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eoustitutiofil, and those peculiarities whicli arie called Idiosyncracies, 
(which experience alone can fully inform us of) no one can pre- 
tend to say to what extent such a medicine as the Toxicodendron 
ought to be administered at first; and as convulsions and other 
untoward symptoms have been brought on by a too rapid increase of 
quantity, it is necessary to employ caution in the exhibition of 
' this plant. This uncertainty of effect however, though a consider- 
able objection to the employment of Toxicodendron, is not peculiar 
to it, as all the other vegetable poisons are liable to the same 
inconvenience." 
Off. The Leaves. 
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COCOS BUTYRACEA. 
The Mackaw Tree. 
Class MoNCECiA. — Order HexaNDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. PALMiE. 
Oen. Char. Spathe general, one-celled. Spadix branched. 
Male Flowers. Calyx three-leaved. Corolla 
tripetalous. 
Female Flowers. Calyx two-leaved. Corolla 
six-petalled. Style none. Stigma hollowed. Drupe fibrous. 
Spec. Char. Fronds feathered. Leaflets simple. 
This species of palm is a native of Brazil, and is common near 
the ipines of Ybaquenses. It is a lofty tree,* the foliage forming a 
dense shade ; the fruit is of a triangular form, smooth, succulent, 

* Palms belong to the tribe of plants called Monoootjledones. Strictly speaking 
they are not trees, bat perennial herbaceous plants, having nothing in common with the 
growth of trees in general ; but being the most lofty, and, in some instances, the most 
long-lif ed of plants, have acquired the name of trees. Vide tntroduction to Physio- 
logical and Systematical Botany, by Sir J. E. Smith. 
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