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The natives of Xenya boiled the bulbous roots of this fish-poison 
at and used the rr rerooving ticks :rcr sheep and goats. 7 
2holic extracts of the roots were sc arai^s- the 
tear. a results 1 that the roots were not of c 
aercial interest a'. ght have scne value for local use. — 
fetterefleld ati coworkers ( 394 ' . 
DEEPAK OCABPUS LOTATO8 L. f.) Hey. 
Extracts of the leaves, stees, roots, and fruit of this plant froa 
British Guiana we.? nontoxic to the bean p.phid.— Tatterafiel i zs.i 
:haa. (391) • 
EEIOSatA PSCSAIJSOICES Don. Synanyai _2. paranoides Hook, f • 
tr:pical West Africa the leaves were used to rub on dogs as a 
reetiv for or preventive of lice, etc.— Taliiel ( 112 '; . 
ffiYTHEINa VARI3GATA Sticks. Synonyn: E» indloa Lea. 
In the Cancan, India, the juioe of the young leaves was used to 
kill woraa in sores.— Kirtikar and 3asu (230, v. 1, p. 440). 
:iLSA OFFICINALIS L. Coeawn goatsrue. 
Srtracts froa this plant were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— 
Mats gar and Grant ( 277 ) • 
GERISTA GZLiA::::A 1. Suropean brocc. 
The control of cabbage worns in France was the spray nace fror an 
infusion of this shrub. It nignt be retained as useful for it r.ac 
repeatedly been reported as very satisfactory, acting both as an insecti- 
le and iasectifuge.- Blanchard (£0). 
In France an infusion of the I\:ropean broon -w*s recomnended as a 
spray against the larvae of ceehylla ar.c the cabbege butterfly. A 
bundle of -he fresh twigs was kept in water for 10 days, preferably 
>:en in short fragoente, before use.— AnonyEOus (_2£, 26] . 
GSSISTA sp. Brooa. 
Sparteine and other extr acts of broor seeds have been used for 
rothproofing purpose* {O^r* patent 421,100) .— F.oark ( 333 , p. 31). 
G2SISTA TISCT0B1A L. Woadwaxen. 
Srtracti froa thia plant were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle.— Met iger and Grant ( 277 ) . 
