324 XLII. BURSERACEZE. [ Burserec. 
solutis. Semina oblonga, testa membranacea; cotyledones membranacem, contortupli- 
catte; radicula supera.— Arbores parvz, balsamiflus. Folia versus apices ramulorum 
alterna, 3-foliolata v. impari-pinnata, paucijuga, foliolis majusculis petiolulatis integerrimis 
v. dentatis.  Panieule longe pedunculatze, fasciculatze, ramosem. Flores parvi, gracile 
pedicellati. 
Species 2-3, Africee subtropieze australis, Indis orientalis et Javse incole. Wap. Rep. i. 508: Ann. 
ii. 289. 
6. Bursera, Linn. Gen. n. 440.—Flores polygami v. hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, 4-6- 
partitus v. -lobatus, lobis imbricatis. Petala 4-6, breviuseula, patentia, demum reflexa, in- 
duplieatim valvata v. rarissime imbricata. Discus annularis, crenatus. Stamina 8-12, 
lreviuseula, subzqualia, basi disci inserta. Ovarium liberum, ovoideum v. subglobosum, 
3—5-loeulare; stylus brevissimus, stigmate 3—5-lobo; ovula in loculis 2. Drupa ovoidea v. 
globosa, recta v. obliqua, swepissime stylo apiculata, evalvis v. 2—3-valvis, 1-5-pyrena, .pyre- 
nis osseis sepius solitariis, quandoque pluribus arete adhserentibus l-locularibus 1-spermis. 
Semina plano-convexa, testa membranacea v. coriacea; cotyledones contortuplicate, in- 
terdum 3-fid:, in uma specie hippoerepiformes; radicula brevis, supera.— Arbores balsa- 
miflue. Folia alterna, sparsa v. ad apices ramulorum conferta, decidua v. perennantia, 
alterna, impari-pinnata, 3-foliolata v. rarius l-foliolata, foliolis oppositis membranaceis v. 
«oriaceis integerrimis v. serratis seepe pellucido-punctatis, rachi simplici v. alata. Pani- 
(ule laterales, breves v. elongatz et ramoss. Flores parvi, interdum fasciculati. Drups 
]arvsae. 
Species ad 40, omnes intertropieze, precipue Americans, in subgenera sequentia, pro generibus ab 
auctoribus plerisque habita, collocantur: 1 
Bonskna, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 94. t. 65. Folia versus apices ramulorum conferta, paucijuga, foliolis 
submembranaceis integerrimis. Amer. trop. JC. Prod.ii. 77.  Turp. Atlas, ii. 264, 265, ex Endl. 
ErarnnrUM, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. i. 105. 4. 71. Folia versus apices ramulorum conferta, membra- 
nacea v. subcoriacea, pauci- v. multijuga v. 3-foliolata, rarius 1-foliolata, foliolis szpe serratis, rachi 
s»pius alata. Amer. trop. JDC. Prod.i. 723. Walp. Hep. ii. 830; v. 419: 4mn.i.201. H. B. 
et. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 611, 613. Benth. Bot. Sulph. t. 7, 8. j 
MantGwiA, Conn. em Kunth, in. Ann. Sc, Nat. ii. 351 (DawwaRa, Gerín. Fruct. ii. 100. 7. 103.) 
F«lia sparsa, impari-pinnata, coriacea, integerrima, lucida. Flores hermaphroditi; ovarium globosum. 
Ins. Mauritius. DC. Prod. ii. 79. — Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. £. 56. 
Icrca, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 337. 0. 130 ad 135. Folia sparsa, impari-pinnata v. rarissime 1—3-folio- 
lata, coriacea, foliolis sepissime integerrimis, Guiana, Brasilia, Columbia, et paucze Asia tropicze in- 
cole. JC. Prod.ii. 77. Walp. Hep.i. 668: Anmn.i. 201; ii. 289; iv. 449. Pmorruw, Burm., non 
W'ght et Arn., est vera /cice species. Drupa Jcice valvata est quoad descriptiones auctorum, sed 
in speciebus perplurimis a nobis examinatis vestigia nulla dehiscentize inveni 
7. Canarium, Linn. Mant. 197. (Colophonia, Comm. er Kwunth, in Amm. Sc. Nat. 
ii. 352.) — Flores hermaphroditi v. polygami. Calyx urceolatus v. cupularis, 3-fidus (rarius 
2- v. D-fidus), valvatus, persistens. Petala 3-4, rarius 5, crassiuscula, calyce longiora, 
valvata v. leviter imbricata. Discus annularis, crassiusculus, integer v. lobatus. $Sta- 
mina 8-]0, margini exteriori v. basi disci inserta, brevia, erecta v. incurva, filamentis 
liberis v. basi inter se et cum disco adhserentibus. Ovarium ovoideum, 3- (rarius 2—4-) 
loculare, stigmate sessili capitato 3-4-lobo ; ovula in loculis 2. Drupa ovoidea v. ellipsoidea, 
sepe 3-gona, carne parca, putamine osseo abortu l-loculari l-spermo. Semen loculo 
conforme, testa membranacea; cotyledones (interdum fisse) contortuplicats; radicula 
brevis, recta, supera.—Arbores elatze, balsamiflusee. Folia ampla, alterna, exstipulata 
v. pinnulis inferioribus sessilibus stipulmformibus, impari-pinnata, rarissime 1-3-foliolata, 
foliclis oppositis valde coriaceis integerrimis v. crenulatis. Panicule axillares, ramosee, 
ramulis robustis. Flores parvi v. mediocres. 
' Species ad 50, Asiz tropiez precipue Archipelagi Indiei incole, paucze Africz et ins. Mascaren- 
sium indigene, 1 Australiensis. DC. Prod. ii. 79. Walp. Rep. i. 508: ii. 830; Amm. ii. 291; iv. 450. 
Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. 56 (Colophonia). Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars 2. 640, et Suppl. i. 525. 
" ScvrINANTHR, "7nwaites, in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 267. t. 8, et Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 19, est. Canarii 
species floribus 5-meris, et hinc Gar&ge maxime affinis, sed fructus omnino Cazarii, 
