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BURSERIACE.E. X. SORINDEIA. XI. GARUGA. XII. ELAPHRIUM. 



Afexican Hedwigia. Tree 56 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Bosmellia, p. 81. 



X. SORINDE'IA (meaning unknown). Pet. Th. gen. mad. 

 p. 24. D. C. prod. 2. p. 80. 



LIN. SYST. Polygamla, Dice da. Flowers polygamo-dioecions. 

 Calyx urceolate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, lanceolate, broadest at the 

 base, valvate in the bud. Male flowers with about 20 stamens 

 inserted in the bottom of the calyx (sometimes from 16 to 28). 

 Hermaphrodite flowers with .5 fertile stamens ? filaments short. 

 Ovary conical. Stigmas 3, sessile. Drupe containing a thready, 

 compressed, oblong nut. Embryo naked, thick. African or 

 East Indian shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, and alternate en- 

 tire leaflets. Panicles branched, axillary or terminal. Flowers 

 purple. 



1 S. MADAGASCARIE'XSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 80.) Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar, where it is called Manguier a grappes, from 

 the fruit being similar to that of the Mango. A weak shrub, 

 with alternate leaves, standing on woody petioles. Flowers small, 

 in axillary racemes. 



Madagascar Sorindeia. Clt. 1828. Shrub 12 feet. 



2 S. AFRICA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 80.) Native of the western 

 coast of Africa, along the banks of the river Congo. See R. Br. 

 cong. p. 12. 



African Sorindeia. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see BosrvelUa, p. 81. 



XI. GARU GA (called Garuga or Garoogoo by the Telin- 

 as). Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33. cor. 3. t. 208. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 80. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndrla, Monogynla. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Calyx small, campanulate, 5-cleft. Petals 5, inserted in the 

 calyx, connivent. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals. Glands 

 5, inserted between the pairs of stamens. Ovary ovate. Style 

 1, filiform. Stigma 5-lobed. Drupe globose, fleshy, containing 

 2 or more 1 -seeded nuts. Trees, with impari-pinnate leaves ; 

 leaflets almost sessile, crenate. Flowers yellowish, in axillary 

 panicles. 



1 G. PINNA'TA (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 208.) leaves somewhat vil- 

 lous ; leaflets oblong, lanceolate, bluntly crenate. Tj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in mountainous districts. Rheed. mal. 4. p. 

 69. t. 33. Rheed's and Roxburgh's plants may be distinct 

 species. A deciduous tree, the wood of which being soft and 

 spongy is very little used. The fruit is eaten raw by the natives, 

 but is chiefly used for pickling ; it has a rough austere taste, 

 which renders it unpalatable as taken from the tree, though very 

 fit for pickling. 



Pinnate-\eaveA Garuga. Clt. 1808. Tree 60 feet. 



2 G. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. 1165.) leaflets many pairs, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminated, oblique at the base, serrated, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; flowers panicled ; fruit densely villous. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java, in mountain woods. 



Java Garuga. Fl. May. Tree 60 feet. 



3 G. MADAOASCARIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 81.) leaves 

 smooth ; leaflets acutely serrated. Tj . S. Native of Mada- 

 gascar. This may be Roxburgh's G. pinnata ? 



Madagascar Garuga. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Boswellia, p. 81. 



XII. ELA'PHRIUM (from tXa^pof, claphros, contemptible; 

 trees without beauty, and with wood of no value). Jacq. amer. 

 105. D. C. prod. 1. p. 723. H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 

 7. p. 27. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynta. Calyx 4-parted, perma- 

 nent. Petals 4, inserted in the disk, spreading, broadest at the 

 base. Stamens 8, inserted in the disk. Anthers 2-celled. 



