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Antiqua
Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung.
to belong to the family of Saptoteæ, grows
on rocky declivities, on the northern An-
des. Its leaves are large, oblong, thin, dry,
and coriaceous. “Its thick ligneous roots
scarcely enter the rock; for several months
in the year, rain scarcely waters its fanshap-
ed leaves. The branches appear dry and
dead. But when an incision is made in the
trunk, a sweet and nutritious milk runs from
it. It is at sunrise that the vegetable liquid
runs most abundantly. Then the natives
and negroes are seen to come from all
provided with vessels to receive the milk,
which becomes yellow, and thickens at the
surface.—This vegetable milk possesses all
the physical properties of the milk of ani-
mals, only it is a little thicker, and mixes
easily with water. When boiled, it does
not coagulate, but a thick yellow pellicle is
formed on the surface. Acids do not form
with this milk any coagulum as with that of
the