 It is covered with a whitish bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal furrows. Near the ground this bark is, in old trees, more than half an inch thick, and, upon being wounded, yields plentifully the milky juice from which the celebrated poison is prepared....  Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics ... - Page 2061817Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 612 pages
...height of sixty, seventy, or eighty feet. Close to the ground the bark is, in old trees, more than an inch thick, and upon being wounded, yields plentifully...juice, from which the celebrated poison is prepared. In clearing new grounds near the tree, the inhabitants do not like to approach it, as they dread the... | |
 | 1816 - 600 pages
...much like the Canarian commune, and several others of our large forest trees. It is covered with a whitish bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal furrows:...which the celebrated poison is prepared. A puncture or incisioii being made in the tree, the juice or sap appears oosing out, of a yellowish colour (somewhat... | |
 | 1816 - 670 pages
...much like the Cañarían commune, and several others of our lar^e forest trees. It is covered with a whitish bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal furrows : near the ground this bark i«, in old trees, more than half an inch thick, and, upon being wounded, yields plentifully the milky... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 pages
...perpendicular, and rises completely naked to the height of sixty, seventy, or eighty leet. It is covered with a whitish bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal furrows....poison is prepared. A puncture or incision being made into the tree, the juice or sap appears oozing out, of a yellowish colour (somewhat frothy) from old,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 480 pages
...canarium commune (the canary tree,) and several other of our large forest trees. It is covered with a whitish bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal furrows. Near the ground this bark is, in uld trees, more than half an inch thick, and, uj on being wounded, yields plentifully the milky juice... | |
 | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles - 1830 - 600 pages
...canarium commune (the canary-tree), " and several other of our large forest trees. It is covered with a whitish " bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal...poison is prepared. A puncture or incision being made into the tree, the " juice or sap appears oozing out of a yellowish colour (somewhat frothy) " from... | |
 | 1830 - 616 pages
...or wings ; it is covered with a whitish bark : near the ground this bark is, in old trees, more than an inch thick, and upon being wounded, yields plentifully...juice from which the celebrated poison is prepared. The sap is contained in the tree-bark (or cortex). The inner bark (or liber) of young trees is employed... | |
 | Charles Coleman - 1832 - 514 pages
...much like the Canarian commune, and several others of our large forest trees. It is covered with a whitish bark, slightly bursting in longitudinal furrows...inch thick, and upon being wounded yields plentifully of the milky juice from which the celebrated poison is prepared. A puncture or incision being made... | |
 | Lady Sophia Raffles - 1835 - 466 pages
...or wings ; it is covered with a whitish bark : near the ground this bark is, in old trees, more than an inch thick, and upon being wounded, yields plentifully...juice from which the celebrated poison is prepared. The sap is contained in the tree-bark (or cortex). The inner bark (or liber) of young trees is employed... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1835 - 464 pages
...appendages ; it is covered with a whitish bark ; close to the ground this bark is, in old trees, more than an inch thick, and upon being wounded, yields plentifully...juice from which the celebrated poison is prepared. The sap is contained in the tree-bark or cortex. The inner bark or liber of young trees is employed... | |
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