368 !< ORES TRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



Gardenia Vogelii, Hook. f. — Shrub 8 to i S feet high. 

 Used in Djer Land as a paint for the body. — ■' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 103. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea. 



Oxyanthus tubiflorus, DC. — Evergreen shrub. The 

 fruit is beaten in a mortar and used as food. — ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 108. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Morelia senegalensis, A. Rich. — 'Evergreen shrub 

 12 to 30 feet high. Used to intoxicate fish.- — ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 1 13. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land. 



Canthiimi Afzeliamcm, Hiern. — Shrub of moderate 

 size. The bruised bark is employed by the natives 

 of Sierra Leone in the case of swollen legs and knees. 

 • — ■' Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., p. 143. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Vangueria edidis, Vahl. — A good-sized shrub. 

 Fruit eaten by the natives of Madagascar and 

 Mauritius under the names of Voa-vanga and Voa- 

 vanguer. — ' History of the Dichlamydeous Plants,' 

 Don, vol. iii., p. 549. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, South 

 Central. 



Craterispenmim latirhmm, Benth. — Shrub. Ac- 

 cording to Mann it gives a yellow dye when beaten 



