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is " Bon Reha," Villebrunea integri folia, a small tree native 

 of India and Malaya, from which ropes, mats, etc. are made. 

 Note here a specimen of the Anchovy Pear, Grias caul if lor a, 

 native of the West Indies. Growing over the nursery sheds 

 are the South American Odontadenia speciosa, a handsome 

 climber which makes a splendid show when in flower ; and 

 the Garlic Shrub, Bignonia alliacea, so named because the 

 leaves when bruised emit a powerful odour resembling that of 

 garlic. The latter is used in some parts of the West Indies as 

 a substitute for the true garlic, Allium sativum. Here also 

 are the Japanese Cinnamon, Cinnamomiim brevifolium ; 

 Saraca caulijlora, a flowering tree ; Clibadium Vargesii, a 

 native shrub, the leaves of which, when bruised, are used for 

 stupifying fish in rivers ; and the Papaw, Carica Papaya, 

 which yields a fruit highly esteemed in the tropics : the juice 

 of the unripe fruits yields Papain, now much in request in 

 medicine as a digestive. In front of the last named plant is a 

 tree of Brownea sp. which bears flowers nearly three times the 

 si2e of B. coccinea, noted elsewhere. Further on is the Bael 

 fruit, Aegle Marmelos, a reputed remedy for dysentery and 

 diarrhoea ; and the true ginger, Zingiber officinale , the clean 

 and dried rhizomes of which form the ginger of commerce. 

 Plants of the wild ginger, known as the Ginger Lily, Hedychium 

 coronarium, will be found close by after turning the corner to 

 the right. At one time this plant was under consideration as 

 a source of material for paper-making. Note also the Coca 

 plant, Erythroxylon Coca, from which is obtained the drug 

 cocaine. At the corner is the Sapodilla, Achras sapota, a 

 well-known fruit tree of the West Indies. The undergrowth 

 in this corner consists of species of Sansevieria. 



Along the short path on the right are arranged severa^ 

 other tropical fruit trees. Proceeding up to the path, note on 

 the right-hand side the Mammee Apple, Mammea americana, 

 the flesh of which, when made into a preserve, strongly 

 resembles Apricot jam ; the Loquat, Eriobotrya japonica ; 

 the Bread fruit, Artocarpus incisa, a native of the South Sea 

 Islands, whose large green compound fruit is eaten as a 

 vegetable, either roasted or boiled. Close to the 1 readfruit 

 are its congeners, Artocarpus Lakooch.;, ; roducing an 

 irregularly shaped orange-red fruit, the pulp of which is acid 



