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of the Rio Negro, and the Indians assure me that they never take the 
root of any other species. 
161. Fruit called Macucú, used in giving the black varnish to be = 
It is produced by a Chrysobalaneous tree of moderate size, growing on 
the inundated shores of the Rio Negro. (2197 to Bentham.) 
162. Fruit of the Cocra (in spirits). (2023 to Bentham.) Mature 
fruit blackish-purple ; the capsule free from the enlarged perianth, the 
interstice being filled with sweet turbid mucilage, which is the part 
eaten. This has more eating than the Cocura-í, but is scarcely 80 
pleasant. It belongs to Artocarpee, and is probably a Pourouma of 
Aublet. 
163. Fruit of Ucuguí (in spirits) and leaves. This belongs to à 
lofty milky tree (an Artocarpea ?), frequent on the upper Rio Negro. 
Fruit very milky, dull yellow, sometimes tinged with red. Epicarp 
3, of an inch thick, yellow, softish, but brittle; mesocarp $ inch, of 
same texture as epicarp, but dull red; endocarp a thin, tough mem- 
brane, closely investing the seed, and beset on its outer surface with 
long fibres (free from the mesocarp), immersed in viscid gelatine. T he 
thin fibroso-gelatinous mass is the only part eaten. When fresh it 1s 
sweet, but acrid, leaving a burning and itching sensation in the mouth : 
this acridity passes off in roasting. A pleasant wine is prepared from 
this fruit. : 
164. Salt made from various species of Podostemee (called Caarurs 
in Lingoa Geral) It was purchased from Indians at the fourth cata- 
ract of the Uaupós, to which the name of Caarurd-cachoeira has been 
given, from the abundance of Podostemee growing on the inundated 
165. Ipadi, made at Urubucoáru, above the second cataract of the 
Uaupós; mixed with the powdered Coca-leaves is a small quantity of 
Tapioca, ashes of Cecropia, and juice of Sugar-cane ; the last ingredient 
serving to make the 7pad more palatable. 
166. Portions of the stems of a Malpighiaceous twiner, apparently 
an undescribed Banisteria (2712 to Benth.) called by the Indians 
.. Caá-pí, and of the roots and leaves of a Hamadictyon, called Caapt- 
pinima (i.e. painted Caapi), the leaves being veined with red. From 
_ these ingredients (the Banisteria entering much more largely than the 
 Heæmadictyon) is prepared an intoxicating drink known to all the na- 
_ fons on the Uaupés by the name of Caapi. Inthe Dabocuris (or festas) 