Ovary superior, sessile, 2-celled, with 2 collateral ova in each 

 cell attached to the central axis. Disk orbicular in the bottom 

 of the calyx. Style short, crowned by a bifid stigma. Drupe 

 pea-formed, 2-3-valve-d, soluble. Seeds suborbicular, with a 

 double integument, without albumen. Cotyledons suborbicular, 

 corrugated or plaited, with a superior radicle. Unarmed bal- 

 samiferous trees or shrubs, having white smooth wood. Leaves 

 crowded at the tops of the branches, impari-pinnate, and exsti- 

 pulate, with dotless opposite leaflets, having the rachis usually 

 winged. Racemes axillary, simple. Flowers insignificant, of a 

 whitish-green colour or yellowish. Pedicels bracteate. Bark of 

 the fruit containing balsam. 



1 E. TOMENTOSUM (Jacq. amer. 105. t. 71. f. 1-2.) leaves 

 tomentose ; leaflets 9, ovate, toothed ; racemes few-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves. T? . S. Native of Curacoa and the 

 islands adjacent, in rocky gravelly places. Lam. ill. t. 304. f. 1. 

 Fagara octandra, Lin. mant. 40. Amyris tomentosa, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 219. A balsamic, glutinous, odorous resin flows 

 from this tree, which much resembles that which flows from 

 Bursera. 



Tomentose Elaphrium. Tree 20 feet. 



2 E. GLA'BRUM (Jacq. amer. 106. t. 71. f. 4.) leaves quite 

 glabrous ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, bluntly toothed ; racemes 

 few-flowered, twice the length of the leaves. fj . S. Native of 

 Carthagena, in bushy places by the sea side. Lam. ill. 304. f. 

 2. Fagara Elaphrium, Willd. spec. 1. p. 668. Amy'ris Ela- 

 phrium, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 219. 



Smooth Elaphrium. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



3 E. PENICELLA'TUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. D. C. 

 prod. l.p. 724.) leaves subglabrous ; leaflets oval-oblong, acu- 

 minated, coarsely toothed; petioles pilose at the base, and with 

 fascicles of hairs at the origin of the pairs of leaflets ; racemes 

 few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Amyris penicellata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 219. 



Pencilled-haired Elaphrium. Tree 20 feet. 



4 E. FAGAROIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 27. 

 t. 611.) branches angularly furrowed, flexuous, and are as well 

 as the leaves smooth ; leaflets 7, obtuse, serrate-crenate, ter- 

 minal one elliptical-rhomboid, lateral ones unequal-sided ; rachis 

 wingless. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Fruit 4-valved. Amy- 

 ris fagaroides, Spreng. syst. append. 148. 



Foeara-Kke Elaphrium. 1'ree 12 feet. 



5 E. GtABRiFOLiuM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 

 28.) branches twisted and flexuous, terete, tomentose ; leaflets 

 7-9, obtuse, coarsely crenated, smooth, shining above, terminal 

 one elliptic-oblong, lateral ones unequal-sided ; rachis winged ; 

 wing subdentate. fj . S. Native of Mexico, between Paz- 

 cuaro and the burning mount Jorullo, near Ario. E. glabrum, 

 Jacq. amer. 106. ? 



Smooth-leaved Elaphrium. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



6 E. JORULLE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 7. p. 28. t. 

 612.) branches round, smooth ; leaflets 15-17, oblong, obtuse, 

 doubly crenated, wrinkled, and tomentose on both surfaces, hoary 

 above, and rufescent beneath ; rachis winged ; w-ings doubly cre- 

 nated. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, at the bottom of Mount 

 Jorullo. 



Jondlo Elaphrium. Tree 20 feet. 



7 E. JAQUINIA'NUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer.) branches 

 terete, covered with rusty tomentum above ; leaflets 7-9, coarsely 

 crenated, wrinkled above, hairy and shining, but covered with 

 rufescent tomentum beneath, younger ones rusty, terminal one 

 rhomboid-ovate, lateral ones unequal-sided ; rachis winged ; 

 wings entire. Tj . S. Native of South America, in the province 

 of Venezuela, near La Victoria. E. tomentosum, Jacq. amer. 

 105. t. 71. ? Fagara octandra, Lin. ? A glutinousjuice flows from 

 this tree when cut or broken, which thickens to a resinous gum 



