148 CHAILLETIACE^ BURSERACE^. 



ORDER LXXXI.— CHAILLETIACEiE, DC. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 108. 



Trees or shrubs, referred by Lindl. to 4 genera. Of their species, 3 

 have been found in Guiana ; 2 in Sierra Leona ; 2 in Madagascar ; 1 in 

 Timor ; and 1 in Silhet. To the latter R. Br. in Wall. Cat. adds 2 more, 

 one from Penang, the other from Tavoy. Properties nearly unknown. 

 MoACURRA, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2,]). 69.) 



1. gelonioides, Roxb. (/. c.) 5 Silhet. Fl. small, greenish. In H. C. 

 G. fl. April and May ; fr. Dec. (Roxb.) 



* Chailletia pedunculata, DC. b Cayenne. — C. timoriensis, DC. b Timor. 

 — C. Dichapetalum, R. Br. b Madagascar. — Tapura guianensis, Aubl. 

 ^ Guiana. — Moutabea guianensis, Aubl. B^^ Guiana. 



ORDER LXXXII.— BURSERACE^, Kth. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. HO. 



Trees or shrubs, (excluding Colophonia,) referred by Lindl. to 12 

 genera. Of their species, 29 inhabit S. America, Mexico and the W. 

 Indies ; 3-4 Arabia ; 3 Madagascar ; 2 S. Africa ; 1 Congo ; 1 Mauritius ; 

 and 1 Timor. In the E. Indies 18-19 forms have been found : 7 of Cana- 

 rium ; 4-5 of Protium ; 3 of Boswellia ; 2 of Balsamodendron ; 1 of Idea ; 

 and 1 of Garuga ; — nearly all natives of the tropics. 



They have all an abundance of fragrant resinous juice, which is, how- 

 ever, destitute of the acridity and staining property of that of Anacar- 

 diaceae — Balsam of Acouchi is produced by Icica Aracouchini, Aubl. ; Gum 

 elemi by Icica heptaphylla, Aubl. ; Balm of Gilead by Balsamodendron 

 gileadense Kth. ; Myrrh by B. Myrrha, Ehrenb. and Hempr. ; Opobal- 

 samum or Balsam of Mecca, by B. Opobalsamum, Kth. ; a substance like 

 Gum elemi by Icica Icicariba, DC. and Carana, — and a yellow concrete 

 essential oil by Bursera acuminata, Willd. {Lindl.) 

 Boswellia, Roxb. {DC. pr. 2, p. 76 ; — W. and A.pr. \,p. 174.) 



I. serrata, Stackh. (B. thurifera, Colebr. ; — Roxb. fi. ind. 2, p. 3H3 ; — 

 W. and A. I. c. ;—-J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 42.) *It»ltt' Salai. «I^t^ 

 Luban. L. b Mountains of Coromandel. S. Concan. Jungles above 

 Rajoor. Hill of Shendoor in the Chichooree Talook, of the Belgaum 

 Collectorate. Bundlekund. Fl. smallish, greenish-white, March and 

 April ; fr. C. S. — This tree produces the gum-resin, Olibanum, (^?P 

 Koonduroo,) a substance chiefly used as a grateful incense, but which 

 also possesses stimulant, astringent, and diaphoretic properties. (Ains- 

 lie.) 

 Canaiuum, L. (DC.pr. 2, p. 79; — W. and A.pr. \,p. 174.) 



1. commune, L. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 17.5 ; — Kiin. in ann. bot. 

 I, p. 2G0. t. 7,f. 2;— Roxb. fi. ind. 3, p. 137.— C. Mchenbethene, 



