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Vitis Schimperiana, Baker ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 395, in part. 

 \_Ampelocissus Bakeri, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 385.] 



Forest Grapes. 



Yoruba, and Togoland. 



Fruit like that of the Frontignac Grape (Barter, Herb. Kew), 

 edible. 



There are many other species of Yitis in Tropical Africa, and it 

 is probable that more occur in Nigeria, with so-called edible fruit. 

 Some species, especially Vitis pruriens, Welw. (Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 

 p. 408) [Cissus pruriens, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 595], have 

 very attractive fruits, but dangerous because they are covered 

 with small stinging hairs, which cause a burning and itching 

 sensation in the throat. McNair mentions a grape-vine called 

 " Siling-Silame " (Hausa) and ;i Eteku " (Yoruba) which grows 

 plentifully in all the Hausa country ; the bark and leaves are 

 used by the Hausas as a medicine, in the form of a decoction, for 

 fever. The fruit is sour, but is eaten by the native shepherds 

 when they are very hungrv (Rep. Bot. St. Lagos, 31st March, 

 1890.) 



Lee a, Linn. 



Leea sambucina, Willd. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 415. 



\_Leea guineensis, Don.] 



III. — Rumpf, Amb. iv. t. 45 : Banks & Solander, Bot. Cook's 

 Yoy. i. t. 4lA ; Blanco, Fl. Film. t. 60 ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. 

 t. 33a. 



Vernac. names. — Aledo (Lagos, Dawodu) ; Bois de Sureau 

 (Reunion, Wait). 



Lagos ; Abeokuta ; Onitsha ; widely distributed in Tropical 

 Africa, India, Burma, Ceylon, Polynesia, etc. 



A decoction of the root is cooling and relieves thirst ; in India 

 it is given in colic, and in Reunion used as a sudorific (Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. Ind.). The roasted leaves are applied to the head in 

 vertigo, and the juice of the young leaves is digestive. The plant 

 is described as one of the greatest ornaments of the forest (Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. i. p. 415). 



SAPINDACEAE. 

 Cardiospermum, Linn. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 417. 



III.— Rheede, Hort, Mai. viii. t. 28 ; Rumpf, Amb. vi. t. 24 : 

 Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. PI. i. t. 79 (flower) ; Lam. Encvcl. t. 317, f. 2 ; 

 Bot, Mag. t. 1049 ; Desc. Ant. iv. t, 241 ; Mem. Mus. Paris, xviii. 

 1829, 1. 1, f. A ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. or. ii. t. 508 ; Gray, Gen. 1. 181 ; 

 Schnizlein, Ic. t. 230. 



Vernac. names. — M'niolola (Unyoro, Grant) \ Iyantishmati 

 (Sanskrit, Dymock). — Balloon Vine ; Heart Pea ; Heart Seed ; 

 Smooth Heart Seed ; ^Vinter Cherry. 



Lagos ; widely distributed in Trop. Africa and throughout the 

 Tropics. 



