132 XXVIII. BURSERACEJ2 [Garuga 



axillary panicles, several at the ends of branches. Calyx campanulate, 10- 

 ribbed, 5-cleft, lined by a thin disk with a crenate margin, on the edge of 

 which the 5 petals and 10 stamens are inserted. Ovary 4-5-celled, 2 collateral 

 ovules in each cell. Er. a globose fleshy drupe, enclosing 2, rarely more, 

 bony, 1-seeded, tuberculated stones. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to 3,500 ft. from the Jumna east- 

 wards, often in Sal forest. Deciduous forests iu the greater part of the Western Penin- 

 sula and Burma. Leafless during the greater part of the dry season. Fresh foliage, 

 April or May, with the fl. or after them. Grows readily from cuttings. Fr. eaten 

 raw and pickled. 



4. BURSERA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 530. 

 As here accepted, 40 species, mostly of tropical America. 



B. serrata, Colebr. ; Kurz, E. El. i. 208. — Syn. Protium serratum, Engler. 

 Vern. Najor, Assam ; Kandior, Kol ; Suru potri moi, Uriya ; TJiadi, Lower, 

 Tit padi, Upper Burma. 



A large evergreen tree. L. imparipinnate, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 

 leaflets opposite, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, serrate or nearly entire, blade 3-4, 

 petals h in., tertiary nerves conspicuously reticulate. Panicles axillary, lax, 

 shorter than leaves. Fl. green, pentamerous, calyx small, lobes rounded, petals 

 valvate in bud, stamens 10, nearly equal, ovary hairy, surrounded by a broad 

 crenate disk. Drupes on thick peduncles, globose, often 2-3-furrowed, red, 

 f in. diam., containing 1-3 one-seeded nuts. 



Assam, Cachar, Chittagong, Chota Nagpur, Orissa, Northern Circars. Burma, Upper 

 and Lower. Fl. March, April. 



5. PROTIUM, W. et A. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. 530. 



Aromatic trees. L. 3-foliolate or imparipinnate. Fl. polygamous, small, 

 in much-branched panicles, 4-6-merous, disk lining the bottom of the calyx' 

 tube, stamens 8-12, unequal, on the free edge of the disk. Ovary 2-4-celled, 

 ovules 3 in each cell. The only real difference between this and Balsamoden- 

 dron is in the inflorescence. Engler unites the 2 genera under Commiphora 

 and Trimen includes P. caudatum under Balsamodendron. As here defined, 

 Protium includes 3-4 species. 



1. P. caudatum, W. et A. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 125. Vern. Kanda ragi, 

 Konda mamidi, Tel. ; Kiluvai, Tarn.; Konda mavu, Kan. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, bark smooth, flakes off in large pieces. 

 L. imparipinnate, leaflets opposite, 1-5 pair, 2 in. long, broad ovate-lanceolate, 

 as a rule long-acuminate. Panicles dichotomous, lax ; linear bracts at the base 

 of ramifications. Ovary 2-celled. Ff. a fleshy drupe, J in. diam., stone 

 1-seeded. 



Western Peninsula, the young leaves appear with the flowers in March. Ceylon. 

 2. P. pubescens, W. et A., Anamalai hills, closely allied, leaflets pubescent, obtusely 

 acuminate, panicle dense, ramifications not dichotomous. 



6. BALSAMODENDRON, Kunth ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 529. 



Small trees or shrubs, yielding aromatic resin ; branches often thorny. 

 L. crowded at the ends of short branchlets, imparipinnate or 1-3-foliolate. 

 Fl. polygamous, fasciculate on arrested branchlets, calyx campanulate or 

 urceolate 3-4-cleft, petals 3-4, stamens 6-8, on the edge of an erect cupular 

 disk. Ovary 4-celled, surrounded by the disk, 2 collateral ovules in each cell. 

 Fr. a drupe, the rind splitting more or less irregularly into 2-4 valves, leav- 



