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Botanical Observations by Charles König..
T h e following character and descriptions are derived from
perfect specimens of Canarium commune L , and of its
congener, Pimela nigra of Lourciro.
Grd. nat. Tcrebintaeearum Juss. Dicccia-Pentandria (rec. tius Monadelphia-Hexandria). L i n n .
Calyx inierus, urceolatus tridcntatus. Petala tria,. concava,
erecta, conniventia. Stamwasex,
corollabreviora, infra
medium connata in tubum gennen cingentem.
German
ovato-globosum ; stylus brevis, crassus; stigma subglobosum, sulcatum, Drupa baccata: putainen triloculare,
loculamentis duobus ssepius abortu obliteratis—Arlores.
• K excekce, resinosce aid bahamiferce, prope basin excrescent
tiis quasi alati; folia hnpari-pinnata,
stipulata, fiores
hermapkroditi abortu dioici..
V. CANARIUM commune. ^-C,
tab. vii. % . 2 ,
:
panicula terminali divaricata,
Canar. commune Lhm. Syst. Veg. p. 7 4 1 . Mant. 1 2 7 - —
Canar. Mebenbethene Gcertn. Sem.ii.
9 8 . t. 1 0 2 . —
C . Zephyrinum s. sylyestre primuru Rumpf. Herb..
Amb. it. p . 1 5 1 . t. 4 8 ,
This, tree, as we are informed by Rumpf, like most of its;
family, yields a strong^scented resin, applicable to several
purposes] it attains a, very considerable height, and its.
trunk is furnished at its base with those wing-like excres­
cences which, we k n o w . are likewife formed at the under
part of the trunk of Ficus religiosa, and some other trees,
but in none of them so large as in Canarium. T h e bark is
whitish ; branches, spreading. Leaves (from a very perfect
specimen in the Banksian herbarium, sent by M ? . Christo­
pher Smith from Amboina) unequally pinnate, varying in
length : common petioles round, striated, woody ; leaflets.
in four.or five pairs, opposite, ovate, tapering, entire, COT
riacepus^