they invoke Pula. They employ it for differ nt 
sence, useful in the pains of gout and coldness of the 4 
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signed to it.are not constant. ie — the height of its trunk vaties 
much ; some are very high. . I have 
the plains, and in the erdods on | Be ciountains Its peduncles are 
. sometimes simple and sometimes umbellate. The number of petals 
also varies in the same cluster. 'The Canelo is the sacred tree of 
the Indians, for their assemblies and religious ceremonies, in which 
and it is an ‘ingredient i in the greater part of thei 
fresh wood i is tough and dry, and it is hard, and proper for works 
which are not exposed to water. Joists are made of it; it preserves 
clothes from insects ; when burned, it exhales a smoke offensive to 
the eyes, but of a pheiacect smell. Its bark is employed as a medi- 
cine : its decoction restores the color of indigo and fixes it; mixed 
with salt and urine it kills the insects which infest animals. It is ad- 
ministered in scaly eruptions, and it is considered a detergent in ma 
lignant rie The properties of the winter’s bark being po 
we can have no doubt of those possessed by this tree. 
Duvaua dependens. D. C. ‘A small shrub four or five yards bith 
known under the name Huingan; common in woods at the 
hills. ‘The infusion of the sced is nonetris It is exhibited in 
hysterical and urinary affections, and in the principal of the hydro- 
pic diseases when the type allows its use. From this tree exudes 
a resin, which, spread on paper, is applied as a specific against pains 
| seles and tendons, as well as for diseases from 
cold. "The decoction of its bark yields a balsamic, wee red 
: see 
is used in the drink called chicha, which is agreeable ut too strong. 
The Schinens Huigan, Molina, cited by all modern botanists, belongs 
to the D. dependens, and should be referred to this species: 
Molle as ‘we have already said, is probably a species of Amyris © reg 
new species of Duvaua. 
Eccremocarpus Sepium. Bertero. I will add to what I have 
already said, that this plant differs considerably from the E. longi 
florus. Humb. and Bonpl. Jam convinced of this, by a compat: 
ison made with the drawing oyen by wv: wre (Plant. Jy. |. 
tab. 65.) 
Eclipta erecta. L. In des hndloounée faptnd * 
It resembles the E. palustris. Forst. 
Elatine tripetala. Smith. In the roads and oosy ry places 0 
plains and hills. ‘The number of-the petals a“ stamina ig subject 
to variation. ‘ 
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