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and taken mixed with cheuro or with a bouillie 

 of wheat as an anthelmintic. — ' Pharmaceutical 

 Journal,' vol. iii., i86l, p. 23. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozam- 

 bique District, also Arabia. 



Buekenhout of the Cape {Myrsine melanopkl(Sos, R. 

 Br.). — Tree forty to fifty feet high. Wood tough, 

 used chiefly for wagon-work. — ' Silva Capensis,' Pappe, 

 p. 22. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Sapotace^. 



Miraculous Berry, Assarbah of the Fante races, 

 Tahme of the Akkrah and Adampe Districts 

 {Sideroxylon dulcificum, A.DC). — Shrub six feet high. 

 The fruits are exceedingly sweet, and in size somewhat 

 resemble the olive ; they are credited with rendering 

 the most sour and acidulous substances intensely 

 sweet. The natives of the Gold Coast usually reserve 

 them for rendering the stale and acidulated kankies 

 more palatable, and in bestowing a sweetness on sour 

 palm wine and pitto. During the rainy season these 

 fruits may be purchased in the native markets at 

 comparatively trifling prices. The peculiar principle 

 is said to be soon dissipated. — ' Pharmaceutical 

 Journal,' 1852, vol, xi., p. 445. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



