ea ee ety eS Pee ae Week ey aes ae z Dery eee EEO ig rte RN aia: ae ain 
joe ‘ OGRE A Bt. peas SSC Pet cue eae 
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as ee ain - BURSERACE. : 
Fluckiger and Hanbury find that it is not soluble in alkalis, — 
nor have they succeeded in converting it intoacrystallme body 
‘by the action of dilute alcohol. It is not uniformly distributed _ 
throughout the tears; if they are broken after having been 
th water it yields about 3 per cent. of a Reine volatile oil 
having the odour of elemi, anda sp. gr. of 856 at. 16° C. rs 
oil examined in a colamn 50 millim. long, deviates the ray 2 
8 “ie sorted foe the different abetobe The trade is in the 
ds of Khojas and Banias. The price varies from Rs. 4° 
. for the dust to Rs. 20 per ewt. for the finest tears. Bom- 
y exports from. 25, 000 to 30, 000 ewts. annually. Ne 
