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BURSERIACE^. X. Sorindeia. XL Garuga. XII. Elaphrium. 



Mexican Hedwigia. Tree 56 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see BosrvHliuy p. 81. 



Ovary superior, sessile, 2-celled, with 2 collateral ova in eacli 

 cell attached to the central axis. Disk orbicular in the bottom 



V Ci^r>TXTTM- TA/- 1 \Tirr. ^^ ^'^^ calyx. Stylc short, crowned by a bifid stigma. Drupe 



X MJIUNDLIA (meaning unknown). Pet. Th. gen. mad. pea-formed, £-3-valvcd, soluble. Seeds suborbicular, with a 



p. 24. D. C. prod. 2. p. 80. 



Lin. syst. Poly gam la^ Dice cia. Flowers polygamo-dioecious. 

 Calyx urccolate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, lanceolate, broadest at the 

 base, valvate in the bud. Male flowers with about 20 stamens 

 inserted in the bottom of the calyx (sometimes from IG to 28). 

 Hermnphrodite flowers with 5 fertile stamens ? filaments short. 

 Ovary conical. Stigmas 3, sessile. Drupe containing a thready, 

 pressed, oblong nut. Embryo naked, thick. — African or 

 East Indian shrubs, with imj)ari-pinnate leaves, and alternate en- 

 tire leaflets. Panicles branched, axillary or terminal. Flowers 

 purple. 



double integument, without albumen. Cotyledons suborbicular, 

 corrugated or plaited, with a superior radicle. — Unarmed bal- 

 samiferous trees or shrubs, having white smooth wood. Leaves 

 crowded at the tops of the branches, impari-pinnate, and exsti* 

 pulate, with dotless opposite leaflets, having the rachis usually 

 winged. Racemes axillary, simple. Flowers insignificant, of a 

 whitish-green colour or yellowish. Pedicels bracteate. Bark of 

 the fruit containing balsam. 



1 E. TOMENTosuM (Jacq, amer. 105. t. 71. f. 1-2.) leaves 

 tomentose ; leaflets 9, ovate, toothed ; racemes few-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves, ^i . S. Native of Curacoa and the 



1 S Madagascaiiiknsis(D. C prod 2.p.80.) Tj . S. Na- islands adjacent, in rocky gravelly places. Lam. ill. t. 304. f. 1. 



nve of Madagascar, where it is called Manguier a grappes, from Pagara octandra, Lin. mant. 40. Am^ris tomentosa, Spreng. 



... -. 1 "i T,, syst. 2. p. 219. A balsamic, glutinous, odorous resin flows 



withaternate leaves, standing on woody petioles. Flowers small, from this tree, which much resembles that which flows from 

 in axillary racemes. 



the fruit being similar to that of the Mango. A weak shrub, 



Madagascar Sorindeia. Clt. 1828. Shrub 12 feet. 



2 S. Africa'na (D. G. prod. 2. p. 80.) Native of the western 

 coast of Africa, along the banks of the river Congo. See R. Br. 

 cong, p. 12. 



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Tree. 



Bu7*sera, 



I'omentose Elaphrium. Tree 20 feet. 



2 E. gla'brum (J acq. amer. 106. t. 71. f. 4.) leaves quite 

 glabrous ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, bluntly toothed ; racemes 



Native of 



few-flowered, twice the lencrth of the leaves. 



F2.S. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see BoswcUia, p. 81. 



XI. GARUGA (called Garuga or Garoogoo by the Telin- 

 gas). Roxb. lun-t. beng. p. 33. cor. 3. t. 208. D. C. prod, 2. 

 p. 80. 



Carthagena, in bushy places by the sea side. Lam. ill. 304. f. 

 2. Fagara Elaphrium, Willd. spec. 1. p. CCS. Am^ris Ela- 

 phrium, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 219. 



Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



Smooth Elaphrium. 



3 E. 



nicella'tum (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. D. C. 

 prod. l.p. 724.) leaves subglabrous ; leaflets oval-oblong, acu* 



LiN. SYST Dccandna M>.o^.^ma. Flowers hermaphrodite, minated, coarsely toothed; petioles pilose at the base, and with 



Calyx small, campanulate, 5-cieft. Petals 5, inserted in the 

 calyx, connivnit. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals. Glands 

 5, inserted between tlje ])alrs of stamens. Ovary ovate. Style 

 1, filiform. Stigma o-lobed. Drupe globose, fleshy, containino- 

 2 or more 1 -seeded nuts. — Trees, with impari-pinnate leaves; 

 leaflets almost sessile, crenate. Flowers yellowish, in axillary 

 panicles. 



