d from the tenacious milky juice of the Peepul
and the Banyan. The leaves of the Banyan are used by the Bramins to eat
off, for which purpose they are joined together by inkles. Birds are
very fond of the fruit of the Peepul, and often drop the seeds in the
cracks of buildings, where they vegetate, occasioning great damage if
not removed in time.--_Voight_.

[132] The ancient Greeks and Romans also married trees together in a
similar manner.--_R._

[133] The root of this plant, (_Euphorbia ligularia_,) mixed up with
black pepper, is used by the Natives against snake bites.--_Roxburgh_.

[134] Coccos nucifera, the _root_ is sometimes masticated instead of the
Betle-nut. In Brazil, baskets are made of the _small fibres_. The _hard
case of the stem_ is converted into drums, and used in the construction
of huts. The lower part is so hard as to take a beautiful polish, when
it resembles agate. The reticulated substance at base of the leaf is
formed into cradles, and, as some say, into a coarse kind of cloth. The
_unexpanded terminal bud_ is a delicate article of food. The _leaves_
furnish thatch for dwellings, and materials for fences, buckets, and
baskets; they are used for writing on, and make excellent torches;
potash in abundance is yielded by their ashes. The _midrib of the_ leaf
serves for oars. The _juice of the flower and stems_ is replete with
sugar, and is fermented into excellent wine, or distilled into arrack,
or the sugary part is separated as Jagary. The tree is cultivated in
many parts of the Indian islands, for the sake not only of the sap and
_milk_ it yields, but for the _kernel_ of its fruit, used both as food
and for culinary purposes, and as affording a large proportion of _oil_
which is burned in lamps throughout India, and forms also a large
article of export to Europe. The fibrous and uneatable rind of the fruit
is not only used to polish furniture and to scour the floors of rooms,
but is manufactured into a kind of cordage, (_Koir_) which is nearly
equal in strength to hemp, and which Roxburgh designates as the very best
of all materials for cables, on account of its great elasticity and
strength. The sap of this as well as of other palms is found to be the
simplest and easiest remedy that can be employed for removing
constipation in persons of delicate habit, especially European
females.--_Voigt's Suburbanus Calcuttensis_.

[135] The root is bitter, nauseous, and used in North America as
anthelm