AMYRIDACE^ ANACARDIACE^. 269 



ORDER CXIII.—AMYRIDACEiE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 165. 



Fragrant resinous trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 6 genera. Of 

 these, according to DC. pr. and Spreng. syst., 36 species have been found 

 in S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 1 in Florida ; and 1 in Guinea. 

 Only one species (Amyris alata, Spreng.) has been found in S. Africa, 

 {Harvey) ; and 4 species of Sabia in Nepal and the Khassya Mountains. 



" All the species of the genus Copaifera yield the Balsam of Copaiva ; 

 but it is not in all of them of equal quality. Myrospermum peruiferum, 

 produces a fragrant resin in much use for burning as a perfume, and for 

 medicinal purposes, called the Balsam of Tolu. Both it and the Balsam of 

 Peru are also yielded, according to Ach. Richard, by M. toluiferum." 

 {Lindl.) 



Sabia, Colebr. {Roxb. fl. ind. ed. Carey 2, p. 308 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 

 %-p. 69.) 

 l.lanceolata, Colebr. (Roxb. o. c. p. 309; — Trans. Linn. soc. 12, p. 

 355, t. 14 ; — 6. Dons Mill. diet. I. c.) L. 3 v_y Khassya Mountains. 

 Fi. small, greenish, purple dotted, very fragrant. May. 

 2. limoniacea. Wall. {Cat.) B v^ Khassya Mountains. Introduced here 

 in 1840. 



Amyris mar itima, J acq. S Jamaica. Cuba, — A. sylvatica, Jacq. b S. 

 America. St. Domingo. St. Thomas. — A. brasiliensis, Spreng. b Bra- 

 zil. — A. Plumieri, DC. b W. Indies. Produces a sort of Gum-elemi. — 

 A. pinnata, H. B. and Kth. b Tropical S. America. — A. bipinnata, 

 Moc. and Sesse. B Mexico. — Spathelia simplex, L. ; B. Reg. 8, t. 670. 

 b Jamaica. — Tapiria guianensis, Aubl. b Guiana. — Myrospermum fru- 

 tescens, Jacq. B Bushy places at Carthagena and St. Martha. — M. 

 pubescens, DC. b Carthagena. Bark filled with resin, of a very grate- 

 ful smell and taste. — M. peruiferum, DC. b Peru. New Granada. 

 Mexico. — M. toluiferum, A. Rich, b S. America, on the banks of the 

 river Magdalena. — Copaifera Beyrichii, Hayne. b Brazil. — C. guia- 

 nensis, Desf. b Guiana. — C. Martii, Hayne. b Brazil. — C. Jacquiniana, 

 Hayne. b Trinidad. Martinique. — C multijuga, Hayne. b Brazil. 

 Produces Copaiva-balsam in the greatest abundance. {Mart.) 



ORDER CXIV.—ANACARDIACE^.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 166. 



THE CASHEW TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely climbing, abounding in a resinous, sometimes 

 highly poisonous juice and by Lindl. placed under 36 genera, excluding 

 Lunanea, DC. which according to Hooker, is a species of Sterculia. Of 



