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but nevertheless appears to be quit good tanning material 
e aries in thickness up t somewhat smooth 
and of a pinkish-grey colour. It has been identified as Termi- 
nalia Arjuna, Bedd described by Gamble ‘AM of 
Indian Timbers ’’ as a large deciduous and beautiful tree found 
on the banks of rivers and streams throughout Central and Sou 
India, extending as far north as Ou Beyond that tow ards the 
North-west _ in the ue Be it is found only as a cultivated 
tree. It is also foun ur e low country o 
n Burma 
Ceylon. With regard oe ‘the applications of the bark in India 
it is employed both i in dyeing and tanning and in medicine as 
tonic and to heal wounds. In ‘“‘Pharmacographia Indica 
Dymock gives the following particulars of the chemical compo- 
ark : — 
sition of = :—‘* This is most remarkable, the ash amounts 
ih of almost pure calcium carbonate, which, if 
calculated Ht oxalate would amount to 43°5 per cent. The 
watery extract is 23 per cent. with 16 per cent. of tannin; very 
little colouring matter besides the ‘anti is extracted by aleohot. 
The tannin gave a blue-black ee ia ferric salts.”’ 
note on Myrobalans, the os n fruits of an allied wikia 
Terminalia Chebula.  Retz., an important tanning oe 
appeared in Kew Bulletin, 1909, p. 209. “yee ag 
Bay Oil and Bay Rum.—The manufacture of bay oil and 
bay rum are important industries in the West Indies which have 
been developed chiefly during the last fifty years. Bay oil is 
the product of the leaves of the ‘‘ West Indian bay tree,” Pimenta 
acris, Kos Ly which is known locall by tay other names, 
and the oil is used in the manufaciure Sask is 
largely used as a hair wash. The leaves are etiared3 chiefly 
from wild sources, and the volatile oil re by a process of 
distillation 
The industry has suffered much from the eae of the 
leaves of two forms of Pimenta acris known ** Bois d’Inde 
Citronelle ” aid ae Bois d’Inde Anise,’’ which are so similar as to 
be separated with sieved € ** Bois d’ A Citronelle”’ is known 
of bay oil. The cand economic plant is known as ‘‘ Bois d’Inde,”’ 
or bay rum tree. i ogee of the leaves of these 
two varieties among aa produce sold ‘ Bois d’Inde ”’ leaves is 
not only a matter of ae she eaatahe and neg loss 
en 
us = Report on the Agricultural Department, Dominica, 1916-17, p. 2. 
