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24. DUUSE RACEME. 



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2. GARUGA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, imparl pinnate crowded at the ends of the 

 branches ; leaflets opposite, subsessile, crenate. Flowers polygamous. 

 Calyx campannlate, 5-cleft, valvate. Disk large, crenate, lining the 

 calyx. Petals 5, inserted in the calyx-tube above the middle. Sta- 

 mens 10, equal, inserted below the petals. Ovary ovoid, 4-5 -eel led ; 

 stigma capitate, 4-6-lobed, 2 collateral ovules in each cell. Drupe 

 globose, fleshy, containinsp 1-5 1 -seeded pyrenes. Seeds solitary in 

 each pyrene; cotyledons thin, twisted. 



G. pinnata, Roxb. Cor. PI. III. t. 208 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 528 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 62; Bead. Fl. Sylv. t. 118. Kudak, hahad, M. ; Ualahalagi, arnelly^ 

 halagi, khcmderycii, K, ; Kurahf kangkitr, \ ern. 



Throughout the dry forests of India from the Jumna to Burma and 

 southwards to the Nilghiris ; extends into the moist forest zone along the 

 W. ghdts. Flowers from Feb. till May. Fruit ripens during the rainy 

 season. Bark thick, about 1 iu., grey or brown outside, exfoliating in 

 large, irregularly angled flakes, inner bark reddish. Sapwood large, 

 whitish; heartwood dark, reddish- brown, moderately hard, seasons well 

 but is not durable. Pores moderate sized, single or in short rows. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad and close together ; easily attacked by 

 insects. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for house building 

 and fuel. Bark used for tanning, exudes a copious white gum of no 

 value. Fruit sometimes eaten. 



3. BALSAMODENDRON, Kunth. 



Armed or unarmed balsamiferous trees or shrubs. Leaves com- 

 pound, leaflets sessile^ oblique, crenate or serrate. Flowers small,, 

 polygamous. Calyx urceolate, tubular, campanulate, '3-4-toothed, 

 persistent. Petals 3-4, valvate. Disk erect, cupular. Stamens 6-8^ 

 alternate shorter, inserted on the margin of the disk. Ovary sessile, 

 4-celled, surrounded by the disk. Drupe ovoid, containing 1-3, bony, 

 1 -seeded pyrenes. Seeds exalbuminous. 



Leaves usually 1-foliate , ... 1« B. MuJcul, 



Leaves trifoliate. 



Unarmed 2. B. puhescens, 



Tlioruy '6, B. Berry i, 



1. B. Mukul, Hook, ex Stocks in Hook. Kew Jour. Bot. I. 259. t. 8. 

 Fl. Br. I. 1. 529 ; Brandis For. Fl. 64 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl Suppl. 

 19. GugaL Sind Gum Gugal. 



' Sind, Rajpntana, Khdndesh, Behar, Boluchistan and Arabia. A small 

 tree, usually a stunted bush. Bark ash-coloured, exfoliating in rough 

 flakes ; under- bark bright, shining, peeling off in thin papery roUs.- 

 Wood even-grained, soft, light. Yields the gum resin known as Gugul 

 or Indian Bdellium, which when heated has a disagreeable odour and is 

 used in native medicine. 



