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1 Luban Maitee,' B. Frereana^ Birdw., being often 

 mixed with it. 



B. serrata, Roxb., the ' Salai ' of the Deccan, and 

 B. glabra, Roxb., are used locally as ' INDIAN OLIBA- 

 NUM,' for incense.* 



Balsamodendron Myrrha, Nees, * AFRICAN or TUR- 

 KEY MYRRH/ B. Opobalsamum, Kunth, ' ARABIAN/ and 

 B. Kafal, Kunth, ' EAST INDIAN MYRRH/ are, accord- 

 ing to the researches of Dr. Trimen,t R. H. Parker,J 

 Mr. E. M. Holmes and Professor Oliver, the sources of 

 that other gum-resin which is more used in medicine 

 than the last-mentioned. 



B. Mukul, Hook. ('Journ. Botany/ 1849), is the 

 source of * GOOGUL' or INDIAN BDELLIUM ; B. Play- 

 fairii, Hook, fil., discovered in 1862, by Colonel Play- 

 fair, that of ' HODTHAI/ or OPAQUE BDELLIUM. 



Canarium commune, L., is believed to be the source 

 of the resin known as MANILLA ELEMI, admitted to 

 the Pharmacopoeia in 1867, though Idea heptaphylla, 

 Aubl., 'HYAWAGUM/ /. Caranna, H.B.K., ' CARANA/ 

 and other species, yield similar products known as 

 BRAZILIAN ELEMI. Further information is still much 

 needed as to the sources of these oleo-resins. 



MELIACE^L. 



Swietenia senegalensis, Desv., ' CAILCEDRA/ has a 

 tonic bark, containing ' Calcedrine.' 



* Fliickiger, ' Pharm. Journ./ viii (1878), p. 407 ; Spoil's 

 'Encyclop. Indus. Arts.' 



t ' Pharm. Journ./ ix (1878-9), No. 462, p. 893 ; Bentley and 

 Trimen, ' Medic. PI./ i, pi. 59-60. 



% ' Pharm. Journ./ ix (1879), No. 475. 



Christy, * New Commercial Plants/ No. 10, p. 42. 



