121 



Pharm. Journ. [4] xviii. 1904, pp. 493-496, with 9 figures. — 

 " Coca," " Cocaine," " Cocaine Hydrochloride," in the National 

 Standard Dispensatory, Hare, Caspari and Rusby, pp. 444-452 (Lea 

 Bros. & Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1905).— " Uber die 

 Kultur des Kokastrauches, besonders in Java," Dr. Winkler, in 

 Tropenflanzer, February, 1906, pp. 69-81, Abstract in Agric. News, 

 Barbados, 1907, p. 127. — " Komt in de Java-Coca Kristalliseerbare," 

 K. de Jong, in Teysmannia, Batavia, xix. 1908, pp. 416, 418. — " De 

 Cocaplanten," K. de Jong, I.e. pp. 419-421. — Ei^ythroxylon Coca, 

 in Comm. Prod. India, Watt (John Murray, London, 1908), 

 pp. 523-525. 



HUMIRIACEAE. 



Aubrya, Baill. 



Aubrya gabonensis, Baill. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 275. 



Vernac. names. — Ozonga, Issoua (Congo, De Wildemari). — 

 Mahogany Bark Tree (Oldfield, Mus. Kew). 



Brass. 



The timber is good. White and easy to work (De Wildeman, 

 PL Util. Congo, Art. xxvi. p. 337). 



A fermented drink (Stontou) is made from the fruits by the 

 natives of the Gaboon (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 291). 



GERANIA.CEAE. 



BlOPHYTUM, DC. 



Biophytum sensitivum, DC. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 297. 



III. — Rheede, Hort. Mai. ix. t. 19 ; Jacq. Monogr. Oxalis, t. 78, 

 f. 4 (Oxalis sensitiva) \ Wight, Illust. t. 62 (B. Candolleanum) ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 68 (Oxalis sensitiva) ; Savi, Sul, Biophytum sensi- 

 tivum, tt. 1, 2 ; Peters, Mozamb. t. 15 (B. Petersianum) ; Engl, 

 and Pnntl, Pflan. iii. pt. 4, f. 14 G (fruit) ; Thonner, Bliitenpfl. 

 Afr. t. 70. 



Vernac. name. — Patonmo (Ebute Metta, Millen). — Sensitive 

 Wood Sorrel. 



Lagos : Niger. Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 



In India the powdered seeds are applied to wounds, and with 

 butter to abscesses to promote suppuration ; a decoction of the root 

 is given in gonorrhoea and lithiasis (Pharmacog. Indica, i. p. 248). 

 Used medicinally in Lagos, and said to be a charm for snakes 

 (Millen, Herb. Kew). 



Ref. — Sul Biophytum sensitivum DC, Pietro Savi, Prof. Bot. 

 Univ. Pavia, pp. 1-10 (Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1861). 



RUTACEAE. 

 ZANTHOXYLUM, Linn. 

 Zanthoxylum senegalense, DC. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 305. 



Vernac. names. — Ughahan (Benin, Univin); Ata (Lagos, 

 Foster, Dawodu) ; Artar (Pharm. Journ. [3] xx. p. 163).— Sabicu. 



Niger : Benin. 



