430 FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



Arts, Manufactures and Commercial Products,' p. 

 983, &c. 



Distribution : Cultivated in the Cape Verd Archi- 

 pelago. 



Miisa sp. — According to Mr. Barter the strung 

 seeds of a species of Miisa are worn round the wrist 

 by the natives of Sierra Leone to prevent sickness. — 

 Kew Museum. 



Bromeliace^. 



Pine Apple {Anmias sativa, L.). — Perennial, culti- 

 vated in various parts of the world for its well-known 

 fruits. The West Indies is the chief seat of Pine 

 Apple culture, and is mostly carried on in Eleuthera, 

 Abacos, and San Salvador. Two kinds are grown — 

 " Sugar-loaf," the best, principally shipped to Eng- 

 land ; and Spanish, or " Red Pine," for the American 

 market. New York in 1879 imported 2,740,002, of 

 which 26 per cent, perished. In 1874 the value of 

 the total shipments from the West Indies was 

 ;^40,o66. Pine Apples grown in the Azores are 

 much finer than West Indian, and are more carefully 

 packed. Great quantities of this fruit are produced 

 in Assam, and the gardens of Malacca and Singapore 

 yield enormous specimens ; but these do not enter 

 into commerce. Fruit for exportation is gathered 

 while green, and allowed to ripen during the voyage 

 Large quantities of the canned fruit now arrive from 



