SYRINGE TREE. 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx of five divisions. 
Corolla none. 
Female. Calyx as in the male. 
Corolla none. 
Seed-vessel divided into three cells with one seed 
in each. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Siphonia Cahuchu. Linn. Spec. Plant. JVilld. 4. p. 567- 
Jatropa eeastica. J. foliis ternatis el- 
lipticis integerrimis canis longe petiola- 
tis. Linn. Suppl. 422. 
Leaves oval, entire, growing three together 
at the end of a long stalk. 
Hevea gui anensis. Aull. Guian. 2. 
p. 871. pi. 335. 
Poa Seringa. Act. Paris. 1751. pi. 20. 
figura in ala. 
Syringe Tree. . . Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 4. p. 308. 
pi. B. 1. f. 4. 
This tree, which is well known for the valuable 
elastic resin which is produced from it, grows in 
the Brasils and in Guinea. This is the only spe- 
