an sy é. ‘December in Arabia. Balfour fort several 
species of Boswellia growing on Socotra, Of these, B Ameero 
yields an olibanum which on examination by Prof. Dobbie 
_and Dr. Henderson was found to have the same composition as_ 
: _ Arabian olibanum. ‘The stalactitic form of olibanum, called — 
© Lubén Meyeti, produced by B. Frereana, Birdw., is occasionally — 
_ met with in the Bombay market under the name of Pandhet 
Bsesh or Pandhri Lubdn; it differs from ordinary olibanum | 
inasmuch as it contains no gum soluble in water. 4 
Examination of sume living cuttings of branches of — 
Boswellia Bhau-Dajiana, Birdwood, received from the — 
Victoria Gardens, Bombay, by Mr. J. G. Prebble——On wound- 
ing wt between the cover glass and the slide, the , gia 
may be made to unite in larger drops. Two or three 
1 granules may be detected ina slide by the aid of 
steed eae but these are probably derived from the neigh- 
Sritleion is not Watcha. blue by iodine nor darkened — 
salts. ’ A transverse section shows an outer layer of . 
posed of thin-walled, compressed tangentially 
1 cells of a yellow colour. It is this layer which is 
akin, This ae matter is very. little eri ms 
nal | solvents. It is darkened in colour but not removed 
ion of potash, but is readily soluble in acetic acid.* 
J. L. de Lanessan found in the bark of the allied species ice Bowel” 
a Set ‘matiére colorante rougedtre: insoluble dans l’ammonia- 
, dans une une solution b - ri mas 
