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shrub; the leaves are like those of the European 
jessamine, and the flowers are extremely odoriferous. 
They are used by the women to scent the oil of 
sesame, or menachil. 
Hounits Ancason, is a small shrub bearing a 
flower of the smell of jessamine, but larger and 
whiter; the stem which supports it is white, and six 
inches long. 
Voale, is a small shrub that bears a flower like the 
liricon-fancy, called by apothecaries lilium conval- 
lium. 
Langhare, is a small shrub that usually grows 
under bushes and hedges, and shoots long leaves, 
notched like a saw, similar to the chesnut-tree, but 
closer and more pointed at the ends. The stock is 
straight, and the flowers, which grow without any 
seeming fastening or support through the bark all 
over the trunk, are blood-coloured, of a pungent 
taste, laxative, and raise a salivation if chewed. 
Mimbouhe, or Sonde-fa-fat, is a plant growing on 
the sea-shore; the natives rub their bodies with its 
leaves when fatigued, which refreshes them, and 
cheers their spirits. Its leaves are incorruptible, and 
they use them successfully in wounds. 
Foo-ra-ha (Catophyllum Inophyllum). This is 
one of the finest trees on the island, and the most 
useful of the hot climates. Next to the teak, it is 
the best timber for ship-building that can be got 
in India. It is very similar to the Tacamahaca of 
the Isles of France and Bourbon, and, like that, yields 
