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From the Hebrew Lelonah or Arablck Luban^ the 

 Greeks obtained their names for the tree and the gum, 

 Lihanos and L'lhanotos. They seem likewise to have 

 been ac(^uainted with the term of Cundiir^ from which 

 yjiv^^i^ is probably derived. 



The Hindu writers on Materia Medica notice a fra- 

 grant resinous gum, under the name of Cimduru, which 

 their grammarians consider as a Sanscrit word, and ac- 

 cordingly state an etymology of it from a Sanscrit root. 

 They concur in declaring it to be the produce of the 

 Sallaci^ a tree which they affirm to be vulgarly called 

 Saldi. The tree, which is knov/n by that name, was 

 examined by Dr. Hunter on his journey to Ujjay'wi\ 

 and by me on a journey to Ndgpur : and it has been 

 figured and described by Dr. Roxburgh, who has 

 named it Boswellia Serrata. His description follows. 



Bo SWELL I A Serrata, Roxb. 



Gen. Char. Calyx beneath, 5 — toothed. Gorol 5 

 petaled. Nectary a crenulated, fleshy cup, sur- 

 rounding the lower part of the germ, with stamens 

 inserted on its outside. Capsule 3 — sided, 3 — celled, 

 3 — valvcd. Seeds solitary, membrane-winged. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets serrate, downy. 

 Racemes simple, axillary. Petals ovate. Filaments 

 inserted on the exterior margin of the nectary. 



A large tree, a native of the mountains of India. A 

 most fragrant resin is collected from wounds made in 

 the bark, &c. 



Leaves crowded about the extremities of the branchlcts, 

 pinnate with a single terminal one. 



Leaflets sessile, sometimes o])posite, sometimes alter- 

 nate, in general about JO pair, obliquely-ovate, 

 oblong, obtuse, serrate, villous ; length about an 

 V^i or an inch and a half. 



