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BURSERACE^. 



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eglandular leaves. Ovary usually deeply lobed. Fruit ol 

 three, five, or more distinct drupes. 



Type — OcJma squaj'rosa. 

 A small, smooth tree, common in gardens, with alternate, 

 entire leaves, and fragrant, showy, yellow flowers, in short, 

 racemose panicles. 



Observe the deep divisions of the ovary between the 

 carpels, which, as they mature, become free and drupaceous. 



27. Natural Order, Burseracece. — The Myrrh Family. 

 Trees with resinous juice, alternate compound leaves, 

 and small panicled or racemose flowers. Stamens free, as 

 many or twice as many as the petals. 



Type — Boswellia thurifera. 

 A large timber-tree, with alternate, imparipinnate leaves, 

 and simple axillary racemes of small, whitish flowers^ 

 clustered towards the extremities of the branches. 



