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which, efpecially J. ciliata, afford a great quantity of 

 a milky juice, from which probably some resinous 

 parts might be extracted. 



The Cecropia peltata, L. called Coylotapala and 

 Tarumba by the Indians of Jamaica, and Ambayba 

 by those of Brazil, likewise produces a similar 

 substance; so do Ficus nymphasi-folia L. * (the 

 elastic gum of which is known in Mexico by the 

 name of Texcalama), Ficus Benjamina L. and F. 

 indica L. Perhaps all the true species of this 

 genus agree in this quality, differing however in 

 the quantity and elasticity of the resinous f sub- 

 stances : a circumstance observable in the Texca- 

 lama, which is inferior in this respecl. 



Besides the above-mentioned plants, which we 

 find in the works of both old and modern bota- 



]..octatidra : floribus excaliculatis octandris, foliis 

 palmatis, lobis intermediis hastatis. Flor. 

 Mex. cum icone. 



^Hernandez hist. ed. Rom. p. 8/. ed. Matritens. torn. I. p. 166- 

 f We use the term of the author ; it ought however to be remembered 

 that the clastic substance has no analogy to resin. T. 



