FORESTRY OF IVEST AFRICA. 371 



England. — ' Useful Plants of Great Britain,' Sowerby, 

 p. 140. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, and widely distri- 

 buted over the temperate regions of the Old World. 



COMPOSITyE. 



Vernonia cinerea, Less. — ^An erect herb, said to be 

 used in medicine by the Hindus in decoction to 

 promote perspiration in febrile affections. — 'Vegetable 

 Materia Medica of Western India,' Dymock, p. 351. 



Distribution : Widely spread in Tropical Africa, 

 north and south of the Equator. 



Vernonia senegalensis. Less. — Shrub 10 to 15 feet 

 high. Used in medicine in West Tropical Africa. — 

 Kew Museum. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, Mo- 

 zambique District. 



Chew-stick of Ewuro ( Vernonia amygdalina, Del.). 

 — Shrub 6 to 10 feet high, used in Sierra Leone as a 

 bitter. This plant is called Grabra in Abyssinia. 

 — ' Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. iii., 

 p. 284. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, Nile 

 Land. 



Vernonia Perrotteiii, Sch. — Annual, one to two feet 

 or more in height, mixed with HygropJdla spinosa, T. 



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