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the floor of one of the large rooms had a great heap of these nuts 

 piled up at the time of my visit in the month of April. They 

 had been roasted and dried, and in that state were exactly like 

 earth nuts in taste. The artificial chocolate made from them is 

 not at all unpalatable. It consists usually of equal parts of cocoa- 

 nibs, casoi, and pea-nuts. 



55. Semecarpus anacardium, L. The fruits of these trees are, 

 like miniature Cashew nuts, attached to the thick succulent pear- 

 shaped base of the calyx. The species is widely distributed over 

 East India and the Archipelago, extending to Australia. I believe 

 the natives eat the fruit, which is yellow, smooth, and nearly as 

 large as the nut itself. 



56. Semecarpus albescens, Kurr, or ;S'. PhUippine7isis, Engl. 



57. Spondias dulcis, Forster. Ciruelas, the Tagalo rendering 

 of the Spanish name for plum. The Tahiti apple or hog-plum 

 introduced from the Pacific Islands. It is like a large plum, of 

 the color of an apple, containing a stone covered with long hooked 

 bristles. The flavour is said to be like that of the pine-apple. It 

 is has only lately come into cultivation in the Philippines. 



58. Mangifera INDICA, L. Manga in the Philippines generally 

 and also in Malay ; in Javanese Ambe. A native of the south of 

 Asia or the Malay ' Archipelago. It has a number of ancient 

 common names, and a Sanscrit name which is Amra ; Ambe in 

 Ceylon, whence the Persian and Arab Amb. It is now cultivated 

 in all tropical countries. Different avithors give very diverse 

 opinions as to where the best mangoes are produced. I can only 

 record what has been my experience, since, in matters of taste ^ 

 opinions are so divergent. I have never seen any fruit surpassing 

 the mangoes of the Philippines and of Java. Large numbers 

 are annually exported from Manila to Hong Kong. There is a 

 small fragrant kind grown in China called Mung-ko, but Mang-ko 

 is the Mandarine word for the fruit, and Mong-kwo in Punti. The 

 mangoes in the Malay Peninsula are generally of the poorest 

 description. 



