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Nesza radicans, С. et P.—Bakindic Кош. Plant 2 to 4 feet high. 
a linifolia, VaAl.—Jinnak. Plant 1 to 3 feet high.—Also at 
iren eren Shrub 2 to 4 feet hi igh. 
Майа scabrella, 474.—Dramé. Creeper. zc Creeping 
plant 4 to 8 feet long; on the ground and bushe 
Oldenlandia grandiflora, жыз a ae 6 inches to 
4 feet high. Seen everywhere.—Torro. Plan to 3 feet high. 
—Dramé Joku. Plant 2 to 5 feet high. Seen efe I wie 
denlandia senegalensis, Hiern.—Jinnak, Jinnak Creek. Plant. 
Native name Temeng-Temeng. Collected in the long grass. Seen 
everywhere.—Also at Torro, Plant 5 зш high. Roots made into 
native broom. Also used as a worm-killer 
Spermacoce globosa, 5. e¢ Thonn.—Jinnak. Shrub 2 to 8 feet high. 
Very common.-—Gungur village. Weed, seen in all fields, 1 to 2 feet 
high. Dried leaves are used for healing ulcers. Very common 
Mitracarpum scabrum, Zucc.—Karnghour. Plant 6 in. to 1j feet 
high. A weed in all the fields. Leaves are dried and placed over old 
ulcers, which are said to heal rapidly. 
Vernonia senegalensis, Less.—Balanghar. Tree 10 to 15 feet high. 
Common name, Bitters tree. Leaves are chewed for their ple kuq 
properties. Seen along north and south banks of the Gambia 
Vernonia pauciflora, Less.—Bakindic Kotu. Plant 2 to 5 feet high. 
Seen everywlere.—At Balanghar, a plant 2 to 3 feet high. Seen 
т iiu in the fields. 
Kona village, south bank of the Gambia, a shrub very bushy, 
Бий 7 feet high. 
rnonia cinerea, Less.—Bakindic Kotu. Plant 1 to 3 feet high. 
_ Seen also at Karnghour, Ballé, and Torro, 
Vernonia Perottetii, Sch. Bip.—Karnghour. Plant 2 to 6 feet high. 
Collected i in the fields. Very common. —Seen also at Torro. Plant 
3 fee 
Vern nigritiana, О. e? H—Torro. Plant 6 inches to 18 inches. 
high. Native name Jubu Toutes Roots are pounded and boiled, and 
taken as a purgative 
. Ageratum conyzoi ros L.—Colleeted in a wood beside a grassy 
swamp, Ma Kuda. Plant 2 to 4 feet high. 
Vicoa auriculata, Cass.—Bakindic Кош. Plant 1 to 3 feet high. 
Seen егуз, 
Blumea lacera, OC.—Balanghar. Plant 2 to 4 feet high. Seen 
only here. 
= Sphæranthus hirtus, Wil/d.—Jinnak. Plant. Native qus du. 
ти Сит-ти. Grows in the rice fields during the dry sea A 
-~ Common weed, seen also at Gungur village. 
Gynura ua, Benth.—Collected in a marsh, Kona village. Plant 
i ate 4 fo t high, w with long shoots. 
ba L.—Balanghar. Plant, sort of creeper, 2 to 4 
5 ‘Branches have жч moist feelin ng. 
