27 



140. BOSWELLIA SPECIES, continued. 



g. African Olibanum. Dr. Pereira's Catalogue, No 288. 



h. Do., from Dr. Maclagan, from an old drug store. 



i. Olibanum of English commerce. 



j. Luban mattee. A very fine specimen. 



Note. Specimens 6 to/ are those used by Dr. Yanghan to illustrate a 

 paper in P. J. [1] , vol. xii., pp. 228, 229. P. J. [3] , vol. i., p. 166 ; 

 [1] , vol. v., p. 541. Pharmacographia, pp. 120 and 131. For figures of 

 the olibauum trees, see Linn. Trans., xxvii., p. 111. Specimen j wan 

 presented by Mons. C. Chantre". 



141. BUBSERA ACUMINATA, Willd. 



a. Resin. Carana resin. Presented by Mr. Winstanley. 

 See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 494. 



142. CANARIUM COMMUNE, L. 



a. Resin. (Manilla Elemi.) 2 specimens. 



b. Fruit. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 61. 



143. CANARIDM EDULE, Hook.f. 



a. Resin. (African Elemi.) Collected in the Angola 

 district, Pungo Andongo, Africa, by Dr. Welwitsch. 



144. ELAPHRIUM ELEMIFERUM, Royle. 



a. Resin. (Mexican Elemi.) 



145. ELAPHRIUM GRAVEOLENS, Kunth. 



a. Wood. (Mexican lignaloes.) 



b. Essential oil from do. 



Note. This is not the oriental lignaloes. It has a strong odour liko 

 bergamot. P. J. [2], vol. x., p. 590. See Aquilaria Agallochum. 



146. ICICA ICICARIBA, Dec. 



a. Resin. (Brazilian Elemi.) P. 355. 



147. ICICA SPECIES. 



a. Elemi wrapped in leaves. Presented by Messrs. Bell 



&Co. 

 6. Do. Fine specimen in mass. 



c. Spurious elemi, said to be manufactured from^Thus in 



Germany and Holland. 



d. Elemi from British Guiana. (Marucoa Tarn.) 



e. Elemi from the Mauritius. Presented by Dr. Ure. 



LEGUMINOS^E. 

 SUBORDER I. PAPILIONACE.E. 



148. ABRUS PRECATORIUS, L. (Indian Liquorice.) 



a. Pods and seeds. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 77. 

 Note. These seeds are used as a standard of weight in India, calleJ 

 Kati. The weight of the Koh-i-noor diamond was ascertained in this wa\ . 

 The roots are official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia as a substitute iui 

 Liquorice root. See Ind. Pharm., pp. 74 and 446 ; Treat. Bot., p. 4 ; Phar- 

 macographia, p. 164. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160, No. 51. 



