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doses with honey as a stomachic for children. — 

 'Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India,' 

 Dymock, p. 281, &c. 



Distribution : Nile Land, Lower Guinea. 



Melon {Cucumis Melo, L.). — Annual. Cultivated in 

 many parts of the world for its fruits, of which there 

 are many varieties. According to Mr. Barter this fruit 

 is called Boange by the Nupe people, and is eaten, 

 being of the flavour of a green flesh melon. — ' Flora of 

 Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. ii., p. 54^- 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land. 



Oicumis hirsntus, Sond. — Perennial. According to 

 Sender the fruit is acidulous and edible. — ' Flora of 

 Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. ii., p. 547. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea, Mozambique District. 



Water Melon, Beraf of Senegal {Citridlns vulgaris, 

 Schrad.). — Annual. Commonly cultivated in all warm 

 countries of the world for its fleshy edible fruit. The 

 seeds, called Turbooj, together with those of Cucumis 

 utilissiimis, C. Melo, and Benincasa cerifera, are used 

 by the natives in India as a cooling diuretic and 

 strengthening medicine. The seeds are also said to 

 yield an oil. This plant is exceedingly variable. 

 — ' Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India,' 

 Dymock, p. 289, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District. 



