66 OCHNACEJE. [ Ockn o . 



3. 0. Wallichii, Planch ; Hook. Fl. Iiul. 521 ; Kurz i. 205. Vern. 

 Today aft, Burm. 



A deciduous tree. Wood light brown, hard, close-grained. Pores 

 small, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine and moderately broad, 

 prominent on a radial section. 



Burma. 



Weight, 54 Ibs, per cubic foot. ibs. 



B 3132. Burma (1862) 54 



ORDER XXVI. BURSERACE^. 



Contains seven genera of Indian trees, often resinous. They all belong to tin- 

 Tribe Burserece, viz.: Protium, Bosicellia, Garuga, Balsamodendron, liursera, 

 Canarium and Filicium. Protium contains two South Indian trees : P. caudatum, 

 W. and A.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 530; Beddomc t. 125. Vern. Konda mamidi, Tel.; 

 Kilevay, niluve, Tarn. ; Konda mdvu, Kan., a deciduous tree with green bark, often 

 used for planting in avenues ; and P. pubescens, W. and A , a small tree, resembling 

 the former species. 



Wood marked by fine distant medullary rays, and small or moderate- 

 sized, uniformly distributed pores. 



1. BOSWELLIA, Roxb. 



1. B. thurifera, Colebr.; Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 383;Beddome lii. ; 

 Brandis 61. B. serrata, Roxb. ; Hook. Fl Ind. i. 528. B. glabra, 

 Roxb.; Beddome t. 124. Vern. Salhe, salei, sdlgd, Hind.; Guggar, 

 dumsal, Kumaon ; Salla, bor-salei, ganga, Gondi ; Luban, salai, Beng-. ; 

 Kungli, gugulu, kundrikam, morada, Tarn. ; Andu&u, anduga, parangi, 

 Tel.; Chittu, Kan. 



A moderate-sized, often gregarious tree. Bark J inch thick, yellow, 

 sometimes greenish yellow, exfoliating in small, hard, irregular flakes 

 and thin plates of much larger size. Wood rough, white when fresh-cut, 

 darkening on exposure, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized, often 

 subdivided. Medullary rays fine and moderate ; on a radial section 

 distinctly visible as long narrow plates. 



Intermediate, northern and southern dry zones, Sub-Himalayan tract from the 

 Sutlej to Nepal, drier forests of Central and Southern India. 



Height, 30 to 35 Ibs. per cubic foot (Brandis) ; our specimens give 32 Ibs. Wood not 

 durable, but it has been reported that 5 sleepers made of it and soaked for some time 

 in a tank filled with the leaves of Bahera (Terminalia bellericaj and watiT and put 

 down in June 1876 on the Holkar and Neemuch State Railway are still perfectly 

 sound and good. (Indore Forest Report, 1876-77, quoted in Indian Agriculturist of 

 May 1878.) It is used for fuel and for making charcoal, which in Nimar is used 

 for iron smelting. From wounds and cracks in the bark it gives a transpuivnt, 

 fragrant, ;/m:n resin, having an agreeable scent when burnt. It is used medicinally 

 as a diaphoretic and astringent, to make ointment for sores, and as incense (Labanu, 

 fcAndiu; li>'<it<inra, kundriJcam}, but is not the true frankincense, which is the produce 

 of a tree of the Somali country and Arabia. (Bird wood in Linn. Trans, xxvii. 

 p. 146. Cooke's Report on the Gums, Resins, Oleo-resins and Resinous Products in 

 the India Museum, p. 81, 1874.) 



Ibs. 



P 3215. Nagpahar, Ajmere 



C 1112. Ahin Reserve, (Vnt nil Provinces 8C 



2780. Melghat Forest, 1'erar 28 



2. QARUGA, Uoxl>. 

 1. G. pinnata, Roxb. V\. Ind. ii. im> ; llook. R j m l. i. 



