. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . even the most experiencedwoodman or botanist can tell you the names of plants ofwhich he sees only the stems. From this tree is procured the Wild Cotton which hasalready been mentioned on page 134. I believe that yet no usehas been found for this delicate and short yellow fibre, except 398 EXPLANATORY DsDEX as stuffing for pillows and couches. The native never troublesh
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . even the most experiencedwoodman or botanist can tell you the names of plants ofwhich he sees only the stems. From this tree is procured the Wild Cotton which hasalready been mentioned on page 134. I believe that yet no usehas been found for this delicate and short yellow fibre, except 398 EXPLANATORY DsDEX as stuffing for pillows and couches. The native never troubleshimself to remove the seeds, •which are hard, spherical, nearlyblack, and about as large as peas. CouAXACorc-Hi (Lachesis mvAus).—Popularly called Bush-master, a name originally given to it by the Dutch. Some-times it is called Curucum, When living, it is as beautifulas it is deadly, but the lovely prismatic colours which playover the body during life are extinguished in death, and noteven Waterton could restore to the skin the beauty of theliving serpent. It is found both in trees and on the ground. Coucorrite-Palm.—There are several species of this palm,all belonging to the genus !^Iaximiliana The most beautiful. , of them is the species mentioned by Wateiion, and appro-priately named Maxirniliana regia. In this plant, writesKingsley, the pinnae are set on all at the same distanceapart, and all in the same planes in opposite sides of thestalk, giving to the whole foliage a grand simplicity; andproducing, when the curving leaf-points toss in the breeze, EXPLANATORY INDEX, 399 that curious appearance which I mentioned in an earlierchapter, of green glass wheels with rapidly revolving leaves are sometimes twenty-five feet or more in length,and their stems are triangular. AVhen diied, they ai-e won-derfully light, strong and elastic, and are often cut into lengthsand imported to England as walking-sticks. When young,the tree has scarcely any stem, the l
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