account of the productions of Java, it mayipéEh'aps-be sufficient' to. refer - the
reader to the particulars contained in •the/siabj’oïnéd- nöteï**
UV:-Of
« AIthough'a'Serious Vejtiitati0nITofi&’e gross imposition practised ó i the- geoplefóf Eurdpe,’
by die romance óf .Eoêrsch on the. subjecttoMeCupas/; o r celebrated qioisonArefe nf^Ihya, may
.at this-dayjb^jn a,,great mRA<»re:Kiiperfldousl^ ceased
his, story, and as Regular s e r ie s 'o ^ e x p p r in ^ te ^ h a y e ib e e n k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ F r aM e ^ d .,11?'
England,'1 to ascertain, top on||re and' potency of ‘the" poison • ^W m |y n o t ^ p ^ ^ ^ W s -
pleasing to the reader tasee in this'place an authehtiirafcc'cfunt'of thé poison," alb'drawSp^oirlTOjr
Dr. Hoisfield" at my request,iè Jd lp ïb ïih ^ ih the seven&Volu&Sof the Batainah .TranSab'tiönsl
Almost every one has heard of its fabnlous, history,! which', t f r o m ^ . ^ t j ^ a p t , n a t ^ J s ,
susceptibility of poeticabomament,its ,a l^ c e with thercrueitiesg t,a.fep^f e ^ ^ C T g ^ i a n ^
.a n s r ë rg
malignant* spirit' ^inThis Lives o f tile Plants^ nal o gËM ig ara ri^ ^ g ^ ffirrattcy with fafV o n -
ders of the Iiem ah y d ra ,' thfe Chimera,'oriany other of-'Sie4laffifc'^ctioM4)f‘®fiqiiily.
tiï'i'ïAJthough the IffccóunfputóishèctibyiFoersch, ’ i^sA-farfasirelajesito -ithe,situation 0 $ ^ #
‘I poisonttree^ to its effects ,o%;the( siirtpunding^cpuntry, apd JP{jto^^j)l^öat|on gsaid^tq have
1 ^ J j& m a d e parts,
’ “ oCtbe poisonous7s u b lim e i t s d g ^ H t s ^ ^ o K C T ^ ^ h a s ^ S ^ em o ip t r a t e d |o b e
“ *%n extravagant" forgêryV^?thé^eöftence^M aNree'bn tTava, from tntraap o ^ ^ tn ^ ? ^ ^ o ilm i
iff is prepared, equal in fatality, when thrown m to'^S'.cifculadonh-„to-4ffy%t¥<mgg^nBn^^(^
‘ijSQnsJhithp^o known, & alfaCtwhichis iat present to y object: tó^e^Mi^ianafi.lpsfeatq.fi'JPhe ,
“ . tree ^whidhjproduces this poison is .toe anchar, and grcaySahl jSfe pSUStern, eg p a ^ y .y>ff the
it island. The w ^ ^ ^ E a m ^ ^ f f o n t a i n s a long,ag~cduiit^^^q^ a s ^ ~uM_er"the denomina-
“ Tibn o f arbor' toxicaria." The tree dcyesnot grow'on'Ainboma^ axidjffi yScriptaon was mad®
“ 'ftdni th e 'information he obtained from Makasar. ’ Hi^figure wah 'dfaWn fronï^ar'bramfeh%f
•“- ‘what1 is callbd'ithe male-tree, sent todum from the 'same: placed and establfshesfthe^idêntit^ .óf
i“.rfthélpöist!n-.tree of Makasar, .and^he otheri Eastern-Islands, with t h c i ^ c h j ^ ^ - ^ a g _ t h e
.rimplefSap.ofrthe arbor toxicaria (agcordmjjjto Rtiuqiphiusbj5 harmless, a n ^ re c ^ ^ |A e ^a^,-
}‘k d u tó n 'e ^ ë y e ra l ^substances, bf I f f iO lf f ilS Pf ginger,, t a raider it
a sb 'fax it'agrees wjtl» the anchar, which, 4 a
^b èfóïé:biin’g'dmp d y id lid ^ ^§ ^ ii^ iV sü { )j^ c t^ (l,I()i 'S ? 'p rè b ^ y <)ri""'which' tvBbTje described
« after-the idstoiy,'■'of -Thé tree.' Besides‘ihe true poisblT-tre'e, Öi'q< upasdof Ithed'EasteriT
ffaTdandg/.arid.-fliR anchar.of "the -Javans, -This .island produces a Bhrub/jV^gli,) as far$s-,gtees»
«" vatip n sh i» p jhitherto^baea^made^ is peculiar,to tjietsameyand,. hy_a ^ ^ ent moijg^qg
' “ preparation, furnishes a poison farexceeding the upas in,violence. I^s namoSi^^pk^fflid
« itó specific depcriptlcm wS succeed to that of the pncbpr: the genus, b a r n o t yet been dffikó-
<ie vered or described. ' 1
-£ ‘ tpiÊscBipïiön.'op; the AscHAitf^THeTtncKkr Belongs to tÊe twenty-firsUclasr of Linnaeus,'
&,Üiè-manoecia,- The :male< flowers are produce^in catkins (aipen^),f.«jn/ the
V same branch, «tnopreat distance; from each other-: the female flowers are m general above
‘ p the male. The characters of the genus tar‘|u ^ ^ ^-ffow|yfchlx, co®stin^ of several
«‘ scales, which are imbricate. Gorol'; none, ' Stamens; filaments many, very short, covered
“ with
Of. i^r.Jg^fe^c^uadnapeds'.it may-b.e .observed',, that neither Quadruped«,
the elephant^'Sréfe6 is'-^hati,vg5.©%#ava ;,cthe.' formejndsr racely imported,
thehecêpfefc&i^PltóÉeBtacIe^lö^iqli therhldmejit^are .placed, has a
■Kih£o5tistin|. ™ ru , n ^ S k ^ atey’' " ^ i
' « ^ S ^ ^ n f e 1 ^Ptótil’, oWte.1 ^ t y f e ^ 1,^ ? ^ ^ , '^ r e n d f e r ', and spreading.
