FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. yj7 



resembles that of the Rice Paper plant {Fatsia 

 papyrifera, Bth.), and is much used by the Siamese 

 and Malays for making artificial flowers, &c. — Kew 

 Museum. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, 

 Mozambique District. 



Ericace^. 



Agauria salicifolia. Hook. f. — Tree fifteen to 

 twenty-five feet high. Used in Madagascar as a 

 lotion in scabies, under the name of " Angavodiana." 

 — 'Pharmaceutical Journal,' vol. xi., 1881, p. 853. 



Distribution: Upper Guinea and the Mascarine 

 Islands. 



Plumbagine^. 



Chitra or Chita of Bengal {Phimbago seylanica, 

 L.). — Perennial shrubby plant. x'\ tincture of the 

 root-bark has been employed as an antiperiodic and 

 also in the treatment of intermittents with good 

 results. It acts as a powerful sudorific. — ' Pharma- 

 copoeia of India,' Waring, p. 170, &c. 



Distribution : Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 



Myrsixe.-e. 



Soaria {Mcesa lanceolata, Forsk).— Tree twenty to 

 thirty feet high. In Abyssinia the fresh fruit, or 

 more frequently the dried, is reduced to a powder. 



