342 OILS AND OIL SEEDS 



when dry forms a thick, water-tight paste. This wood oil, 

 known as " Hora-itti," is obtained either by cutting the 

 tree down and allowing the oil to flow naturally, or by 

 cutting deep notches into the stem of the tree, into 

 which the liquid exudes without heating. Mixed with 

 beeswax, the wood oil of D. zeylanicus affords a rough 

 varnish, but this is not much used. Its medicinal value 

 does not appear to be high. 



