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Identifier: palmtree00mood
Title: The palm tree
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Moody, Sophy
Subjects: Palms Trees in the Bible
Publisher: London : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row Edinburgh, and New York
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ishes the tipiti, or elastic plaitedcylinder, by means of which this poisonous juice isgot rid of The grated pulp being placed in thecylinder, it is suspended to a pole. A lever at-tached to a loop at the other end of the cylinderis worked by a woman. This powerfully con-tracts the tipiti, and all the poisonous juice runsout. Other cylinders are used in the preparation ofthis universal article of food, also called cassadaand farinha; but none are so lasting as thosemade from the Jacitara, so that they are greatlyprized by the Indians. This interesting palm is singularly unlike everyother member of its family. The leaves growalternately along the stem, instead of meeting atthe summit to form the crown which, in every other * Wallaces Palms of the Amazon. 254 THE JACITARA. case, is the distinguishing characteristic of the pahntree. The leaflets are somewhat of an oval shape, andpointed at the ends. Leaf-stalks and spathes arecovered with spines, as well as the long, slender,waving stem.
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