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way of. Lungchoy. . The French ceall the tubers faux Pam » but 
ey. are generally nown in customs returns as * dve root," td 
yam," “ (YN of being the Chinese name. In addition to their use. 
for dyeing nets, , the Mgr tnl ; employ them for giving a peculiar gloss. 
to certain pr ds ecimens have been t to Kew and to the 
uscum, je if found to be of ud in Europe as a 
dyeing e aiiis Ice doubtless large quantities could be exported. 
from South Form m the present price is s About 2 dollars a picul. 
(Kew "Bulletin, 1893, p p. 230.) e 
“ Ok-gue,” the dried fruit of Ficus pumila, x common shrub, climbing 
over rocks; yields a peculiar jelly when treated with water, "and is 
common article of co onsumption amongst the Chinese in summer. It 
might be of value in the home wag 
alm, which is planted visio in South Formosa. 
eee as ground nuts (Arachis hypogaea) and sesamum seed, both 
which are considerable sources of oil. 
Formosa is rich in fruits, of which pine-apples and * lung-ans " are 
the chief from a commercial point of view. Oranges, pumeloes, caram- 
las, pears, rose-apples, guav - papaws, cocoanuts, sweet sops, 
&e., gui iur produced in quantit 
exports certain’ kinds of séswedd identified: at Kew as 
Subria piestä, J. Ag. and Gelidium pucr dem Lamx.), tea, rattans 
(from an min mined species of Calamus), tobacco 
* Medicines" is generally an interesting heading amongst exports 
from a Chinese port, but scarcely any, if one excludes camphor and 
turmeric, are exported from Tamsui'or Tai ai-p‘i,” the 
bark of the mulberry, and * inu-hu," a hebes sof outa occa- 
sionally are — from cian 
* Capoor cutche mnd ginger are cultivated for local use, and in 
the Kalee Montes a species of Cinnamomum occurs, different from 
C. Cassia, which the-natives use in lieu of the true cassia bark. 
up, will doubtless be an important article. I have already 
nidhtioódd the common trees of the plain, most of which oceur in larger 
size and greater number in the mountains, and I will now make a note 
of a few of the timber trees, which practically only occur in the 
mountain forests, reserving: fo ra a future occasion a discussion on the 
great number which have been collected by my natives. Very few 
species of conifers are known as yet from the island, but doubtless when 
higher altitudes than 3000 feet have been explored, more kinds will. be 
one ean judge from the mountains of Japan and Pore 
hina. > 
Podocarpus Nageia, furnishing an excellent wood, has been sent mé 
from Tamsui by Mr. Morse. The Chinese call it “shan-sha,” An 
Allied ‘species occurs at the South Cape. Mr. Morse also sent me 
Cunninghamia sinensis, the “sha” tree of the mainland, so much used 
for making tea eeu but i ed m certain that the specimen was 
indigenous. tree is the mountains of South and 
ntral China, id is df dabo Araucaria by the non-botanical 
traveller. Thuja orientalis also occu 
Oaks are abundant in species in di ‘southern mountains. They all 
yield hard wood, and all have persistent leaves, and are possibly new 
species. t Tamsui an Alnus occurs; and at Takow, on the creek 
banks, a Salix is common 
