fjnnnj,i.'] Uli:- G7 



Boddomc i. ll-s; Br.mdis 62; Kurx i. 207; Gamble 15. Vern. 

 atufafkilmira, sarofa, Pb. ; Ghogacr,kaikar y Hind.; (Jurja, Bamln; 

 kai/cra, ghunja, mu/nlruf, C. P. ; Juin, kf/arpaf,, nil bhadi, Beng.; 

 Mo/ii, Uriyn; Gia, ]\Icchi ; l)nfa]ablji. y Nrp. ; M>i /'///, Lepcha; Gendeli poma, 

 Ass.; Chitompa ? Q&w t Mroiing-shixlia, Mai^h ; Qanuui t gdrg&i Tel ; Qupni t 

 kekra, Gondi ; Kekkeda, Kurku ; Karre vemtiii, Tain. ; K\iruk t Mar. ; 

 Chinyoky Burm. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark 1 inch thick, soft, red inside, grey or 

 brown outside, exfoliating in lar^-e irregularly shaped scales; sapwood 

 large, heartwood reddish, moderately hard. Pores lar^e, not numerous. 

 Medullary rays short, moderately broad ; 1311 a radial section visible 

 as narrow horizontal plates. 



SuL>-IIhn;iluy;in foivsts from the Juinna eastwards, Central and South India, 

 Cbittagong, Burma. 



Weight, according to Brandis, No. 45, 52 Ihs. per cubic foot. The specimens here 

 examined varied from 31) to 40 Ibs., giving an average of 4<) Ibs. This is, very likely, 

 NVal lieh's Jcctt/i, :](5 Ibs. The wood is not durable, but it seasons well. It is used 

 occasionally for house-building and for fuel. The bark is used lor tanning and the leaves 

 for fodder. It exudes copiously a clear gum of no value. The fruit is sometimes eaten. 



Ibs. 



225. Garhwal (1868) .... 39 



O :U6. Gorakhpur (1868) . 



C 1107. Chanda, Central Provinces 



B 648. Darjeeling Terai . 



E 1389. Chittagong . 



39 



46 

 39 



B 812.. Burma 



3. BALSAMODENDRON, Kunth. 



Contains four species of balsamiferous, often spiny shrubs or trees. Besides 

 li. .l/"tfXv^, Hook., described below, it contains B. pubescens, Stocks; Hook. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 520 ; Brandis 65. Vern. Bayi, bai, Beluch., a small tree of Beluchistau and the 

 hills separating that country from Sind, as far south as Karachi. It yields a small 

 quantity of tasteless, inodorous, brittle gum, almost entirely soluble in water. 

 B. Berryi, Arnott ; Hook. PI. Ind. i. 529 ; Brandis 65 ; Beddome t. 126, is a tree of 

 the forests on the east side of the Nilgiris, cultivated as a hedge plant. It is very 

 fragrant and gives a gum-resin. B. RoxburgJiii, Arn. Vern. Gugala, Beng., is a 

 small tree of Eastern Bengal and Assam. The drug called ' Myrrh ' is the gum- 

 resinous exudation of Balsamodendron Myrrlia, Ehrenb., a small tree of Arabia and the 

 African coast of the Red Sea. 



1. B. Mukul, Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 529 ; Brandis 64. Vern. Gugal, Sindi. 



A small tree, bark greenish yellow, peeling off in long thin, shining 

 paper-like scrolls. Wood soft, white. Pores small. Medullary rays fine, 

 short. 



Arid zone, Sind, Kattywar, Rajputana, Khandesh. 



Weight, 20 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood not used. The tree yields a gum called 

 ' Gugal ' or Indian Bdellium, which is obtained from incisions made in the bark, and is 

 used in native medicine and for preparing an ointment for bad ulcers, 



Ibs. 



P 448. Ajmere 



P 2919. Rajputana 20 



P 3238. Dewair, Ajmere , 



4. BURSERA, Linn. 



1. B. serrata, Colebr. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 530; Brandis 61; Kurz i. 

 208. Vern. Murtenga, Ass. ; Thadee-bcn, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood hard, sapwood light brown, heart- 

 wood red, close-grained. Pores small, uniformly distributed. Medul- 