1 G. imnna'ta (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 208.) leaves somewhat vil- 

 lous; leaflets oblong, lanceolate, bluntly crenate. 1^ • S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in mountainous districts. — Rheed. mal. 4. p. 

 69- t. 83. Rheed's and Roxburgh's plants may be distinct 

 species. A deciduous tree, the wood of which being soft and 

 spongy is very little used. The fruit is eaten raw by the natives, 

 but is chiefly used for pickling; it has a rough austere taste, 



fascicles of hairs at the origin of the pairs of leaflets ; racemes 

 few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves. T2 . S. Native of 

 iNlcxico. Amyris penicellata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 219. 

 Pc«ci//cd'-haired Elaphrium. Tree 20 feet. 



4 E. FAGAROiDEs (H- B. ct Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p- 27. 

 t. Gil.) branches angularly furrowed, flexuous, and are as well 

 as the leaves smooth ; leaflets 7, obtuse, serrate-crenate, ter- 

 minal one elliptical-rhomboid, lateral ones unequal-sided ; rachis 

 wingless. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Fruit 4-valved. Amy- 

 ris fagaroides, Spreng. syst. append. 148. 



Fagara-like Elaphrium. Tree 12 feet. 



5 E. GLABRiFoLiuM (H. B. ct Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p- 

 28.) branches twisted and flexuous, terete, tomentose; leaflet* 

 7-9, obtuse, coarsely crenated, smooth, shining above, terminal 



which renders it unpalatable as taken from the tree, though very one elliptic-oblong, lateral ones unequal-sidedl rachis wingea; 



fit for i)ickling. 



/*;7/»rt/6'-leavcd Garuga. Clt. 1808. Tree GO feet. 



2 G. Java'nica (Blum, bijdr. 11G5.) leaflets many pairs, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminated, oblique at the base, serrated, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; flowers panicled ; fruit densely villous. T? . S. 

 Native of Java, in mountain woods. 



Java Garuga. Fl. May. Tree GO feet. 



3 G. Madagascarie'nsis (D. C. prod. 2, p. 81.) leaves 

 smooth ; leaflets acutely serrated. ^ . S. Native of Mada- 

 gascar. This may be Roxburgh's G. pinnata ? 



Madagascar Garuga. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see BosKclUay p. 81. 



fj. S. 



Native of Mexico, between Paz 



wing subdentate. 



cuaro and tlie burning mount Jorullo, near Ario. 



Jacq. amer. IOC. ? 



E. glabruiii 



» 



Smooth-lcavcd Elaphrium. 

 6 E. Jokulle'nse 



Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



(H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 7- p. 28. t. 

 G12.) branches round, smooth ; leaflets 15-17, oblong, obtuse, 

 doubly crenated, wrinkled, and tomentose on both surfaces, lioarj 

 above, and rufescent beneath ; rachis winged ; wings doubly cre- 

 nated. \i . S. Native of Mexico, at the bottom of Moun 

 Jorullo. 



Jorullo Elaphrium. Tree 20 feet. 



7 E. Jaquinia'num (H. B. ct Kimth, nov. gen. amer.) branches 



arseiy 



terete, covered with rusty tomentum above; leaflets 7-9, coant 

 XII. ELAPHRIUM (from tXa^poc, e/a;)/iro5, contemptible ; crenated, wrinkled above, liairy and shining, but covered witn 

 trees without beauty, and with wood of no value). Jacq. amer. rufescent tomentum beneath, younger ones rusty, terminal one 



rhomboid-ovate, lateral ones unequal-sided ; rachis winged^ 



105. 



D. C. prod. 1. p. 723. II. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 



7. p. 27. 



Lin. syst. Ocfandria, Monng^nta. Calyx 4-parted, perma- 

 nent. Petals 4, inserted in the disk, spreading, broadest at the 

 base. Stamens 8, inserted in the disk. Anthers 2-celle3. 



wings entire. T? . S. Native of South America, in the provm^^ 

 of Venezuela, near La Victoria. E. toment6sum, Jacq. a"^^ ' 

 I05.t.71.? Fagira octandra, Lin.? A glutinousjuice flows Iro^ 

 this tree when cut or broken, which thickens to a resinous g« 



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