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TORCH WOOD. 
(Balsamier, Fr.) 
Natural Order , Amyridace^e, (R. Brown). Linncean Clas- 
sification, OcTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
AMYRIS* (Linn.) 
Calyx 4-toothed, persistent. Petals 4, oblong, spreading, imbricated in 
the bud. Stamens 8, shorter than the petals. Stigma sessile, obtuse and 
indistinct. Drupe 1 -seeded, with a chartaceous nut. 
Trees or shrubs of tropical America, with opposite compound leaves, 
mostly of a single pair, or trifoliate pinnate ; the leaflets as well as the 
drupe filled with pellucid aromatic glands. Flowers white, in terminal, 
trichotomous panicles. 
FLORIDA TORCH WOOD. 
AMYRIS floridana, foliis brevi-petiolatis , foliolis X-jugis cum impari 
ovatis integerrimis obtusiusculis subacuminatis nitidis , panicutis ter- 
minations abbreviatis , drupa subglobosa basi angustata . 
Amyris Floridana , Nutt, in Sillim. Journ. vol. 5, p. 294. Decand. 
Prod. 2, p. 81. Torrey & Gray, Flora of North Amer. 1 p. 221. 
This plant forms a small evergreen tree, about 15 to 20 
feet high, and like most of the genus, affects the borders of 
the sea. Major Ware first found this species in some part 
# The name is derived from ^ vppu , Myrrh , in allusion to the gum or 
resin afforded by different species of the genus. 
