528 XXXVI. BURSEBACE^. (Alfred W. Bennett.) [Boswellia. 



1. S. serrata, Roxb. ex Colebr. in Asiat. Res. ix. 379, t. 5 ; leaiets 

 sessile pubescent coarsely crenate-serrate, racemes axillary shorter than the 

 leaves. Stackhouse, Extract, p. xix ; Oolebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 363, t. 

 V. fig. 1 ; WaU. Cat. 8486. B. thurifera, Roxb. ex Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. 

 158; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32; M. Ind. ii. 383; W. & A. Prodr. 174: Grah. 

 Gat. Bomh. PL 42 ; Birdwood in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvii. 146 ■ Brandis 

 Par. Plor. 61. Libanus thurifera, Colebr. in Asiat. Res. vs.. 382. Libanotus 

 asiaticus, Stackhouse, Be Liban. 13, t. iii. fig. 6. 



Forests of the base of the Western Himalaya, as far west as the Sutlej ; Central 

 India, from Behae to Eajpatana, and southward into the Deccah, and to the Circars 

 and the Conoan. 



Leaves of a large number of opposite or nearly opposite lanceolate or ovate acute or 

 obtuse inequilateral leaflets, very variable in size, shape, and degree of pubescence. 

 Calyx-segments deltoid. Drupe \ in. long, trigonous, splitting into three valves, sub- 

 tended by the woody disk. 



Var. glabra ; leaflets nearly or quite glabrous, often nearly entire. B. glabra; Roxh. 

 Hort. Beng. 90; Cor. PL iii. t. 207; FL Ind. ii. 384; Grah. Oat. Bomh. PL 42; 

 DO. Prodr. ii. 76; W. cS> A. Prodr. 174; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 124. Chloroxylon Du- 

 pada, Bueh. Journ. Myg. i. 184. — Scarcely a species, running by insensible gradations 

 into the typical form. — N. W. India; SiwaUk hills, near Khizeraband, Edgeworth; 

 Padshapoor (near Belgaum), Bitchie. 



2. TB.XOnZ3»EA, Hook. f. 



A tree ; branchlets robust, pubescent. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, im- 

 paripinnate, with opposite petiolulate leaflets. Flowers very small, in 

 terminal panicles, polygamous (?). Calyx 6-fid. Petals 5, small, valvate (% 

 Stamens 10 (?) inserted at the base of the 5-lobed disk Ovary trigonous, 

 3-celled ; style short; ovules 2 in each cell. F'ruit 3- winged, 3-vaIved, as' 

 much as 2-2^ inches long, containing 3 hard woody separable pyrenes. — 

 DiSTEiB. A solitary species. 



1. T. malaccensis, Hooh.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 171 ; leaflets 

 oblique ovate-lanceolate acuminate entire, drupe ovate-caudate acutely cus- 

 pidate. Aryteral macrocarpa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 199 {according 

 to T. Anderson in Herb, Kew.). 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



3. GARtreA, Boxb. 



Trees ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, imparipinnate, 

 crowded towards the ends of the branches, with opposite subsessile crenate 

 leaflets. Flowers polygamous, in much-branched panicles. Calyx c&m-p&- 

 nulate, 5-fid, valvate, clothed within by the ample disk. Petals 5, inserted 

 on the tube of the calyx, induplicate-valvate. Stamens 10, equal, inserted 

 in the tube of the calyx at the margin of the disk, filaments hairy at the 

 base. Ovary sessile, 4-5-celled ; style erect, stigma capitate 4-5-lobed ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe globose, fleshy, containing 1-5 1 -seeded 

 pyrenes..— DiSTEiB. Tropical Asia, America, and Australia ; species 8-10. 



1. G. pinnata, Roxb. Cor. PI iii. t. 208 ; leaflets ovate obtusely acu- 

 minate oblique crenate, flowers J-i in. long pubescent. Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 

 400; Grah. CaL Bomh. PL 43; DC. Prodr. ii. 81: TT. & A. Prodr 175; 

 Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 118 ; Brandis For. Flor. 62 ; Wall. Cat. 8485 ; ? G. mada- 

 gascariensis, DC. I.e. — Rheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 33. 



Throughout India, and from the Jumna eastwards to Biema, and southwards to the 

 NiLQHiEis and Tenasseeim _; ascending to 3000 ft. in the Himalaya.— Disteib. 

 Malayan Archipelago, Philippines. 



