ELAP HTUUM. 
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4 . ELAPHRIUM Jacquinianum. -f" Tab. DCXIII. 
E. ramulis teretibus, superne ferrugineo-tomentosis5 foliolis 7-95 grosse crenatis, supra 
rugulosis, birtellis et nitidulis, subtus molliter fuscescenti-tomentosis, junioribus ferrugineis j 
terminali subrhombeo- ovato ■ lateralibus inaequilateris 5 rlrachi alata; alis integerrimis. 
Fagara octandra Linn. ? 
Elaphrium tomentosum Jacq. Am. t. 71? 
Balsamum incolarum- 
Crescit in convallibus Araguensium , prope La Victoria 7 ait. 270 hex. ( Provincia 
Venezuela f) Floret Januario. 
Arbor /fO-pedalis; ligno albo; cortice laevi; ramis erectis; ramulis teretibus, crassis, glabris, cicatricibus 
petiolorum delapsorum scabratis, superne ferrugineo-tomentosis, apice foliosis. Folia sparsa, petiolata, 
imparipinnata. Foliola 7-9, opposita, brevissime petiolata, grosse crenata, reticulato-venosa, venis primariis 
subparallelis nervoque medio subtus prominentibus, membranacea, epunctata, supra rugulosa, hirtella et 
nitidula, subtus molliter fuscescenti-tomentosa, juniora ferruginea; terminale maximum, eequilaterum, a 
summo pari haud remotum, subrhombeo-ovatum, acutum vel obtusum, basi cuneato-angustatum, 
22-24 lineas longum, 12-i 4 lineas latum; reliqua gradatim minora, inaequilatera, oblonga vel ovato- 
oblonga, obtusa, basi rotundata, 3 5 -17 lineas longa, 8-10 lineas lata ; infima 9 -12 lineas longa. Petiolus 
communis 10-1 5 lineas longus, semiteres?, molliter piloso-tomentosus, fuscescens, basi dilatatus. Rhachis 
alata, molliter piloso-tomentosa, adjecto petiolo communi 2 4 -5 pollices longa, apice abrupta, nec ultra 
summum par producta; alas margine integerrimas et revolutae, membranaceas, utrinque prassertim inferne 
valde angustatae, supra hirtellae, subtus molliter tomentosas, 1-1 -j- lineam longae. Racemi ( fig- i>) axillares, 
solitarii, simplices, longe pedunculati, 3-8-flori, adjecto pedunculo sesquipollicares; pedunculus, rhachis 
pedicellique molliter pilosa. Flores {fig- 2.) pedicellati, remoti, parvi, albo-virescentes ; pedicellis basi 
bracteatis, superioribus sesquilineam longis, inferioribus longioribus (2 4-lineas longis), medium versus 
bibracteolatis. Calyx profunde quadrifidus, piloso-hirtus; laciniis ( fig- 6.) Ianceolatis, acutis, aequalibus, 
erectis. Petala {fig. 3 - 5 .) 4 , sub disco inserta, sessilia, calycem | superantia, ovata, acuta, carinata, obsolete 
venosa, externe praesertim dorso pilosa, aequalia, erecta. Stamina {fig- 'J- 8.) 8, sub disco inserta, corolla 
dimidio breviora, erecta, alterna (petalis opposita) reliquis breviora. Filamenta lineari-subulata, glabra, 
libera. Antherje oblongae, supra basim affixae, glabrae, omnes conformes. Pistillum lageniforme. Ovarium 
( fig. 9.) superum, sessile, subrotundo-ovatum, apice in stylum desinens, glabrum, biloculare; ovula duo 
in quolibet loculo, collateralia {fig. 11-io.), ovato-oblonga. Stylus brevis, stamina paulo superans, 
glaber. Stigmata {fig. 10.) duo, capitellata, patula. Discus orbicularis, concavo-urceolatus, glaber, integer, 
per basim exteriorem calyci adnatus. Fructus haud suppetit. 
Ex trunco inciso stillat succus glutinosus, fragrans , contactu aeris coagulatus, resinam constituens 
gummosam, saepe feliciter adhibitam ad cicatricem ulceribus praesertim inveteratis inducendam. Lignum 
et cortex spirant longeque conservant odorem fortem et gratum, 
5. ELAPHRIUM excelsum, + Tab. DCXI. 
E. ramulis teretibus, superne tenuissime toraentosis; foliolis 5 -9, obtusis, grosse crenatis, 
rugosis, mollibus, supra pubescentibus, subtus fuscescentibus 5 terminali ovato- elliptico ■ 
lateralibus subellipticis, basi subinaequilateris; rhachi alata j alis crenatis. 
Copal incolarum. 
Crescit frequens inter Acapulco et V enta dei Exido , ait. 200 hex. f) Floret Aprili. 
Arbor procerrima; ligno albo, levi; cortice sanguineo; ramulis teretibus, laevibus, albidis, inferne glabris 
et nudis, superne tenuissime tomentosis et foliosis. Folia in apice ramulorum approximata, sparsa, impari¬ 
pinnata. Foliola breviter petiolata, opposita, 2-4-juga cum impari, obtusa, grosse crenata, reticulato- 
venosa, nervo venisque subtus prominentibus, membranacea, rugosa, mollia, supra pubescentia, subtus 
fuscescenti-tomentosa; terminale ovato-ellipticum, asquilaterum, basi cuneatum, bipollicare, 1 5-14 lineas 
latum; lateralia subelliptica, basi rotundata et parum inaequilatera, 18-21 lineas longa, 11-i 3 lineas lata; 
inferiora minora. Petioli proprii vix dimidiam lineam longi; terminalis duplo longior. Rhachis leviter 
sulcata, inter foliolorum paria alata, molliter pubescens, adjecto petiolo communi (9-1 5 lineas longo, 
inferne incrassato et dilatato) 1 --4f pollices longa; alse grosse crenata;, reticulato-venosae, sesquilineam 
