﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  — 
  Cook 
  

  

  Plate 
  16 
  

  

  The 
  Balata 
  Tree 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  and 
  mature 
  fruits, 
  natural 
  size, 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  at 
  Bayeux, 
  Haiti. 
  The 
  gum 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  gutta-percha 
  

   tough, 
  but 
  not 
  elastic, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  exported 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  from 
  South 
  America, 
  though 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  

   little 
  known. 
  

  

  