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emollient poultices. Senegal exported 600 cwts. of 

 Sesamum seed in 1870. Lagos (where it is called 

 " Beni " seed) shipped 729 tons in the same year.^ 

 ' Spon's Encyclopaedia of the Industrial Arts, Manu- 

 factures and Commercial Products,' p. 1388, &c. 

 Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



ACANTHACE^. 



Peristrophe bicalyculata, Nees. — Erect annual. The 

 whole plant macerated in an infusion of rice is said 

 to be a useful remedy for poisonous snake-bites. 

 The plant is also said to have like properties to 

 Fumaria parviflora, and is used in its stead, but has 

 not the bitterness of that plant. — ' Economic Products 

 of India,' Watt, part v., No. 868. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Cape Verd Islands. 



VERBENACEyE. 



Lippia nodiflora, Rich. — Wide trailing perennial 

 herb. In Bombay this plant is used under the name 

 of RatoHya as a demulcent in gonorrhoea. According- 

 to Ainslie, the tender stalks and leaves are in a slight 

 degree bitter, and are used, when toasted, in infusion 

 by native practitioners in cases of indigestion in 

 children, to the extent of two ozs. twice daily ; it is 

 also ordered as a drink for women after childbirth. 



