m 



elemiferum, " Balm of Gilead " from species of Balsamodendron, 

 " Bdellium," " Guggur," and " Myrrh " from other species of the same 

 genus. " Caranii " from Idea alt issima. Other gums which arc less 

 well known are obtained from different species, and an oil is obtained 

 from the seeds of some of them. Some of the members of the Order 

 are trees from whose trunks large canoes have been made. So far as 

 known our species have no valuable properties. Number of species 

 145. 

 Trees with polygamous flowers. Commiphora 



(Ex. Umumbu.) 



List of Species. 

 1 Oommiphora, Jacq. 

 carysefolia, Oiiv. A-B. 



Harvey i, Engl. A. 



ORDER XLHI. MELIAOE^. 



Tropical trees and shrubs, rarely herbaceous. Many of the 

 species have medicinal properties, such as Melia Azedarach and Soymida 

 febrlfuga, natives of India ; Garapa guianensis, which yields " Crab 

 Oil," and is a native of Tropical America. Meiia Jzedarach, known in 

 South Africa as the " Syringa," is said to have been used medicinally, 

 and its seeds yield an oil. The best known member of the Order is 

 Swi^tenia mahogaui, whose timber is the " Mahogany " of commerce. 

 Our Ekebergia capeufsis is popularly known as Essenwood, and ''richiUa 

 emetica is our handsomest shade tree. Its seeds yield an oil which 

 remains fluid in the summer, but congeals in the winter months. It 

 is frequently, but erroneously, called Essenwood. Number of species 



270. 



(Ex. Syringa ; Essenwood.) 



Leaves simple. Petals elongate. Turr^\. 



Leaves pinnate. Fruit a dry splitting capsule. Trichilia. 



Leaves pinnate. Fruit fleshy, unopening. Ekebergia. 



Leaves bipinnate. Fruit drupaceous. Melia. 



List of Spi^oies. 



1 Turrsea, Lin7i. 

 floribimda, Hochst. 

 obtusifoha, Hochst. 



2 Melia, Limt. 

 Azedarach, Linn. 



4 Trichiha, Linn, 



Dregeana, E.M. A. 



AB. Ekebergia, E.M. V 



emetica, Vahl. A. 



Natalensis, Bond. ? 



AB. pterophylla (Cas), D.G BC. 



3 Ekebergia, Sparm. 

 capensis, D.G. 

 Meyeri, I'resl. 



B. 

 AB. 



ORDER XLV. OLACINE^. 



A small Order inhabiting tropical and sub-tropical countries. 

 None of the species have any important medicinal properties, nor are 



