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as far to the Boutbwai 

 like die Ord( i nearl) related to them, 



the abundance of mucilage the) contain. I 

 the true Kola spoken ol b) African travellers, when chewed 01 

 water, even it' half putrid, agreeable. I the Chid 



in tha, are eaten as nuts bj the Brazilians. Soarethi I 51 

 < ; tu 11 Tragacanth of Sierra Leone is product I i ;. S. I 

 i indel yields a gum which i- • v ■ th, and I 



such into England. The pod of S. foetida i-. . in 



in Java; tin- leavi repellent and aperient 



tin- fruit i- mucilaginous and astringent. The bark <'t':i s] 



in 1 .iihii.il: and the seeds of all th filled with 



. w !i'u-li ma) I- 'I an. I used for lamp-. There i- a Blight acridit) in tl 



- ■ • l-.-n 1 i;i. It is said that tl" ta alata are narct I 



ibax and its allied are more remarkable for their nob! 



their utility. Tiny are, howt rer,not without interest. Tl. ■: many ai 



in Ion;; hairs, like those of the true Cotton : it is found, however, thai 



tfactured, in consequei f no adhesion existing between the hairs. Th< w < ■< .11 \- 



the -..ii- of tin- Arvore de Paina (Chorisia Bpeciosa . 

 I Iron ami Bombax, i- employed in dififerenl counta 



similar domestic purposes. B imbax pentandrum, the Cotton i 



i, which is given in conjunction with spices in certain stages of bowel complai 



such tr. • - i-. however, report* ■! to be emetic ; this is m ally the 



with Sahnalias and tin- American species of Bombax. The honey of the fl< 

 iialia malabarica is said to be purgative and diuretic. One of the Ian - in 



tli.- world is tin- Adansonia, or Ha.. Lai. IT. .-, tin- trunk of which ha- tx i □ found with :i 

 diameter of 30 feet ; but its height is not in proportion. It is emollient and mucil 

 dous in all it- , an-. Tin- leaves dried an.l reduced to powder constitul ur- 



it. article with the Africans, which they mix daily with their food, for the pui 

 diminishing tl : erspiration to which they are subject in those climal 



find it serviceable in cases of diarrhoea, fevers, and other ma 

 The fruit is, perhaps, the most useful part of the tret Its pulp i- slightly acid 



eable, an.l frequently eaten : while the juice i> expressed from it, mixed « it 

 and cons itutes a drink which i- valued a- a specific in putrid ami pestilential I 

 The dried pulp i- mixed with water, an.l administered, in Egypt, in 

 chiefly composed of gum, like Gum - . a sugary matter, starch, a; 1 which 



appears 1 > be the malic. The fruit of the Durian (Durio zibetbinus . 

 th.- most delicious productions of nature : it is indeed foetid, and tl 

 t.> those who are unaccustomed to it, bul it universal!) becomes in ti- 

 le of the ill --• rt ; it is found in the islands ol the Indian Archip 1 • 

 titivated extensively. Ochroma Lagopus, ■■ West Indian tree, 

 purposes. Its light wood is used instead of cork, its bark is antisypl 

 lining ..f its fruit i- applied to various pu -nil it- woundt ■: trunk 



dance of gum. Th.- rlandplant of Mexico, or Manita, (Cheirostemon | 

 no petals, but a large angular calyx, rest mbling a Lather cup, from th< 

 up a column, bearing ."> narrow curved anthers with a curved st) 

 th.— have considerable resemblance to ;t hand furnished with Ion 

 olha, called by the latter name only in Brazil, is ui 

 coction of the root is administered. It is supposed that ii 

 mucilaginous properties. Myrodia angustifolia is said b) Mai 

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