ON THE OLEO-RESIN OF CANARIUM MUEL- 

 LERI, Bailey ; TOGETHER WITH NOTES 

 ON MANILA ELEMI. 



By J. H. MAIDEN, F.L.S., F.C.S., &c. 



(Curator of Teclinological Museum, Si/dneij ). 



[R('«tl before the R(ni<d Societi/ of QueeHsIand, Deceiiiher llt/i, 1891.] 



Pakt I. 



I HAVE received from Mr. F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., Colonial Bota- 

 nist of Queensland, a small quantity of an exudation from the 

 above species, obtained from the Jolmstone Eiver, Queensland, 

 by Dr. T. L. Bancroft. A description of the species will be 

 found in Add. to 8rd Suppl. to Syn. Ql. PL, in Catalogue of Ql. 

 PL, page 106, where the following note occurs : — " Upon cuttino- 

 a log of this tree, Dr. Bancroft observed a flow of honey-like 

 liquid of a turpentine-like odour, some of which has been 

 analysed by Mr. Mar, Government Analyst, who says : ' The 

 substance in bottle marked turpentine is a resin reserablino- 

 elemi in its general chemical characteristics.' "' 



The substance is, as has been indicated, of the consistence 

 and general appearance of honey. It has a delicious turpen- 

 tinous odour, admixed with lemon, very different to the odour of 

 the official Elemi. When digested in cold alcohol, the lemon 

 odour is so strongly brought out as to almost bring this substance 

 into the category of a perfume. 



The substance at my disposal (three or four ounces), has 

 not been sufficient for an exhaustive examination of the exudation 



