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Analyses of Books. 



[Oct. 



Acata 



Perim Toddali 



Kadali 



Katou Kadali 



Oepata 



Rava Pou 



Kanjiala, Anavinga 



Konijal 



Lohajang 



Corondi 



Bengiri, Hurmayi 



Ana Bepou 



Bepu 



Ban Kongeha 



Kari Vetti 



Pee Vetti 



Sugunda 



Noeli Tali 



Amri 



Poutaletsje 



Modagam 



Taccada 



Bella ? 



Ramena Pua or 

 Pou Maram? 



Celtis Acata 

 Zizyphus Mauri tiana 

 Melastoma aspera 



„ Malabathrica ? 

 Avicennia Oepata 

 Guettarda ? 



Samyda Canziala 



„ piscicida 



„ glabra 



? 



Sapium Indicum 

 Melia integerrima 

 Camunium Bengeleuse 

 Bergera integerrima 

 Olea dioica 



Agyneja multilocularis 

 Physalis Sugunda 

 Antidesma Zeylanica 



„ paniculata 



Callicarpa ? 



Azalea ? 



Scaevola taccada 



,, lobelia } 



„ Modagam \ 

 Sterculia guttata 

 „ Balanghas 



According to Hamilton, the Valeria Indica produces the gum 

 anime which Dr. Roxburgh says is termed in commerce. East 

 Indian Copal. Schindler tells us that there are three kinds of Copal : 



1. The East Indian, or African Copal, is the brightest and softest, 

 and affords the best varnish. It is sometimes called ball copal. 



2. The second variety is called West Indian or American Copal, 

 being derived from the Antilles, Mexico, and North America, and is 

 procured, according to Martins and Hayne, from different species of 

 Hymenea, Track ylobium, and Vouapa. It is termed stone copal, 

 and is yellower than the preceding kind. It comes to us in hard, 

 flat pieces, weighing about three ounces. It is less easily melted than 

 the preceding variety, and seldom contains insects. 3. The third 

 variety is also termed West Indian copal, but might be mistaken for 

 the lirst species, as it occurs in the form of convexo-concave pieces, 

 eight ounces in weight. Taste aromatic. Melting point between 

 that of the two preceding. Fresh oil of rosemary dissolves the first 

 in any proportion. Fresh oil of turpentine dissolves the first variety 

 completely, but only dissolves a small portion of the other two, after 

 long digestion. The action of alcohol is similar. Schindler terms 

 the last species, for the sake of distinction, insect copal. 



These facts I consider it proper to bring forward, because Dr. Ha- 

 milton denies that copal comes from India. Now, this opinion is at 

 variance with the statement of Retzius, who called it Etaeocarpus 



* Pharm. Centralblatt and Erdm^n und Schweigger — Seidel's Journ. iv. 149. 



