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CASE furniture, shipbuilding, &c. The bitter bark is employed 



22. as a febrifuge ; the leaves are used for poultices, and when 

 dried are employed in protecting clothing and books 

 against insects ; the clear amber-coloured gum is con- 

 sidered stimulant. From the pulp of the fruit is 

 expressed a yellow-coloured fixed oil, which is bitter and 

 acrid ; used for burning, and in medicine as an antiseptic 

 and anthelmintic. 



No. 124. Persian Lilac, Bastard Cedar, or 

 Bead Tree {Mella Azedarach, L.). A tree commonly 

 cultivated throughout India and all warm countries. The 

 wood is handsomely marked, takes an excellent polish, 

 and is used for furniture. The fruit yields an oil, the 

 nuts are strung as beads, and the bitter root-bark is 

 employed in medicine as an anthelmintic. 



Note flowers of Aglaia odoi^ata^ Lour., used by the 

 Chinese for scenting tea. 



Also edible fruit of the LANS A or LANGS AT {Lansiiim 

 domesticum, Jack), of the Malay Islands. It is much 

 esteemed in Java, where it is known as " doehoey 



No. 125. Wood and fruits of Walsura piscidia. Roxb., 

 a moderate-sized tree of India and Ceylon. The wood is 

 used in Southern India for various purposes, and the 

 pulp of the fruit is employed to intoxicate fish. 



CASE No. 126. Mafureira Seeds {TrichiUa emetica, 



23. Yahl.). A tree widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 

 The seeds afford a thick heavy oil used in native cookery. 

 During the year 1900, ~70 tons of these seeds were 

 imported into Marseilles from Inhambane, probably for 

 soap-making. 



No. 127. Mahogany, the wood of Swietenia Maha- 

 goni^ L., *S'. macropliyUa^ King, and perhaps of other large 

 forest trees of Tropical America and Cuba. One of the 

 most valuable of furniture woods. There is a record of 

 a single log which lay near the south coast of Cuba, too 

 heavy to carry to a port, measuring 9 ft. broad, 6 ft. iiigh, 

 and 12 ft. in length ; supposed weight about 18 tons. It 

 had been there many years, and probably remained till it 

 decayed. The two species mentioned above have been 

 introduced into India, where they are largely planted. 



