Part 32

=maye=, vide under =shiwaka=.

=mazakwa=, a dry-season var. of Guinea Corn; vide under =dawa=.

=mazarin kyanwa=, an insect-gall on the grass =katsaimu=, q.v.

=meḍi=, a fibre from the root-bark of the shrub =ḍunḍu=, q.v. and from other acacias, root of the “dum” palm &c. cf. =yawa=, and vide =ḍakwora=, =goriba=, &c. Used for network bags, &c., mending calabashes, &c.

=mijin kaḍai=, vide under =kaḍanya=.

=mijin goro=, vide under =goro=.

=minjiriya=, vide =majiriya=.

=minu=, the smallest kola nuts, vide under =goro=.

=miya tsanya= (Sok. and Kats.), Sida rhombifolia, L. (Malvaceæ); an undershrub or perennial weed with small yellow flowers and a fibrous bark. (Etym. “grasshoppers’ greens”). It is one of the plants included in =kaskaifi=, q.v.

=moda=, Sansevieria sp. (Liliaceæ). “African Bowstring Hemp;” a stemless plant with long straight mottled leaves affording a useful fibre; root and leaf used medicinally.

=murli= = the unexpanded fronds of any palm (kwakwa, giginya, goriba, tukuruwa). shedari = a mat made from murlin giginya.

=murtsunguwa=, a long-leaved stemless plant, sometimes added to arrow-poison. Syn. ?=gunguma=.

=muruchi=, the young germinating shoots of the Fan Palm, vide =giginya=, used as a vegetable.

=muruchin bisa= or =m. sama=, a name for several species of orchid, growing as epiphytes on trees,—Ansellia congoensis and other spp. vide =manta uwa=.

=muruchin daji=, a name for some ground orchids with long straight leaves; usually Habenaria spp. growing in wet places.

=muruchin jibba= or =m. jibji=, a species of fungus; vide under =tumukun suri=.

=muruchin makaruwa=, Curculigo gallabatensis, Schweinf. (Amaryllideæ). A stemless plant with straight grass-like leaves, yellow flowers, and a thickened root-stock; syn. =doyar kurege=.

=N=

=naman kaza= (=naman angulu=, &c.), Agaricus campestris, the edible mushroom. (Etym. from the pale fleshy appearance of the cut surface, but sometimes also called =naman ḳassa=).

=nanafo=, Celosia trigyna, Linn. (Amaranthaceæ). An erect weed with white scarious flowers. Used as a medicine for tapeworm, &c.

=nanare= (Sok.), vide under =shinkafa=.

=nanake=, Aspilia Kotschyi, Benth. and Hook. (Compositæ). A plant in the bush with rough foliage and deep purple flowers.

=nata=, vide under =goro=.

=nobe=, Cymbopogon sennariensis, var. proximus, Stapf (Gramineæ). A fragrant grass, 2 to 3 feet high, with very narrow leaves; much used for thatch. cf. =tsabre=.

=nome= (Sok., &c.), Sesamum indicum, Linn. Sesame or Beni seed; vide =riḍi=.

=nonon ḅariya=, Lactuca taraxacifolia, Sch. and Thonn. (Compositæ). A field weed with pale yellow flowers and milky juice. (ḅariya = a species of gazelle).

=nonon giwa=, vide =rahaina=.

=nonon gwanki=, Ficus sp. A tree of the fig tribe with milky juice.