Flora Medica

however of opinion that the Aniba of Aublet or Cedrota ofSchreber, the affinity of which is unknown, really producesit. ;345. I. Tacamahaca HBK. vii. 33. DC. prodr.ii. 77.with 5 elliptical oblong shining coriaceous acuminate leaflets,axillary panicles 3 times shorter than the petiole, and octandrousflowers ; common near Calabozo in los Llanos ;produces oneof the bitter resins called Tacamahaca.346. Another supposed species of this genus is the Copal ofthe Mexicans of Papantla and Misantla. Linncea v. 601.ELAPHRIUM.Calyx 4-parted, deciduous. Petals 4. Stamens 8, length ofcalyx. Style 1, short. Stigma bifid. Capsule roundish, 1 -celled,1 -seeded. Seed covered by pulp. Trees with alternate, unequallypinnated leaves.347. E. tomentosum Jacq. amer. 105. t. 71. figs. 1, 2, 3.DC. prodr.i. 723. N. and E. handb. iii. 130. Fagara octandraLinn. mant. 40. Rocky places in Curaao and the neighbouringislands.An inelegant tree about 20 feet high. Leaves downy on each side;leaflets in about 4 pairs, ovate, obtuse, crenated, hardly an inch long.Racemes crowded, terminal, simple, 1-li inch long. Flowers small,yellowish. Fruit the size of a pea, distilling balsam when the valvesseparate. Seed black, partly enclosed in a scarlet pulpy aril. Thetree abounds in a fragrant, balsamic, glutinous resin, which is believedto furnish one of the sorts of Tacamahaca.348. E. excelsum HBK. vii. t. 611. a Mexican plant verynearly related to the last, is also stated to produce a similarsubstance.? COMMIPHORA.Calyx 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8 ;with 8 glands alternatingwith the filaments. Berry drupaceous, with a 2-celled2-seeded stone.349. C. madagascarensis Jacq. hort. schonb. ii. 66. t. 249.Amyris Commiphora Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 244. Silhet, Assam,Trunk of small trees crooked, and clothed with many spreading anddrooping, crooked branches down to the ground ;branchlets oftenending in thorny points. Bark of the young shoots green and smooth,that of the larger branches, and trunk, covered with a light colouredpellicle as in the common birch. Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, orelliptic, serrulate, smooth on both sides ;at the base or apex of thepetiole on each side, is generally found a small leaflet tending to givethe whole the appearance of a ternate leaf. Flowers short-stalked,small, red, collected in little bundles on the small protuberant buds left173