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nut, orange, guava, plaiitaio, and other tropical 

 i the }»m$i was Mri^ired with ibt 

 plants mi bellndaaped pupijlldli ^tm^im <rf tlie 

 Ipomma ^li^dm^h, or sea -si tie convolvulus, 

 wliicli p'ow in vri'v g'rc^nt jtrofiision. 



The Morinda c'UriJ'olia was here abundant, 

 t& also nmong the Islands forming the ie^feto 

 Archipelagdj where it is nsed as pi'ops fot the 

 pepper- vines, or planted as a shade for the 

 coHec-plants, mid is named 1>y the natives 

 Mangkudu,* The roots of this species are only 

 mentioned as being used as a eing material 

 m i^t eastern At^iitpelago^ Th% M^mdd i« 

 indigenous also to tlie PliiliiipiiK! Islands, where 

 it is iianu'd iu tlie Tagalu Tanihiingnso. The 

 natives of these islands, wlien a lindj is frac- 

 tnred, use the leaves of this shrub, anointed 

 With oil^ to lay over the sittfe^ of th^ fractured 

 limb ; and it is consJteed by tihem of benefit in 

 allaying the inllamniatorv action. 



Tllis shrub attains thf ht ight ul" ten or t\\ elve 

 feet. At Tahiti, and most of the Polynesian 

 Istoxfa, wiiere it is also ^md ind%«jnoiis, tbe 



* In the langunge of the western countries of the Archi- 

 pelu^Ljo, the true is n:inieil ;u'*,'oi'i:li]i|; to tliu oi' ilic pn>- 



iiunciution tiF the ])e(}j)lc, Mangkudii, Biingkudu, or Wang- 

 kudu ; the tUvee inituil consonaats in diese cases being com- 

 mutabk' luicl v4Tj ^fijitiwilv used." — CW^wT* IfMin 

 Arehippluffeh 



