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scarlet peel; and the pulp has а refreshing lemony taste. Тһе leaves were known to our followers, 
but not the fruit, probably because its habit was unknown to them. Å very interesting plant. 
The Waganda decorate themselves with this beautiful fruit. Matoongoola (Kis.). 
M’toondooroo (Kin), ?Acacia. 16 inch circ.; thorns single; the seeds grow together in a ball; goats 
cat the leaves. 
M’toom’wew (—), not determined. The wood of this tree resembles that of our ash, and is made into 
bows by the Feepa people. It is said to have a stone-fruit; and the stones (the colour of white 
porcelain) are worn like bead necklaces. 
M’toopa (Kis.), Euphorbia antiquorum. Meelangarree (Kin.), which see. Tree Euphorbia, stem 4 feet 
7 inches in circumference. Its milk is said to be poisonous. The “ quol-quol” (?) of Abyssinia. 
M’tope-tope (Kis.), custard-apple, Zanzibar. M’tope-tope=custard-apple (Kirk & Steere). 
M’veeng’e (Kis.), Æschynomene indica, ~ M’pecae” (Keeao) ; “solah” or pith-plant of India. 
M’vooleh (Kis. & Kig.), not determined. Erect, handsome large tree, with compound leaves, not edible ; 
canoes and planks on coast. M’fule=forest-tree (Krapf). 
M’voomo (Kis.), Borassus ethiopicus: meelalla (Kin.). The leaves make a brilliant torch, the roofs 
of huts, and fences. At Mininga the juice of this tree is collected three times a day. Length 
of a fallen tree 374 feet, greatest circumference 9 feet 8 inches, four feet further up 7 feet 1 inch. 
The undeveloped leaves are used for the reeds of flagiolets in Africa. * Deleb” of Egypt. 
M’voo-oh (Kis.), not determined. Moveela (Kin.), which see. 
M’twag’eh (Kin.), probably Brehmia spinosa. M’tonga (Kis.), which see. 
M'waleh-waleh (Kin.), not determined. The wood of this resembles that of а deal case in our camp. 
M’wang’a (Kin.), Combretum, sp. Its wood is said to be heavier even than the Dalbergia melanoxylon, 
and so hard that the natives have to bury it in water or heat it with fire before they can cut it 
with their tools. M’bango (Kis.), which see. 
M’wannee (—), Coffea arabica: buni=coffee-berries (Steere). I should say that the coffee-shrub is in its 
wild state on the shores of the Victoria Nyanza, when I consider that several allied genera are 
found in the same country. The natives gather the berries in large quantities; in one hut I 
counted ten sacks full, The berry is gathered before it is thoroughly ripe; at least I say so 
because the seed in the husk is so small, and because it softens so quickly in the mouth. The 
natives eat it in this state to make them endure hunger and, may be, thirst; but it was remarked 
that those natives who were most addicted to eating the berry were dissipated-looking in appear- 
ance, and like the wan-looking opium-eater. Another reason for supposing that it is indi- 
genous to the slopes above Victoria Nyanza is, that there is no probability of any one ever having 
imported it there; for if they had, the berry would be used in the form that the Arabs and our- 
selves know it, and not as a mere stimulant in the mouth. 
The effect of chewing it is much the same as that described to be produced by the plant called 
Coka, grown on the eastern faces of the Andes, in Bolivia, and eaten by the natives there; for it 
allays hunger and thirst, and produces a power of endurance, or it might be called a certain 
liveliness, as long as you continue to chew it. 
M’wavee (Kis.), Tragia cordata. This creeper stings more painfully than the nettle. 
M'weela (Kin.), Ficus, sp. M”kooyoo (Kis.), which see. This is the genuine fig-tree of our followers. 
M”wombweh (Kin.), Acacia catechu. Tree with yellow scaling bark, and the most woody thorn met with. 
M’yezi (Kin.), not determined. The palm from which an oil is obtained by boiling the liquid ladled out 
. from a well made at the summit of its trunk. This oil is considered superior to suet in cooking. 
` Common, I am told, at Ugiji on Tanganyika lake. 
M’yokka-yokka (Kis.). Moderate-sized tree; a decoction from the bark of its root and stem is red, 
tastes more bitter than quinine, and is taken medicinally. 
M’zambarao (Kis.). The jamli tree, not seen since Zanzibar, but said to be plentiful in Heeao, Tooth- 
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