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Gakuga, Roxluryk. 

 Torus broadly tilling tlie ui-ccolate calyx-tubo. Ca?i/x 5-clfi't. 

 G. piNNATA, Roxb. T. Prom Cliittagong to Tenasseriiii and 



Chj-n-y-Ok. the Aiulamans. 



Tur. n genuina. Iforc frlabrcscciit ; drupos glabrous. 



var. ji mollis, Turez. More pubescent, the drupes densely villous or pubescent. 



Kiirz says the bark is used for tanning, and describes the wood as greyisli or 

 yellowish, and .52 lbs. weight. The seasoned wood however is only 45 lbs. and 

 reddish. It is coarse in grain and little used. 



BriiSERA, Linnaus. 

 Calyx 4-6-partcd. Stamens 8-12, inserted at the base of tlio annular disk. 



B. SERiLVTA, Wall. E.T. Pegu Range and Martaban. 

 Limonia penfagyna, Roxb. 



Thadi (Kurz). 



CAKAKiuii, Linnaus. 

 Cah/x 3- (rarely 2-5)clcft, valvate. Petals 3-5. Stamens 6-10. Drupes ovoid. 

 more or less 3-angular, with a bony or hard putamen. 



* Stipules suhulate, entire, rcry dceidnous. 



C. ErrrrTLirir, Kz. E.2'. Tropical forests of South Andaman. 

 Leaflets serrulate. Disk-glands smooth, G, free, cohering by pairs. 



C. Bexgaiense, Roxb. E.T. Rare in the Pegu Range. 



Leaflets entire. Disk-lobes 3, haiiy, united into a cup. Wood rather light pale 

 brown, polishes well. Tree exudes a brittle amber-coloured resin, like Copal (Kurz). 



* * Stipules 2-eleft and pectinatehj cut, persistent. 



C. CoccrNEO-BRACTEATirM, Kz. E.T. Tropical forests of South Andaman. 



Toung buds covered by the crimson velvety bracts ; leaflets entire and serrate. 



The Order Burserareo: is chiefly remarkable for the balsamic products of many 

 trees belonging to it. For example, Myrrh is produced by Bal.samodendron Myrrlia, 

 an Arabian tree. Balm of Mecca or Gilead, an odoriferous balsam, is produced by 

 two other Arabian species of Bahamodendron, and Kafal, an odoriferous wood and gum, 

 by B. opobalsamum and B. kafal. Hence, no doubt, the allusion of Yirgil, " India 

 niittit ebur, niolles sua thura Saban," and the epithet molles ' ett'eminato ' may have 

 been applied to tliem from the poet's being aware of their having been ruled over by 

 a Queen who vis'ited the Court of Solomon. The Indian Olibanum is produced 

 hj Boswellia thurifera; Ceylon Elemi by Canarium commune; the Elemi of Java by 

 Burscra gummifera ; and that of Mexico by Elaphrium eleniifcrum. Bdellium by 

 Bahamodendron Africatium ; the Guggur resin of Seind, by B. mukul; and tlie Gagal 

 of Bengal, by B. Ro.rharyliii. But various other trees of this Order yield similar 

 resins, which possess identical properties with the above. The Ceylon Canarium 

 Zeylanieum yields a resinous oil used for torches; C commune an edible oil from its 

 seeds, and a terebinthaceous oil possessing tlie properties of Copaivi ; while C. strictum 

 is the black-dammar tree of Malabar, though the resin is really amber- coloured. 



Order 0CnXACEJ2. 



Flowers herniajihrodite. Sepals 4-5, free, usually scarious, imbricate. Petals 

 5 (rarely 4-10), free, deciduous, almost sessile or clawed, imbricate or convolute. 

 Torus never annular or glandular, eidarged under the fruit. Stamens 4-10 or many, 

 equal, or une(iual, 1 -sided or declinate. Filaments persistent. Anthers linear, basi- 

 lixed, dehiscing longitudinally, or bj- tenuiual pores. Ovary central, or exceutricalj 



