LEGUMINOSZ. 479 
No leaves were found, but native authors describe them as 
similar to those of the Frankincense. 
Several handfuls of the fruit may be picked from a bale of 
gum, but most of it has lost its chaffy calyx from friction. As 
leaves ure never seen, it is probable that the Sarcocolla is col- 
lected by beating the bushes after the leaves have fallen. The 
exudation must be so abundant as to flow on the ground, as 
masses of sand, glued together by it, of large size, are found in 
_ the packages. 
9 parts, Jadvar 1, Socotrine Aloes 16, Alum 8, Maida-lakri 4, 
Singapore Dammer 4, Frankincense 7, Ambehalad 7, and 
Gamboge 12 parts. These ingredients are ‘educed to a fine © 
powder and then rubbed into a paste with water by means of | | 
a stone and muller.* 
ts 
ASTRAGALUS HERATENSIS, Bunge. 
Fig.—Trans. Lin. "Joc. 2nd. Mer. Botany. Vol. wi. Pt. i; 
Plate vi, — : \ 
Vernacular—Gabina (Pers.). The gum, Katira. 
ASTRAGALUS, sp. af: 4 strobilifero, Royle. 
Hab.—Persia. 
Vernacular:—Kon (Pert)< The gum, Katira. 
History, Uses, &c.—Western Persia has long been 
* known to export to India a gum called Katia, similar to the : 
-Comp, 258, et seq. 
