AS TROCAR YUM

[C. N. G. Meyer] (Lat.), n. n.?)- ka?r(kar)’i#(u*)-u8m(utm). From dorpov. a star. and xdpvoy, a nut, from the stellate dehiscence of the pericarp in some of the species. ‘A genus of palms of the tribe Cocoineæ. [B. 19, 121.]—A. acaule rtins]. The Œno carpus baccana (baccaba). [B, 173.]—A. ayri lartius). ya: Tophophænix aculeati ima l&:hot&}. A Brazil- n species (the ayri of the Brazil i ans), of the wood of which the Indians make bows, spindles, etc., and which has an edible fruit. [B, 121, 173.J—A. murmuru [Martius]. A Brazilian species, the O, no; V2, not; v4, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like 00 in too; U2, blue; US, lull; U4, full; U°, urn; US, like ü (German). fruit of which is eaten by the natives and given to cattle. The stony seeds, which pa through the alimentary canal unchanged, are afterward devoured by pigs. The leaves are used for thatching huts. [B, 19, 173.j—A. tucuma [Martius], A. vulgare. The tucum palm; a Brazilian species, the leaves of which furnish a fine thread woven by the Indians into hammocks. The fruit furnishes tucum oil. [B, 19, 173; L, 65, 73.} The root is said to be used as an antisyphilitic. [A, 316.]