. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. ia sativa anddulcis, to which belong the Rambeh and Choopa of Malacca, and Hedycarpus malayanusproducmg the Tampui, are other fruit trees of the Order. The fruit of SchniideliaeduUs is known at desserts m Brazil, under the name of Fruta de parao ; it is said tohave a sweet and pleasant taste. Various species of Sapindus are mentioned as fiiiittrees. The blacks of Senegal highly value the berries of S. senegalensis; the fruit ofS. esculentus is very fleshy, and much esteemed by
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. ia sativa anddulcis, to which belong the Rambeh and Choopa of Malacca, and Hedycarpus malayanusproducmg the Tampui, are other fruit trees of the Order. The fruit of SchniideliaeduUs is known at desserts m Brazil, under the name of Fruta de parao ; it is said tohave a sweet and pleasant taste. Various species of Sapindus are mentioned as fiiiittrees. The blacks of Senegal highly value the berries of S. senegalensis; the fruit ofS. esculentus is very fleshy, and much esteemed by the inhabitants of Certao, by whomit is called Pittomba. Mehcocca bijuga, a West Indian tree, is now cultivated in Brazilfor its agieeable subacid \dnous berries. The fruit of Pappea capensis is called WildPrunes at the Cape of Good Hope ; its seeds abound in oil. The succulent aril of theAkee tree (Blighia or Cupania sapida), ofPaullinia subrotunda, and Schleichera trijuga,are also articles of food ui their respective coimtries. Nevertheless, these finiits belong to a race eminently dangerous ; and, as in other. Fig. CCLXVIII.—Germinating seed of Ophiocaryon paradoxum. a. radicle ; b. cauliculus ; cc. cotyle-dons, which, when at rest and unexpanded, are folded down upon d. 384 SAPINDACE^. [Hypogynous Exogexs. cases, appear to be parts In which the deadly juices of the branches and leaves are toomuch diffused among watery matter to be dangerous. For example, although the fruitof Sapindus senegalensis is eaten, its seeds are known to be poisonous ; those of theeatable Nephelia are so bitter as to excite suspicion as to their nature; and it is assertedthat both the fruit and leaves of the Buck-eye, or American Horse Chesnut, iEsculusohiotensis, are a mortal poison, both to man and animals. In no part of this Order isthe narcotic quality more developed than in the genus Paullinia. Of all the species,P. pinnata is supposed to be the worst ; bark, leaves, and fruit abound in an ac
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