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M. fera Lour. (Gleditschia?). Zaad als sternutatorium. 
M, Spongia St. Uil. Wortel giftig. 
Leucaena glauca Benth. Het eten der bladeren doet bij paarden 
de haren van de staart en de manen uitvallen, doch schijnt gecne 
andere schadelijke uitwerking te hebben. 
X. Acacieae, 
152 (109). Acacia penninervis Sieb. 
153 (110). Acacia salicina Lindl.„ (Victoria-river-poison- 
tree,” e.). 
N®. 154. Acacia pruinescens Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLY 
(1876), II, 296. 
,/rhe tough rcddish bark and fibre are iised for poisoning fish,^^ 
(Hason, Burma, II, 543). 
N°. 155. Acacia concinna DC. Prodr. II, 464. 
Acacia Hooperiana Zippel. Miq. F1. Ind. Bat. I, 10. 
Mimosa Saponarla Roxb. 
Mimosa concinna Willd. 
Mimosa rugata Lam. 
Mimosa abstergens Spreng. 
Eenc doornige klimplant, in geheel Oost-Azië verspreid. 
y^The seeds are edible after roastingy but are more frequentlg 
used by the makers of artificial flowers to ivax their threads with. 
They are official in leprosy. The water of the pods is said to kill 
gold fishy (Porter Smitii). 
De chineesche naam voor zeep (fei tsau) is afgeleid van den naam 
dezer plant (fei tsau kiah). 
N®. 156 (111). Acacia falcata Willd. 
157. Acacia 
y,Following /s, or used to be^ the method employed by Neiv- South 
Wales-blacks for catching fish by throwing ivattle bark into streams 
or ivater-holes, In the case of streams^ stakes were placed acrossy 
and a few wisps of wattle hark thrown into the water, In a Uttle 
while fish seemed to be intoxicatedy knocked against the stakes^ appeared 
bewildered^ and the blacks^ posting themselves near the stakes^ took 
them out of the water. This stupidity or intoxication only lasted 
for about an hour. The fish caught by this method are in no ivay 
