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I have thought it well to add the following list of the more 
important of the economic and poisonous plants of the islands. 
The most of this information was derived from Captain Mitchell, 
who has resided on the island many years, and knows its plants 
and people w 
Reynosia ee Urb. Known as the “ darling plum.” 
Fruit edible. 
Guajacum sanctum L. ‘ Lignum vitae.” Used for timber. 
Fagara flava 2 Krug & Urb. Called “yellow wood.” 
Also used for t 
ae dail (Jacq.) Griseb. The ‘ seven-year apple”’ 
of the natives. Fruit edible. 
ee trifoliata Sw. Known as ‘‘ white ironwood.” Wood 
used in ship-building. Berries edible. 
Bursera sp. (no. 1393). An undescribed plant, known locally 
as “ gomalimie.”” Leaves are good for headache; leaves and 
bark used for tea 
Jacquinia Keyensis Mez. The ‘‘Joe wood” of the natives. 
ark mixed with lime, placed in a bag and put in the water to 
stupify fish. 
Swietenta Mahagoni L. ‘‘ Madeira wood.’ Makes the finest 
timber. 
Inodes Palmetto Walt.) Cook. Known asthe ‘pond thatch.” 
Leaves used in thatching houses; very durable—said to last for 
twenty yea 
aes ees Benth. ‘ Wild tamarind.’”’ Wood used 
in ship-building. 
Bucida Buceras L. The “oak” of the islands. Also a tim- 
wood; used for railroad ties. 
Batis maritima L. Used as a turtle foo 
Calonyction album (L.) House. Used . eat hogs. 
Thrinax Keyensis Sargent. Called ‘‘ cypress thatch.” Con- 
sidered as next in value to the “pond thatch” for thatching 
roofs. 
oo oe L. “Manchioniel,” Much feared as 
a poi White crabs are said to eat the fruit, thereby 
ane fea intensely poisonous to man as a food 
Inaguan will eat white crabs from a ‘ manchioniel ’’ district, 
