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long, flat on the split side and convex on the natural Faroe. and 
armed with stout bristles depu strong to remove paint and 
tar from wood, &c., with wonderful celerity. “Local inquiries,” 
Dr. Bidie wrote, “ failed e «m any information as to its source, 
and it was, therefore, sent to Kew, where x ne at once 
identified it, and finally informed me that it is the fruit of a 
species of Pandanus, probably foetidus, with ie cellular tissue 
capies by maceration. Subsequently, a sample of the fruit 
was sent to Mr. T. Christy, who reports that he thinks he 
can a sn valuable commercial us e of it, provided he can only 
get it in quantity and in good ca 
