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reduced by boiling to three pints, and a wineglassful 

 taken three times a day, is said to be an excellent 

 remedy for asthma, bronchitis, and other like com- 

 plaints. The plant is said to possess tonic and 

 suporific qualities. — Tke Colonies and India, May 7th, 

 1881. 

 Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Euphorbia hypericifolia, L. — Annual. An infusion 

 of the dried leaves has been highly recommended as 

 a remedy in dysentery after due depletion, diarrhoea, 

 monorrhagia, and leucorrhoea. The plant is said to 

 have a harsh and astringent taste, and its effects upon 

 the system are those of an astringent and feeble 

 narcotic. — ' United States Dispensatory,' Wood and 

 Bache, p. 335. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Cape Verd Islands. 



Euphorbia sp. — Specimens of a concrete milky juice 

 collected from a species of Euphorbia on the River 

 Niger are exhibited in the Kew Museum. 



Euphorbia sp. — According to Mr. Barter a species 

 <ii Euphorbia is used by the natives at Nupe to poison 

 their arrows. — Kew Museum. 



Oro Plant of Sierra Leone {Euphorbia sp. X). — It 

 has recently come under the notice of the Colonial 

 Office that a poisonous herb has been used by the 

 prisoners of Freetown Gaol, Sierra Leone, for the 

 purpose of malingering. The fact was discovered as 



