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titles, to make a drink or wine as it is called, 
which is considered a remedy in certain cutaneous 
disorders. The kernels are roasted and eaten. Another 
wild fruit-tree is the Murishi (Byrsomina), which yields 
an abundance of small yellow acid berries. A decoction 
of its bark dyes cloth a maroon colour. It is employed 
for this purpose chiefly by the Indians, and coarse 
cotton shirts tinted with it were the distinctive badges 
of the native party during the revolution. A very 
common tree in the Ilhas do Mato is the Breio branco, 
which secretes from the inner bark a white resin, 
resembling camphor in smell and appearance. The 
fruit is a small black berry, and the whole tree, fruit, 
leaf, and stem, has the same aromatic fragrance. 
By loosening the bark and allowing the resin to flow 
freely, I collected a large quantity, and found it of great 
service in preserving my insect collections from the 
attacks of ants and mites. Another tree, much rarer 
than the Breio branco, namely the Umiri (Humirium 
floribundum), growing in the same localities, distils in 
a similar way an oil of the most recherclie fragrance. 
The yield, however, is very small. The native women 
esteem it highly as a scent. To obtain a supply of the 
precious liquid, large strips of bark are loosened and 
pieces of cotton left in soak underneath. By visiting 
the tree daily, and pressing the oil from the cotton, 
a small phial containing about an ounce may be filled 
in the course of a month. One of the most singular 
of the vegetable productions of the campos is the 
Sucu-uba tree (Plumieria phagedsenica). It grows in 
the greatest luxuriance in the driest parts, and with its 
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