•OR PRAMKIlNrCSNSE, 3Sl 



varied from 4 to lO. The number was generally 5, 

 sometimes 6, rarely 7, more rarely 4, and very rarely 

 10. Petals as many as the divisions of the Calyx. 

 Stamens twice as many. Capsule generally 3 sided, 

 sometimes 4, rarely 5, sided; with as many cells and 

 as many valves. Seeds generally sohtary : the dissec- 

 tion of germ does indeed exhibit a few in each cell ; 

 but only one is usually matured. 



The tree is frequent in the forest between the SSne 

 and Ndgpicr ; on the route by which I travelled to Berar 

 m 1798. The gum, which exudes from it, was no- 

 ticed by Mr. D. Turneull, who was then Surgeon to 

 the residency at Nagfur. He judged it to be Oliba- 

 num ; and so did several intelligent natives who accom- 

 panied us. But the notion, prevalent among botanists, 

 that Olibanum is the produce of a species of juniper, 

 left room for doubt. I now learn from Mr. Turnbull, 

 that, since his return to his station at" Mirziipur, he 

 has procured considerable quantities of the gum of the 

 Sdlui\ which he has sent to Europe at different times ; 

 lirst without assigning the name of Olibanum ; and, 

 more lately, under that designation. It was in Englatid 

 recogriised for Olibanum, though offered for sale as a 

 different gum ; and annual consignments of it have 

 been since regularly sold at the East India Company's 

 ^ales. 



The experience of several years at a market such as 

 that of London, where a mistake (had any been com- 

 mitted) would have been soon discovered, seems to be 

 conclusive. I might, however, add to it the testimony 

 of medical gentlemen at this place, by whom specimens 

 of the Gums furnished by Mr. Turns ux-l have been 

 inspected, and who concur in opinion, that the Gum 

 appears to be the same with the Olibanum of the sho];>s. 



