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M’sandarusi (Kis.), Trachylobium. M’Toondroossee (Keeao), the сора! tree. The M”pæpæ (Kis.) is its 
“ brother.” 
M’sangal’a (Kin.), ? Albizzia Lebbek. The colour and general appearance of its young healthy branches 
is that of our mountain-ash. 
M’sangar’a (Kin.), Odina fruticosa. Lofty tree, trunk 6 feet in circumference; the bark scales off like 
that of a fir tree; breezy foliage; gum sweet and тей; wood made into posts and beams. 
M'sangarassa (Kis.), not determined. The shoots of the season, after dropping their leaves, ripen into 
solid, straight, thorny rods, which are converted into arrows: leaves 5 (or more ?)-foliate ; these 
are pale, with shining surface. Infants are washed in a decoction from the leaves when they 
lose thew mothers; they are thus supposed not to forget their mother! The young leaves are 
remarkably tender. 
M’sangoo (Kin.), Sesbania egyptiaca., M'aweengo-weengo (Kis.) =the clouds—probably from the noise 
the seeds make in the ripe pods when the wind shakes the tree; wingo=clouds (Steere). 
M’sangool’a (Kin.), Rhus glaucescens. Small tree; its leaves and flowers are sweetly scented : the wood 
is one of the tooth-scrubbers used by-natives. Light and airy foliage, light bark and straight 
branches. If the seeds are cast about, one is certain to come upon a vegetable fit to eat. Sun- 
gura=a hare. 
M’sankwa (Кіп.), Kigelia pinnata. Milægæa (Kis.), which see; Moongootwa (Keeao). 
M’seégwah (Kis.), Musa ensete. Its black irregularly shaped seeds are worn as ornaments round the 
head, neck, or ankles. M’tembeh (Kin.). 
M'senswanoma (Kin.), Albizzia rhombifolia. Neither the tree nor its leaves used. 
M'sikurdasi, forest tree (Krapf). 
M”söko (Kin.), Ficus, sp. M”chæræ (Kis.), already named. — Air-roots. 
M'solankanga (Kin.), Asparagus, sp.: kanga=the guinea-fowl; they eat its berries. M”galamboottee 
(Kis.), whieh see. Тһе regular honey-bee all over its flowers in November. 
M'somöla (Kin.), not determined. This tree branches іп a remarkable manner. At 8 feet from the 
ground it branches into four, six, or eight; these subbranches again branch from one whorl as it 
may be, and so on. Тһе leaf is 7-partite with 2 feet of petiole ; at the first point of branching the 
withered fruit-stalks (?) hang like twisted ropes for 2 feet. 
M'soowee (Kin.), Sclerocarya birrea, = M'choowee (Kin.), which see. 
M'swake (Kis.) =toothbrush; атак (Egypt), Salvadora persica. А large bush with white bark and 
now (March) bearing small, green berries. Its branches were used by our followers as tooth- 
scrubbers. Msuaki=toothstick or brush (Steere). 
M'sweera-m'dogo (Kin.), Cycnium, sp. п. Crawling plant, dries black, and used in snake-biting cases. 
M’sweera (Kin.), a small thornless tree with silver-grey bark and shining leaves like our bay: fruit 
2-celled and the size of the coffee-berry. ? Rubiaceae. ` 
M’sweet’e (Kin.), ? Psychotria. Shrub, with sweet-tasting, scarlet, currant-sized berries. The pulp, 
though sweet, is not eaten; the wood being straight, is used for making huts; leaves dark dull 
green, paler below. 
M'tæloambai (Kin.), Crossopteryz febrifuga. A bushy tree or shrub, with strongly and sweetly scented 
flowers. Its toasted seeds are used in scenting bark-cloths, or they are pounded, mixed with 
grease, and rubbed over the body. 
M’talawanda (Kis.), not determined, ? Labiate. They eat its fruit at the river M'gæta; leaves large 
and shining; wood like walnut, and made into gun-stocks and long drums. 
M'talla (Kis.), Ficus, sp. Fruit of the shape, size, and appearance of a small pear. 
Mtama (Kis.), Andropogon sorghum: m'tama (Krapf); doora (Egypt). Without this the Central- 
African could not have his intoxicating drink; it takes the place of the hop with us; and the 
cattle eat its straw. 
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