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fuisse defluviilm capillorum unius lateris, an forsan ex hac arbore ? Hypo 
lac Indi Gamucones, & Sambales, Hispanis infensissimi longis excipiunt arundi- 
neis perticis, sagittis intoxicandis deserviturum, irremediabile venenum, omnibus 
aliis alexipliarmacis superius, praeterquam stercore humano propinato. An 
Argensolae arbor comosa, quam Insulae Celebes ferunt, cujus umbra occidentalis 
mortifera, orientalis Antidotum. An Maehucae Zewa ? qui addit: Sagittis 
laete fructus arboris Mansanillo, illitis vulneratos, non emori, sed intumescere, 
& hebetissimos reddi. Hum Mansanillo idem, ac Hansanan seu Pomum portus 
Acapulco ? quod referunt primum bene sapere, sed mox infernali ardore fauces, 
& interiors adurendo excrueiare, quod si non perimit, saepius mortales accelerat 
accidentes : Asportatur in naves, ut mures, & glires eo comesto intereant.” 
This species has long been known to Europeans, and many of the early travelers 
in the Malayan Archipelago wrote fabulous accounts of the tree and its deadly 
properties. Robert Brown 3 has given an exhaustive historical account of it. 
The distribution of true Antiaris toxicaria is somewhat doubtful, Hooker f., 
reducing to it Antiaris innoxia Blume and some other species, giving its distribu- 
tion as from the Deccan Peninsula, Pegu to Martaban, Ceylon and the Malay 
Islands, stating that the north Australian A. macrophylla R. Br. may be the 
same. Engler- gives the distribution as from Java to the Sunda Islands. 
3 Bennett, Brown and Horsefield: Plant® Javanicae Rariores (1838-52) pp. 
53-63. 
