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MISCELLANEOUS. 
Coco-nut Floor Brushes. 
The floor-polishing brushes, in general use 
locally, are made from the husk of the dried 
coco-nut (p 15). The ends of the nut are 
simply sawn off, care being taken to keep 
clear of the hard shell of the kernel, and the 
brush is ready, with the aid of bees-wax, to 
polish the floor. 
Monkey Cap. 
Some of the tall and pointed monkey-caps 
(PL 111. 12) are imported from Central Ameri- 
ca, while others, the writer has been informed, 
are obtained from the Abais (or Abbey ?) palm 
common in the east and west ends of the 
island. 
Rbais or abbey ? Palm, or African ©II Palm. 
El^eis guineensis. Order Palmae. Naturalized 
and cultivated in Jamaica. A palm, 20 to 30 ft. 
high. It has pinnate (feather-like) leaves and 
bears clusters of one seeded fruit with bright 
coloured (vermillion or yellow) husks ; these seeds 
are roasted and eaten. This is the famous African 
Oil palm from which such large quantities of oil 
are exported into England from the British settle 
ments of Western tropical Africa. 
Monkey-PIndar Pin CusMon. 
A pin-cushion is made from the seed case 
of the monkey-pindar. 
Monkey or Spanish Pindar. 
Sterculia carthagenensis. Order Sterculiaceae. 
Native of Mexico and Panama. Commonly grown 
in Jamaica. A fine tree, about 40 ft. high ; leaves, 
divided into 3 to 5 segments, often more than 1 ft. 
in diameter, velvety on the under side ; flowers, 
yellowish with purple spots. The seed case is 2 to 
