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the seeds are used as food and in medicine, and are 

 known under the name of " Tookmeria." The plant 

 is browsed by sheep and goats in the Punjab. — 

 'Economic Products of India,' Watt, part vi.. 

 No. 712, &c. 



Distribution : Cape Verd Islands. 



Leonotis nepetcsfolia, Br. — ^Tall annual, four to six 

 feet high. In Bombay, where it is known as 

 " Matisiil," the ashes of the flower-heads mixed with 

 curds are applied to ringworm and other itchy 

 diseases of the skin. In Brazil the plant is employed 

 under the name of " Cordao do Frade " in baths 

 as a remedy for rheumatic complaints. — 'Materia 

 Medica of Western India,' Dymock, p. 508 ; Lindley's 

 ' Flora Medica,' p. 488. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Plantagine^. 



Way Bread {Plantago major, L.). — Perennial herb. 

 The broad leaves are a popular and probably bene- 

 ficial application to wounds and bruises, and are 

 much valued by the Highlanders for this purpose. 

 The small seeds are relished by granivorous birds, 

 and large quantities of the [ripe spikes are gathered 

 in the neighbourhood of London for. the supply of 

 the caged birds of the metropolis. Under the name 

 of " Ohbako " the plant is used in medicine by the 



