12 MR. SPRUCE'S BOTANICAL EXCURSION 
sent. The fruit of the Inajá is burned by the Seringueiros, i. e., 
India-rubber makers, for smoking and drying the successive layers 
of the milk of the Seringue, which they apply to their clay-moulds. 
A leaf which I measured exceeded 30 ft. in length. The Inajá fur- 
nishes a more delicious “ cabbage " than any other palm. 
No. 8. Hyospathe elegans, Mart. (Ubim, Bras.) (Stem; 2 leaves; 
upper part of stem, with male and female spadix ; 2 fertile and 2 male 
spadices.) In wet ravines at Tanaii, near the junction of the rivers 
Acarà and Para. September 1849. The fronds of this pretty species 
make the best and neatest thatching for cottages. 
No. 9. Iriartea exorrhiza, Mart. (Paxiuba, Bras.) (Spadix; leaf; 
portion of stem from near summit; stem of a young plant, with the 
emersed roots.) Tanaii, on the Rio Acarà, a tributary of the Rio 
Para. September 1849. Young stems of this palm are exported 
in great quantities to the United States, where they are used for 
umbrella-sticks. 
No. 10. Leaf and spadix of a small palm, with red prickly fruit, 
from Tanaü, on the Rio Acarà, S. Am. September 1849. 
No. 11. Desmoncus ? (Leaves and inflorescence.) Tanaii, 
Rio Acarà, S. Am. 
No. 12. Bixa Orellana, Linn. (Urucú, Bras.) Environs of Para, 
S. Am., very frequent. July 1849. (Leaves, and fruit laid open to 
show the seeds, from which is prepared the Ænnatto of commerce). 
No. 13. Humirium (Umiri, Bras.) (Wood, leaves, and fruit.) 
Caripi, on the shores of the Rio Pari, S. Am. August 1849. From 
the bark of this tree a perfume is extracted which is much esteemed 
in Brazil. The wood is used in house-carpentry, especially for rafters. 
No. 14. (Anani, Bras.) (Wood; leaves and flowers ; gum secreted 
by bark.) Caripi, on the Rio Pari. August 1849. A lofty hand- 
some tree, branching only near the summit. The wounded bark 
exudes abundantly a yellow, viscid, bitter-tasted: gum, which changes 
first red, and then umber, in drying. Plaisters made of it are used 
by the Indians in chest disorders, and it is also extensively used for 
caulking canoes. 
No: 15. Myristica sebifera, Sw. (Virola sebifera, Aubl. Uci-uba, 
Bras., i. e., Oil-tree.) (Leaves and flowers; wood.) Caripi, on the 
Rio Para. August 1849. The nuts of this tree furnish the best wax 
in the province. A watery gum exudes from the bark, which finds 
