GUMS AND GUM-RESINS. 



N, O. 81. COMBRETACE^E. MYROBALA1VS. 

 Terminalia bellerica. Rox. 



Linn, Syst, Polygamia Moncecia. 



Vernacular. See " Drugs." 

 Habitat. India. 



Remarks. Abounds with gum, forming probably a portion of GUM 

 GATTIE, see " N. O. 40 and 74." Terminalia argentea produces a resin 

 in Brazil, and T. Benzoin, a fragrant resin used as incense in Mauritius. 



N. 0. 102. CACTACE.E. INDIAN FIGS. 

 Opuntia mb esc ens. Walper Rep. torn. ii. p. 351. ed. 1843. 



Linn- Syst. Icosandria Monogynla. 



Vernacular. 

 Habitat. Brazil. 



Remarks. A plant cultivated at the Agri-Horticultural Society's 

 Garden at Kirkee, yields a gum somewhat resembling the false Tragacanths, 

 in large quantity. 



N. O. 110. UMBELLIFERJE. UMBELLIFERS. 

 Narthex Asafc&tida* Falc. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 



Vernacular. Hinga, Sans. Iling, Sans. Beng. Hind. Dec. Hin- 

 yoo, Sans. Cey. Perungyum, Tarn. Ingoova, Tel. Hilteet, 

 Arab. Ungooseh, Pers. Angoo, Malaya. 



Habitat. Saristan, Afghanistan, Punjab. 



Remarks. Yields ASAFCETIDA, see "Drugs." Besides the Punjab 

 sample, the Museum collection contains a number of samples from Persia. 

 The other plants of this order, yielding fastid gum-resins, are Dorema 

 Ammoniacum, Don, in Irak, and Ferula orient alls, W. in Morocco, yield- 

 ing AMMONIACUM. Ferula persica ? W. in Persia, yielding SAGAPENUM. 

 Ophoidia yalbanifera, Don, in Khorassan, and Galbanum officinale, 

 Don, in Syria, yielding GALBANTJM. Opopanax Chironium, Kach, a 

 native of the shores of the Mediterranean, yielding OPOPANAX. Lindley 

 considers it likely that SARCOCOLLA also (referred generally to N. O. 184. 

 Penseacese) may belong to the present order. IJedera terebintinacea, 

 N. O. 111. Araliaceac, of Ceylon, yields a resin having the smell of 

 turpentine. 

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