XXXV. BUllSEEACE.E. 201 



the alternate oues uot reaching to the apex, 2-valved, the valves semi- 

 bifid. Balsamodendron ■puhescais. Stocks, in Journ. As. Soc. Eomb. v. 2 

 (1848) p. 395, t. 26 ; Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 1 (1849) p. 264, t. 9 ; 

 Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 30 ; Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 529 ; Boiss. Fl. Orieut. 

 V. 2, p. 2 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 37 ; "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 ri897) p. 268; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 369.— Flowers : 

 Mar.-Apr. Veen. Bai/i. 



Protium puhesceiis, W. & A, Prodr. (1834) p. 176, having been trans- 

 ferred to the genus Commiphora becomes Commlpliora puhesceiis by right 

 of priority, and Balsamorlendron (now CommijjJiora) pithescens of Stocks 

 (1848) has been called Commiphora Stocksiana by Eugler. 



Sind : hills and rocky places, SiocAs, 439 ! — Distkib. Beluchistan. 



3. Commiphora Berryi,' Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 4 (1883) 

 p. 17. A much-branched small tree or bush ; branches spiny, the lateral 

 oues ending in sharp spines. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles slender ; 

 leaflets obovate, sessile, the terminal g-f in. long, twice as large as the 

 lateral oues, all entire or the upper part obsoletely creuate, glabrous, 

 cuneate at the base. Flowers small, about g in. long, subsessile, solitary 

 or fascicled. Calyx campanulate ; teeth 3-4, short, triangular. Petals 

 3-4, twice as long as the calyx, with a recurved apex which terminates 

 in an incurved tip. Stamens 6-8, alternately long and short, those of 

 the male flowers longer than those of the female or hermaphrodite 

 flowers. Disk small, 6-8-crenate. Drupes oblong, apiculate. Balsa- 

 modendron Berryi, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 3 (1839) p. 86 ; Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 529 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 126 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 237 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 37 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 268 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 366. Balsamodendron gileadense, 

 Grab. Cat. p. 43 {not of Kunth). — Flowers : Feb. -Mar. 



Cultivated, but not apparently wild, in the Bombay Presidency. Grraliam {I. c.) 

 says that it was introduced into Bombay in 1837 by Mr. Watson from Mecca. It is 

 abundant in the dry jungles to the east of the Nilghiris {Beddome) and is largely used 

 for hedges throughout the Madras Presidency. 



4. CANARIUlVr, Linn. 



Tall balsamiferous trees. Leaves large, alternate, distant, impari- 

 pinnate (rarely 1-3-foliolate) ; leaflets usually petioluled, often very- 

 unequal, the lowest rotund, remote from the base, or sessile at the base 

 of the leaf and stipuliform. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, in 

 axillary branched panicles. Calyx cupular or urceolate, 3- (rarely 5-) 

 lobed or -fid, valvate, persistent. Petals 3-5, thick, usually longer than 

 the calyx, valvate or slightly imbricate. Disk annular, entire or lobed. 

 Stamens 6-10, inserted outside the disk or at the base of the disk ; 

 filaments free or connate at the base with one another and with the 

 disk. Ovary ovoid (rudimentary in the male flowers), 3- (rarely 2-4-) 

 celled ; ovules 2 in each cell; style short or equalling the ovary in length; 

 stigma capitate, 2-4-lobed. Drupe ovoid or ellipsoid, often trigonous, 

 \\ itb a 1-3-celled, 1-3-seeded stone. Seed conform to the cell ; testa 

 membranous ; cotyledons sometimes partite, contortuplicate ; radicle 

 short, straight, superior. — Distrib. Tropical Asia, Africa, Malaya; 

 species about 70. 



