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DICOTYLEDONS. 

 POLYPETALAE. 



RANUNCULACEAE. 



Clematis, Linn. 



Clematis grandiflora, DC. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 7. 

 Obeyon, Cross River. 



In Sierra Leone the bruised leaves are used as a vesicant 

 (Mus. Kew). 



Clematis Thunbergii, Steud.; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 6. 



///.—Harvey, Thes. Cap. i. t. 8. 



Lagos. 



Used like preceding (Herb. Kew). 



DILLENIACEAE. 



TETRACERA, Linn. 



Tetracera alnifolia, Wittd. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 12. 



III.— Pobeguin, Fl. Guin. Franc., t. 42. 



Brass. 



Stems when cut transversely yield a supply of potable fluid 

 (Pobeguin, Essai sur la Flore de la Guinee Francaise, p. 195). 



Tetracera potatoria, Afzl. ex G. Don, Gen. Syst. I. p. 69. — T. 

 ohtusata, Planch, in Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 12. 



Lagos, Abeokuta. 



Used like preceding (Stapf, in Johnston, Liberia, ii. p. 574). 



ANONACEAE. 



ANONA, Linn. 



Anona Cherimolia, Mill. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 16. 



III.— Bot. Mag. t, 2011 (A. tripetala) ; Gard. Chron. xviii., 1895, 

 pp. 734-735, xxviii.. 1900, p. 4G0 : Rev. Hort. 1905, pp. 86-87 ; 

 Sem. Hort. 1899, pp. 237 and 239 ; Le Jard. 1889, p. 90. 



Fructo do Condo (Loanda, Welwitsch) ; Cherimoyer. 



Native of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Cultivated in 

 the Botanic Gardens of S. Nigeria. 



The flowers have a perfume resembling that of Magnolia 

 fitscata, and are said to be put into snuff as a substitute for the 

 Tonquin Bean. The pulp is employed as a medicine lor the 

 alleviation of inflamed ulcers and for the maturing of abscesses. 

 The seeds of this as well as of other species of Anona, when 

 reduced to powder, are used as an insecticide. The fruit is much 

 esteemed for dessert, and said to be superior in this reaped bo all 

 other Anonas. 



