



CROTOPH 



til 



Thai UM 



i of the poison may be grnUly 

 hiltellii. woeJd be expected ; and Mr. BU, in hi* 

 bntika/ Moo* UM following a* evidence of UM net. He 



Hfatory of 



by local 

 fikHUb 



fly UK! minutely UM poUon-apparatui of a large 

 _ _d been dead for om boura ; UM head had beau 



i off Immediately alter Heath ; yet w Mr. Bell continued hU din- 



(aUm the palm eonUnoad la b vented *o a*t a* to require to be 

 uiBMiirBillj ilrlH -ff-t"- - "' -' -ff " -T T He .teto* hi. belief 

 thai UMT* ewild not bar* been In- altogether than aix or eight drop* 

 



The am* .dentine and entertaining author relate*, aa a proof that 

 UM .fleet of wound* inflicted by venomou* aerpente *nbaequently to 

 UM fir* i. greaUy liesinid. either by UM diminution of the quantity 

 of venom or of MOM deterioration of ite strength, the following anec- 

 A gentleman of hi* acquaintance had received a living rattle- 

 frojB America. Intending to try the effect of it* bite upon 



_ < rate, be introduced one of those animal* into the cage with the 

 nrpaot, which immediately (truck the rat, and the latter died in two 

 minutes. Another rat wa* then placed in thx cage, and ran to the 

 forlheit earner from the anake, uttering cries of distress. The serpent 

 did not attack it immediately ; bat after about half an hour, on being 

 irritated, struck the rat, which exhibited no symptom* of being poi- 

 anej.d for aeveral minute*, nor did it die till twenty minute* after the 

 bite bad bean inflicted. A third rat, remarkably Urge, wa* then intro- 

 duced into UM cage, and exhibited no signs of terror, nor wa* it appa- 

 rently noticed by ite dangerous companion. After watching for the 

 re* of the evening. Mr. Bell's friend retired, leaving the rattlesnake 

 and UM rat together. He row early the next morning, and visited 

 UM cage : thani lay UM make dead, and the rat had *upped upon the 

 muscular part of ite back. Mr. Bell doe. not remember at what time 

 of the year this took place, but he expresses hi* belief that it wa* not 



The length of time during which a man will linger after being 

 bitten by one of these deadly make* wa* manifested in a very dis- 



. Home yean ago a carpenter came to aee a rattlenmake 



which wa* publicly abown for money in London. The man endea- 

 voured to excite it, probably to hear ite rattle, with hi* rule, which 

 be dropped into UM erpanf* cage. A* be wa* trying to recover it 

 UM anake bit him in UM hand. He wa* taken to one of the hospitals 

 (8t> (ieorge's, if we recollect right), and bore up ao long that hope* 

 were entertained of hi* recovery ; but hi* constitution gave way at 

 laM, and after many day* be fell a victim to UM poiaon. [TOBOU.] 

 a from of Plant* belonging to the eatural ..rd. T 

 . , .- . 



medical propertiea. It b dintinguiahed from 

 iU order by momwaoti. flower. ; the male* with 







Hrted alvnUr calyx. 6 pateh, i gtand* alternate with the petal*, 

 andaddtoitenumWofdiMinctmanwo*; UM female* with a i-parted 

 calyx, no patala. * bifld or nraltifld atylea, 6 gland* irmundini! 

 UM ovary, and a tricoccoo* fruit The *pecie* an extremely diverai- 

 fted ia appaanaaa, *e*ne being treea, other* both**, other* berbaceoun 

 I. atrrated or lobvd Uavea, many with entire one* ; 

 I..I.I.L.I ^ J andnowwithaamall 



and lax. The following 



acute, quite entire, (talked, 

 arborescent. A natir. 

 Fee considers it quite certain that 

 i Caacarilla Bark { commerce; 

 . an.) Seined* suspect* that it 



. b* rather UM produce of C. />*MVC*iiui. wlnrh he found to b* 

 UM r*al Qofaw Bhnea of the aprthrcarie* of JaUpa. I >r. Lin.Iley con 



fl*hijii. Ht. tX^nagc, and Florida. F< 

 UM. SCOT. i. that which farni.be. the 

 bvt oUien aacribe it to C KUoUvri* 



i<lrr* that the true Caaoirilla Bark i not yielded by thi* upccic* but 

 by C. Ktruiheria. 



C. Tiglium. Leave* ovate, mnooth, acuminate, eerratod. Stem 

 arboreaoent. Flower* in terminal npike. Fruit *mooth, the uze of 

 haxel-nuL An inhabitant of the Molucca*, C-eylon, and other part* 

 i.f the Kant Indie*. Thi* plant i at once the most active and dangerous 

 of drartic purgative* ; every part wnod, leave*, and fruit seems to 

 l*rticipate equally in the energy. The leave* are ao acrid an to 

 inflame the mouth, lip*, and fiuice* of tho*e who merely chew them, 

 '.ringing on (welling anil producing a n?iMition of burning a* far a* 

 the anu*. The aeed* thrown into water intoxicate fish. Ten or 

 twenty fruit* bruised with honey have been known to kill a horse by 

 the violent diarrhoga they have produced. Hence the oil obtained 

 from the seed*, which i* known hy the name of Oroton Oil, when uaed 

 medicinally, ha* to be administered with extreme care. 



CVolon Tiflium. 



C- latciftrum. Leave* ovate, downy, serrulated, stalked ; calyxra 

 downy ; flowers in terminal spikes ; fruits small and velvety. A 

 native of the East Indie*. This specie* i* laid to furnish the finest of 

 all the sorU of lac, but scarcely ever to find it* way to Knglauil. I ' 

 i* very pure, of a bright red, and furnUhe* a brilliant varnish in 

 Ceylon. 



C. Draco, a Mexican plant, with long heart-shaped woolly leave*, 

 with C. tpkarocarpum, and C. minguijtuuni, yields, when wounded, a 

 rtainou* substance of a deep red colour, resembling dragon'* blood. 

 Other* are merely aromatic. From C. baltamiferum the liquor called 

 Eau de Mantes i* distilled ; C'. annao/i'mm, C. m'rriim, C. fragrant, 

 and C. rariarrttm have similar qualitie* ; and C. Ihurifrrum exude* a 

 fragrant resin analogous to inceuse, 



The bark of theae tree* occurs in piece* about a foot long, which 

 are tubular or overlapping, externally covered with a cuticle which 

 easily peels off, so that the liber or bark i* often exposed, in \vliirh 

 caae it feels soft and cork-like. The colour externally is yellowish, 

 aah-gray, or varying to rrildisli-linm-n : this last colour i* mostly 

 owing to the prest-licc of lichoiiH. Til" unrfaue i nlxo marked by 

 irregular deep longitudinal furrows. The inner surface is a dirty or 

 rusty-brown colour. Odour faintly aromatic ; ta*te bitter, not mi- 

 pleaaant, and stimulating. No alkaloid has been detected in it ; but 

 it poaieaae* much volatile oil. One pound of bark yield* one drachm 

 and a half of volatile oil. This bark is sometimes mixed witli i].,- 

 cinchona bark*, being called Gray Fever-Bark a mitixtitutiitn in im 

 respect hurtful. 



For the medical properties of thi* genua aee CASTARIU.A and CKOTOX 



Uiv. 



I'd TII.\i;.V (Linn.), Crolophagtu (Browne, Brisson), a genus 

 of Hirdu placed by Lesson under the third family, H(<t<5roramphes, of 



