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IniAKTEA, a genus of Smth American direction, while the hind feet hare thnmbi ; 

 palms. The cylindrical roots of this palm , and also by other peculiaritis, chiefly dental, 

 rise in a conical mass above the ground like! . I Anus's I.ADDKII, the garden flower, 

 the stem of a tree. ' Polemonium Cceruleum. > -. ~ 



IRID.EA, one of the rose-spored division of j J AM K< ISA, a genus of myrtaceous Indian 



edible sea- weeds. trees, of which J. Malaccemis yields the 



IHIS, the anterior coloured portion of the Malay apple, and J. Vulgaris the rose apple. 



choroid coat of the eye with its muscular .1 AMK>OM ri , a name of sulphanti- 



flbres, in the centre of which is the pupil. , monite of lead. 



IRISCOPE, an instrument for showing pris-j JAitUAH, the durable mahogany-like 

 malic colours, consisting chiefly of a plate .wood of Eucalyptus rostrata, a West Aus- 

 of highly polished black glass, with its surface tralian timber tree. 



smeared with a solution of fine soap, and! ! KKVIX, an alkaloid fonnd in the root of 

 afterwards dried with a piece of chamois white hellebore, or Veratrum album. 



JKSUITKS UK Koiu:, secular Jesuits of 

 high rank, bound to the order by vows of 

 obedience, but without taking the spiritual 

 ow. They are part of the most mischievous 

 political organisation of this order, which 

 "las been sometimes too much for the en- 



leather. When breathed on through a 

 tube, the vapour on Us surface displays 

 brilliant prismatic tinted rays or spectra. 

 IUITIS, inflammation of the iris of the eye. 



ISCHIQCELB, hernial tumours 

 foramen of the ischium. 



at the 



ISCIIOPHONIA, or ISCIJNOPHOXIA, loss of durance even of the Popedom itself. 



voice, a- weak voice with imperfect speech. 



ISCHURIA, retention of urine. 



ISERINE, a variety of titaniferous iron, 

 from the Iser, Silesia. 



ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED, the Happy 

 Islands of Greek Mythology, supposed to be 

 situated in the Western Ocean. 



ISOGOMC LINES, lines of terrestrial mag- 

 netism on the surface of the earth, which 

 have the characteristic or definition, that 

 the declination of the magnetic needle, or 

 its inclination to the horizon, is the same 

 throughout any one of them. 



ISOPTRE, an amorphous mineral, con- 

 sisting of silicate of alumina, peroxide of 

 iron, and lime, found in the grauite of St. 

 Just, Cornwall. 



ISTHIOXIC ACID, a body obtained from 



JKT KIM'S, a disease of plants, charac- 

 ;erised by their becoming yellowish, whence 

 it has acquired the name of Vegetable 

 Jaundice. 



JEWS' PITCH, a species of asphaltum. 



JiyjAL or (-JIM; A i., a large Oriental 

 musket, used -by the Hindoos and Chinese to 

 defend walls. 



.IOGUES or Tuns, four eras of great 

 extent in Hindoo mythology, analogous to 

 those of the Greek mythology mentioned by 

 Hesiod. They are called Suttee, Tirtah, 

 Dwapaar, and Collee. 



JUBA, the mane of animals. 



JUBILATE, the third Sunday after Easter. 

 So called from the psalm of the day com- 

 mencing " Jubilate Deo." 



JUDICA, the fifth Sunday after Lent. So 



is isomenic with sulpho-viuic acid. 



ITAKA WOOD, the finely-mottled tiger 

 wood of British Guiana, from the timber of 

 JfacJueriujn Schomburgkii. 



ITALIAN JUICK, the extract of Cala- 

 brian liquorice, as Spanish juice is prepared 

 from the liquorice of Catalonia. The 

 Solazzi juice of Italy has hitherto been con- 

 sidered to be the finest. 



1 1- LID.*', a family of Myrapods, of which 

 the gally-worm, or lulus, is the type. 



I VOHY, VEGKTABLK, the nuts of Phy- 

 telephat Macrocarpa, consisting in sub 



used in turnery. 



IVY, the Hedera Helix of botany. 



IXOIA-TE, a fossil resin found in 

 bituminous coal of Oberhart, Austria. 



JABTRU, a wading bird of the genus 

 Jfycteria. 



a genus of South American 

 pnadrumana or monkeys, characterised by 

 Ue digits of the ft re f jot being all in one 



the boiling of a solution of ethionic acid. It called from the psalm of the day beginning 



'Judica me, Domine." 



JUGAL BONK, the cheek bone. 



JUGATA, applied to medals with two 

 heads represented side by side, or connected 

 with each other. 



JCGULAUS, all fishes with ventral fins 

 anterior to the pectoral fins. 



.1 UGULU.M, the fore part of the neck be- 

 tween the throat and chest. 



JUMPING HAUK, a rodent quadruped of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, typical of the genus 

 Helamys, in thefamily/)//>orf&E or Jerboas. 



JUNK \YA1>, a wad of oakum and spun 



atance of indurated albumen, and now much yarn, made to fit the bore of a gun, and to 



ram down between the projectile and the 

 charge. 



JURASSIC ROCK, a geological forma- 

 tion of limestones and clays, somewhat 

 analogous to the Kimmeridge clay and Port- 

 land rocks of England, but with less defined 

 ler strata, forming a large portion of the 

 Jura and Alpine Chain. 



JI-TK, a valuable Indian fibre, obtained 

 from Corctiorus cajtu'aris and C. olitoriut. 

 It was chiefly used in India for making 

 coarse cloth and cordage, but is capable oi 

 belter treatment. 



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