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Salis and seeds may be seen; the latter are oblong and com 
> pressed, about 5 lines long, “pha covered with whitish hairs 
- the dried pulp has a mucilaginous, acid, and slightly astrin gent 
taste, and a very agreeable aroma, resembling that of elem 
Microscopie structure—The rind is covered with a grey 
cuticle or bloom, and further shows two layers, the one ‘ : 
exhibiting not very numerous oil cells, and the other and inner — 
“made up ofsclerenchyme. The tissue of the pulp consists ot 
large cells. In the epidermis of the seeds certain groups of 
cells are excessively lengthened and constitute the woolly hair 
saseee noticed. . 
Chemical composition.—As stated in the Pharmacographia, 
bl the dry pulp moistened with cold water yields a red liquid 
‘eontaining chiefly mucilage and (probably) pectin, which | 
separates if the liquid is concentrated by evaporation. Th 
mucilage may be precipitated by neutral acetate of lead or by 
alcohol, but is not coloured by iodine. It may be separated 
a filter into a portion truly soluble (as proved by tht 
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hhending the larger bulk, which is only swollen like Traga 
canth, but is far more glutinous and completely ganar 
: - Soluble potassium and sodium sokeiGatc: 
_ Phosphates of calcium and iron . 
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