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5,905,554 cwts. were imported into the United Kingdom CASE 

 in 1905. 20. 



Oils of Neroli and Bergamot, highly esteemed as 

 perfumes, are obtained, the first from the flowers of 

 C. An rant turn by distillation, and the second from the 

 rind of the Bergamot variety, either by distillation or ex- 

 pression. The small immature fruits which drop from the 

 trees, when collected and dried, form the Orange Berries 

 of pharmacy. They are used for flavouring Curacoa, &c. 

 The smaller ones, smoothed by a lathe, form Issue-peas. 



No. 108. Fruits, leaves and gum of the WOOD APPLE 

 {Feronia elephantum, Corr.), a large Indian tree. The 

 pulp of the fruit is acid and is made into a jelly. A gum 

 similar to gum arable is exuded by the tree, and the 

 Avood is used in house-building, for agricultural imple- 

 mentSj &c. 



No. 109. Bael, or Bela of India {Aegle Marmelos, 

 Corr,). The pulp of the fruit is an aperient and a 

 valuable remedy in dysentery ; its rind and the dried 

 unripe fruit are astringent. 



Quassia Order {Simarubeae). Trees or shrubs, 

 growing mainly in the tropical parts of America and 

 Africa, distinguished by an intense bitterness. Some 

 species are employed medicinally as tonics. 



No. 110. Surinam Quassia Wood (Quassia 

 amara, L.). This wood is the Original Quassia of the 

 Materia Medica and the one upon which the reputation 

 of Quassia as a medicine was established, but as the tree 

 yielding it was small and slow-growing the supply was 

 soon exhausted, and it is now unknown in British 

 medicine. See also No. 113. 



No. 111. Fruits and seeds of Cedron (Simaba 

 Cedron, Planch.), a small tree of Central America. The 

 seed is considered a valuable specific for snake bites, 

 intermittent fevers and for stomach complaints. The bark 

 and wood have bitter and tonic properties. 



No. 112. SiMARUBA Bark {Simaruba amara, 

 Aubl.). A large tree, native of Tropical America, &c. 



