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ANACARDIACEJE. 
98. Rhus (Baronia) Taratana, Baker. A hard- ae tree. (Cent. 
and E. Regs.) JMàroavólona Vorétra or Taratan 
24. Spondias dulcis, Forst. Probably introduced. It has an edible 
fruit known in India as ee and Otaheite apple. Sakdana. 
Sclerocarya caffra, Sond. A small hi m es an acrid, 
edible fruit, about the size n an apple. (W. Reg.) Sakoa ; 
CONNARACEJ. 
: 26. Hourea platysepala, Baker. A tree with edible fruits. Vo )am- — 
pika (An 1 
27. Cnestis polyphylla, Lam. Used as a dog poison. (E. Reg.) 
Voaséfaka or Vascfaka fs m). 
LEGUMINOSÆ. 
- Crotalaria striata, D.C. Used as a black dye for Rofia cloth. 
(E. Ee Cent. Regs.) Béravimpotsy. This is a close ally to the Sunn 
Hemp of India, which is furnished by C. juncea, L. : 
29. Mu het pedunculata, Bojer. Affords a kind of dye, Aika- : 
manga. The well-known indi igo of commerce is furnished by Tudigo- 
fera dini L,and Z. tinctoria, L., and probably other species, which 
ei ry tees to a very large extent in India, Central America, w. Ts 
ndie 
0. Herminiera Elaphroxylon, G. and P. A shrub with wood, 
slau as light as cork. It is the Ambash or Pith tree of the Nile, 
where the enor use it to assist pe = Pegi across the river. —— 
Colonel Grant s dly that in three years it —— 
almost choked up he hanna of t <3 dum el Gazelle” . (Marshy "- "s 
in Antsih.)  Odifon w 
31. Dalbergia bud Baker. A large tree with valuable wood ; 7 
used for furniture, &e. (Forests of E. Reg. Voambòana. 
32. D. trichocarpa, Baker, and, probably, also one or two other 
species of Dalbergia. Shrubs or trees possessing useful wood used in 
house building. ‘The one know as Manàrilàhy has a very durable 
reddish wood ; the wood of Mandarivavy is sonic at Bons in « en l 
(W. Reg.) Manàry (Sak.). Pc 
33. Neobaronia phyllanthoides, Baker, and N. E. jos : 
"The wood, which is extremely hard, is used for spade e: pros 
(The former is found in the forests of the E. Reg.; puer ee 
the Cent. Reg.) Harahira r 
34. Tamarindus indica, L. The Tamarind, the sap d of the ods 
which, preserved in n sugar, is imported into Europe from Eno the 
W. Indias Islands. (W. Reg.) .Madilo or Kily. — = 
_ 35. Trachylobium verrucosum, L. The Gum Copal tree Z 
gascar. It yields a hard resin ‘alae to Anime. we Goat) “Ta indo. neo 
róho (Betsim). A 
