GUMS AND GUM -RESINS. 



a substitute for DRAGON'S BLOOD." (Lindley.) " The Dalbergia monetaria 

 of Linnaeus (N. O. 74), yields a resin very similar to DRAGON'S BLOOD.'* 

 (Lindley.) 



Poinciana regia. Boj. Royal Poinciana. 



Linn. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. 



Habitat. Madagascar. 



Remarks. This flourishes luxuriantly ir Bombay, and yields gum 

 abundantly. 



Pterocarpus marsupium. Rox. Emarginate-leaved, or Indian 

 Kino Tree. 



Linn. Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Peet-shola, Hind. Ribla, Bewa, Bia, Dec. Hoonee, 

 Southern Mahratta Country. Karinthugara t Mai. Yeangd, 

 Tarn. Vegisa, Egisa, Tel. Gan-malu, Cey. 



Habitat. Malabar. 



Remarks. Yields MALABAR KINO. See "Drugs," and Butea fron- 

 cfosa, above. The following Leguminosse also yield gummy or resinous 

 exudations : 



Astragalus verus, Asia Minor, Persia, ^ 

 Astragalus creticus, Mount Ida, 



Astragalus aristatus (rpayaKavQa, Dios- 



corides), Greece, ^ Yield TRAGACANTH. See 



Astragalus gummifer, Lebanon Koor- ' Nt " 176 and 223 '" 



distan, 



Astragalus strobiliferus, Koordistan, J 



Banhinia ernarginata, "1 

 Bauhinia retusa t J 



Copaifera multijuga, and numerous other species yield COPAIVA. 



Erythrina monosperma, one of the sources of LAC. See " N. O. 4 ' 

 above. 



Hymencea Courbaril, ANIME. 



HymentEa verrucosa, MADAGASCAR and EAST INDIAN COPAL. 



Hymencea sp., MEXICAN COPAL. 



Hymeiuea sp., a part of BRAZILIAN COPAL. 



Myrospermum peruiferum, BALSAM OF PERU. 



Myrospermum toluiferum, BALSAM OF TOLU. 



Pithecolobium gummiferum, yields gum in Brazil. 



Trachylobium martianum, yields a portion of BRAZILIAN COPAL. 



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