752 ON THE VOLCANO OP TAAL, 



SAPTNDACE^. 



51. ScHMiDELiA COBBE, L. An unimportant shrub distributed 

 through tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago, and extending 

 to Australia. The characters of the plant are very variable, so 

 that two or three species and another genus (Allophylus) have been 

 made out of the varieties of the one named. The berries are said 

 to be very poisonous, which earned for the tree the name Toxico- 

 dendron, yet the root is astringent and employed by the native 

 physicians for diarrhcea. 



52. Capura pinnata, Blanco, in Pampanga called Talinouno. 



5.3. Cardiospermum halicacabum, L. This straggling climbing 

 annual with its heart-shaped bladder-like capsule, is common to 

 most tropical regions both east and west, migrating originally 

 from America. It is a peculiar plant, as common about the ruins 

 of Malacca as it is in some scrubs of Queensland. 



ANACARDIACE^. 



54. Anacardium occiDENTALE, L. Casoi, Tagalo; Bunga, Cadju, 

 Malay. This is the Cashew nut which bears a large fleshy recept- 

 acle, like a pear, supporting the fruit, which has a husk containing 

 a powerfully acrid oil. The tree is only found in cultivation, 

 having been introduced from the Brazils, where the native name is 

 Acaju. Blurae and Miquel state that it is only cultivated in Java, 

 but it is common in the Malay Achipelago and the Philippine 

 Islands. The receptacle when ripe is disagreeably astringent, and 

 pi'oduces a painful effect upon the fauces. A use is made of it in 

 the Philippines which I have not seen referred to by other writers. 

 This is to adulterate cocoa and chocolate. In the Cuyos Group I 

 found that the nut was largely used for the purpose, and, as the 

 natives are very poor, and cocoa not always to be obtained, it is 

 used as a substitute. At the Convento de San Agustino in Cuyo 



