RECORD!^ OF THE BOTANICAL f^URVEY OF INDIA. 
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III. Hadramatit : Dhofar Mt. (Bent 192 ! 187 ! 194 !). 
n.: Jan. 1889 (S.), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1837 (Fiscber). Fr.: Apr. 
1861 (Thomson), Nov. 18s8 (S.), Dec. 1847 (Hook.), Dec. 1889 (Defl.). 
Distrib, : Endemic. 
Vern. names : Abuschdm (Forsk.), ^imdud (Hirsch), Bischam (S.). 
English names : Balsam of Mecca, Balm of Gilead. 
Biblical names ; Basam or besem. 
Name of resin in S. Arabia : Balessam (S.). 
7. C. (luadricincta Schweinf. in Engl.-Prantl, Pflanzouf. iii, 4 (189G) 
253; Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1899) 283. 
Habitat : II. Tiharaah : Sejid-Soliman (S. 444 ex Engl.), 
Fr.: Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Eritrea, Nubia, Yamau. 
8, C. Schimperi Engl, in DO. Mon, Phain. iv, (1883) 13; Schweinf. in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1899) App. II, 288. — Balsamodendron Echimperi Berg., 
in Bot. Zeifc. (1862) 162. Balsamea Schiniperi Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. i, 41. 
Habitat : II. Wasil, 1400 m. (S. 1310, 1152). 
FI.: Feb. 1889 (S.). Fr.: Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman. 
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Vern, name; Qataf {'&.). 
2. Bo.swellia lioxb. 
1. B. Carterii Birdw. in Linn. Soc. xxvii, (1871) 143 ; Engl, in DC. 
Mon. Phan, iv, (1883) 33 ; Blatt. FI. Aden. (1914) 152. — ? B. serrataCfiviQV 
in Journ. Bomb. Br. As. Soc. ii, t. 28. — ? B. sacra Fliiek. Lehrb. d. 
Pharmakogr. (1867) 31. 
Habitat: II. Merbat (Carter!); Aden (Playfair! Birdw.! Collins!), 
probably not indigenous in Aden. 
III. Hadramaut : Dhofar Mts. (Bent 541 !); High plateau (Hirsch 42) ; 
Maharas (Carter). 
FL June 1867 (Birdw.). 
Distrib,: Somaliland, Arabia. 
Vern. names : M oh Add (Birdw.), Majjhrapt d' sheehaz {Cosiax), Muger (Hirsch). 
mohr meddhu (ex Engl.). 
English name : Frankincense tree, Olibanum tree. 
Note : For historical information see Blatt. FI. Aden 1. c. 
2. B, Frereaiia G. Birdw. in Trans. Linn. Soo. xxvii, (1871) 143, t. 31, 
32; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan, iv, (1883) 31. 
Habitat: II, Aden (Birdw.! Playfair!). 
Distrib.: Somaliland, Aden. 
Vein, name ; Laban Maiti (Playfair). 
