GUMS AND GUM- RESINS. 



Habitat. Khandeish, Travancore, and Coromandel. 



Remarks. See " Drugs," and " N. O. 19," above; Stereiilia ttrens, 

 below. 



Salmalia malabarica. S. et E. Red Silk-Cotton Tree. 



Linn. Syst. Monadelphia Polyandria. 



Vernacular. The gum, Mochurrus? Vulg. 

 Habitat. Concans, Malabar, Courtallum. 



Remarks. See "Drugs." The MOCHURRUS of the bazars, is a gall 

 from Areca Catechu. Some kinds of Mochurrus appear to be the gum 

 of Moringa pterygosperma, Gsert., and I have never been able to obtain 

 any gum from the Red Silk-Cotton Tree. 



Sterculia urens. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Monoscia Monadelphia. 



Vernacular. See " Drugs." 

 Habitat. Concans, Courtallum. 



Remarks. The gum of this tree forms a portion of GUM KUTEERA. 

 See "N. O. 19," and Eriodendron anfractuosum, above. S. Tragacantha t 

 yields the Tragacanth of Sierra-Leone. For true Tragacanth, see 

 : 'N. O. 74," below. 



N. O. 34. DTPTEROCARPACE.E. DIPTERADS. 



DIpterocarpus turbinatus. Rox. 

 Dipt ero carpus costatus. G<ert. 

 DIpterocarpus incanus. Rox. 

 Dipterocarpus alatus. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. D. turbinatus, Shweta-gurjan, Beng. Hora-gaha, 

 Cey. D. COStatus, Teeliagurjun, Beng. D. incanus, Gur- 

 jun, Beng. The oleo-resin, Gurjuntel, India. Dhoonatil, Cey. 



Habitat. D. turbinatus, India, within and beyond the Ganges. 

 D. costatus and D. incanus, Chittagong. D. alatus, Mascal 

 Island and the neighbouring coast. 



Remarks. This oleo-resin is the WOOD-OIL of commerce. Diptero- 

 carpus trinervis, Blume, of Java, yields a resin substituted like WOOD- 

 OIL for Copaiva Balsam. 



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