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2ays very narrow, barely visible under hand lens and only 

 froa 1 tio 4 cells ;vide and from 6 to 8 times as hig-h. ) 



Distribution, oo ri raon names and uses 



Symi^honia globu l ifera L. has a very v/ide ran^e, extend- 

 ing over western tropical Africa azid tropical america. It 

 is a true forest tree, preferring humid districts and keei^- 

 ing to the lov/er belt, not over 200 meters above sea level. 

 In Jamaica, it is kncmi as Ho^-GUin tree, which may be ado^.ted 

 as the common lln^:lish nacje , 2or other countries we have 

 3ois a c o chon, in I'rench Guyana and in the j renoh speaking 

 iVest Indian Islands, lla c o una , .lawna or ..xaoiuia-tr ee, in 

 British Guayana, Oanani or .jnany in the Brazilian Province 

 of r'ara, >.ia ni and x'eraaan in the .ilto Orinoco (Venezuela) 

 and Lartiniqae and Cerill o in Panama and Gosta liica. 



The wood is of a poor quality and seldom used, the large 

 trees being generally hollow; the bark, leaves, flowers end 

 fruits are filled with a bright yellow resin, T/hich turn? 

 to black when exposed to the air, and is muoh used for calking 

 the boats. A cotton cord, well soaked into the freshly ex- 

 tracted resin and dried, is used hy the Indians as a torch, 

 this giving a bright yellow light. The fruits, also filled 

 with the yellow resin and of the size of a pigeon's egg, 

 have a fleshy, acidulous, pleasantly tasting ^ericarij. 



i-^lacourtiace ae 

 ( ?l3eourti3-I;'amlly ) 



'2he laurel- like Linda ckeria 



Lindackeria laurina Tresl. .:elig. ilaenk. 2:89, t. C5.1835-3G. 



Descrix^tion of the tree 



A tree 12 to 15 meters hirh, the trunic 30 to 35 cm. in 

 diameter, usually straight, the crown j.>yramidal or elongate; 



