a town of South America in Terra Firma, and in the government of Carthagena; famous for the fine balsam of Tolu, brought into Europe from thence, and produced from a tree like a pine. It is seated on a bay of the North sea, 60 miles south of Carthagena. W. Long. 72° 55'. N. Lat. 9° 40'.

TOLIFERA, the Balsam-of-Tolu tree; a genus of plants belonging to the clas of decandria. See Botany, p. 182. and Chemistry, No 2483.