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LIQUORICE. 



Dried liquorice is found among native drugs, but I have 

 never seen the plant growing. 

 Glycyrrhiza glabra. 



WILD LIQUORICE. 



There is an indigenous plant in the forests, the bark of 

 whoss roots have the taste of liquorice, but it does not 

 belong to the same genus, though often supposed to be the 

 same tree. I have not seen the flower, but the leaf and 

 fruit would indicate it to be a species of acacia. 

 Acacia. 



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HEART-SEED. 



The heart-seed, which has an aperient root, is raised in 

 great quantities by the natives, but more as a vegetable 

 than a medicine. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum. 



GARLIC. 



Garlic bulbs are always for sale, but they are imported 

 principally from Rangoon. The natives use them both for 

 food and medicine. 



Allium sativum. 



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GUM-ARABIC 



The true gum-arabic tree is not in the Provinces, but 

 the vachellia-tree produces a gum with all the properties 

 of the gum-arabic of commerce ; and the cashew-tree, 

 which grows all over the Provinces, " annually exudes/' 

 says Voigt, " from 5 — 12 pounds weight, of a fine white 

 transparent gum, like gum-arabic, and not inferior to it in 

 virtue or quality." 



