GUMS AND GUM-RESINS. 



Abies excelsa, De C. COMMON FRANKINCENSE, or THUS. 



Abies Picea, Lind. STRASBURG TURPENTINE. 



Callitris quadrivalvis, SANDARACH. 



Araucaria braziliensis, yields a fragrant resin. 



Dammar a australis, COWDIE or KAURIE, gum of New Zealand. 



Dammara orient alis, WHITE DAMMAR of Singapore. 



Juniperus lycia, W. 1 1 1 

 Juniperus phcenicia, W. / ^ ie 



Larix europcea, VENICE TURPENTINE, and ORENBURGH-GUM. 



Pinus Cemba, Lamb. CARPATHIAN. 



Pinus Deodara, KELON-KE-TEL, BALSAM. 



Pinus palustris, Lam. a portion of AMERICAN TURPENTINE. 



Pinus Pinaster, Acton, BORDEAUX TURPENTINE. 



Pinus Pumilio, Lamb. HUNGARIAN BALSAM. 



Pinus sylvestris, Linn. EUROPEAN COMMON TURPENTINE. 



Pinus Ttfda, Lam. a portion of AMERICAN TURPENTINE. 



ROSIN (yellow and black, COLOPHONY) is the resin of the terebin- 

 thinate pines; and TAR and PITCH the products of their destructive 

 distillation. 



Of N. O. 223. Cycadacese, Cycas circinalis yields a Tragacanth-like 

 gum. Of N. O. 242. Liliacese, Dracaena Draco yields DRAGON'S 

 BLOOD in the Canary Isles, as noticed under N. O. 74 ; and, Xanthorrhcea 

 hastile affords a fragrant yellow resin in Australia. Under N. O. 251. 

 Palmse, Cocos nucifera, W. Common Cocoanut, yields gnm in considerable 

 quantity. Under " Drugs," teste Lindley, AFRICAN BDELLIUM is referred 

 to Hyphaene thebaica. Seeman appears to doubt the reference, but in 

 Vansleb's " State of Egypt" (London 16/8) the Doum is called the Gum- 

 tree, and several authorities refer BDELLIUM to it. 



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