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flowers give a light-red dye. Wood not used, but 

 might be tried as a substitute for boxwood. — ' Manual 

 of Indian Timbers,' Gamble, p. 205. 



Distribution : Occurs occasionally as an escape 

 from cultivation in Angola. 



Onagrarie^. 



JussicBa villosa, Lam. — Erect branching herb. The 

 plant reduced to a pulp and steeped in buttermilk is 

 considered to be useful in dysentery ; a decoction is 

 used as a vermifuge and purgative. — 'Vegetable 

 Materia Medica of Western India,' Dymock, p. 265. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozam- 

 bique District. 



Jiissicea pilosa, H.B.K. — Branching herb, attaining 

 three feet. Said to afford a yellow dye. — •' Treasury 

 of Botany,' Lindley and Moore. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozam- 

 bique District. 



CUCURBITACE^. 



Telfairia occidentalis. Hook. f.^Climbing plant 

 cultivated for the seeds, which are boiled and eaten 

 by the Negroes of the Fernando Po district. — ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. ii., p. 524. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



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