528 xxxvi. BURSERACE2E. (Alfred W. Bennett.) [BosrvcHia. 



1. B. serrata, Roxb. ex Colebr. in Asiat. Res. ix. 379, t. 5; leaflets 

 sessile pubescent coarsely crenate-serrate, racemes axillary shorter than the 

 leaves. Stackhouse, Extracts, p. xix ; Colebr. in Trans. Linn. *S'oc. xv. 3(>3, t. 

 v. fig. 1 ; Watt. Cat. 8486. B. thurifera, Roxb. ex Fleming in Asi<t(. J. 

 158; Roxb. Hort. Benn. 32: Fl. Ind. ii. 383; W. & A.' Prodr. 174; G'rah. 

 Cat. Bomb. PI. 42 ; JHr<lw>nnl in Tr<nts. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 14(! : y>/v///</M 

 For. Flor. 61. Libanus thurifera, Colehr. in Asiat. Res. ix. 382. Libanotus 

 asiaticus, Stacklwuse, De Liban. 13, t. iii. fig. 6. 



Forests of the base of the "vVcsn.Kx HIM \i.\v.\, as far west as the Sutlcj ; Central 

 India, from BEHAR to KAJPATANA, and southward into the DECCAN, and to the Circars 

 and the Concan. 



Leaves of a- large number of opposite or nearly opposite lanceolate or ovate acute or 

 obm>e inequilateral leaflets, v TV variable in si/.e, shajir. ami <l"i^:vr of pub- 



i-tjiin'.iitx deltoid. Drupe \ in. long, trigonous, splitting into three valves, sub- 

 tended by the woody disk. 



VAK. glabra ; leaflets nearly or quite glabrous, often ndarly entire. P>. irlabra, f'o.rb. 

 Hort. Beng.W; Cor. PL iii. t. 207 ; Fl. I,,,l. ii. 384 ^rnh. Cut. I'.omh. PI. -\-> ; 

 Z><7. JVodr. ii. 76j \V. <( A. Prodr. 174;/>W<7. i . 124. Chl..r..xyl..n Du 



pada, Buck. Journ. Mys. \. 184. Scarcely a eroeciea, running by insensible irradations 

 into the typical form. N. W. India; Siwalik hills, near Khi/eraband, Edgeworth ; 

 Padshapoor (near Belgaum), 



1. TRIOMBXA, Hook. f. 



A tree; branchlets robust, ^Albescent. Leavet alternate, exstipnl.itc, im- 

 paripinnate, with ojtjiosite petiolulate li-atli-ts. J'io/r rt very .small, in 

 terminal fMUUclcs, polygamous (?). r. ////./ r>-ti(l. 1'ef't/* .",, s:iiall, valvate ('?) 

 Stamens !()(?) inserted at the l)ase of the o-lolx-d disk. Ovary tnaonowt, 

 3-cclled ; style short ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit :V\vini," !, M-valved, as 

 much as -2--2\ indus long, containing 3 hard woody separable pyrenes. 

 DISTRIB. A solitary species. 



1. T. malaccensis, Ho f >l\f. in TI'H*. Linn. Qoc, xxiii. 171 ; leaflets 

 oblique ovate-lanceolate acuminate entire, drupe ov.tt. 'v cus- 



pidate. Arytera? macro -arpa J//'/. /''/. Ind. tint. ,V ///yV. 1<J9 (<.icc- 

 to T. Anderson in //<//>. ]\<w.}. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



3. GARTJGA, Eoxb. 



Trees ; branchlets pubescent. Lir>^ alternate, exstipulate, imparipinnate, 

 crowded towards the ends of the brandies, with opposite subsessile crenate 

 leaflets. F/ti"fs polygamous, in much-branched panicles. Calyx campa- 

 nuiate, 5-fid, valvate, clothed within by tlie ample disk. Petals 5, inserted 

 on the tube of the calyx, induplicute-valvate. Sl<nn<-iix lo, equal, in 

 in the tube of the calyx at the margin of the disk, filaments hairy at the 

 base. Ovary sessile, 4-5-celled ; style erect, stigma capitate 4-5-lobed ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. l)ruj>e globose, fleshy, containing 1-5 1-seeded 

 pyrenes. DISTRIB. Tropical Asia, America, and Australia; species 8-10. 



1. G. pinnata, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. t. 208 ; leaflets ovate obtusely acu- 

 minate oblique crenate, flowers J- in. long pubescent. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 400; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 43; DC. Prodr. ii. 81; W. & A. Prodr. 175 ; 

 7>W</. FL Sylv.. t. 118 ; Brandis For. Flor. 62 ; Wall. Cat. 8485 ; ? G. mada- 

 gascariensis, DC- I.e. Rheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 33. 



Throughout INDIA, and from the Jumna eastwards to BIKMA, and southwards to the 

 NILGHIRIS and TENASSKRIM ; ascending to 3000 ft. in the Himalaya. 

 Malayan Archipelago, Philippines. 



