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Barley, called by the natives, Apembe :—great 
quantities of this are grown, and it is ripe in the 
month of June. The natives eat it, but it is hard of 
digestion. It grows- very high. 
The Voanghembes ( Dolichos) are small beans, 
very agreeable to the taste, and eaten both green and 
ripe, but are heavy on the stomach : they are sown in 
June, and ripen in three months. 
The Voandsourous are small peas, of the size of 
lentils : they are sown at the same time with the fore¬ 
going, grow very easily, and are of excellent taste. 
Antac (Dolichos) is a species of French bean. 
Voandrou, is a kind of bean, produced with great 
ease; the fruit lies underground, with one bean in 
each pod : the leaves are similar to trefoil, and grow 
from the stem without stalks. It is supposed to be 
the Arcichidna of Theophrastus. 
The Varvates (Erythrina Indica) resembles the 
caper-tree. It blossoms in the same manner, and 
each pod contains one small pea, the size of a lentil, 
and not inferior to the Voandsourou. It is very fruit¬ 
ful, and grows to the height of a cherry-tree. Silk¬ 
worms are. fed with its leaves in the province of 
Alsissach. 
Of rice (Oryza Sativa), there are the summer and 
winter kinds. Of the former, called Varemanghe, there 
are four sorts, i. e. two white and bearded, the others 
reddish, without beards, and of a rose-colour when 
boiled. The white rice grows on the high lands, and 
requires but little moisture; but the red is grown on 
