The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . nd alsoa little bottle-gourd filled with finelypowdered lime, and having a wooden ormetal needle attached to its stopper. Pourtimes a day, whatever the nature of his esca] STtje Crea£ttrp af SSotattji. 470 occupation, whether employed in themines, the fields, as a muleteer, or do-mestic servant, the Indian resigns him-self to the pleasures of Coca chewing,mixing the leaves with lime or the ashesof Cecropia. When used in moderationCoca exerts a pleasurable influence
The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . nd alsoa little bottle-gourd filled with finelypowdered lime, and having a wooden ormetal needle attached to its stopper. Pourtimes a day, whatever the nature of his esca] STtje Crea£ttrp af SSotattji. 470 occupation, whether employed in themines, the fields, as a muleteer, or do-mestic servant, the Indian resigns him-self to the pleasures of Coca chewing,mixing the leaves with lime or the ashesof Cecropia. When used in moderationCoca exerts a pleasurable influence uponthe imagination, and induces a forgetful-ness of all care; it is also a powerfulstimulant of thenervous system, and whenunder its influence Indians are able to per-form long and rapid journeys, and carryheavy loads, without requiring any othersustenance. But when taken in excess itproduces intoxication, of a character re-sembling that of opium rather than alco-hol, but not so violent, although the con-sequences of its prolonged use are quiteas injurious, and very few of those whobecome slaves to the habit attain an old. Erythroxylon Coca. Spruce says that an Indian,with a chew ofSpadic in his cheek, will go two to threedays without food, and without feeling anydesire to sleep. [A. S.] ESCALLONIACEiE. (Carpodetece, Escal-loniads.) A natural order of calycifloral di-cotyledons belonging to Lindleys grossalalliance of epigynous Exogens. Evergreenshrubs, often odoriferous, with alternateexstipulate leaves,and axillary conspicuousflowers. Calyx superior, five-toothed; co-rolla of five petals, alternate with the divi-sions of the calyx, aestivation imbricated ;stamens five, attached to the calyx, and al-ternating with the petals. Ovary inferior,two to five-celled, with a large central pla-centa and numerous ovules ; style simple,surrounded at the base by an epigynousdisk; stigma two to five-lobed. Fruit acapsule or berry crowned by the persistentcalyx and style: seeds minute wit
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