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a gum-balsam, which is useful in curing wounds and 
sores. This tree is large and leafy, with spreading 
branches, and is remarkable for its prodigious 
height. 
The Nonnuc, (Figua Cornacea ), is an Indian 
fig-tree, and deserves particular notice. The Por¬ 
tuguese called it arvor-de-rois, or root-tree, from its 
aptness to take root at the ends of the boughs : these 
touching the ground, become new trunks, and shoot 
fresh branches, which in their turn do the same, thus 
multiplying to the number of forty or fifty, without 
separating from the original stock, each growing 
equal in height, and forming a circle so large, that a 
hundred persons may shelter themselves from the 
heat or rain under it. Flacourt relates that he saw 
several in the neighbourhood of Fort Dauphin which 
had four new stocks, each twelve feet in circumfer¬ 
ence ; and that from each stock others had sprung, 
inclining to, and ready to take root in the earth, at 
forty-eight feet distance from each other. 
The Voanounouc, (Figua-avi-avi), is an Indian 
fig-tree, and its fruit has the taste and shape of 
European figs. This tree, upon incision, yields a 
lacteous juice. The bark is used for cordage. 
Yeva, is a small shrub with leaves similar to those 
of an almond-tree; of a dark green above, and white 
and hairy underneath, with an attractive quality. 
Himavale, is a tree with six leaves on each little 
branch placed opposite each other, odoriferous, and 
esteemed a good cordial. 
