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JATROPHA MACRORHIZA Benth. 
A powder used as ft dust had a slight effect on tent caterpillars 
and roaahes*— Mclndoo and Sievers (259 , p* 22)* 
MALL0TU8 PHILIPPINEN3IS (tan*) Muell* Arg. Monkeyfaoe tree* Kamala. 
In India the leaves and fruit nixed with honey were made into a 
cataplasm for the treatment of itch*— Watt (422, v* 6, p. 116)* 
Extracts from this plant were not repellent to the Japanese beetle. ~ 
Metsger and Grant (277) * 
MinTHOT DULCIS (Gael*) Pax* Sweet cassava* 
Tapiooa was employed as a constituent of an adhesive composition 
whioh night be used for mothproofing (British patent)*— Isaacs (214 )* 
OLDFIELDIA AFRICANA Benth* and Hook* f* African oak* 
The bark and leaves were used in Liberia as remedies for hair lioe 
and crab lice*— Dalai el (112 ) ♦ 
PHYLLAHTHOS CQHAMX 8w* Dan con ami* 
Extracts of the roots, stems, and leaves of this fish-poison plant 
from British Guiana were nontoxic to the bean aphid*— -Tatter sfield and 
Giminghan (591) * 
FHYLLANTHUS NIRURI L* 
In India the bruised leaves were applied for scabies*— Watt (422 , 
v* 6, pt* 1, p* 222)* 
FHTLLANTBT7S SIMPLEX Seta* 
In India the fresh leaves bruised and mixed with buttermilk made 
a wash to cure the itch in children.— Watt (422 , v* 6, pt* 1, p. 224)* 
RICIHDS COMMUHIS L. Synonyms t R* vulgaris Mill*, R* medlous Forsk. 
Castor-bean plant* Castor-oil plant* 
Attention is oalled to recent publicity on the insecticidal uses 
of this plant* — Hall er and Mclndoo (180 )* 
8APIUM ELLIPTICOM (Hoohst*) Pax* Usharaka* 
The branches of this plant in East Africa were used on maggot- 
infested wounds*— Bally (60) • 
