Part 6

=buran zaki=, Cucumis metuliferus, E. Hey. (Cucurbitaceæ). Syn. =nonon kura=, q.v.

=burburwa= (Sok., &c.), Eragrostis tremula, Hochst. (Gramineæ); a wild grass about 2 feet high; an excellent fodder; seeds eaten in scarcity. Syn. =komaya= (Kano, &c.). burburwar fadama, komaya ta fadama, Eragrostis biformis, Kunth. and perhaps other species; grasses 2 to 4 feet high in meadows, &c. vide also under =tsintsiya=.

=burtuntuna=, Ustilago sp. a smut fungus which affects the fruiting dawa, forming a black powder; also called =bunsuru=.

=burugu= (Sok.), Panicum stagninum, Koen. (Gramineæ); a grass whose growth chokes up swampy streams; a good fodder; the soft juicy stems are sucked or made into sugar-water.

=burungu=, unhusked rice. Syn. =shanshera=; vide under =shinkafa=.

=ḅurzu=, Vernonia Perottetii, Sch. Bip. (Compositæ); a weed of cultivated fields, with blue thistle-like flowers. =ḅurzun ḍinya= = the stone of the fruit of =ḍinya=, q.v.

=bushi= (Sok.), Bergia suffruticosa, Fenzl. (Elatineæ); a low heath-like plant, used medicinally. Syn. =babar giwa= (Hadeija, &c.).

=buta=, one of the varieties of the “Bottle-gourd;” vide under =duma=.

=bututu=, the narrow end of some forms of the “Bottle-gourd” used as a blowing-horn; vide under =duma=.

=C=

=chauchaka=? (Zanfara), Capparis tomentosa; vide =ḳabdodo=.

=checheko=, vide =zamarke=.

=cheḍiya=, Ficus Thonningii, Blume (Urticaceæ); a very common tree with dark green foliage and small figs; much planted as a shade tree.

=cheyi=, a fibre, vide under =yawa=.

=chichiwa= (Sok.), Mærua angolensis, DC. (Capparideæ); a small tree with white flowers and elongated beaded fruit.

=chi ni da zugu=, vide =bi ni da zugu=; Jatropha Curcas, “Physic Nut.”

=chiriri= (Sok. and Zanf.), Combretum Kerstingii, Engl. and Diels. (Combretaceæ); a gum-yielding tree with smooth leaves and 4-winged fruit. Syn. =dagera= and probably also =zindi=, q.v.

=chitta=, Amomum Melegueta, Roscoe (Scitamineæ). “Guinea Grains.” “Grains of Paradise.” “Melegueta Pepper.” A capsular fruit containing small red aromatic seeds used as a spice. chitta komfa, or chitta yaji = another var. of spice.

=chitta Afu=, Zingiber officinale, Roscoe (Scitamineæ). Ginger. (Afawa, a pagan tribe in Nassarawa).

=chiwo= or =chuwo=, Landolphia owariensis, Beauv. and L. florida, Benth. (Apocynaceæ). Rubber Vines; tall woody climbers with white fragrant flowers and orange-coloured edible fruit. (The latex of L. owariensis forms a good rubber, that of L. florida is useless).

=chizaki=, probably the same as =ḳabdodo=, q.v.

=chuchun kariya= or =gaton kariya=, vide =gujiyar hankaka=.

=chukwi=, a var. of cotton; vide under =abduga=.

=chusar doki=, a medicine or food to keep horses fit; made from leaves of =kuka=, q.v. with dusa and kanwa.

=D=

=dabagira=, vide under =aduwa=.

=dabino=, Phœnix dactylifera, Linn. (Palmeæ). Date Palm. Varieties of date are:—zabiya or jan dabino, a long red sweet variety; maga or ḍan damana, a stoneless date. kilili = flowers of the date. dabinon biri, a low species of palm with small yellow date-like fruit, found in ravines; used in weaving mats, straw hats, &c. Syn. kajinjiri. (Phœnix reclinata?).

=dabrin saniya=, vide under =gadon machiji=.