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Don all parts of the plant are reckoned very powerful 

 antihysterics, and much used by negroes and the 

 poorer whites on all occasions of that nature, whence 

 they call it filweed. It is chiefly administered in de- 

 coctions or infusions. — ' History of the Dichlamydeous 

 Plants,' Don, vol. iii., p. 272. 

 Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



RUBIACE^. 



"Doy" (Bassa), "Amelliky" or Peach (Sierra 

 Leone), {Sarcocephahis esculentus, AfzeL). — A large 

 shrub or tree. The root is used in medicine in Sierra 

 Leone under the names of " Egbessye " or "Doundake." 

 Fruit edible, and is the country fig or peach of Sierra 

 Leone. The plant yields a gum. — Kew Museum. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Koos of Senegal {Mitragyne africana, Korth.). — 

 Bush 6 feet high, or tree 20 to 40 feet. Wood 

 durable and largely used by the people of Nupe. It 

 is also used for carving, being easy to work. — Kew 

 Museum, and ' Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, 

 vol. iii., p. 41. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land. 



Corynanthe paniculata, Welw. — Tree 25 to 40 feet, 

 or a shrub 12 to 15 feet high. Timber useful for 

 building purposes. — ' Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, 

 vol. iii., p. 43. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea. 



