148 BVBSERACEM. [Gaeuga. 



Vae. glahra.—B, glabra, Eoxb.; Fl. In d. ii, 384; W. & A. Prod. 174; 

 Eoyle 111. 177 ; Watt E. D. ; leaflets nearly or quite glabrous, often almost 

 entire. Found in similar localities. 



2. GARUGA, Eoxb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. J, 528. 



Trees ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, im- 

 paripinnate, crowded towards tbe ends of the branches, with opposite 

 subsessile crenate leaflets. Flowers polygamous, in much -branched 

 panicles. Calyx campanalate, 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 oue-seeded pyrenes. — 

 Species about 7, inhabiting Tropical Asia, America and Australia. 



G. pinnata, ^oxh. Hort. Beng. 33; Fl. Ind. ii, 400; W. Sf A. Prod. 175; 

 Boyle III. 174; ilrand. For. Fl. 162, t XIII; F.B. I. i, 528 ; Watt E. D. 

 Vern. Kharjpat, ghogar (Oudh). 



A tree. Leaves one foot or more, pubescent when young-, afterwards gla- 

 brous ; leaflets ovate, obtusely acuminate, oblique, crenate. Flowers J-j in. 

 long, in large compound pubescent panicles. Calxjx-iQeVa. ovate. Petals 

 linear, inserted between tbe calyx- teeth. Dish completely clothing the 

 tube of the calyx. Stamens about equalling the petals. Ovary ovoid, 

 tapering into the hairy style ; stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Dru;pe black, 

 about the size of a gooseberry. 



Dehra Dun and Saharanpur forests, Eohilkhand, Oudh and Gorakhpur. 

 DiSTRiB. : eastward to Burma, and south to the Nilgiris, ascending to 

 3,000 ft. on the outer Himalaya ; also in^the Malay Archipel. and Philip- 

 pines. Frequently associated with Odiaa Wodier. Flowers April- May, 

 fruit ripens October-November. The bark is employed for tanning, and 

 a greenish-yellow gum-resin exudes from it. The acid drupe is eaten 

 raw, pickled or cooked, and the foliage is valued as fodder for elephants 



3. COMMIPHORA, Jacq. 



Balsamodendeon in Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 529. 



Balsamiferous trees or shrubs, branches often spiny. Leaves 

 usually 3-foliolate, the lateral leaflets sometimes small or absent 

 Flowers small, fascioled, polygamous. Calyx urceolate or tubular ; 

 teeth usually 4, valvate. Petals usually 4, inserted on the edge of 

 the disk, valvate. Stamens 8-10, on the edge of the disk, alternately 



