnen (Benin, Dennett) ; 



ammi (Kataeimi, Dalziel) : Christmas 



Mej 



Scott Elliot) ; Aramamila (S, Nigeria, Dennett) ; Ipa (Oloke 

 Foster), Dumce (Golungo Alto, WelwitscJi), 



Oloke Meji, BeniUj Kontagora, Katagum, Guarara River in 

 Nigeria and widely distributed in Upper and Lower Guinea, 

 Mozambique District etc. 



Fruit eaten by birds, Batanga (Bates, Herb. Kew) ; leaves 



Ke 



10 Alto make a I 

 mud of a stream 



PI. iv. p. 939). ■ 



A shrub or a small tree 3-12 ft. high. 



* 1 w m 



Ricixus, Linn. 



F 



Bicinus communis, Li7in. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, p. 945. 

 Ill.—Rheede, Hort. Mai. ii. t. 32 ; Blackwell, Herb. i. t. 118 



^ > 



{B. vulgaris) ; jVliller, Figm-es Beautiful & Uncommon PI, Desc. 

 tt. 219, 220; Jacq. Ic. PI. Rar. i. t. 195 [R. inermis) t..l96 

 (R. lividus) ; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. PI. ii. t. 107 ; Schk. Handb. 

 t. 312 ; Plenck, Ic. t. 690 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 792 ; Diet, Sc, Nat. 

 t. 276 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2209 ; Desc. Ant. i, t. 59 (Ricin arbre), ii, t. 

 127 (Ricin annuel) ; Roeper, Enum. Euphorb. t. 1, ff. A-I (seed 

 & germination) ; Hayne, Darst. Beschr. Gewachse, x. t. 48 ; 



^ 



Wagner, Pharm. Med. Bot. t. 33 ; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant. 

 Medic. Diisseld. t. 140 ; Woodville, Med. Bot. iii. t. 221 ; Guimpel, 

 Abbild. Beschr. ii. t. 113; Sibth, FL Gr. t. 952; Steph. & Ch, 

 Med. Bot. i. t. 50; Penfold, Madeira, Fl. Fr. & Ferns, t. 3; 

 Buinett, PI. Util. ii. t. 56b ; Spach, Suites (Hist. Nat. des Veg6- 

 taux) t. 76, f. I ; Berg. & Schmidt, Darst. Beschr. Pharm. i. t. 

 Ic; Baillon, Etude Euphorb. t. 10, t. 11; Rev. Hort. 1861, 

 p. 10, f. 1 (Ricin en arbre); Baillon, Hist, PL v. pp. 110-111; 

 Martius, Fl. Bras. xi. pt. 2, t. 60 (var. brasiliensis) ; Bentl. & 

 Trimen, Med. PI. t. 237 ; Kohler, Med. Pflan. ii ; Duthie, Field 

 Crops, t. 43 ; Vidal, PL For. Fihp. t. 84f ; Greshoff, Nutt. Ind. 

 PL t. 31 ; Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, xvii. 1906, p. 173 ; Temple, 

 Fl. & Trees, Palestine, t. 25. 



