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dyes ; Albizzia Lebbek, discourteously called Woman's Tongue 

 in many parts of the West Indies, owing to the continuous 

 noise made by the rattling of its dry thin pods. The heart 

 wood of this tree is very dark and heavy and is known in 

 Barbados as Ebony. 



On the left-hand side of the walk note : the Jamoon 

 Eugenia paniculata ; Pseudospondias macrocarpa; Anacardiuni 

 excelsum ; and the Macassar oil tree, Schleichera trijnga, a 

 large tree native of India and Ceylon. This tree yields a good 

 quality timber, and is frequented by the lac-insect . Considerable 

 quantities of Stick-lac, from which part of the shellac and 

 lac-dye of commerce is prepared, are collected in India and 

 Ceylon from its young branches. Note also Mimusops 

 hexandra, & moderate sized tree of India and Ceylon, whose 

 bark yields tannin ; and Pois-doux, Inga laurina, a 

 leguminous tree used in the West Indies as a shade tree and 

 for planting in wind belts. Immediately opposite the stone 

 work steps is the Carib Wood of Dominica, Sabinea carinalis 

 a small tree used for posts. It is one of the finest flowering 

 plants of the Island. On the left, note Filicium decipiens, a 

 Ceylon tree with elegant fern-like leaves, which yields a 

 strong wood valuable for building ; and Terminal i a edulis, 

 a recently introduced tree, native to the Philippines. 



From this point to where the main route connects with the 

 hill path, the slopes on the right are planted with a collection 

 of native and exotic trees. Among these note, bordering the 

 path, the Dattock, Deiarium senegalense, a West African fruit 

 tree ; and Antidesma Bunias, whose bark affords a fibre 

 from which ropes are made. The fruits are edible and the 

 leaves are used as a remedy against snake bites and for other 

 medicinal purposes. Further on note the Genip, Melicocca 

 bijuga, whose small green fruits are well known ; Cassia 

 multijiiga, a small tree bearing masses of yellow flowers, and a 

 tree of a variety of Pimenta acris, known locally as Bois 

 dlnde citronelle. The oil obtained from this variety is of 

 very inferior quality and is known to spoil the superior 

 product when its leaves are by mistake collected and distilled 

 with those yielding the genuine Bay oil. Also the Coco plum 



