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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

1. Hyphæne kernels.—

1. Hyphæne kernels.—

These have been imported into Liverpool from S.W. Madagascar as a substitute for vegetable-ivory, for which they seem little fitted. They appear to be yielded by Hyphœne crinita, with which Dr. Kirk identifies II. natalensis and H. petersiana. It is described as "a low palm bearing nuts with a sweetish rind, tasting like the locust bean, carob, or St. John's bread, and from which a spirit is distilled." The extension of this genus of palms, so characteristic of the flora of tropical Africa into Madagascar, is not less interesting than the presence of the Adansonia already mentioned.