Rosins. 



Balsamum viride. From the Chloroxylon verticillatuni of 

 Peru. 



Gandah birosa. From Boswellia serrata ; clear, greenish, 

 hardens into pinky ohbanum. 



P.ENOE varnish, Pex/Tiia vamisU, Liquid copal, Pundum. 

 From Valeria Indica, or Elaeocarpus copalliferus. 



Birch oil, OL betalce. Obtained by heating birch bark in an 

 earthern pot with a hole in its bottom, so that the rosin of the 

 bark, as it melts out, flows down into another jar sunk in the 

 ground, and luted to the upper jar ; used in Russia to curry 

 leather, preserving it from raouldiness and the attacks of insects. 



Balsam acoqchi. Flows from the Amyris acichini ; odor- 

 ous, vulnerary, nervine. 



Cldsia TURPEXTlNE. From Clusia alba and C. rosea ; used 

 as pitch. 



WooRAROO POISON, Bulsam arouarou. Flows from the Icica 

 hetaphylla pitch ; smells like citron ; used to poison weapons. 



Sunflower turpentine. From Helianthus annuus. 



Jerusalem artichoke turpentine. From Helianthus 

 tuberosus. Obtained by boiling the heads and skimming off the 

 turpentine; very pale and clear. Sold for Strasburg turpentine. 



Balsam houmiri. Flows from the Myrodendron houmiri ; 

 red, transparent, balsamic ; used for torches. 



Japan turpentine. By incision from Rhus vernix : used in 

 varnishing. 



Wood oil. From the trunk of Dipterocarpus turbinatus. 



Soft mastich, Mastich oil. Obtained from mastich trees, 

 which have been grafted upon the turpentine tree. 



ROSINS. 



Flag annotto, OrkaJia, Terra orleana, Orleana in Jbliis. In 

 square cakes of 2 or 31bs. each, beat up with oil, either linseed, 

 nut, or whale. 



Egg annotto, Orlearia in ovuli.s. By steeping the seeds of 

 Bixa orellana in water for seven or eight days, stirring tlic liciuid, 

 passing it through a sieve, and boiling it ; when the colouring 

 matter is scummed off, and made up wiiile soft witii oil into 

 cakes; cathartic and tiien astringent, discussive, febrifuge, but 

 little used in medicine, chiefly in dyeing. From the West 

 Indies. 



Roll an.^v/, .*,, U. m nduli-^, (J. in bacuiia. In small oblong 

 cakes, internally bright red. By rubbing the seeds with the 



