AKAZGA

n. An African word. Syn.: Boundou or M’boundou, quai. A poisonous plant growing on the west coast of Africa, robabl belonging to the genus Strychnos. Its stem is about eet high and nearly an inch thick, covered with an adherent, sometimes tubercular, bark, which is distinguished by its parenchyma cells being disposed in a continuous layer 3 or 4 cells deep. ‘The leaves are ovate-acuminate, and from 3 to 6, sometimes 12, inches in length. The seeds are sub-globular, % inch in diameter, and rovided with a central cavity. The bark and other parts have a Bitter, somewhat aromatic, taste and contain akazgine (q. and another alkaloid answering to some of the tests of strychnine. [Heckel and Schlagendauffen (B, 2,5; L, 65).] mee (Lat.), n. f.?z(a8z)ji2(gi?)-a8. Akazgine. ASk-a°r-o'i%d-haërtz. See Aca-