Bursera.] xxxvi. BUESERACEiE. (Alfred W. Bennett.) 531 



thickened and elongated. Brand. For. Flor. 61. Idea indica, W^ & A. 

 Fro&r. 177 ; Wall. Cat. 8492. Limonia pentagyna, Roxb.. FL Ind. ii. 382, 

 ex Kwz in Jmnrn. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 70. 



Eastern Benoal; Garrow hills and EajmahaJ hills, Assam; and Chittagono. The 

 CiRCAKS, Boxhtirgh. 



Leaflets about 7 or more, opposite, petiolulate, ovate, pnibescent or nearly glabrous, 

 serrulate or qnite entire. Panicles axillary, lax, much branched, shorter than the leaves, 

 bracteate. Flowers very small, hermaphrodite, pubescent externally. Odlyx obtusely 

 5-todthed. Petcds 5, recurved. Stamens 10, shorter than the petals, 



7. CANA.RXUia, Linn. 



Balsamiferous trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, stipulate or exsti- 

 pulate. Flowers bracteate, in terminal or axillary panicles, hermaphrodite 

 or polygamous. Calt/x cnpuliform or campamilate, 3-lobed or -fid (5-lobed 

 in 3 Scutinanthe), valvate. Petals 3-5j imbricate below or valvate, usually 

 exceeding calyx. Stamens 6 (10 in § Scvtinaiithe), distinct, inserted on 

 margin or outside of disk, or filaments confluent below and distinct from 

 disk. Ovary 2-3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell \, style various, or stigma 

 subsessile, capitate. Drupe usually ellipsoidal, more or less distinctly tri- 

 gonous, with a l-3rcelled, 1-3-seeded stone ; cotyledons often partite, con- 

 tortuplicate. — Disteib. Tropical Asia and Malayan Archipelago. Species 

 probably about 30. 



As may be inferred from the sectional characters it is not improbable that two or 

 three generic types are included here under Cananwm, but the final settlement 

 of these cannot be undertaken without the examination of a full series of Archipelago 

 forms. 



Secw. I. Flowers 5-merous (Scutinanthe, Thw).. 



1. C. branneum, Bedd, Ft. Sylv. t. 127 ; extremities shortly red- 

 tomentose, leaves exstipulate, leaflets 5-11 oblong or ovate-oblong acu- 

 minate entire glabrescent or midrib beneath puberulous, panicles axillary 

 branching from base red-tomentose, pedicels not exceeding 6-fid calyx, 

 petals scarcely exceeding calyx, stamens 10 confluent in a disk adnate 

 to calyx-tube (in ^ fl.), ovary hirsute 2-celled, fruit drupaceous ellip- 

 soidal shortly pointed. Scutinanthe brunnea, Thwaiies in Kew Joum. Bot. 

 viii. 266, t. 8 B ; Fnum. 79. 



Ceylon ; in the central Province, alt. 2-3000 ft., Thwaiies. 



Tree of 50-60 ft. Leaves 10-20 in.; leaflets 4-8 by 2-2i 'in.; petiolule J-J in. 

 Panides much shorter than leaves ; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Flowers polygamous. 

 Calyx oupuliform, lobes 5 ovate-deltoid. Petals tomentose outside, subvalvate. Drwpe 

 1-lJin. long, apiculate and thinly red-tomentose when dry, 1-celled (in our specimen), 

 with thin bony stone. (Cotyledom entire foliaceous plicate, Thtmites.) — Nearly 

 aUied to this species, but with drupes 1| in. long, are specimens from Malacca {Main- 

 gay), without flowers. 



Sect. II. Flowers normally 3-merous. 



* Stamens confluent in short dish arownd ovary or its rudiment. Buds 

 Aeathed by decidmits bracts. Stone thick bony. — Canarium proper, 



t Leaflets entire. 



2. C. commune, Linn. ; extremities tawny puberulous or glabrate, 

 stipules elliptic or rotundate auricled often early deciduous, leaflets 7-9 ovate 

 to oblong elliptical acuminate glabrous, lateral nerves about 10-15 pairs 

 often paler and subprominent beneath, panicles terminal puberulous with 



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