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CASE water-proofing and for torches. Note torches filled with 



11. the resin of D. alatns, Roxb., covered with leaves of 

 species of Pandanus. 



No. 64. Log of Sumatra Camphor Tree {Dryo- 

 halanops aromatica^ Gaertn.). The crystallized camphor 

 is shown in situ on the wood. It does not reach 

 Europe, but is an important article of commerce with 

 China and Japan, the people of those countries attribut- 

 ing to it extraordinary virtues and paying a high price for 

 it, in preference to ordinary camphor, their own produce. 

 Specimens of Sumatra Camphor-Oil are also exhibited. 



No. 65. Fine mass of resin from Vateria acuminata^ 

 Heyne, a handsome tree of the moist low country of 

 Ceylon, where the wood is used for coffins and minor 

 purposes. Vateria indica, L., yields PiNEY Resin 

 Indian Copal, or White Dammar, used in varnish on 

 the Malabar coast. Piney tallow, used for candles, is 

 obtained by roasting, grinding and boiling the seeds. 



No. 66. Wood of the Sal or Saul Tree (Shorea 

 robusta, Gaertn.)^ A large timber tree widely distributed 

 in India, and forming extensive forests. The wood when 

 thoroughly seasoned is of great strength, elasticity and 

 durability, and is used for piles, beams, railway sleepers, 

 gun carriages, &c. By tapping, the tree yields large 

 quantities of a whitish transparent resin or dammar, used 

 for caulking boats and as incense. The seeds are eaten 

 in times of scarcity and also yield a hard white oil used 

 for cooking and lighting. Other species of Shorea and 

 Hopea afford valuable timbers. 



On bottom shelf observe Dammar Holder from 

 Perak. It is used in the same way as a candlestick and 

 is made to support two cylindrical torches made of the 

 spathe of Areca Catechic, filled with a Dipterocarpeous 

 resin. 



CASE Mallow Order {Malvaceae). A large order most 



12, numerous in the tropics, diminishing in numbers towards 

 the poles. Remarkably destitute of all noxious pro- 

 perties ; but mucilaginous and affording from the inner 

 layers of the bark a useful fibre. The pink mallows of 

 <)ur roadsides represent the order in Britain. 



