DIVISION I 



Class 4. A. 



GUMS AND GUM-RESINS. 



N. O. 4. ANNOiNACE^E. ANON ADS. 

 Annona squamosa. Linn. Sweet Sop. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Polygynia. 



Vernacular. See "Fruits and Vegetables." 



Habitat. South America. Extensively cultivated throughout the 



East. 



Remarks. See " Drugs." This is one of the trees on which LAC is 

 found, having been first noticed on it by Dr. Carter, who first fully and 

 accurately described and figured the insect (Coccus Laced), the punc- 

 tures of which cause the exudation of this substance. 



The other trees on which LAC is found are : 

 Fatica laccifera, N. O. 34. 

 Feronia elephantum, N. O. 40. 



Fumia laccifera? "U.O. 41. 



Vismia micrantha f j 



Schleiehera trijuga, N. O. 48. 

 Zizyphus Jujuba, N. O. 70. 

 Butea frondosa, 

 Erythrina indica, 



Erythrina monosperma, ^>N. O. 74. 

 Inga dulcis, 

 Mimosa cinerea, 

 Carissa spinarum, N. O. 141. 

 Aleurites laccifera, ~) 



Croton Draco? >N. O. 195. 



Croton sanyuiferum, J 

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