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In the Haiti language, the Indian corn (which is said to 

 have been introduced about the year 1204 from Anatolia) is 

 Mahiz. Among the island Caribs it is Auachi, Goaxi or 

 Marixi; among the continental ones Aouassi or Yurar ; among 

 the Azteks Tlaolli, and in Tupi Auaty or Uva-tim, which 

 means beaked corn. 



4. Different kinds of Batatas, Convolvulus Batata, L. : in 

 Tupi, Jetica ; in Haiti, Batata ; in Carib, Napi ; in Aztek, 

 Camotti. 



5. The creeping and tuber-bearing kinds of Dioscorea 

 (yams) are named Car a in Tupi, Igname on the coasts of 

 Paria, and Aje in Haiti. I may mention here that another 

 tuber- bearing plant, which is called Tupinarnbu, the Helianthus 

 Tuber osus, L., was not known to the aborigines of Brazil. Its 

 country must be sought in Buenos Ayres, if not perhaps in 

 Mexico. 



6. Taid, Taydba Mangaraz are the Tupi names of the mild 

 mucilaginous and mealy Aracea, which are eaten as vege- 

 tables when boiled. These plants go in Brazil also by the 

 name of Inhame. 



7- The Earth-nut, Mandubi in Tupi, Manx in Haiti, or 

 Arachis Hypogcea, is eaten both raw and roasted, and also 

 yields a favourite fatty oil. 



8. The Melon tree, Carta Papaia, and other species, as 

 C. digitata, C. Dodecaphylla. The species of this remarkable 

 family do not seem even yet to have been sufficiently dis- 

 tinguished. One species, that grows in the Carib islands, 

 with simple three-lobed leaves, called Ababai, is essentially 

 different from those of the main-land. The species called by 

 the Portuguese Mamdo, introduced by them into Africa and 

 the East Indies, differs from the Peruvian one which is called 

 Papaie, and which distinguishes itself from all others by the 

 superior size and flavour of the fruit. The Indians use the 

 milky juice of these trees for worms,* and think that meat 



* It is in great repute in the Mauritius as a vermifuge.— TV. 



