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harmless. 5. If the fruit be ripe and fresh, which can be known 

 by its being open, the edible portion firm, and the red part bright 

 in colour, it may be considered a good and safe food. But if the 

 fruit be not ripe, or if there are any signs of decay, such as 

 mouldiness or softening of the edible portion, or a dingy colour in 

 the ordinarily red part, the fruit should not be eaten." (Kew 

 Bull. 1892. p. 109.) 



From the arillus an oil is obtained, described as a yellow, non- 

 drying, butter-like fat at ordinary temperatures, consisting of a 

 liquid portion, and a solid granular portion ; having a peculiar odour 

 and somewhat unpleasant taste. It has been found by Garsed 

 to have the following characters : — 



Oil. 



Q,wflo p •+ ) at 99°-100° C. = 0-857 ) 



Specific Gravity ... j Water ^ ^ Q = ± } 



Melting Point ... 25°-35° C. 



Solidifying Point ... 20° C. 



Hehner Value ... 93 



Saponification Value ... 194*6 



Reichert Value ... 0'9 



Iodine Value ... 49*1 



Acid Value ... 20'1 



Mixed Fatty Acids. 

 Specific Gravity ..] at 99°-100° C. = 0*8365 



Melting Point ... 42°-46° C. 



Solidifying Point ... 40°-38° C. 



Saponification Value ... 207'7 



Iodine Value ... 58*4 



(Pharm. Journ. [4] xi. 1900, p. 691.) 



In Lagos the fruits are used to stupefy fish, and are pounded 

 before being thrown into the stream (Dawodu). 



Eef. — " Notes on the Oil of Akee," Holmes, in Pharmaceutical 

 Journal [4] xi. 1900, p. 691 ; " The Characters of Oil of Akee," 

 Garsed, I.e. p. 691-692 ; A short extract in Year Book of Pharmacy, 

 1901, p. 18 ; Reprint in Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica, 1901, pp. 74-77. 



Chytranthus, Hook. f. 



Chytranthus Mannii, Hook./. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 430. 



Vernac. names. — Pecego (Princes Island, Welwitsch) ; Pece- 

 gueiro (St. Thomas, Wehvitsch). — Peach Tree. 



Fruit edible ; eaten by the natives, Princes Island (Mann, Herb. 

 Kew). Flowers occur near the base of the trunk. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 



Anaphrenium, E. Mey. 



Anaphrenium abyssinicum, Hochsf. ; Engl, in DC. Monogr. 

 Phanerog. iv. 1883, p. 357. 



\_Rhus insignis, Delile ; Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 437]. 



III. — Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, t. 32 {Anaphrenium abyssinicum) ; 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, xx. 1843, t. 1, f. 3 (Ozoroa insignis) ; 

 Be Candolle, Monogr. Phanerog. iv. t. 13, ff. 15-18. 



