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pounded and boiled, throws up to the surface of the water 

 an olive-green viscid resinous oil which is nearly odourless. 

 It is said to be used medicinally. I procured three ounces 

 of the oil from six pounds of bruised nutmegs. 



Pongamia Glabra. The seeds of this tree are collected 

 by natives in Malabar. The oil yielded by them is thick 

 and of a darkish colour. It is used medicinally for cutaneous 

 affections, and is burnt by the poorer classes. 



Ricimts Communis. The castor oil shrub is too well 

 known to need description. It is found both cultivated 

 and wild especially on the banks of the Nelambur river. 

 The oil is extensively manufactured in Malabar and the 

 creaking mills in which the seed is crushed may be seen in 

 every village in the district. The seed of this plant 

 furnishes the food of the bronze-winged dove (Chalcophaps 

 Indica) . 



Schleichera Trijuga. This handsome tree is abundant 

 in Malabar, where it is preserved for the sake of its seed, 

 which contains a large percentage of oil. The oil is princi- 

 pally used for burning; but also medicinally, and in the 

 manufacture of birdlime. 



Strychnos nux vomica. This tree is found from the sea- 

 level to 2,500 feet in Wynaad. An oil is said to be expres- 

 sed from the seeds, and used medicinally by natives. Large 

 quantities of the seeds are exported from Calicut by the 

 Firm of Messrs. D. Maneekji and Sons. 



Tamarindus Indicus. This tree only thrives in the Pal- 

 ghat Taluq, as it prefers a dry climate. The seeds produce 

 a clear thin oil. It is for the sake of the fruit however that 

 the tree is chiefly valued. 



Tectona grandis. The seed of the Teak tree contains 

 a good deal of oil. 



Terminalia bellerica. The kernel of the seeds yields by 

 expression a medicinal oil of a greenish colour. The T. 

 Chelula yields a somewhat similar oil. 



