THE PLANTATN AKD BANANA fEEBS. 403 



to find this ti^ee during his staj at Endeavour 

 RiYer j trken lie rnnef^ the Aiistyalte coaste, 

 but Ms feseaircbes were uiisuis<^8sfoL Iii m&^m? 

 part of the satne volume,* it is i$lat6d of tlie 

 Baiuiuas, at Butavia — " Tlierc is ouo wliicli 

 deserves the particular notice of the botanist, 

 because^ coatrarj ^ aate^ its tribe, 

 it is full of seect% and is tberefore called Pisang 

 bati{, or Pisang hidg%& ; it has, however, no 

 excellence to reconnnond it to the taste, but 

 the Midays use it as a remedy for the flux." 



Where grass or hay cannot be procured, 

 Toyag m Will find the suectilefitt stem aid leaves 

 of this plantj at well as the leaves of the Dmccena 

 terminaUsj an excellent substitute, for feeding 

 goats and other animal^. 



* Vol. J. p^e 809, edfitiofflk 



