. il regno vegetale: Oppure, la struttura, la classificazione, e gli usi delle piante, illustrate sul sistema naturale. Questo albero, theUpas del giavanese, non rimane alcun dubbio che è una pianta di estrema ^ilulenza, anche lino fabbricateddalla sua fibra dura essendo così acrid da verificare la storia della camicia di Nessus ; per esso eccita il mostdistressmg itching se non sufficientemente preparato. Tuttavia, i semi sono sempre sani; thoseof una pianta quasi allUed a Ceccopia, chiamato Musangaby gli africani della Costa d'Oro, così come di Arto-carpo, sono mangiabili come noci. Il famoso Cow Tree, o Palo d

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. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. this tree, theUpas of the Javanese, there remains no doubt that itis a plant of extreme ^ilulence, even linen fabricatedfrom its tough fibre being so acrid as to verify thestory of the shirt of Nessus ; for it excites the mostdistressmg itching if insufficiently prepared. However, the seeds are always wholesome ; thoseof a plant nearly alUed to Cecropia, called Musangaby the Africans of the Gold Coast, as well as of Arto-carpus, are eatable as nuts. The famous Cow Tree, or Palo de Vaca, of South America, which j-ields acopious supply of a rich and wholesome milk, as good as that of the cow, is a species of Brosimiun. It has been analysed by various che-mists, especially Mr. Edward Solly, who found m it as much as 30-57 per cent, of galactui.—See Phil. 3fag., Nov. 1837. Brosimum aUcastrum abomids in a tenacious gummymilk ; its leaves and young shoots>re much eaten by cattle, but when they become oldthey cease to be innocuous. The roasted nuts are used instead of bread, and have much. CLXXXV. Fig. CLXXXIV.—1. Nut of Phjiiocrene ; 2. the same, showing the seed in its interior; .S. a cross sec-tion of the seed, showing the cotyledons and granular albumen ; 4. the club-shaped radicle, l-ig. CLXXXV.—Artocarpus integrifolia. Urticales.] ARTOCARPACEiE. 271 the taste of Hazel nuts. The milkiness of the sap is in itself an evidence of the presenceof caoutchouc, and accordingly the tree Ule of Papantla, from which caoutchouc isobtained in that country, is supposed to be Castilloa elastica, a plant of this Order. Asimilar substance is obtained from Cecropia peltata, a very common tropical tree. Thebark of this plant, remarkable for its stems being hollow between the nodes, is astringent, and used in diarrhoea and gonorrhoea. The light porous wood is employed by theAmerican savages to give them light by friction. From a species of Antiaris (called by Mr. Nim

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