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huatl language, the first one, nanely, from cacallotl v/hich 

 means a shell, and both the latter ones frcn naoaztli , the 

 ear, and cacalxotl , meaning the shell of the ear. In Janama, 

 the dividivi-tree is known as agallo , or gall, i'he wood, 

 which is very hard, is but little used, but from the dry- 

 pods, pulverized in a mortar, a black dye is ^-repated. These 

 fruits, i^aed both for tanning and dyeing, are exported on 

 a small scale from Venezuela and some of the 'West Indies. 



Darien's Toanatea 

 Tounatea darienensis Pittier, Journ. Wash. Acad, 3c. 11; 



159. 1921 



Description of the tree 



Small and spreading, glabrous throughout, with short 

 trunk and hanging branched; bark smooth, grayish. Leaves 

 membranous, single or ternate; stipules lineal, 4 to 6 m-n. 

 long, caducous; petioles of the single leaves 5 to 7 ram. 

 long, articulate and bearing at the tip 2 symmetrical ear- 

 like and more or less pointed appendages; rachis of the ter- 

 nate leaves 3 tc 6 cm. long, sub-winged or margins te, and 

 with the same appendages as above at the insertion o:' the 

 leaflets and at the tip; petioliles 4 mm. long; blades ova- 

 te-elliptic or broad lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, 7 to 16 

 cm. long, 3 to 6 cm. broad, the terminal one largest. In- 

 florescence racemose, axillary or terminal, sin^rle or gemi- 

 nate, 3 to 5-flowered; bracts and bractlets lineal, minute- 

 ly pubescent, deciduous; pedicels clalrate, 5 to 10 mm. long, 

 pubescent; calyx irregularly 4-cleft, the divisions about 

 1 cm. long; ^.etal 1, pale yellow, irregularly cvate-ccrdiform, 

 E.5 cm. long, 3 cm. broad; larger stamens 4 to 9, the smaller 

 ones very numerous; ovary long stipitate, 6-ovulate, style 

 capitellate. 



Description of the wood 

 Sapwood thick, yellow or nearly white; heartwood consi- 



