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CASE canth. The name Kuteera is applied in India to other 

 6. light-coloured gums, such as those from species of 

 Btermlia and Astragalus. 



INO. 45. Annatto, an orange or yellow dye for silks 

 and staining cheese, prepared from the red- coloured pulp 

 ■which covers the seeds of Bixa Orellana, L., a small 

 bushy tree with handsome white or pinkish flowers, 

 widely distributed in the tropics. Both the prepared 

 dye and the seeds are imported, chiefly from South 

 America and the West Indies. Dried specimens of the 

 plant are shown with the red seeds attached to the inside 

 of the fruit capsules. 



CASE Observe snuff boxes and ornaments, made of the round 

 7 fruits of Oncoha spinosa, Forsk., by the native tribes of 

 Natal. 



No. 46. Kei Apples {Aheria Gaffra, Harv. & Sond.), 

 the fruits of a shrub, native of the Cape of Good Hope 

 and Kaffirland, which when fresh, are acid and used as 

 a pickle, and when ripe are made into a preserve. 



No. 47. Chaulmugra Oil, from the seeds of Tarak- 

 togenos Kurzii^ King, a tree of the forests of Sylhet, 

 Chittagong and Burma. It is used in India for the treat- 

 ment of skin diseases and dysentery and is also employed 

 medicinally in this country. 



Note LUKRABO Seeds, the produce of Hydnocarpus 

 anthelminficus, Pierre. They are exported in consider- 

 able quantities from Siam and Cochin China to China, 

 where, under the name of Ta-FUNG-tsze, they ar^ in 

 repute in the treatment of various skin diseases. 



Pittosporum Order {PUtosporeae), A small group 

 of shrubs and trees confined to the Old World. They 

 are chiefly Australian and Polynesian. 



No. 48. Wood of Pittosporum hicolor, Hook., and P. 

 undulatum, Vent., from New South Wales and Tasmania, 

 They are close grained and adapted for turning and 

 wood engraving. 



Milkwort Order {Pohjgaleae). Characterised by a 

 bitter principle. 



