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leaved plantain, the mango, orange, lime, and 

 occasionally, but rarely, the bread-fruit trees, 

 (A. mtegrifolia,) ornamented the garden. That 

 most elegant as well as largest of the grami- 

 neous plants, the bamboo, (" Triang" of the na- 

 tives,) was abundant, as fences about many of the 

 dwellings, (as well as the Erythrina corolloden- 

 dron, or Mangkudu of the natives ; the Jatropha 

 curcas, or " Banawa" of the natives,*) and in 

 distinct clumps ; the Piper betel trailed up some 

 of the trees, and the Abrus precatorius, (Anasagar 

 of the natives,) with its pods, containing small, 

 but beautiful crimson seeds, hung in festoons 

 from the bushes in the jungle, and a Diosma, 

 called Un grupuum by the natives, was abun- 

 dant and fragrant ; the Manihot (Jatropha ma- 

 nihot) was also seen ; and although I was in- 

 formed the root was prepared and eaten, the 

 shrub did not seem to be extensively planted. 

 The Carambola-trees (Averrhoa carambola) were 

 numerous, and called Boslemang. A quantity of 

 the fruit was observed laid upon a raised bamboo 

 platform, spread out to dry in the sun, and the 

 natives appeared fond of eating them in a raw 



* The Archeenese name for this tree, was Banawa-, or 

 Bunawa ; and I afterwards ascertained that the castor-oil 

 tree had the same appellation given to it. 



