204 IV. OILY COMPOUND COMBUSTIBLES.— 



hands, previously dipped in oil, till the red pellicles come off, and 

 are reduced into a clear paste, which is scraped off and dried in 

 the shade : used by females as a paint. From South America 

 and the East Indies. 



GcJM ANiME, Gummi anime. From Hymenaea courbaril: used 

 to make spirit varnish ; soluble in alcohol. Gum cancame and 

 Jamaica-birch rosin are sold for it. From Brazil and the East 

 Indies. 



Head benjamin, Benzoimim^ Assa dulcis, Sti/racis benzoini 

 halsamum. By incision from Styrax benzoin; odoriferous, fra- 

 grant, balsamic, anti-asthmatic : used in perfumery and odori- 

 ferous fumigations. From Borneo and Sumatra. 



Caffre's head benjamin. Inferior in quality. — Foot hen- 

 jamin» From Terminalia benzoin ? or Laurus benzoe ; brownish, 

 hard, impure. 



Jamaica-birch rosin, Resina chihou. From the Bursera 

 gummifera ; white or yellowish ; used for varnishes ; sold for 

 gum anime. 



Car ANNA, Gummi cararpia, Tacamahaca caragna. Origin not 

 well known ; brought from New Spain in masses, covered with 

 broad leaves; resolvent, dark olive. — Fetid caranna. Has a fetid 

 smell when burnt : from a chamerrops ? 



Gum CHANDRA, Gum kihekanumala^ Moschat i^osin. East Indian 

 copal, Gomme copal, Gummi chandetros, G. chanderros Copal, C. P. 

 From Valeria Indica ; used in varnishes ; resembles yellow amber, 

 and is sold for it. From Madagascar, and also among Sumatra 

 camphire. 



Gum copal, Copal. From Rhus copallinum : used as a 

 cement in fumigations, as it diffuses an agreeable scent when 

 burned, and in hard varnishes ; not soluble in alcohol without 

 the help of camphire or ammonia, and scarcely in oils, except oil 

 of rosemary. — Melted copal. Obtained by holding the gum before 

 a good fire, so that as soon as the copal melts, it may drop into a 

 pan of water : a kind of oil separates from it, and the copal 

 becomes soluble in spirit of wifle, and still more so if the melting 

 is repeated. 



Gum elemi. Idea, Elemi, P. L. since 1720. By incision from 

 Amyris elemifera ; yielding a sweet odour when burnt. From 

 South America. 



East India elemi, Gum cancame^ Gomme elemi, Elemi, 

 P. L. V. and C. P. Cancamum, Bahamum cancamum. From 

 Gardenia elemifera ; whitish, clear, resembles white amber ; anti- 

 septic, detergent : sold for gum anime, but alcohol only dissolves 

 6 oz. out of 10. From Arabia and Ceylon. 



