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was the Raingiraingy root. There was also a species 

 of gum resin, the Ramy. This was not used as a 

 medicine by the Malagasy, but they used it for 

 rubbing the strings of their native harps. He believed 

 that the substance might be useful in medicine. The 

 Landemo (or Anthocleista Madagascariensis) was used 

 as a tonic, but he could not speak from personal 

 knowledge with regard to its antimalarial properties. 

 In the Queen's Hospital, however, it was used instead 

 of quinine as a tonic. As to the globular fruit, the 

 Vbavbtaka (Brehmia spinosa), he should very much 

 like to know whether it contained strychnia, or some 

 similar principle ; because there was a suspicion that 

 it might be useful in replacing nux vomica, which had 

 not yet been found in Madagascar. This fruit, when 

 ripe, was very agreeable for eating in the hot region 

 along the coast. The pulp was sucked, and the seeds 

 were rejected, but it was not advisable to eat more 

 than two or three of these fruits in the course of 

 about as many hours. Among the specimens there 

 were about ten kinds of Beans. The remaining seeds 

 had been brought for the purpose of being planted, 

 in order that it might be ascertained from what plants 

 they came, as most of them were used as articles of 

 diet, and some might possibly be useful in medicine. 

 Some of them were simply used as charms. Among 

 the specimens were also some fresh- water shrimps 

 from the interior of the island ; these were used as an 

 article of diet. 



