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Gentian E^. 



Faroa sp. — Annual herb. The plant possesses 

 bitter tonic properties, and is favourably spoken of 

 by Dr. Welwitsch. — ' Treasury of Botany,' Lindley 

 and Moore. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea. 



BORAGINE^. 



Heliotropmm undulatum, Vahl. — Shrubby plant. 

 In India this plant is given after snake-bite, while 

 tobacco oil is locally applied to the bite itself — 

 'Economic Products of India,' Watt, part v., No. 



615. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Cape Verd Islands. 



Indian Turnsole {Heliotropium indicimi, L.). — Small 

 annual. In India the juice from the leaves is applied 

 to gum-boils, pimples on the face, and in certain cases 

 of ophthalmia. In Jamaica it is used to cleanse and 

 consolidate wounds and ulcers, and boiled with 

 castor-oil it is of use in the stings or bites of poisonous 

 animals. It is said by Martius to allay inflammation 

 with undoubted advantage.—' The Useful Plants of 

 India,' Driiry, p. 426. 



Distribution : Common in W. Tropical Africa. 



Trichodesma africana, Br. — Herb. The leaves are 



