OILS AND OILSEEDS, ETC. 137 



Attar is largely adulterated with the Indian * Gera- 

 nium Oil/ obtained from Andropogon Schcenanthus, 

 L.* 



MYRTACE^:. 



Eucalyptus amygdalina, Lab., oleosa, F. von Muell., 

 sideroxylon, A. Cunn., goniocalyx, F. von Muell., globu- 

 lus, Lab., corymbosa, Sm., obliqua, L'Herit., fissilis, 

 odorata, Behr., rostrata, Schlecht., longifolia, Link, and 

 Otto, viminaliS) Lab., dtimosa, A. Cunn., and citriodora, 

 Hook., all yield oils, which have been prepared by 

 Mr. J. Bosisto, of Richmond, Victoria, some of which 

 were known in 1851. 



E. Staigeriana, F. von Muell., contains in its leaves 

 2 to 3 per cent, or 1,200 oz. to the ton, of an oil 

 closely similar to Oil of Verbena (Andropogon 

 citratus, DC.). 



E. hcemastoma, Sm., yields one intermediate between 

 Geranium and Peppermint, and it, and other Queens- 

 land species, seem well suited for scenting soaps. f 



Pimento, acris, Wight., BAY-BERRY OIL, is used in 

 the United States to flavour Bay Rum. 



Bertholletia excelsa, H. B., the BRAZIL-NUT, yields 

 the oil known as CASTANHA OIL, in Brazil, used by 

 artists and watchmakers. Spoiled seeds are used for 

 soap-making in Europe. 



CAJEPUT OIL, used medicinally, which is distilled 

 from the leaves of Melaleuca leucadendron, L., var. 

 minor, has been before mentioned. 



* ( Pharmacographia/ p. 233 ; Bentley and Trimen, ii, pi. 105. 

 t * Pharm. Journ./ xvii (1886) ; Christy, ' New Commercial 

 Plants,' No. 9, p. 14. 



