CANARIUM. BURSERACEJE (AUCTORE ENGLER). 101 
X. CANARIUM, L. Mant., 127; Juss. Gen., 310; Gærtn. fruct., II, 
98, t. 102; Lam. Dict., I, 598, suppl. II, 72, t. 812; Ken. in Ann. 
Bot., I, 306, t. 7; Kunth in Ann. sc. nat., II, 352; DC. Prodr., 
I, 79; Endl. Gen., n. 5936; Benth. et Hook. Gen., 324, n. T; 
March. in Adansonia, VIII, 25, 63; Baillon Hist. des pl., V, 312, 
pr. p. — Pimela, Lour. Fl. cochinch. (ed. 1790), 407 ; Blume Mus. 
Lugd. bat., I, 221. — Colophonia Commers. ex Kunth in Ann. sc., 
l. c. — Canariopsis Blume Mus. Lugd. bat., I, 219. — Pachylobus 
Don Gen. Syst., II, 89. — Nanari Rumph. — Sonraya March. in 
Adans., VIII, 27, 64 et 4 bis. 
Tabula nostra II. Fig. 35-39. III. Fig. 1-23. 
Flores hermaphroditi vel polygami. Calyx cupularis vel urceolatus, 
3-raro 5-lobus, lobis plerumque brevibus, valvatis, in fructu ssepe 
acutus, lobis patentibus. Petala 3 vel 5, ovata vel oblonga, basi trun- 
cata, crassiuscula, sepe subcoriacea, extra discum inserta, valvata, 
raro leviter imbricata (C. australasicum). Stamina 6 vel 10, raris- 
sime 3, extra discum vel basi disci vel infra marginem disci inserta ; 
filamenta basin versus dilatata inter se connata aut disco adnata aut 
libera; antheræ oblongo-triangulares filamentis subæquilongæ vel 
longiores, dorsifixæ, theeis introrsum versis. Discus crassus breviter 
cupuliformis, integer vel crenatus, glaber vel pilosus, raro calyei 
adnatus, plerumque liber. Ovarium sessile vel breviter stipitatum, in 
floribus masculis rudimentarium, 3-1- raro 2-loculare; ovula in loculis 
gemina, infra apicem anguli centralis suspensa. Stylus brevis velova- 
rium longitudine æquans; stigma capitatum, 3-2-lobum. Drupa 
ovoidea vel oblongo-ellipsoidea, interdum paullum obliqua, 3-2-locu- 
laris, exocarpio plerumque tenui, raro crasso valde resinoso, endo- 
carpio vel pyrena crassa ossea vel lignosa vel crustacea, loculis æqua- 
libus seminiferis vel uno tantum semini ifero, reliqui 
Semen loculo conforme, testa tenui membranacea. Embryo cotyledo- 
nibus contortuplicatis, radicula brevi supera. 
Arbores balsamifluæ Archipelagi indici, Indiæ orientalis atque 
Africæ tropicæ. Ramuli novelli sæpe tomentosi, rarius glabri. Folia 
alterna, distantia, impari-pinnata, foliolis plerumque petiolulatis, 
sæpe valde inæqualibus, infimis rotundatis, integris vel laciniatis a 
basi remotis vel basi folii sessilibus stipuliformibus. Flores parvi vel 
