Amyris. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 245 
petioled, simple, elliptic, serrate, acute, with a pair of mi- 
nute leaflets, or ears at the base. Flowers axillary. 
Commiphora Madagascarensis. Jacq. Seeenpes 2, p. 66. 
t, 249, ‘ 
Sans. and Beng. Googgula. 
The tree is a native of Silhet, Assam, &c, E. and N. E. 
from Bengal, in the Botanic garden at Calcutta it blos- 
soms about the beginning of the hot season, in Februa- 
ry and March, but seldom ripens its seed, 
Trunk of our small trees crooked, and clothed with 
many spreading and drooping, crooked branches down 
to the ground. The short lateral branchlets often end 
inthorny points. Bark of the young shoots green and 
smooth, that of the larger branches, and trunk covered 
with a light coloured pellicle as in the common birch, 
‘ which peels off from time to time, exposing to view 
a smooth green coat, which in succession supplies other 
Similar exfoliations. Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, or 
elliptic, serrulate, smooth on both sides, at the base or 
apex of the petiole on each side, is generally found a _ 
small leaflet tending to give the whole the appearance of 
aternate leaf. Flowers short-pedicelled, small, red, 
collected in little bundles on the small protuberant gems 
left by the former years’ leaves, over the now leafless 
slender twigs. Calyx, corol, and stamina as in the ge- 
hus. Nectary, eight glands alternate with the insertion 
of the filaments. Berry drupaceous, the size of a black 
currant, red, smooth. Nut two-celled, with a single seed 
in each, 
The whole plant, while growing is considerably odori- 
ferous, particularly when any part is broken or bruised, 
and diffuses a grateful fragrance, like that of the finest 
myrrh, to a considerable distance round, which for some. 
time induced me to think it might be the plant from 
Which that drag was procured, particularly as I obsery-_ 
S don or wounded, there exuded much barat colour- — 
