GUMS, RESINS, OLEO-RESINS, ETC. 149 



PALMACE.E. 

 Cocos nucifera, L. 



Of these, the only group calling for further remarks 

 are the Acacia-gums. The chief gum-yielding species 

 are the following : 



A. Senegal, Willd. ( A. verek, G. and P.), yielding 

 most of the best GUM ARABIC, PICKED TURKEY, 

 WHITE SENAAR, or GUM SENEGAL, the best from 

 Kordofan ; that from Senegal coming vid Bordeaux. 



A. stenocarpa, Hochst. j SUAKIM or TALCA 



A. Segal, Del., var. Fistula] GUM. 



A. gummifera, Willd., MOROCCO, MOGADOR, or 

 BROWN BARBARY, according to Messrs. Hooker 

 and Ball. 



A. horrida, Willd., CAPE. 



A. arabica, Willd., BABUL or EAST INDIAN GUM 

 ARABIC, from Africa, but coming vid Aden and 

 Bombay. 



A. Catechu, Willd., KHEIR. 



A. pycnantha, Benth., GOLDEN WATTLE, of 

 Australia. 



A. dealbata, Link., SILVER WATTLE, of Australia. 



A. decurrens, Willd., BLACK or GREEN WATTLE. 



A. homalophylla, A. Cunn., and perhaps other species. 



CARAMANIA or BASSORA GUM, also known as HOG 

 TRAGACANTH, and containing only one per cent, of 

 soluble gum, is said to be derived from a Prunus or 

 Amygdalus. 



Following an anonymous writer in the ' Encyclo- 

 paedia Britannica/ vol. xx., we may subdivide the 

 Resins as follows : 



i. COPALLINE or VARNISH RESINS, the purest, in- 



