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GLOSSARY OF NATIVE NAMES 521<br />

CUYAS. Calabash basins.<br />

CUYEIRA. Crescentia sp. Calabash tree.<br />

EHEN (Yen.).<br />

ESPIA (Braz.).<br />

A minute biting fly.<br />

A cable.<br />

< '.AMALOTES. Panicum sp. Grasses in the Cinchona forests.<br />

GAPO (L.G.). <strong>The</strong> flooded banks of rivers.<br />

GENIPAPA. Genipa Americana (Cinchonaceae). Fruit gives a black dye.<br />

Gi'ACO. Mikania sp. Supposed antidote to snr.ke-bites.<br />

GUAJARA. Lucuma sp. (Sapotacess). Cooked fruits eatable.<br />

GUANABANO. Anona nntricata. Said to be a powerful remedy in bilious<br />

fevers, dysentery, etc.<br />

GUARANA. Paullinia cufana, stimulant from seeds of.<br />

HOBO=Jovo. Same as Tapiriba (?.?'.).<br />

ICARAPK (L.G.). A small stream.<br />

IMBAUBA. Cecropia sp. Small white-leaved trees.<br />

INAJA. Maximiliana regia. A lofty palm.<br />

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