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FLORIDA TORCH WOOD. 
One of the oriental species formerly included in this 
genus, has been long familiar ; namely the A. Gileadensis, 
which yields the balsam of Mecca or of Gilead, the most 
fragrant and pleasant of balsams. From the A. Elemifera 
of Brazil, is obtained the gum Elemi. The A. Ambrosiaca 
of Guiana, (now referred to Idea of Aublet,) becomes a 
tree, and yields a very odoriferous balsam from the trunk 
and branches, which is used in dysentery, and burnt in 
houses and churches as a perfume. It also produces the 
resin of Coumia. 
Plate LXXVIII. 
A branch of the natural size. a. The flower, b. The fruit. 
