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tastes like the large green plum ; the outside is made 
use of for dying black. 
Zamale is a fetid creeping herb, used also by the 
natives for dying black; and it is likewise of use to 
cure ulcerated gums ; but, by the use of it, the breath 
becomes insupportably strong. The nurses use this 
plant to rub the gums of children. 
The Tamboure is the same as the Indian betel; 
the natives constantly chew it, with thyme and voadou- 
rou fruit, after the East Indian manner. 
In the province of Matatane, the Fouren-fouroo, or 
Indian areca, is plentiful. 
The Banghets, (Indigofera), of which there are 
eight varieties, called by the Indians, Anger, is the 
plant, from which indigo is extracted. 
Eanshaa, is a great and high tree, which yields 
a reddish liquor a considerable time after it is cut 
down: its leaves are like fern, the wood veiny and 
hard, except the heart, which is soft. 
Rauver, (Aloes Sylvestris), is a tree, whose leaves, 
like the aloe, are half an ell long, but thinner, and 
are made use of to cover huts and cottages :—they are 
called Fandre. 
Latecanghomelahe, or bull-stone, (Testiculus Tauri ) 
from the resemblance in the fruit, is a creeping 
plant, with a white blossom, that smells like jes¬ 
samine. 
Singofau, is the leaf of a plant which adheres to the 
trees like ivy; the leaf is large, being three palms 
long, and about one broad; the natives bruise and 
