132 XXVIII. BUESERACE^ [Garuga 



axillary panicles, several at the ends of brandies. Calyx campanulate, 10- 

 ribbed, 5-cleft, lined by a tliin disk with a crenate margin^ on the edge of 

 which the 5 petals and 10 stamens are inserted. Ovary 4-5-celledj 2 collateral 

 ovules in each cell. Tr. a globose fleshy drupe^ enclosing 2, rarely more, 

 bony, 1-seeded, tnberculated stones. 



Subhimalayaii tract and outer valleys, ascending to 3,500 ft, from the Jumna east- 

 wards, often m Sal forest. Deciduous forests in the greater part ot tlie "Western Penin- 

 sula and Burma Leafless during tbe greater part of the dry season. Fresli foliage, 

 April or May, with the ii. or after them. G-rows readily from cuttings. Fr. eaten 

 raw and pickled. 



4. BURSERA, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 530. 

 As here accepted, 40 species, mostly of ti^opical America. 



B. serrata, Colebr.; Knrz, F. M. i. 208.— Syn. Prof mm serrattom, Engler. 

 Yern. Ncijor^ Assam ; Eandior^ Kol ; Suru potrl 7noi, Uriya ; Tliadi, Lower, 

 Yit padi^ Upper Burma. 



A large evergi^een tree. L. imparipinnate, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 

 leaflets opposite, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, serrate or nearly entire, blade 3-4, 

 petals ^- in., tertiary nerves conspicuously reticulate. Panicles axillary, las, 

 shorter than leaves. El. green, pentamerous, calyx small, lobes rounded, petals 

 valvate in bud, stamens 10, nearly eq^ual, ovary hairy, suri'oimded by a broad 

 crenate disk. Drupes on thick peduncles, globose, often 2-3-furrowed, red, 

 I in. diam., containing 1-3 one-seeded nuts. 



Assam, Caehar, Cliittagong, Chota Nagpur, Orisba, Northern Oircars. Burma, Uppei 

 and Lower. Fl. March, April 



5. PROTIUM, W. et A. ; EL Brit. Ind. i. 530. 



Aromatic trees. L. 3-foliolate or imparipinnate. EL polygamous, small, 

 in much-branched panicles, 4-6-merous, disk lining the bottom of the calyx 

 tube, stamens 8-12, unequal, on the free edge of the disk. Ovaiy 2-4-celled, 

 ovules 3 in each cell. The only real difference between this and Balsamoden- 

 dron is in the inflorescence. Engler unites the 2 genera under CommipJiora 

 and Trimen includes P. caudatum under Balsamodendron. As here defined, 

 Frotmm includes 3-4 species. 



1. P. caudatum, W. et A. ; Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 125. Yern. Kanda ragl, 

 Konda mamidl^ Tel. ; Klluvai^ Tam. ; Konda mavit, Kan. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, bark smooth, flakes off in large pieces. 

 L. imparipinnate, leaflei:s opposite, 1-5 pair, 2 in. long, broad ovate-lanceolate, 

 as a rule long-acuminate. Panicles dichotomous, lax ; linear bracts at the base 

 of ramifications. Ovary 2-celled. Er. a fleshy drupe, J in. diam., stone 

 1-seeded. 



Western Peninsula, tlie young leaves api^ear with tlie flowers in March. Ceylon. 

 2. P. ptLl)escens, W. et A., Anamalai hills, closely allied, leaflets pubescent, obtusely 

 acuminatej panicle dense, ramifications not dichotomous. 



6. BALSAMODENDRON, Kunth ; EL Brit. Ind. i. 



Small trees or shrubs, yielding aromatic resin; branches often thorny. 

 L. crowded at the ends of short branchlets, imparipinnate or 1-3-foliolate. 

 EL polygamous, fasciculate on arrested branchlets, calyx campanulate or 

 urceolate 3-4-cleft, petals 3-4, stamens 6-8^ on the edge of an erect cupular 

 disk. Ovary 4-celled, surrounded by the disk, 2 collateral ovules in each cell. 

 Er. a drupe, the rind splitting more or less irregularly into 2-4 valves, leav- 



