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The commercial extract was an effective repellent for the Japa- 
nese beetle.— Met2ger and Grant ( 277 ) . 
CONVOLVULACEAE 
(Morning-Glory Family) 
ARGYREIA NERVOSA (Burn.) Bojer. Synonym: A. speciosa Sweet. 
Elephant creeper* 
In India the juice, mixed with an equal quantity of gingelly 
C sesame] oil and a little powdered dill seed, was used as an external 
application for scabies.— Watt ( 422 , v. 1, p. 310). 
CUSCUTA REFLEXA Roxb. Synonym: C. grandiflora Wall. 
In India this plant was used externally against itch.— Watt ( 422 , 
v. 2, p. 672). 
IP0M0EA HEDERACEA Jacq. 
IP0K0EA. PURPUREA (L.) Roth. 
Decoctions of the fresh leaves and young shoots were used 
against aphids, scale insects, caterpillars, and flea beetles.— 
Binnenthal (57, p. 46). 
IP0M0RA JAL4PA (L.) Pursh. Jalap. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.- Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
IP0M0EA MDRICATA Jacq. 
The juice was used to destroy bugs.— Dymock and coworkers ( 12 4, 
v. 2, p. 532). 
IP0M0EA PANDUPATA (L.) Meyer. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metiger and 
Grant (277). 
IP0M0EA sp. 
Alcoholic extracts of tubers from the British Solomon Islands were 
not toxic to the bean aphid.— Tattersfield, Martin, and Howes ( 594 ) * 
COPJIACEAE 
(Dogwood Family) 
CORPUS FLORIDA L. Flowering dogwood. 
