35 S VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR. 



Harongmu This tree, Tphich is about 

 fifteen feet in height, grows in a fkndy foiL 

 Its leaves are ufed to dye mats and bafkets 

 red . The gum extraded from it is a kind 

 of dragon's blood. 



"Tancajjhn. The tancaflbn is a kind of 

 wild vine, the fruit of which is four, and 

 fomewhat agreeable to the tafle. This twig 

 rifes to the tops of the higheft trees. Its 

 root is diuretic* The iflanders efteem the 

 fruit of the iancojfm* Flacourt, who has de- 

 fcribed feveral kinds of wild vines, makes no 

 mention of it, 



'facQ^ A kind of wild vine like the tan- 



Foua-hmba. A kind of vine, the fruit of 

 which the Europeans prefer to all others, 

 and which they call Madagafcm- grapes. 

 Their tafle is fomewhat fourifli. This plant 

 dies every yean Its root is a kind of yam, 



Aatmhiej. A large fenlitive plant. 



