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per cent, of their weight of solid fat, and the meal, after the 

 expression of the oil, is described as useful as a substitute 

 for linseed in making poultices. 



2. M. gicatemalensis. — A native of Guatemala, the seed 

 of which is ovoid, about one inch long and half an inch 

 broad. This also yields a solid fat in large quantity. 



Myptis spicigera. — An herbaceous plant belonging to 

 the natural order Labiatse. The small black seeds contain 

 a large quantity of oil, and are occasionally imported into 

 Liverpool from the west coast of Africa. They made their 

 first appearance in 1883. 



Poly gala rarifolia. — A shrubby plant belonging to the 

 natural order Polygaleae, native of West Africa, about 

 Sierra Leone and Angola. The seeds are very oily, and 

 were first received at Liverpool in 1884 undi,r the name of 

 Maluku seeds. 



Lophira alata. — Under the name of Meni these seeds 

 have recently been brought into Liverpool from West Africa 

 for the sake of the oil they contain. The plant belongs 

 to the natural order Dipterocarpese, and is known in 

 Sierra Leone as Laintlaintain, where the oil is used, as 

 well as in Senegambia, for cooking and for anointing the 

 hair. 



Pentaclethra macrophylla. — Owala of the Gaboon, 

 Opachala of the Eboe country. This is a leguminous tree 

 growing to a height of 50 or 60 feet, the large seeds of 

 which are used as food on the Niger, and the oil which is 

 expressed from them in large quantities is used for domestic 

 purposes, for lubricating machinery as well as for soap-t 

 making. The seeds are not a regular article of trade, but 

 are occasionally imported into Liverpool. 



Lallemantia iberica. — A plant belonging to the natural 



order Labiatse, and said to be cultivated to a considerable 



extent from Syria to Northern Persia. The small seeds 



contain a very large quantity of sweet limpid oil, suitable 



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