'!<^>§tigmas f fl^ lê ^ a n c l^ ^ ^W t'S ’eêd-Vessel 3 a h ,opmng%ru^;e,s 'cov’éréd wath tKS^,liï^ S|ed^j
« an ovate nut, with one cell.
The WcHai'ligM'e^of thé tréfes in the forests 'of Java.
“ The^stem^isi^^idrical, pgWieridicular, a^dms®scoinplhfe^!na&dto the height of sixty,
,^ e v e ^ l'^ th ê r!^ f ^ i^ l a i f|tyoé'kf>toe^|f^f®yi|Vdv,éré&'Wh'a ^ te ^ k rÈ ^ a ^H tJ ly bursting;
I^ L iu t'^ d .W ^ w r n ws^ rNear the.g£Ound" this bark is, in old ^fees/mbreflian h alf’a n ^ ^ y
■'«) ‘milk'y.juicb'.from which.the celebrated
^pmsonSa^preparedt , A. puncture or ineisionïbeing made into/toeptnè^ifthejjmceijor sap ap-
^ p e a r s /ö o ^ S ^ S '/|)f.'(^y,^iójyisl^,^lpM. (’sbmewhd^ftptliy^frpmyold^jpalërtorö nearly'white
Ö w m ^ ö # ^ t r è e s 3?, ?éxppsedUtQS Üie air^tsfisuifaee^jjetXin^esjtbTOWji-. -^Thélconsigteiice
é‘jifèg§r fa^fee^embles *milk: it i^mor^Üiickean Ay viscid. Tliis sapjjis. copt^inedijm the
t^lat
coUected -fro5i.:a J 8 ^ to e c .b a rk (or
iiAib er^^b ^^éVfib rp u stëx th rh , like thSt o^eipofusttpapyrifera," and" when separated'
,^Sr>dfchasitb^n.joT^edy^»>opes,’i^hich^iYPKy.stropg; and the pojire^olass b^pébple
«< .emplo.yfth.hdnh^barl^É^the^ybuw;'sr.treep-s.W;B|lS^ isimorë easiij^prepared,%for. the!purpose of
•“cmii'ngf a^p^^St^^^cHThey'wear .in working 'die, fields.'/IB^pt; req^r,^mu^h'^]iMjhg,-
^ w a ^ m g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ irqmeirsioa,"before, it can beyjuse:d^andwh'en it appears-completely
; =p~PTgbna/wAg Hdgttbi R,, dress, heilig. exposed. to-^rain,' éré) >affeete,d-?wife anfintolérable ■ f.‘ J f e p h i i i g .- i^f|i'ch-lenders their, 0ms,y; cofering insupportable.. -J^^ibappear franirthe-aecomrit
.^Sfeheimanner in .which-the.paison is^prepared, that the.delethridüf.quality exists^-therguhi ;
«.ja small)po^.pn,of<whiGb’.s t i l l ^ jering,rpïo4u.Qès> .when, expnsedtd^ej:,' .thisiirritatihg. effect i
.“ •.and itaSi I singular,, that this .property of. the prepared bark0isv^ï£) wn^ t(pi the-J avans in all
“ iplao.es .where, the tree grows,-wwhale the prepdraden ofra poison from,its^v^e^hi^i pjodücès
“ a/moj,talr,effdctShen introduced mt(|th|Vody byvpointedp^eapons,, i^qmgxcjusive art of
ft sthe inhabitants of the-eas'tem, ex.tremity^'qfithe. island. , The, stem o%thq->anchar'having ,
-'^arrived .at the>above^nehtit)ne'duh.eight,-; sends, ofia-. few/stout ..branches, .which’spreading
tiiln&arly .horizontally tsgithi several irregular curves,rt^ide »into smaller branches, and. form a
ffshemispheric'al, "notisygry regular, crown, n Ereylous -to. the. season of-ifldwering,' about the
iMbegiiming .c&^QLe^i-'dièj free.sheds. its -leaves,-.which;reappear when the male -flowers
i'® jhave'icömpleted- the-.ofliee bftfécjindation; -It,.delights •mra=fertile,..notSery elevated’ :soiP,
, and ie-o^lyjffound- imthedargest flirests. i jDnefof the experiments jto Be related, below was
,made widsfthe upas prepared by myself i In. th^teellection of/thé juice/I had some difficulty
.««..in inducihgltheiinhabitant's to. assist me; they-feared a cutaneous eruptiort^and inflammation,
“ resembling ,