OILS AND OIL SEEDS. 



N. O. 55. LINAGES. FLAXWORTS. 

 Linum usitatissimum. Linn. Common Flax. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Pentagynia. 



Vernacular. Atari, Matusee, Ooma, Sans. Vlsee, Tisi, Musina. 

 Musnee, Hind. Jowus, Dec. Alixeree, Allee-seroo-sanul, Tarn, 

 Buzruc, Kettan t Arab. Kutan, Pers. 



Habitat. Egypt. Cultivated widely in Europe and India. 

 Remarks. First mentioned, Exod. ix. 31. This is one of the most im- 

 portant oil-yielding plants in India, and is largely cultivated. Under 

 N. O. 62, Zygophyllacese, the seeds of Balanites cegyptiaca, Delile, yield 

 a fat oil called Zachun ; but I never heard of its being expressed in India. 

 Under N. O. 63. Rutacese, Dictamnus Fraxinella, Link, Bastard Dittany 

 of Germany, abounds so in volatile oil as sometimes to enkindle the air 

 round it. 



N. O. 68. CELASTRACE^E. SPINDLE TREES. 

 Celastrus montanus. Eox. 

 Celastrus paniculatus. //'. 



Linn. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Malkunganee, Hind. Dec. Valuluvy, Peddachintoo, 

 Tarn. Bavungie, Tel. 



Habitat. Concans, Neilgherries, Vizagapatam, Dheyra Dhoon. 



Remarks. See " Drugs." The oil expressed from the seeds is of a 

 bright scarlet -colour, and this subjected with other ingredients to de- 

 structive distillation forms the Oleum Nigrum of Madras. 



N. O. 71. ANACARDIACE./E. ANACARDS or* TERE- 

 BINTHS. 



Anacardium occidentale. W. Common Cashew. 



Vernacular. Beejara-Sala, Sans. Hijilee-badam, Beng. Cajoo, 

 Dec. Parunkimanvah, Peiteira-manjo, Mai. Moondri, Tarn. 

 Jidi-memidi, Muntamamedi, Tel. Watu-caju, Cey. Cadju, Ma- 

 laya. Jamboo-eeronff, Sumatra. 



Habitat. South America. Naturalized in Malabar, Coromandel, 

 Chittagong, Trichinoply. 



Remarks. First described by Thevetius. A bland nutritious oil of the 

 finest kind is expressed from the nuts of this tree. It is not, however, of 

 any commercial importance, as the nuts are generally eaten. The peri- 

 carp, as noted under "Gums and Resins," furnishes an acrid oleo-resin. 

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