332 APPENDIX. 



Bois de senteiir^ is here in small quantity. 



Bois de Neff'^ is found in great numbers, and more commonly 

 on the mountains than elsewhere ; it is not large, and is all 

 twisted. 



A tree is found which they call, at Bourbon, La Face de Judas^ 

 in small quantity. 



The Bois de Buis'^ is common here, and ver}' small ; the parrots 

 eat its seeds. 



There is not much Bois de x>omine^-^ and it is good for nothing. 



There are some Bois de Renette,^' which are small tufted shrubs, 

 the highest of which may be four or five feet. 



There are very few trees fit for building ; some rafters of 

 moderate-sized houses and some poles, and they are not very 

 straight. 



There are Lataniers'^ throughout the island, and more frequently 

 in the valleys and in the ravines ; there are three sorts. 



The Falmistes are in greater quantity than any one of the 

 other trees, as well as the Lataniers ; both one and the other are 

 everywhere. 



There is another species of Pahniste, which they call at Bourbon 

 Palmiste-jyoison.^ 



A quantity of small trees is found, which they call at Bourbon 

 Fins,^ with which they make mats and bags. These trees are in 

 height about ten feet, and which form a round parasol (par en 

 haut), which they seem to have shaped expressly, for one leaf does 



1 Bois de sentier. Modern Bois send, Scutia Commersonii. (Balfour^ 

 p. 384.) 



2 Bois de Neff, or Bois de Nefle ; Labourdonnaisia revoluta. 



^ La face de Judas. Professor Balfour caunot identify this tree. 



* Bois de Bids. Murraya exotica, or, perhaps, Bois de qidvi, Quivisia 

 laciniata, now Bois halais. {Balfour, p. oo3.) 



^ Bois de pomme, Sideroxylon sp., one of tbe Sapotaccse. (Balfour^ p. 

 355.) 



^ Bois de Beiiette, Bois de natte. Tmbricaria maxima. 



^ LaLamers. Vide anle, p. 62. 



s Falmistes. Vide ante, p. G2. Arcca jauuatre (A. Intesccn'i) was 

 considered poisonous at Bourbon. 



^ Fins, i.e., sci-ew- pines. Paudaiu various. Vide siqn'a, p. 103. 



