to the man who sees it; it is as much worth as osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], the fruit of uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], and the placenta of a cow; eb-akpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a plant, Millettia thonningii; the leaf is used against dysentery. eb-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (eni [ ˩ ˥ ]) a kind of leaf (not the one called “elephant- grass”) used as thatch; it lasts for about five years, and if there is a fire in the house, for seven or more years (v. ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]). (eb-eʋariɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] another name for the fish aɽɔe [ ˥ ˩ ]; when dried, its skin is oily like the leaf wrapped around eʋariɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]). eb-ɛgogo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a tree (F.D. list: ebogogo), Carapa procera; leaves are used to cover the ridge of thatched roofs; they are tied to ɛkwe [ ˩ ˥ ] (palm branches that are woven together). ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an in- ferior sort of eb-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; used for parcelling food-stuff. eb-iɣ- ɛdo ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “leaf of the money the Binis are eating”: a small plant, Ageratum conyzoides; it has a white “cotton”-tuft at its top; used in the following symbolic way: if somebody comes with a request to an influential clerk or a man in an important position, he will be shown this leaf as a veiled question for a bribe or a pre- sent, hence the name. eb-is-ũgu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] (isã [ ˩ ˩ ]) “leaf of vul- ture-faeces”: a leaf used for rubbing house-walls; it is mixed with charcoal and gives the walls a black colour (v. usie [ ˩ ˥ ]); its name probably comes from some similarity of its quickly growing patches with the splashed faeces of vultures. eb-itɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] an afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]-leaf used for a soup (v. |