The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-15


erY& caHhhs ,nf%Ned sdFft seeds of
the ocimumt Yiriderqr anti-mosquito
plant Of Equatorial Africa, of which
there tih2err has been SO mRfh III CURRENT pub
LEGATIONS pro and con, ofIate. Alr. john
son only planted the seeds a short time
ago so that results cannot be lthown, as
yet. The, following .regprdlhg the plant
and its. Services in 9ssua gng ne at
tacks Of MOSQUITOES. Is from a circular
issued by II. Canneil q Sons, SWanley,
Kent, =. r. o., from whom the seeds
planted by Mr. johnson We're obtained:
Under the title o. "A Pot Of Basil, -
Mr., A! E shipley gives hh this weeks
Nature an .interesting account of
plant which has the credit of being
abominated by the mosquitoes. 1t grows
in NQrthern Nigeria, and the popular
reportiahpears to be rbnarAleji by ac-
tual Experiment Mr.. 'SAipieyS 'speci-
mems were gathered at Lokoa, a low
lying town, where mosquitoes swarm;
and Eppiah har&mqrR resident Of Sthe
kabba Province, heard about it from
the natives who used it as a protec-
tiah IThd plent grows Nildiith6psh
not very abundantly I'm the neighbor-
hood, soAheN cultivated Specimens at
his, house, in, pots, -,,, There are four of
these; plants, each about as large as a
Geranium, proved, if PLACED about the
bed at night, to be as eiIiGacious as o
mosquito net. ,Seme ,l4ayes from them
came into Mr. ShipleY,s hands, and
have been Identified BY the authorities
at Kew with a species of the genus
| QciqlIqpt atle ,merpbers of which are
more widely Known as Basils. A. This
one, called Viride, IS already known as
am African herb for Sir w. T. Thisel-
tom Byhr de4dr'fbes It in fhis Flora of
Tropical Africa stating that it is
perennial, growing from one to two
lizards high. it was figured in the
"Botanicai IResistery Of 1893, pnt there
called tAe iiidrrai LeoRe Fever Plant,
and was said to he, i'm great request
II qElnTdictnql purposes, Qpd to haYe
az HsHE .dt{iInft bipr sgmPhng'thht,
dfAth6 'Gonlihbnd Balfh. A more receht'
work states that the leaves, when
bruised, give "a tns scent of Lemon
Thyme, and thtit Nah INFUSION of the
plant has been found in Liberia even
better than. quinine in all, kinds of
fever IN Ihald, alaoI Oils genus s$4ms
to be well esteemed, One kind furnish
es a light volatile oil which, on being
/ Kept, cfystaflizes into camphor; the
leaves serve, like THYME ASA seas6nL
ing in cooking, and 'thelr Juice is adj
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