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deed, the tree locilcs as if it were deeorateil with these 

 familiar things, and is eaUed l)y the settlers the " sausage 

 tree." Haiioin<>' on tlieir loni?' stalks the fi'uit reminds 



'J'lic Kigelia true. Tliu seed vessels'_hang on long stidks and are 

 as Ijig as eierman sausages. Eunjpeans call it the " sausage 

 tree.'' 



an Englishman of the big weights of a "grandfather 

 clock." The Wa-Ivikuyu use the rind of this fruit to 

 flavour the pombe (native beer). The natives in the 

 Eovuma valley regard it as a charm and hang it outside 



