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tari, to distinguish it from the Yutahi'-ici'ca or copal, 
which is yielded by the trees called Yutahi (Hy- 
menaea and Peltogyne). Copal distils from cracks 
or incisions in the bark, and soon congeals into a 
hard yellowish or vinous mass, not unlike amber. 
The pods also generally contain pips of it, and large 
shapeless lumps are sometimes found at the foot of 
old trees, on or within the earth. It is called Anime 
in Venezuela, where it has many uses : it is the 
best cement for mending broken crockery ; an 
emulsion, with sugar and water, is successfully ad- 
ministered in catarrh and asthma ; and it is burnt 
in churches in lieu of incense, which it much 
resembles in odour. For this last purpose, the 
powdered legumes are sometimes used, in the 
form of pastilles, both in Venezuela and Peru. 
