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use being its very bitter taste. — ' Pharmaceutical 

 Journal,' vol. ii., 1872, p. 849. 

 Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Pipybras {Scoparia dulcis, L.). — Herbaceous plant, 

 one to three feet high. Used in Sierra Leone as a 

 diuretic. In Liberia a decoction of the plant is used 

 for gravel and kidney complaints. — 'Pharmaceutical 

 Journal,' vol. viii., 1878, p. 564. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



BlGNONIACEy^i. 



Kindee seu Brochee {Newbouldia sp.). — The boiled- 

 roots of this plant, together with the leaves, are used 

 in native medicine in Sierra Leone in fevers. — Kew 

 Museum. 



Distribution : Sierra Leone. 



Tchiogo or Tulipier of Gabon {Spathodea campami- 

 lata, Beauv.). — Tree. The flowers are employed in 

 Gabon as an application to ulcers. — 'Catalogue des 

 Produits des Colonies Frangaises, Exposition Uni- 

 verselle de 1867,' p. 46. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Etua Tree of the Fan tees {Kigelia pinnata, DC. ; 

 \K. africana, Benth.]). — Tree of large size, having a 

 whitish bark and spreading branches. The fruit, 

 which is often more than two feet long, and from five 

 to eight inches broad, has an astringent taste, and 



