GUMS AND GUM-RESINS. 



Remarks. GUM ARABIC (*(fyi/zt of Hippocrates) is obtained from various 

 species of Acacia, the best TURKEY-GUM being from A. arabica and A. 

 vera, Will. GUM- SENEGAL is from A. vera, A. Seyal, Delile, and A. Senegal. 

 CAPE-GUM from A. Karoo, Hayne, which also yields MOROCCO or BAR- 

 BARY GUM. BEDOUIN GUM is from A. tortilis, Forsk. and A. ehrenber- 

 ghii, Hayne. Acacia arabica yields also an inferior GUM ARABIC, called 

 EAST INDIAN GUM, which, if the same as the GUM GATTIE of the bazar, 

 is a mixture of Babool gum, with the gummy and gum-resinous (?) exu- 

 dations of several trees, as Feronia elephantum, N. O. 4Q,Azadirachta indica, 

 N. O. 50, Mangifcra indica, N. O. 71, and Acacia Catechu, Vachellia 

 Farnesiana, Acacia Lebbek, .A. odoratissima, and Cassia auriculata of 

 the present order, Terminalia bell eric a, N. O. 81, and probably many 

 other trees. Not having any authenticated gum of the four last, they 

 will not be here detailed. Some have already appeared under " Drugs,'* 

 and nearly all will be detailed under " Woods." A resinous extract is 

 prepared from the pods of A. arabica, and sold in the bazar under the 

 name of AKAKIA. 



Acacia Catechu. Will. Medicinal Acacia. 



Linn. Si/st. Polygaraia Monoecia. 



Vernacular. See "Drugs." 

 Habitat. The East and West Indies. 

 Remarks. See " Drugs," and A. arabica, above. 



Butea frcndosa. Rox. Downy-branch Butea. 



Linn, Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Palasa, Kinouka, Kinsuka, Sans. Kuenee, Hind. 

 Palas, Dec. Hind. Dhak, Beng. Pallus-kakria, By. Palassie, 

 Mai. Parassum, Tarn. Moduga, Tel. Gas-kaela t Cey. Pou/c- 

 bin, Pegu. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. See " Drugs." With B. superba, yields GUM-BUTEA, a 

 variety of KINO which is produced also by Pterocarpus marsupium, Rox. 

 (v. infra], (and Dalbergia oogeinensis, Rox.?) in India, and by P. erinaceus 

 in Gambia and Senegal. BOTANY BAY KINO is the produce of Eucalyptus 

 resinifera, N. O. 85. Myrtaceae, Syzygium Jambolanum of the same order, 

 and Agati grandifora, N. O, 74, both of this country, also yield a 

 Kino-like exudation. In the West Indies Coccoloba uvifera, N. O. 176. 

 Polygonacese, furnishes a similar juice. Pterocarpus Draco furnishes the 

 DRAGON'S BLOOD of Socotra, and the Spanish main ; that of the Canary 

 Islands being obtained from Dracaena Draco, N. O. 242. Liliacese, and 

 of the Indian Archipelago from CalanvM Draco, N. O. 251. Palmse. A 

 species of Myristica (N. O. 180), the Dungan of the Philippines, " yields 

 a crimson juice which is collected from incisions in the trunk, and used as 

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