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Smilax, Linn. 



Smilax Kraussiana, Meisn., ; M. Trop. Afr. VII. p. 424. 

 7ZZ.— Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 1875, t. 106; Wood, Natal PI. iv. 



t. 339. 



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Vernac, names. — Kwaranga (Hausa, Dalziel) ; Jiabana mwo 

 (Aguku, S. Nigeria, Thomas) ; M'Kolola (Madi, Grant) ; Wacht- 

 en-Betje (Natal, Wood) ; Ingwena Ngulube (Gazaland, Swyn- 

 nerton). 



Lagoa, River Nun, Oban, Sokoto in Nigeria, also on Sene- 

 gambia, Cameroons, Gaboon, Lower Congo, Mozambique, and 

 NataL 



Roots used medicinally by the Wanyamezi in the Madi regiort 

 (Grant, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 1875, p. 162). 



A cUmbing shrub, up to 15 ft. or 20 ft. wdth pricldy stems; 

 twiner, 20 ft. River Nun (Barter, Herb. Kew) ; a common thorny 

 trailer found wherever the soil is rich and the grass growth rank,. 

 Southern Melsetter district (Swjnnnerton, Journ. Linn. Soc, xL 



1911, p. 212), 



Dracaena, Linn. 



Dracaena cylindrica, HooTc, /. ; Fl. Trop, Afr. VIL p. 448. 



/Zi.— Bot. Mag. t. 5846. 



Old Calabar, Oban, in S, Nigeria. 



An ornamental plant mth a slender stem 10-12 ft. high; 

 introduced from Old Calabar to the Royal Botanic Garden,, 

 Edinburgh, from whence it was sent to Kew in 1870 (Bot. 

 Mag. I.e.). 



Dracaena elegans, Hua\ Fl. Trop. Afr. VIL p. 446. 



i«.— Dombrain, Floral Mag. iv. 1872, t, 16. 



Vernac. name. — Ewanmermi (Benin, Farquhar), 



S- Nigeria (Farquhar, No, 13, 1911, probably belongs here; 

 but the specimen consists of only one leaf and flowering branch)^ 

 and French Congo. 



An erect shrub with slender branches, ornamental 



Dracaena Godsefl&ana, Hart Sander; Fl. Trop. Afr. VIL 

 p. 444. 



/«.— Garden, ii. Oct. 3rd, 1896, p. 276; Bot. Mag. t. 7584., 



Lagos. 



A handsome decorative plant, first sent to Ivew in 1892 by 

 the Curator (H. Millen), Lagos; subsequently imported by 

 Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, and now commonly grown in gardens 

 of this country. 



Dracaena Goldieana, Bull ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VIL p. 449. 



Ill—Gsird. Chron. Oct. 20th, 1877, p. 486; Fl. and Pom 

 Nov, 1877, p. 246; Bull. Cat. 1877, t. 8; lU. Hort. 1878, t. 300; 

 Rev. Hort. 1878, p. 15; Gard, Chron. Jan. 14th, 1882, p. 49, f.6; 

 Bot. Mag, t. 6630; Nicholson, Diet. Gard. i. p, 490, f, 681; 

 lU. Hort. xlii. 1895, p. 257, f. 36; Bailey, Cycl. Hort. ii. t. 37. 



