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absence of resinous matter), and tlie solution agitated with 

 crude etter, crystals can be obtained from the decanted ethereal 

 layer. The solution also reduced Fehling*s solution. About 

 2 per cent- of fat, 11*33 of water, and 3'46 of ash were sepa- 

 rated from the air-dried seeds. 



The juice of Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn.^ the well- 

 known Jack tree, in Sanskrit Panasa, heated over the fire, is a 

 popular cement for joining broken China and stoneware. 

 The deposit from the milky juice is insoluble in water, partly 

 soluble in alcohol, and entirely so in benzol. It is a variety 

 of caoutchouc, and in the natural state can be used as a 

 birdlime, or as a cement for broken articles ; after being 

 washed in boiling water it becomes harder, and may be used 

 for all the ordinary purposes of India-rubber. The yellow dye 

 which is obtained from the wood is of a resinous nature, and 

 may be extracted by boiling water or alcohol. The juice of 

 A. Lakoocha, -Ro^6., oroneor two of the seeds, is a popular 



purge in Bengal ; the tree is the Dahu of Sanskrit writers, 

 Rheede states that the dry leaves and juice of A, hlrsuta, 



Lamk.y together with zedoary and camphor, are applied to buboes 

 and swelled testicles. The dried juice breaks with a resinous 

 fracture, is only partly soluble in alcohol, wholly soluble in 

 benzol and petroleum ether. The tree yields the Anjelly wood 



Malabar 



abundant. 



MYRICAOE^. 



MYRICA NAGI, Thunh. 



Ylg.—lBoL Mag., t. bl27 ; Wight Jc, t 764, 765. 



Hab. — Subtropical Himalaya, The bark. 



Vernacular. -—Kaij^hal, Kdtphal [Hind., Guz., Beng.), Kaya 

 phala {Mar.), Marudam-pattai ( Tarn.), Kaidaryamu {Tei.), 

 Marutam-toli {MaL), Kirishivani {Ca?%.). 



