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AMYRIDACE/E. 



[HvrOGYNOUS Exogexs. 



is obtained on the Abyssinian coast from Balsamodendron Myrrhs, a dwarf shrub 

 called Kerobeta by the natives. Balm of Mecca, Beshan (perhaps the origin of the 

 "vord Balaam), the Balessan of Bruce, is yielded by B. Opobalsamum.-Harns m fc. 

 S 1844. 148. B. Gileadense is also said to furnish it A species of Balsamo- 

 dendron is also mentioned by Mr. Griffith as being one of the most .« u , ltl ^ 1 t i e n d p P lan j S n " 1 

 Afghanistan for its aromatic and stimulant properties ; it is called Schnee.-^rm. 



N( t kid of oolte resin is obtained from Boswellia glabra, and is used boiled with oil, 

 foi pitching the bottom of ships. Bursera paniculata, called Bois de Colophane in the 

 t! ,f France Jives out from the slightest wound in the bark, a copious flow of hmpid 

 S/Sif topTtiToUonr, which soon congeals to the consistence o butter, 

 a sling "he Tppeai-ance of camphor. The gnm of Canarium commune has the same 

 properties as those of the Balsam of Copaiva ; the three-cornered nuts are eaten in 

 Java both raw and dressed, and an oil is expressed from them, winch ,s used * table 

 when fresh, and for burning when stale. The raw nuts are, however, apt to bring on 



^ Amont fragrant products of less moment may be named Bdellium, the resin in 

 AfHca of the Niouttont or Balsamodendron afncanum, and in India of B. Rox- 

 burgh* supposed to be the same plant as Commiphora madagascanensis ; Tacamahac 

 from ElapEm tomentosum ; Incense-wood from Icica gmanensis; American Elenii 



i partfrom Icica Icicariba ; American Balm of Gilead from Icica Carana; Balsam of 

 Louchftl Icica Aracouchini; Chibou or Cachibou resin from Bursera gumnufo. ; 

 Resin of Carana from Bursera acuminata ; Beaume a cochon or Beaume a sucner, a 

 subs tute for Copaiva, from Hedwigia balsamifera ; Resin of Comma from Icica 

 ambroSaca Fhially, it is said that Amyris toxifera is poisonous ; that Aniyris Phi- 

 "tri^ another species called by Dr. Hamilton A. hexandra, yield a part of the 

 GumEtemi 5^n££?and that the wood of Amyris balsamifera, a Jamaica tree, 

 SshesTe of the sorts' of Lignum Rhodium Picramma cihata »B^ 

 has a bitter subacrid bark, which is administered successfully as a substitute lor 

 Scai-ila according to Martins. The layers of the liber of a species of Amyris were 

 foully Caliaud to be used by the Nubian Mahometans as paper, on winch they write 

 die r kinds. Icica altissima furnishes the Curana, Samaria, Acuyan, Mara or Cedar- 

 wood of Guiana, one variety of which is red, the other white according to Sir R Schom- 

 Wk Its 1 ght, easily worked, and very aromatic. Tins distinguished traveller 

 states that one of his canoes, 42 feet long and 5\ feet wide, had been made from a single 



ree of thiHpec ies. The leaves of Balanites segyptiaca, a tree cultivated in Egypt 

 under the Ne«ro name of Soum, and the Arabic Hilelgie or Haledsch are shghtly acid 

 "d have the reputation of being anthelmmtic. The unripe flesh ot its drupes is acrid, 

 ^r melybHtei? and violently V'^ive ; but when ripe it is eate. Mjdtat mcon- 



venience. A fat oil, called Zachun, is pressed from its seeds. The fruits are said to 



be mixed in commerce with Myrobalaus. 



GENERA. 



1. Burseridje. — Ovary 

 with more cells than 

 one. 



Boswellia, Roxb. 



Libanits, Colebr. 



Plocsslea, Kndl. 

 Protium, Burm. 

 Balsamodendron, Kunth. 



Heudelotia, A. Rich. 



Nioulont, Adans. 



Balsamca, Gled. 



Balessam, Bruce. 



Commiphora, Jacq. 



Elnphrium, Jacq. 

 Icica, Aitbl. 

 Bursera, Jacq. 

 Trattinickia, Willd. 



? Vacryodes, Vahl 

 Marignia, Commas. 



Dammara, Gartn. 

 Canarium, Linn. 



Colophonia, Commers. 

 li, dwigia, Swartz. 

 Tetragastris, Gartn 

 Schtvitgrichenia, Keic. 



Coproxylon, Tuss. 

 ? ffnoma.M05.et Bess. 

 Garuga, Roxb. 



Kuntkia, Dennst. 

 ! Hemprichia, Ehraib. 

 » Balanites, Del. 



? Picramnia, Swartz. 



? Methvscophyllum. EM. 

 d Zcyh. 

 ? Tapiria, Jnss. 

 fjoncquetia, Schreb. 



? Loureira. Meisn. 



? Tolui/era, Lour. 

 ? Triceros, Lair. 

 ■> Barbylus, P. Br. 

 ? Pacbylobus, G. Don. 



II. Amyrid.e.— Ovary 

 one-celled. 



Aniyris, Linn. 

 Llemi/cra, I'luni. 

 Lucinium, Plukn. 



Nohbebs. Gen. 22. Sp. 45. 

 Position.- Anacardiaceae. AMVEinACEiE.— Aurantiacese. 



ADDITIONAL GENERA. 



Santiria, B! aeai Marignya. 

 Pimela, tour, near Canarium. 

 Ganophyllum, til. near Protium 



