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A  mound  some  ioxio  feet  at  the  base  makes  a  very  effective 
display  of  gutta-percha  balls.  These  balls  average  4  inches  in 
diameter,  the  size  of  a  cocoanut.  This  is  a  very  common  product 
of  Mindanao.  Some  large  cylinders  of  gutta  that  had  been  worked 
before  the  fire  form  layers  about  a  thin  stick,  the  whole  being  over 
a  foot  in  diameter. 
Brea  gum  is  also  shown  in  quantity.  This  gum  is  wrapped  in 
the  leaves  of  the  nipa  palm  ;  it  is  a  soft,  glutinous  variety  of  gum,  of 
dark,  almost  black,  tints.  In  a  small  jar  is  also  shown  a  white  resin 
that  was  obtained  from  brea  by  solution  in  alcohol. 
The  resin  nato  or  colobob  is  brought  into  the  trade  in  small  dark 
cylinders,  and  looks  for  all  the  world  like  crude  chocolate. 
Resin  of  the  aromatic  myrrh  tree  is  also  glutinous ;  it  reminds 
one  of  cherry-tree  gum  in  appearance. 
Macabuhay  is  the  Tagalog  for  Tinospora  crispa.  This  plant  fur- 
nishes stems,  the  heart  wood  of  which  is  yellow,  the  bark  of  a  light 
brown.  A  decoction  of  the  stems  is  brewed  by  the  natives  and 
used  as  a  febrifuge,  tonic  emmenagogue,  and  antiherpatic.  They 
also  cook  the  bark  in  oil  ;  this  furnishes  them  an  anti-rheumatic. 
Agiya-ng.yiang  is  Visayan  for  jequirty  or  Abrus  precatorins.  The 
familiar  little  reddish  seeds  with  a  black  spot  on  one  end  are  used 
as  a  poison,  in  decoction  likewise  as  a  collyrium.  The  roots  and 
branches  are  the  Eastern  substitute  for  licorice  ;  in  decoction  these 
are  pectoral. 
Andropogon  muricatus  is  known  as  amoras  in  Uocan.  The  dried 
roots  are  shown  in  quantity  ;  they  are  fragrant,  and  are  used  as  moth 
balls,  preserving  cloth  from  the  attacks  of  moths.  In  decoction  it 
is  used  in  tonic  baths.  Our  familiar  oil  of  vetiver  is  distilled  from 
the  aromatic  roots  of  this  plant. 
One  of  the  finest  and  largest  loments  ever  seen  by  the  writer  is 
the  Baynga  fruta  or  Balogo  in  Visayan.  The  individual  seeds  alone 
are  over  2  inches  across,  flattened  and  quite  round.  Some  eight 
such  seeds  make  up  the  pod ;  the  contraction  between  each  seed 
seems  to  almost  separate  this  pod. 
One  of  the  beauties  of  the  forest  is  the  arbol  de  fuego,  or  tree  of 
fire.  In  the  rainy  season,  May  and  June,  this  tree  bears  no  leaves, 
but  is  aflame  with  large  blossoms  of  red  color.  These  flowers  are  a 
half  foot  across. 
Philippine  pharmacy  is  professional.  In  spite  of  all  the  bad  that 
has  been  written  concerning  the  Spanish  conquerors,  the  professions 
