35° FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



Crassulace^e. 



Bryophyllum calycinum, Salisb. — Shrubby plant, 

 two to four feet high. It is used in Mauritius as a 

 fomentation or poultice in intestinal complaints. 

 Messrs. Speke and Grant say regarding this plant : 

 ' Planted by huts in Madi ; said to have medicinal 

 properties ; also grows wild in dells." — ' Treasury 

 of Botany,' Lindley and Moore ; ' Flora of Tropical 

 Africa,' vol. ii., p. 390. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District. 



Kalanchoe brasiliensis, Camb. — -Plant, two to six 

 feet high ; said to be used by the Brazilians in 

 domestic medicine. — ' History of the Dichlamydeous 

 Plants,' Don, vol. iii., p. 108. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea. 



Varkensooren (Pig's Ears) of the Cape {Cotyle'don 

 orbiculata, L.).— Shrubby plant, one to two feet high. 

 The fresh juice of this plant has been used in epilepsy, 

 and the leaves form an excellent application to hard 

 corns. — ' An Enumeration of South African Medicinal 

 Plants,' Pappe, p. 16. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea. 



