320 



Warden & Hooper, ii. pp. 52-59 (Kegan, Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co., 



London, 1891). " Gar tea Papaya" in Nuttige Indische Planten, 



Greshoff, pp. 189-191 (J. H. De Bussy, Amsterdam, 1891). 



" Papain as a Digestive Agent," Dott, in Pharm. Journ. [1] ii. 1896, 



p. 182. "Papayer," in les Drogues Simples d'origine vegetale, 



Planchon, & Collin, ii. pp. 306-311. " Report on a sample of the 



dried juice of Garica Papaya" Umney, Agric. Ledger, No. 31, 1896, 

 pp. 1-6 (or of the series pp. 305-310) ; Reprint in Kew Bull. 1897, 



pp. 101-108. " Fructification du Papayer a Marseille," Duvin, in 



Rev. Hort. 1900, pp. 180-481. " Garica Papaya," in Med. PI. 



Philippines, Pardo de Tavera, pp. 123-127 (Blakistons, Son & Co., 



Philadelphia, 1901). " The Story of the Papaw," Kilmer, in 



American Journ. Pharm. lxxiii. 1901, pp. 272, 336, & 383 ; Reprint 

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pp. 81-91, pp. 113-119, pp. 178-181. " Preparation of Commercial 



Papain," Watts, in_ Agric. News, Barbados, i. 1902, pp. 1-5 ; Reprint 



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in Silva, N. America, Sargent, xiv. pp. 5-8 " Garica Papaya" 



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CUCURBITACEAE. 

 Telfairia, Hook. 



Telfairia occidentalis, Hook./.; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 521. 



Ill— Bot. Mag. t. 6272. 



Vernac. name. — Krobonko (Gold Coast, Tudlxope). 



Yoruba — Abeokuta ; Old Calabar, and throughout West Africa. 

 Cultivated. 



The seeds are cooked and eaten by the natives (Mann, Thomson), 

 and have occasionally been imported as " oil-nuts " into England. 

 The leaves are used as spinach (Moloney, Herb. Kew). 



The fruit of this plant is remarkable amongst cucurbits for its size 

 (21 in. x 10 in.) and number of large seeds (1J in. across). The only 

 other member of the genus (T. pedaia, Hook. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 

 523 ; Bot. Mag. tt. 2751-2) appears to be confined to East Africa, 

 where it is likewise cultivated for the sake of the seeds as food. 

 These seeds are suggested as being worth about £17 per ton in 

 Europe for the extraction of oil (Cons. Rep. Ann. No. 1710, 1911, p. 7). 



Propagated by seed. The plant is a perennial, and a lofty climber 

 if allowed full development. 



ADENOPUS, Benth. 



Adenopus breviflorus, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 528. 



Vernac. names.— Ito (Lagos, Thompson) ; Ditanga-Sese (Loanda, 

 Welivitsch) ; Coloquintada bastarda (Loanda, Welwitsch) ; Pseudo 

 Colocynthis or Pseudo Coloquinta (Golungo Alto). 



Lagos ; Borgu. Collected also at Sierra Leone (Vogel), Prince's 

 Island, Angola, Loanda (Welwitsch), and in East Africa — Shire River 

 (Kirk). 



The Coloquinta of the shops in Golungo Alto (Hiern, Cat. Welw, 

 Afr. PI. ii. p. 391). 



The true Colocynth is Citrullas Golocynthis, which does not 

 appear to have been recorded from Nigeria. 



