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ing the pulp exposed, which encloses the nuts, which are bony, 1-seeded and 

 partially connate. Embryo straight, the radicle pointing upwards, cotyledons 

 thin, crumpled and plaited. Species 10, India, Arabia, tropical and southern 

 Africa. 



1. B. Berryi, Am.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 126 ; Brandis, F. Fl. 65. 



A small fragrant, very thorny tree, branchlets spinescent, at right angles to 



I'm;. 03.— Bal>aniodeiidvon Berry i. Am. L 



branches. L. 3-foliolate, petioles slender, leaflets sessile, obovate, glabrous, 

 generally entire, the terminal larger than the lateral ones. Fl. subsessile, 

 fascicled, disk small, bearing 6-8 stamens, alternately smaller, the longer ones 

 opposite to petals, in the male flower stamens longer than calyx. Drupe 

 oblong, apiculate. 



Dry forests in the southern Deccaii, cultivated as a hedge plant all over South India. 

 Fl. February, March. Dry parts of Ceylon. ■>. B. pubescens, Stocks, Hook. Journ. Bot. 

 i.ilsiti, t, g (Commiphora Stocksiana, Engler Baya, Bai, Baluch.) Baluchistan and 

 hills of South-Western Sind, as far south as Karachi, an unarmed pubescent shrub or 

 small tree.lea vi 's trifoliolate, generally crowded on short arrested branchlets, distant on 



vigorous si ts and then often hnnarinhmati\ Fl. 4-merous, stamens is. equal. Drupe 



red, pulp orange-coloured. 



3. B. Mukul, Hunk-.; Stocks in Hook. Journ. Bot. i. I L849) fc. 8. Brandis, 

 F. Fl. l>4. Vern. lifii/iil, Sind. Uajputana. 



A stunted shrub or dwarfed tree, branches thick, spreading, branchlets often 

 spinescent. Trunk knotty, the outer bark coming off in rough Hakes, leaving 

 exposed an inner Layer, which is bright, shining, and peels off in rolls like 

 thin paper. I., generally approximate al the ends of thick shorl arrested 

 branchlets, obovate, almost sessile, the tapering base entire the upper part 

 toothed. <>n luxuriant shoots the leaves are distant, trifoliolate, the lateral 

 leaflets small. PI. unisexual, subsessile, 2 or 3 together, petals !-■•. strap- 

 shaped, stamens 8 10, alternately longer. Drupe red when ripe. 



I. B. Roxburghii, Am, Commiphora Agallocha, Engler . Assam, Silhet, 

 East Bengal, spinescent, I., on -lender petioles, at the ends of which are 

 often •_! minute leaflets. 11. red. 



sind, Baluohistan, Kattiawar, Rajputann. Khnndeish. BVllnry. Kl. An-. October. 



