ORD. TEREBINTHACE/:. 
BOSWELLIA SERRATA. SERRATED BOSWELLIA, or GUM- 
OLIBANUM TREE. 
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_SYNONYMA. Boswellia serrata. Colebrooke in Asiat. Res. v. ix. p. 377. 
Class X. Decandria. Order I. Monogynia. 
Nat. Ord. Terebinthacez. Trib, IV. Burseracez, Decand. 
Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, five-toothed. Corolla of five petals. Nectary 
a crenulated fleshy cup, surrounding the lower part of the germen, with 
stamens inserted on the outside. Capsule three-sided, three-valved, three- 
celled. Seeds solitary, membranous, winged. 
Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets obtusely serrated, villous. Racemes 
simple, axillary. Petals ovate. Filaments inserted on the exterior mar- 
gin of the nectary.. “Stack. extr. bruce. p. 19. t. iii.” Decand. Prodr. v. 
ll. p. 76. 
THE Boswellia serrata is a native of the mountainous parts of India, in- 
habiting the forests between the Sone and Nagpar.* It is a large tree, with 
its foliage crowded at the extremities of the branches ; the leaves are impari- 
pinnate, consisting of ten pairs of sessile leaflets, each about an inch, or an 
inch and a half in length, obliquely-ovate, oblong, obtuse, serrated, villous, 
‘ and supported upon short, downy petioles: the flowers, which are numerous, 
are produced in axillary racemes, shorter than the leaves, and accompanied 
' * Asiatic Researches, Vol. ix. 
