384 DECANDRiA MONOGYNIA* Buchaiiania. 



Canarium odoriferitm ; hirsutum. Rumpk. Amh. 2. t. 51. 



Sans. Salaci the tree, and Kooiidooroo the drug, or in- 

 cense. 



Beng. Salai the tree, and Koondooroo, or GifudhwrMs the 

 drug. 



Hind- Lwban. 



A large timber tree, a native of the mountainous parts 

 of Coromandel, Bundelkhuud, &c. Flowering time the 

 hot season, March and April, and the seeds ripen about the 

 end of the year. From the researches of Mr. Colebrooke, 

 above quoted, in the 11th Vol. of (he Asiatic Researches 

 it appears that the oblibcnium or Frankincense of the an- 

 cients is the produce of this tree, and not of Juniperus 

 lycia, as hitherto thought. 



2. B. glabra. R. Corom. pi. 3. N. 207. 



Leaflets smooth, serrulate, or entire. Racemes termi- 

 nal, subpanicled. F*7awe«fs inserted into the base of the 

 nectary on the outside. 



Canarium odoriferum IcBve. Rumph. Amh. 2. t. 50. 



Canarium hahamiferum. Willd. 4. 760. 



Teling. Googoolwpoo-chittoo. 



This as well as thurifera juelds a resin, which is used 

 as incense, and for pitch, in some parts of India. It is a 

 native of the mountainous districts of Coromandel where 

 it blossoms during the dry season. 



BUCHANANIA. CRj 



Ca/yjc five-toothed. Petals fv\e. iViecfari/ double ; the 

 exterior a crenulatecup between the filaments and germ ; 

 the inner four subulate bodies arc one side within the 

 former. Ge^m superior, one-celled, one-seeded ; attach- 

 ment from the bottom of the cell to the apex of the ovula. 

 Drvpe with a one-seeded nut. Embryo transverse, no pe- 

 risperm. 



