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ally imported into this country from the West Coast 

 of Africa as an oil-seed. — Kew Museum. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea, South Central, Mo- 

 zambique District. 



M'Poga Nuts, Iku of the Yorubas {Parinarmm 

 sp.). — Tree. Fruits edible and sold in the markets of 

 Ekpe. The seeds are used medicinally by the 

 Yorubas, and are occasionally imported into this 

 country as an oil-seed ; they are said to yield 80 

 per cent, of oil. — 'Kew Report, 1877,' p. 35 ; Kew 

 Museum. 



Distribution : Abundant in the Gaboon. 



Niko Seeds or Nuts (Parinarmm sp.). — The seeds of 

 this plant are occasionally imported into this country 

 as an oil-seed. The oil obtained from them is of a 

 yellow colour and dries readily into a thick varnish-like 

 mass. — 'Kew Report, 1877,' p. 35 ; and 1881, p. 51. 



Distribution : Liberia, 



Bramble or Blackberry Bush of the Cape {Rubus 

 pinnatus, Willd.). — Shrub, loosely scrambling or scan- 

 dent, sometimes reaching ten to fifteen feet. Roots 

 astringent and used as a decoction in diarrhoea, &c. — 

 ' An Enumeration of South African Medicinal Plants,' 

 Pappe, p. 12. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea. 



