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NOTES OF A BOTANIST 
MiRA PixuNA. Swartzia grandijloi'a (Coesalpiniae). Black wood. 
MiRiTi. Palms of the genus Mauritia. 
Monkey-pods. Pithecolobium (Mimosere). 
Mosquito (Span.). Sand-flies, etc. 
MucuiN. A small red tick. 
MucujA. Acrocomia lasiospatha. Palm with eatable fruit. 
Mulatto tree. Enkylista Spruceana (Cinchonaceae). 
MuLONGO. Hancornia laxa (Apocynaceae). Cork wood. 
MUMBACA. Astrocarytwi nmuibaca. Palm ; fruit eatable. 
MuRiKiTiCA. A climber. Stem gives drinkable water. 
MURixi, Byrsonima Poppigiana (Malpighiacese). Bark for tanning. 
MuRUMURU. Astrocaiyion jmu-uimirii. Palm ; very spiny. Cattle eat 
the fruit. 
MuRURE. Floating plants. 
MuTUCA. Small biting flies. 
Namao. Ca7'ica Papaya (Papayaceoe). The Papaw ; fruit eatable. 
NiOPO (Ven.). Piptadenia Niopo. 
Oanani. Moronoboea sp. (Clusiacese). Black pitch. 
OcuMO. Arum sp. Powder used in asthma ; root contains half its bulk of 
fine starch. 
Paacua-rana. Urania sp. An edible root. 
Pacova. Musa sapientue (Musacere). Plantain fruit. 
Pacova-sororoca. Alpinia Paco-seroca (Jacq. ). Gives a purple dye, not 
permanent. 
Paja maniba. Cassia occide7italis. Root bitter ; good in fevers. 
Pajuaru. Mandiocca beer, also called "caxiri. " 
Pao d' Arco. Tecoma sp. Bows and cigar-holders made of this wood. 
Pao de Lacre. Vis/ma gzda/iefisis (Hypericacese). Yields sealing-wax. 
Pao mulatto. Enkylista Sp?uceana (Cinchonaceae). 
Papaw. Carica Papaya (Papayaceae). A fruit. 
Parana-mirl Side channels of the Amazon, small rivers, 
Paraturi. Lauraceae. Hard wood, on Upper Orinoco. 
Parica (L.G. ). Piptadenia Niopo (Mimoseae). Seeds make snuff. 
Patawa. GLnocaiptis Batawa (Palm). Spines of leaf-stems used to make 
arrows for blowing-canes. 
Paxiijba. If-iartea exorhiza (Palmaceae). 
Paxiuba-i. Iriartea setigera (Palm). Stem used for blowing-canes. 
PlASSABA. Leopoldinia piassaba (Palmaceae). 
PiHiGUA. Eatable grub, 
Pindoba. Attalea compta (Palmaceae). 
PiQUiA. Caryocar sp. (Rhizobolaceae). Fruit with kernels like almonds. 
Piranha-sipo. a climber yielding drinkable water. 
PiRARUCU. Sndis gigas, A large fish. When salted, a chief food on the 
Amazon. 
Piri-membecka. Paspahun pyrainidale (Graminaceae). 
PiTOMBA. Sapindns cerasimis (Sapindaceae). Edible fruit. 
PiUM (L.G.). Small biting flies. 
PUPUNHA. Gtiilielnia speciosa (Palmaceae). Peach palm. 
PURU-PURU (L.G. ). A leprous skin disease. 
Pusku-poroto. a shrub with edible fruit (Papilionaceae) cultivated in 
Tarapoto district. 
