CANARIUM

(Lat.), n. n. Ka*n(ka3n)-a(a3)'ri2-u3m(um). Fr., canarion, canari, canaris. Ger., Canarienbaum. Of Linnaeus, a genus of tropical burseraceous plants. [B, 121.] C. album [Rauschel]. Syn.: Pimela alba [Loureiro]. A shrub of China, Cochin China, and the Philippine Islands, furnishing arbol-a-brea resin. [B, 2, 214.] C. balsamiferum. Of Willdenow, the Bos well a i glabra; of Moore, the C. zeylanicum. [B, 212, 214.] C. benga lense [Roxburgh]. A tree of Silhet, furnishing a clear amber colored resin which, on hardening, becomes brittle and resembles copal, for which it is said to be used in Calcutta. [B, 172, 180.] C. commune [Linnaeus]. Ger., gemeiner Canarienbaum. The Java almond-tree, elemi-tree, growing throughout the East Indies. A yellowish-white fragrant gum (Manila elemi) exudes from the stem and is used as an application to sluggish ulcers. The bark yields a limpid oil of a terebinth a ceo us odor which, on standing, congeals into a buttery substance resembling camphor and having properties like those of copaiba balsam. The 3-sided nut (Chinese almond) contains a single edible seed of almond-like taste, from which bread is made in the Celebes, although too free indulgence in the nut is said to cause diarrhoea. An oil expre ed from the kernels is used for illumination and, when fresh, as a condiment. [B, 172, 185.] C. deciimanum [Gartner]. A Molucca tree. [B, 214.] C. mauritianum. Syn.: Colophon i a mauri tian a [De Candolle], Bursera oriental is [Lamarck] (seu paniculata [Lamarck]). A tree of the Mauritius. The wood yields a resinous juice, smelling like camphor and turpentine, used by the natives like colophony. [B, 42, 93, 173.] C. mel i enb ethene [Gartner]. The C. commune. [B, 214.] C. microcarpuin [VVilld^now]. See AMYRIS oleos a. C. pimela [Konig]. Syn.: Pimela nigra [Loureiro]. A tree of China and Cochin-China. [B, 214.] C. silvestre [Gartner]. The camacoan-tree of Amboyna; sail to furnish Caragua gum. [B, 121, 214.] C. sinense [Rumphius]. See C. album. C. strictu in [Roxburgh]. The black dammar-tree; a large Malabar tree furnishing black dammar. [B, 172.] C. vulgare. See C. commune. C. zephyrinum [Rumphius]. The Canary bar at of Rumphius; a variety of C. commune. [B, 214.] C. zeylanicum [Blume]. A Cingalese species closely related to and perhaps identical with C. comnmne. [B, 212.] [s. 54]