STRONG DRINK AND TOBACCO SMOKE. :?.-) 



outer coat. The inner one is made up of four or 

 five rows of long cells \\'itli very tliin walls, forming 

 a tliin pellicle, which lies on four rows of cells con- 

 taining much colouring matter. These skins enclose 

 the large, irregularly-shaped cells, forming the alluimen 

 in which an abundance of starch is lodged (Plate 5, 

 fig. 12). The silica plates on the outer layer of cells 

 separate at their edges, when the grain swells from 

 moisture (Plate 6, figs. 14, 15). 



CocGulus IncUcus (Plate 7, figs. 1 and 2). — In most 

 illegal companionship with our malt liquors are 

 frequently found the ground berries of the Cocculus 

 Indicus, which possess great stupifying and poisoning 

 power. The plant from which they are produced is a 

 native of Malabar and Eastern Islands of India, and 

 its fruit is imported to us in bags from Bombay, jNIadras, 

 and Ceylon. 



Fig. 1 is a berry of the natural size, of a dark brown 

 colour, and corrugated surface. When examined under 

 the microscope, after careful dissection, its structure may 

 be thus described. The exterior skin is composed of three 

 or four layers of irregularly-shaped cells, with very thick 

 and dark-coloured walls (Fig. 2, a), overlying the woody 

 fibres (b) which are interlaced in every direction with 

 branching ligneous cells and spii'al vessels (sv). Under- 

 lying these are the double-pointed, channeled, wood 

 cells, lying horizontally, with others interwoven per- 

 pendicularly to them [d, g, c) ; and underlying these is 

 a delicate pellicle formed of rows of delicate thin-wnlli d 



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