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and are also hung upon trees to prevent their fruit 

 falling off. Under the name of "Warree Warree" 

 the natives of the Gambia use these seeds for playing 

 a game called Warree Warree. — 'Medicinal Plants,' 

 Bentley and Trimen, vol. ii., No. 85. Kevv Museum, &c. 

 Distribution : Upper Guinea, Mozambique District. 



" Jerusalem Thorn " of Jamaica, " Genet epineux " of 

 the French West Indian Islands [Parkinsonia amleata, 

 L.). — An ornamental spring shrub from 12 to 15 feet 

 high ; it is not indigenous in Africa, but is cultivated 

 or naturalized in various localities. In Senegal the 

 Colonists make impenetrable hedges of it round their 

 gardens, cattle enclosures, &c., on account of the 

 numerous spines with which the plant is armed. The 

 j'oung shoots afford a beautiful white fibre, but wanting 

 in strength. It has been recommended with other 

 substances as a half-stuff for paper-making. — ' Flora 

 Senegambia,' Guillemin et Perrottet, vol. i., p. 257 ; 

 ' The Fibrous Plants of India,' Dr. Royle, p. 298. 



Cassia A bsiis, L. — ^A much-branched herb or under- 

 shrub, from one to four feet high. Under the name of 

 " Chichm " the seeds are used by the Arabs and 

 Egyptians in ophthalmia. They are reduced to a 

 powder, mixed with sugar, and applied between the 

 ball and lid of the eye. This remedy is also used by 

 the negroes on the West Coast of Africa, and can only 

 be employed in chronic cases when the malady is not 

 in a high state of inflammation. The remedy should 



