. Science-gossip . Fig. 4.—Tamarix -?#* Manna esuding. Fig. 5.—Tamarix gallica (mannifera).Twigs infested with Coccus. of manna-lichen—sent to him by the AustrianInternuncio at Constantinople—which fell with agust of rain at Charput, north-west of Diarbekir,Asia Minor, that the specimens contained morethan sixty-five per cent, of oxalate of lime, withtwenty-five per cent, only of amylaceous matter,allied to starch, of which Iceland moss, the foodof the reindeer, contains eighty per cent. We may assume that the manna brought tothe Israelites was, like the quails, a lo

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. Science-gossip . Fig. 4.—Tamarix -?#* Manna esuding. Fig. 5.—Tamarix gallica (mannifera).Twigs infested with Coccus. of manna-lichen—sent to him by the AustrianInternuncio at Constantinople—which fell with agust of rain at Charput, north-west of Diarbekir,Asia Minor, that the specimens contained morethan sixty-five per cent, of oxalate of lime, withtwenty-five per cent, only of amylaceous matter,allied to starch, of which Iceland moss, the foodof the reindeer, contains eighty per cent. We may assume that the manna brought tothe Israelites was, like the quails, a local naturalproduct, provided in harmony with the pre- Linnasus). Two species, Alhagi maurorum andA. deseriorum, are called by them Ooshter Khar,or camels-thorn, and in Mesopotamia leaves of A. maurorum exude a sweetishjuice (Arabic Ter enkjubin = moist honey), whichconcretes into small granular masses, and which isusually distinguished by the name of Persianmanna. It contains, amongst various sorts ofparticles, a great number of globular,

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