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SIPHONIA ELASTICA. INDIA RUBBER; Or 
ELASTIC RESIN TREE. 
SYNONYMA. Hevea guianenfis. Aublet, Hifore des plantes de la 
Guiane Frangoife. tom. 2. p. 871. tab. 335. Caoutchouc, Richard, 
in Rozier obf. fur la phyfique. tom. 27. p. 138. t. 2. Jatropa elattica. 
Supp. Plant. ‘The figute by Frefnau in Mem, de L’Acad. des Scien. 
a. 175. t. 20, is erroneous. 3 Oia | 
Monoecia Monadelphia. Schr. Gen. Plant. 1465. 
Gen. Ch. Mase. Coro. Cal. globofo-campanulatus, femiquin- 
- quefidus. Filament. colum. Anthere 5, adnate. 
. FEM Cor. o. Cal. s-fidus, patens, folitarius; racemum 
terminans. Stylus 0. Stigmata 3. Caps. 3-locu- 
laris, lignofa, duriffima, ae | 
Sp. Ch. §. foliis ternatis ellipticis integerrimis fubtus canis longe 
petiolatis. Supp. Plant ug 
A LARGE ftraight tree, growing to the height of fifty or fixty 
feet ; at the upper part fending off numerous branches, covered with 
rough bark, Leaves on long foot{talks, ternate, elliptical, fomewhat 
pointed, entire, veined, fmooth, on the underfide whitifh. Flowers 
male and female on the fame tree, fmall, in dividing racemi at the 
ends of the branches. Male flowers numerous: calyx globofo- 
campanulate, five-cleft, fegments ere€t, pointed. Corolla none. 
Filaments in a column, fhorter than the calyx. Antherz five, united, 
Female flower folitary, larger than the male, and placed at the extre- 
mity of the racemus: calyx bell-fhaped, cut into five teeth, which 
are acute, patent, or recurved, deciduous, Germen roundifh, fhorter 
than the calyx. Style none. Stigmata three, deprefled. Capfule 
large, three-parted, woody, very hard, covered with fibrous bark, 
three-celled, valves opening. Seeds ovate, f{potted. : 
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