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three-angled seeds like those of the 4: (Pistacia Terebinthus), 
- buat the Arabian lexicographers consider manshim to be 
-Carpobalsamum. Ainslie says:—“ We are told by Horsfield 
in his list of medicinal plants of Java, that the gum has the 
same virtues as Balsam of Copaiba, that the three-cornered 
nuts are eaten both raw and dressed by the natives, and that 
the oil is used at table when fresh and for burning when 
stale.’ The resin is also said to be burnt as a light. Dr. 
Waitz (Diseases of Children in Hot Climates, p. 290), speaks 
favourably of an emulsion of the kernels asa substitute for 
Mistura Amygdalew, to which he considers it preferable on 
account of its mild laxative action. Guibourt (iii., p- 520). 
‘notices the resin under the name of New Guinea Resin with 
an elemi odour. 
Planchon (Drogues Simples ii., 244), speaking of the resin of 
_ this tree, says that under the name of Hast Indian Elemiit has — 
occasionally appeared in commerce at Amsterdam as an import 
seeds; in India it is grown most-successfully in Travancore. id 
Description.—Tho resin occurs in. large dry masses of 
a yellowish-white colour, it readily softens when heated, and- 
has then an odour like elemi. - : 
The fruit is from 1} to 14 inch long, ovoid, 3-angled, pointed 
. at the apex, smooth, purplish, with a thin fleshy epicarp, nub | 
very hard, .3-angled, indehiscent, 1-celled by abortion of the 
other two; the almond consists of a membranous testa, enclos-_ 
ing the oily cotyledons, which are divided into three lobes, 
_ folded and twisted together. The kernels yield 40 percent. 
of a semi-solid fat.of an agreeable and sweet taste, which 
"keeps very long without turning rancid. (Brannt.) _ es 
_ C. bengalense, Rovb., a native of Sylhet andthe adjoin” 
ing districts, is-described by Roxburgh as an immense fores a 
tree. “From fissures or wounds in the bark a large qaanttiy 
of very clear amber-coloured resin exudes, which soon beeen - 
hard and brittle, and is then not unlike copal;. yet the. 
natives set little or no value upon it. the cmgantes bazar 
<<. 5 Ree eis 
from tlie Dutch Colonies. In Java the tree is cultivated for its ; . 
