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BURSERACEjK.by the former year's leaves. Disk consisting of 8 glands alternate withthe insertion of the filaments. Berry drupaceous, the size of a blackcurrant, red, smooth. Nut 2-celled, with a single seed in each cell. Thewhole plant very odoriferous, with a fragrance resembling that ofMyrrh but not the myrrh of commerce. ; Certainly not a Caoutchouctree as Jacquin asserts. Roxb. Produces Indian Bdellium, a substanceresembling myrrh, according to Professor Royle. See Heudelotia.Guggul or Bengal Elemi according to Guibourt. (ii. 540.)I have not seen this plant, and it is still very incompletely described.I presume however there can be little doubt of its belonging to thisnatural order.174

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