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.. No. 213.—Cycas— 
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Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 242—figure of the plant, 
No, 243, 
Native of East Indies—-named 4eua by the Brahmins. Fra- 
grant like camphor, biting, aromatic, bitterish, with some 
acrimony; an aromatic tonic. Dose, of powdered root, 
gts. viij to 3ss, two or three times a day. 
No. 210.—Cunzss. The berries of Piper Cubeba, 
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. __ which see. 
No. 211.—Cusparre Cortex. See No. 116, . 
No. 212.—Curare. Poison found in a plant called 
Vejuco de mavacure. 
_ »» The genus yet unknown—used to poison arrows, like the 
ticunas, 
Three species in Materia Medica— 
1. Cycas Circinalis. Sago Palm. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. of the fruit, No. 244—figure 
_ of the palm, No. 245. 
2. Cycas Revoluta. 
3. Caffra. Meal Bark Tree, 
These three palms yield the restorative dietetic of the shops, 
called Sago—it is made from the pith. Portland island 
Sago is obtained from No. 88. Parmentier entertained the 
idea, that all fecule were identical—he proposed to make 
Sago out of sweet potatoes. The couscous of the African 
negroes is a sort of Sago, prepared from holeus spicatus. 
Sago resembles Tapioca in qualities, but is more nutriti- 
ous. That of commerce is chiefly obtained from No. 1, 
which is called Landen, growing in the Moluccas, It is a 
universal article of food, among the inhabitants of Amboy- 
na, Ceram, Celebes, and Borneo. 
No, 214.—Cyponi£ semina. Quince seeds. The 
fruit of Pyrus Cydonia, the Quince tree. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 246—figure of the tree, 
_.. No. 247. 
No. 215.—Cywancuum OLearotium. Argel or Ar- 
 guel, a plant native of Egypt, constituting 
ss ah of the three plants which yield Senna, 
which see. 
