OILS AND OIL SEEDS. 



N. O. 48. SAPINDACEJE. SOAPWORTS. 

 Sapindus emarginatus. Vohl. Emaryinated Soap-berry. 



Linn. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Rishta, Arishta, Phcenile, Sans. Rita, Hind. Euro- 

 reetha, Beng. Reteh, Dec. Rarak, Mai. Poovandie-cottay, Manay- 

 poongunkai, Poonanga t Tarn. Kunkoodoo, Koomuttie-yhenzaloo, 

 Tel. Gas-penela, Cey. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. See " Drugs." An oil, used only locally, is extracted from 

 the kernel of the seed. The seeds of Pappea capensis, Eckl. of the 

 Cape, abor.nd with oil, and I have been enabled through the kindness of 

 Dr. Pappe to procure some seeds for experiment here. In N. O. 49. 

 Rhizobolacese, Caryocar butyrosum, of Demerara has a very oleaginous 

 nut, known as the Suwarrow or Souaria nut. 



N. O. 50. MELIACE^. MELIADS. 

 Azadirachta indica. A. de Juss. Ash-leaved Bead-tree. 



Linn. Syst. Monadelphia Decandria. 



Vernacular. Ximba, Sans. Nim, Arishto, Hind. Neem, Dec. Bewa y 

 Can. Aria-bepou, Mai. Veypam, Tarn. Vepa, Vaympa, Tel. 

 Tel-kohomba, Cey. Thembau-kamakah, Pegu. 



Habitat. India. 

 Remarks. See " Drugs." Oil is extracted from the fruit. 



Melia Azederach. Linn. Common Bead-tree.' 



Linn. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Mullay-vaempoo, Mai. Malay-vaymboo, Tarn. Taruka- 

 vepa, Tel. Lunu-midella, Cey. Zo2nzalacht 3 Egypt. 



Habitat. Syria. Found all over the Deccan. 



Remarks. This tree is first described by Avicenna under the name of 

 Azad-durakt, and by Matthiolus. It is the Persian Lilac of Anglo- 

 Indians. The oil expressed from the fruit is similar to Neem oil. Trichilia 

 spinosa, W. yields an empyreumatic oil in Southern India. Carapa 

 Touloucouna, of Senegambia, yields the Tallicoonah or Kundah oil of com- 

 merce ; C. guianensis, the Carab or Crab-oil, of Guiana and Trinadad ; and 

 C. molluccensis, Lam. (Xylocarpus Granatum, Keen.) a similar oil in 

 the Eastern Archipelago. Under N. O. 52. Cedrelacese, an undeter- 

 mined species of Swietenia, yields the Gayapa oil of Southern India, 

 Grape-seed oil is obtained from the Vine, N. O. 53. 

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