Note 20 — Chapter I · FROM MOURZUK TO KOUKA IN BORNOU.

There is grass in abundance, and small mounds covered with a tetrandrous plant, called suag: its fruit a small drupa, which is in great request in Bornou and Soudan, for removing sterility in females. Boo Khaloom related one instance of a female, who had been in that state eighteen years, but was cured by the fruit. It is sweetish and hot to the taste, approaching to the Sisymbrium nasturtium. In passing the plant, a heavy narcotic smell is always perceived.—W. O.