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ih>- taste of Ha» I nut-- The milkinesa ol 



of caoutchouc, and accordingly the tree i I Pa] atla, from wl 

 obtained in that country, ia supposed to I"- Castilli . a plan! 



similar substance i- obtained from Cecropia peltata, a *• rj common I 

 bark of this plant, remarkable for it- -!■ ms hi iug hollow betwe< u the i 

 and 1 1 — - 1 in diarrbcaa and gonorrhoea. I bt porous wood 



American sai give theni light by friction. 



Prom a Mr • Nl1 "'' 



madi in Western India bj die following singular process. -A branch 



- ( ling to the length and diameter of the sack wanted. 1; I a little, 



beaten «iili clubs nil ili<- fibre separatee from the « 1. 'I his done, th<- 



the bark is turned inside <>ut, and pulled down till the wood is Bawed off, with tl 



don oi a small piece left t" form the bottom ol the 



i \ specimen of thi m was exhibited to th<- Linnnpan Society som Here 



then i- ii" trace of tli<- \ irulence of the I pas tree, and notwit h sta n di n g the fatal cl 



ter of that species, others appear to be also inert. In the pro\ Vlartaban, l»r. 



Wallich found his Water \ ine ■ Phytocrene), whose singular soft and porous wood dis- 



chai fes when wounded a verj large quantity of pure and tasteless fluid, which is quite 



wholesome, and is drunk bj the natives. This is an extraordinary exception to the usual 



character of the Order, and if the plant be really destitute of milk, it will break down 



very much the limit between Artocarpads and Nettleworts, unless, indeed, Phyto 



of it- place, which it- copious albumi ids one to suspect .Martins *i\> that 



the fruit of Pourouma bicolor is sub-acid, and worth cultivation, although mucilaginous. 



Snake-w I, or Bois di of the markings which it p: 



obtained from the Brosimum, called by Aublet Piratinera guianensis,atreel r 7' 



high, whose beautiful timber is so hard that it ran only be felled by the Ann rican axi 



Hrosimum, Swartz. 



. 1 1 urn . 

 Antiarb, l- ■ 



N Immo. 

 Ulmedia, /i'r<'.- el Pav. 



Macquira, Aubl 

 Ttyniatocoecua, i 

 Hit. 



l'ourouina, Anbl. 

 Cecropia, Linn. 

 Muaai I Sm. 



lull. 



Myrianthus, Palis. 



tiium Banks. 

 Rademachia, T!iunl> 

 Rumph. 



i,i.m:i! \ 



Polyphtnx 



I rid-: i .<, ( OHIO 



I phalus, Blu 



< Synocephalium, liluvie. 



Pby I all. 



N'j datum, llamilt. 

 Trophis, /'. lir. 



'■■XT. 



uius, Soluud. 



I'yreoaeantha, / 

 « « • 



Iiruea, Gav 



. : ubt. 



Aporosa, Illume. 



Ncmi Gen. 23. Sp 



Position. M Artocarpacbub.- Platauacet*!. 



. / . Se. .v ■- :; . 17// 7- 



Dicr . 

 Treculia, D 



r ospermum I 



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