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whence the different kinds are obtained. He observes that a 
great portion of the dammar used in India is imported from Java, — 
Borneo, Joanna, and several of the Soloo Islands. The author 
of the Bengal Dispensatory, after conductin g a series of experi> 
ments with genuine Sél resin, pronounced it to be an efficient ) 
substitute for pine resin. In Bombay, at the present time, — 
American rosin is toa great extent displacing Indian Rial. Dr. 
Sakharam Arjun states (Bomb. Drugs) that he has seen Shorea 
resin mixed with sugar, given with good effect in dysentery. 
The oil of the seeds is extracted in Malabar. In the Wynaad 
Shorea Talura, Roab. (S. laccifera, Heyne,) yields a fragrant 
resin, known as Sambrani, which is burnt as an incense. : 
Description — Ral varies in colour from dark brown to 
pale amber; it is devoid of taste and smell ;. sp. gr. 1097 to 
1-123, easily fusible, partially soluble in alcohol (83-1 per 1000), 
almost entirely in ether, perfectly in oil of turpentine and the — 
fixed oils; sulphuric acid dissolves and gives it a red colour. : 
By dissolving the resin in oil of turpentine and boiling it with ; 
_ @ solution of potash until all the turpentine was expelled, ‘a 
. O’Shaughnessy obtained a compound of resin and potash 
_ entirely soluble in water. The seeds have been examined by | 
_ Church with the following result:—Water 10-8, albumenoids 
8°0, starch 62:7, oil 14°8, fibre 1*4, ash 2°3 in 100 parts. oo 
Commerce.—Ré&l is imported into India from Singapore 1 
casks and bales. Value, Rs. 6 per cwt. 
VATERIA INDICA, Tann. : 
Fig. —Beddome Fl. Sylv., t. 84; Wight Ill. i. 88, t- 36 
Piney tallow tree (Eng.), ‘ 
Hab.—Western Peninsula. The resin and fat. 
Vernacular.—The tree, Dupada ; the resin, Vellai-kungiliyal 
( Tam.) : 
: History, Uses, &c.—The resin known as Vellai-kung*- 
liyam has long been used by the natives of Southern India 
