190 not a Nf. 



differ sufficiently from the tree which produces the if 

 liepie oil of Hindustan to constitute a new species. 

 Bassia longifolia. 



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CAOUTCHOUC 



Within a dozen years the true caoutchouc tree of 

 Assam has been introduced into the Provinces, and appears 

 to grow as well as an indigenous plant. 

 Ficus c last lea. 



TENASSERIM CAOUTCHOUC. 



An indigenous creeper yields caoutchouc not at all in- 

 erior to that which is obtained from the elastic fig tree. 

 The Agricultural and Horticultural Society, in reporting 

 on a specimen sent them by Major Macfarquhar of Tavoy, 

 observed : "With care in preparing, it would be equal to the 

 best South American." I have never seen the plant in 

 flower, but to judge from the fruit, it belongs to the dogbane 

 tribe, and echites group, for its seeds are comose above. 



Echites. 



TO-,o5co n .6u 5)6g©d6h (Tavoy.) 



DAMME R. 



Damnier in India supplies the place of pitch and rosin, 

 and in these Provinces is the product of three different 

 genera belonging to the wood oil tree family — the sho* 

 rea, the hopea, and the dipterocarpus. 



SOAP-NUT. 



The soap-nut tree has been introduced, and appears to 

 flourish. 



Sapindus ana rgint. tus . 



&OAP ACACIA. 



The dry pods of a species of acacia are sold in the 

 bazars, which are used as a substitute for soap in cleans- 

 ing the hair. 



Acacia rvgata. 

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