BURSERACE^E 333 



fleshy, thin ; endocarp bony, 3-4-5 mm. thick, brown and nearly 

 smooth externally, smooth or slightly uneven internally, shining 

 red, closely amalgamated with the small cord-like axis. 



Seed oblong, compressed, almond-shaped, two-edged, even or 

 variously indented, furrowed sometimes along the ventral aspect by 

 pressure against the axis ; testa thin, brown, easily broken ; hilum 

 round, near the apex on the ventral aspect of the seed and collateral 

 with the remains and point of attachment of the abortive ovule ; 

 raphe ventral, double, forming a slightly depressed, black line! 

 diverging from the hilum. 



Endosperm wanting. 



PIG. 237. Canarium strictum. Half nat. size. 



Embryo large, fleshy, conforming to the shape of the seed, fatty, 

 pale yellowish-white, soft, and tasting like the kernel of the Brazil 

 Nut ; cotyledons tripartite, depressed at the base and grasping 

 the radicle, then ascending, oblong two segments occupying almost 

 the whole of the dorsal aspect with their tips incurved and grasping 

 the top of the other lobes, which are also decurved at the base and 

 then ascend on the ventral aspect, becoming confused and variously 

 twisted together ; radicle stout, fleshy, projecting slightly beyond 

 the cotyledons and compressed antero-posteriorly. 



Canarium strictum, Eoxb. (fig. 237). 



Hypocotyl 6-8 cm. long, 2-3 mm. thick, terete, succulent, 

 glabrous, pale green. 



