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the specific name, as those near the root are 

 sometimes found nearly as deeply lobed as those 

 of A. incisa. The Jack tree is a native of the 

 East Indies, particularly of the Molucca Isles, 

 Amboyna, and Ceylon, and it also seems natu- 

 ralised in the Yf est Indies, particularly in the 

 Island of SI. Vincent. The wood resembles 

 that of mahogany. 



The Cow tree, or Palo de Vacca {Galacto- 

 dendron idile), appears nearly allied to the 

 Bread-fruit tree, though its flowers are un- 

 known. The nut, however, which is covered 

 with a husk apparently composed of the hard- 

 ened calyx, resembles those of the other plants 

 belonging to the Urticaceee, and the bark when 

 wounded gives out abundance of milk, which is 

 good to drink. -Humboldt in his Relation His- 

 torique, describes this tree as "growing on the 

 sides of the rocks, its thick roots scarcely pene- 

 trating the stony soil, and unmoistened during 

 many months of the year by a drop of rain or 

 dew. But dry and dead as the branches ap- 

 pear," Humboldt continues, " if you pierce the 

 trunk, a sweet and nutritive milk flows forth, 

 which is in the greatest profusion at day-break. 

 At this time the blacks, and other natives of the 

 neighbourhood, hasten from all quarters, fur- 

 nished with large jugs to catch the milk, which 

 thickens and turns yellow on the surface. Some 



