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BECOitDS OF THE BOTANICAL HVIIVEY OF INDIA. 
Habitat: If. Near Ilojela aod Attar^i, 1O0O-15G0 m (i)efl, 56 1 265) ; 
Halie (Forsk.). 
HfSTBiB.: Somaliland, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yainan- 
Vern. names: Bcnat, onun ennemr (Forsk.) 
XXX. BURSERACEAE.^ 
1 . Commiphora Jacq. 
1 . C, abyssiiiica Eng*!, in DC. Prodr. Cont. iv, (1883) 10; Schweinf. in' 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. (189y) App. II, 291; Biatt. FI. Aden (1915) 148.— 
Balsamodendron aht/sstnicum Berg in Bot. Zeit. (1882) 161. B. kafal Herb.. 
Sohimperi n. 1359, A. Rich.; Balsamea ah?js8inica Engl, in Bot. Jahrb i, 41. 
Var. simplicifolia Schweinf. 1. c. ; Biatt. 1. c. 
Habitat : II. Mt. el Areys, 200-300 m (DeE 900 !) fnear Bajil (S. 525!); 
Hoiela, 600 m (S. 998 1) W. Matshal (S. 920 !); Wasil, UOo m (S. 1122 t 
1310 I); Aden (S. 131 !). 
Ill, Hadramaut: Dhofar Mts. (Bent 93-1); Hegwir (Hirseh 
96). 
FI. : Feb. 1889 (S.), Dee. 1888 (S.). Fr.: Feb. 1889 (S.), Apr. 1893 (Defl.),, 
Dec. 1888 (S.). 
Dibtrib.: Of the species : Eritrea, Abyssinia, Kordofan; S. Arabia. 
Vern. names : Bik' He (Hirseh), Quafal, Chaddash (S.). 
S5. tJ. erythraea Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan, iv, (1883) 20 ; Schweinf* 
in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1899) App. II, 285 — Hemprichia erythraea Ehrenb.. 
in Linnaea iv, 396; Benth. & Hook. Gen. PL i, 327 ; ? Jmyris Kafal Forsk.- 
Fl. Aeg. Arab. (1775) 80. 
Habitat r II. Island of Kutanbal (Ehrenb. ex Engl.). 
Distrib.: Nubia, Somaliland, Arabia. 
Uses : For economic uses see Forsk. 1. c. 
3. C. kataf Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan, iv, (1883) 19 ; Schweinf. in BuTL 
Herb. Boiss. ('1899) App. II, 284. — Amyris Kataf Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. 
(1775) 80; Vahl Symb. Bot. (1790; 28. Balsamodendron Kataf Kunth* 
Tereb. Gen. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ii, 349 ; DC, Prodr, ii, 76. 
Habitat : II. Near Wasil, 1000 m (S. 1022); Wuiej, J. Melhan (S. 
684 1); Bajil (S. 555 !); Beit el Fakih, cultivated (Forsk.) ; Abu Areys 
(Forsk.). 
^ The material of this order was not always satisfactory and often very poor. Better 
specimens from the various localities will probably correct several of my statementB.— 
