DISCIFLOR*. 



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also out of the soil or detritus of the limestone rock. It is never found 

 on the range of hills close to the sea, but on those further inland, and 

 on the highest parts of those hills.' " 

 6. Leafy branchlet. 



Somali Country ; Captain Playfair ; given by hiiu to Dr. 

 Birdwood, Jan., 1862. 

 This plant, as well as Boswellia No. 5, yields " Luban 

 Bedowi'and 'Luban Sheheri,' and was received at Kew 

 as "Mohr Add," a name applied by Birdwood also to 

 B. Bhau-Dajiana. See 'Pharmacographia' 1st ed., p. 120. 

 [The leaflets are glabrous above, with very short down 

 below ; whereas in B. Frereana they are entirely glabrous 

 and glaucous.] 



103. [Bursera Delpechiana, Poiss]; Elaphrium sp. "Linaloe tree of 

 the Mexicans." 

 a. Leaflets only. (1) From Mr. J. Collins. 



(2) Ditto, collected by Mr. Grandeson, (Oajaca ?) 

 Communicated by Hugo Finck, Cordoba, Mexico, Nov. 

 1870. — Some fruits are also attached to this sheet, 

 but no record of their source is given. 

 A note on the drug by J. Collins is attached to the sheet, 



see Pharm. Jom-n., (2) x., p. 590. 

 [The Linaloe of Mexico has been more recently stated to be 

 obtained from Bursera Delpechiana, Poisson, Bull, de 

 r Assoc. Franc pom- 1' Avancement des Sciences, tom. 

 xxii., p. 305, pi. X. Blois 1884. See Pharm. Journ., 

 (.3) xviii., p. 132.] 



104. [Bursera tenuifolia, Engl.]; Elaphrium species. "Aceitillo ' or 

 "Sassafras." 

 a and 6. With flowers and fruit. 



From Hugo Finck, Cordoba, Mexico; received April, 1865. 



"Yields by incision a transparent oleo-resin, whence its 



name 'Aceitillo,' having a very strong odour of 



Sassafras. The oleo-resin is used to purify the blood, 



also in gargles for sore throat, and in syphilis." 



Attached to this sheet is a pen and ink drawing of the 



flower, ^vith the following remarks : — " Petals concave, 



stamens 8 (four long and four short), sometimes sub-equal ; 



some flowers male." [The fruits taste rather like a mixtuie 



of carraways and bergamot than like sassafras, and appear 



more likely to yield carvene than safrol. The plant has 



