AMYRIS

(Lat.), n. f. A?m(atm)/i2(u’)-ris. Fr., amyride. Syn.: Elemi [Adanson]. Elemifera [Plumier], Lucinium [Plukenet]. A genus of plants of the natural order Amyridaceæ (Burse raceæ), established by R. Brown. It is characterized by its gamosepalous, 4-tooth, persistent calyx, 4-parted corolla with imbricate petals, diplostemonous andreecium consisting of 8 hypogynous stamens with introrse anthers, unilocular ovary, surrounded by a fleshy disc and surmounted by a single short style, and containing 2 anatropous ovules, and the globular or ovoid drupaceous fruit with chartaceous kernel inclosing a single seed. [B,121.]—A. alti ima [Willdenow]. The Icica alti ima. [B, 180.|—A. ambrosiaea [Linnæus]. The Icica heptaphylla. [B, 173, 180.]—A. balsam if era. Fr., bois de Rhodes de la Jamaïque, bois de roses (1st def.). Ger., jamaikanisches (oder amerikanisches) Rosenholz (1st def,). 1. Of Linnzeus, a lofty tree growing in Jamaica, called there rose-wood, shrubby sweet-wood, sweet a., white candle-wood. Ît is very fragrant, and from its trunk a resinous balsam exudes, resembling in properties Mecca balsam. An infusion of the leaves is used to strengthen the sight. 2, Of Rodschied, the Icica pentane gl, [W. Hamilton, “Phar. Jour. and Trans.,” Dec. 9, 1846, £. 822 (B); B, 173, 180,J— A. carana, A. caranna [Humboldt]. … arbre del a folie. A Mexican species, said to furnish carana. It'is usually referred to Icica. [B, 5, 19.} See CARANA and Icica carana—A. commiphora [Roxburgh]. The Balsa mod end ron agalloch a. [B, 172.]-— A. elemifera [Linnæus]. Fr., arbre au mastic, bois-chandelle. A gpecies in part identical with A. Plumier i (q. v.). [B, 173, 180.] follis tern at is pinnatis, pediculls emarginatis, racemo 4 alaribus [A. Robinson. A small tree 14 to 15 feet high, growing in the West Indies. [W. vespinal a. See Amyris. familton,. c. (B).J—A. gileadensis (Linneeus]. See BALSA MOD END RON gileadense.A, guianensis [Will- Geno See Icica guianensis.—A. hept i Ha [Roxburgh]. See Ictoa. taphylta.—A. hetero phyla [Willdenow]. See Ictca heterophylla.—A. hexandra [Hamilton]. Gumzelemitree Bi gum-elim tree. À species growing on the island of Nevis in the West Indies, with hexandrous tripetalous flowers. It is said to furnish a variety of gum-elemi. Its botanical characters are insufficiently known, and some botanists have proposed placing it in a separate genus. [W. Hamilton, “ Phar. Jour. and 'Trans.,” Dec. 4, 1846, p. 322 (B); B, 81, 173, 180.]—A. hypelate [A. Robinson]. A West Indian species separated from A. balsumifera. W, Hamilton,. c. (B).]—A. kafal [Forskal]. See BALSAMODENNRON kafal.—A. kataf [Forskäl]. See BALSAMO- DENDRON kataf.—A lignaloes, A. linaloe [La Llave]. Sp..linaloe de México, A Mexican species producing a sort of aromatic resin called ‘achicapal, which is u for purposes of fumigation and in the preparation of aromatic extracts. “Proc. of the Am. Pharm, A oc., * 1876, p. 768 (B).|—A. maritima. Sea-side balsam, rosewood, yellow candle-wood, yellow sanders. A shrub growing in the West Indies furnishing an aromatic wood, useful for various pur- ©, no; 02, not; Q, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like vo in too; U2, blue; U?, lull; U4, full; US, urn; US, like ü (German), “32 poses. [W. Hamilton,?. c. (B).]—A. myrrh a [Nees]. See BALSAMO- DENDRON myrria.—A. niouttout ‘[Adanson]. An Arabian s{geciœ resembling the myrrh-tree and said to produce Indian bdellium; robably to be referred to BALSA MOD END RON. |B, 180.]—A. oleos a mearck]. Syn.: Pimela oleos a [Loureiro]. A Cochin-China species, called in that country nanaris. It furnishes an oil, having an odor of ambergris, which is used as a vulnerary and resolvent. and also as a cosinetic. [B, 173.]—A. opobalsamum. See BAL- SAMODENDRON opobalsamum.—A. papyri fer a [Delile]. An Abys in i an species now identified with Bos well i a papyri fer a. [B, 173, 197.|—A. Plumier i [De Candolle]. A West Indian shrub or tree producing a portion of that variety of elemi-resin which comes from the West Indies. Formerly nearly the whole of this variety of elemi was derived from this source. [B, 121, 180, 197.]—A. polygam a [eayentesl: See Duvava depend ens.—A. protium [Linneus]. ProtiuM javanicum.—a. silvatic a [Jacquin]. A West Indian species producing the wood called bois de citron. The A. Plumier i has been regarded as a variety of this species. [B, 121.]—A. to mentos a [Sprengel]. See ELAPHRIUM to men to sum.—A. toxic aria {Willdenow], A. toxifera [Linnæus|. Syn.: Toxicodendrum pinnatum [Miller], An American species with poisonous juice and fruit. By some it has been identified with the A. balsam if era. [B, 43, 173, 180, 197.|—A. zeylanica. See BALSA MOD END RON zeylanicum,—Sweet A. See A. balsam if era,