(ramga.] XXXII. BURSERACE^. 223 



shortly petiolulate, very obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to Sin. long, 

 crenate especially on the outer edge, glabrous when full grown, the common 

 petiole 8m. to 1ft. long, slightly pubescent or at length glabrous. Panicles broad 

 and dense, terminating leafless branches. Flowers numerous, much smaller than 

 in the common Indian (r. pinnata, Roxb., arranged in cymes along the last 

 ramifications, the pedicels and flowers hoary with a minute tomentum. Calyx 

 about 2 lines long. Petals linear-oblong, twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Hab.: Endeavour River. 



It differs from some forms of G. pinnata, Roxb., in little besides the much smaller flov?ers in a 

 more compound panicle. — Benth. 



Wood tough, olose-grained, firm, and easy to work ; colour, grey. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods 

 No. 57b. 



2. BURSERA, Linn. 

 (After Joachim Burser, a disciple of Caspar Bauhin.) 

 Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. Calyx small, 4 to 6-partite or toothed, 

 imbricate. Petals 4 to 6, short, patent at length, reflexed, usually valvate. Disk 

 annular crenate. Stamens 8 to 12, nearly equal, inserted at the base of the disk. 

 Ovary free, ovoid or subglobose, 3 to 5-celled ; style very short ; stigma 3 to 

 5-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe globose or ovoid, with 3 to 5 pyrenes. 

 Balsamiferous trees. Leaves alternate, imparripinnate, or rarely 1-foliolate ; 

 panicle short-branched. 



1. B. australasica (Australasian), Bail. Bot. Bull. v. 8, ix. 6 ; Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Ql. 1894. Carrot-wood of Eumundi. So far as at present known a small 

 glabrous tree ; leaves alternate, pinnate ; leaflets 3 to 5, most frequently 8, lanceo- 

 late, entire, coriaceous, 1-J- to 2^in. long, obtusely acuminate ; petiolules about 3 

 lines. When 3-foliolate the terminal pinna distant from the others, glossy on 

 both sides, but the under paler than the upper ; petiole about l^in. long, angular. 

 Panicles in the upper axils rather numerous near the end of the branches, and 

 scarcely exceeding in length that of the petioles, of few branches. No flowers 

 seen, but from their remains at the base of the fruit they appear to be very small ; 

 calyx 4-partite, the lobes under f line long and somewhat triangular. Stamens 

 8, scarcely exceeding the calyx lobes; filaments very .short; anthers lobed at the 

 base, appearing sagittate. Drupe with purplish epicarp, oval, and showing more 

 or less of 4 angles ; endocarp hard, bony, with 4 very prominent ribs indicating 

 the pyrenes or cells, only 2 seem to mature seeds. 

 Hab.: Eumundi, J. F. Bailey and J, H. Simmonds. 



Wood of a grey colour, close-grained and firm, of a greasy nature ; easily worked ; does not 

 shrink or warp much in drying. Useful for inside lining and other purposes. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. 

 Woods No. 58b. 



3. CANARIUM, Linn. 



(From Canari, Malayan name.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx campanulate, usually 3-lobed, 

 valvate. Petals usually 3, valvate, or slightly imbricate in the bud. Disk 

 annular, rather thick. Stamens twice as many as petals, inserted on the margin 

 of or outside the disk. Ovary usually 3-eelled ; stigma sessile, capitate, 3-lobed ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe ovoid or ellipsoid, often 8-angled, the putamen 

 1-celled by abortion. Seed solitary; testa membranous; cotyledons folded. — 

 Trees, with large pinnate leaves. Flowers small, in axillary panicles. 



The largest genus of the Order, dispersed over tropical Asia and especially the Indian 

 Archipelago, with a few African species. The Australian ones are endemic. — Benth, 



