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CASE seen in fruiterers' shops in this country. The fruit is 



30. most delicious ; unripe it is used for tarts, preserves, 

 chutney, &c. Fruits and drawings and various products 

 are exhibited in this case and in Case 31. 



CASE PiURl, a yellow colouring matter obtained in India 



31. from the urine of cows fed upon Mango leaves. It is an 

 article of import into this country. 



No. 169. Cashew-Nut. Fruit of Anacardium 

 occidentale, L., a tree of Brazil, Central America, and the 

 West Indies, cultivated elsewhere in the Tropics. It is 

 naturalised in many parts of India. The fruit rests on a 

 fleshy edible peduncle from which a spirit is distilled 

 both in Mozambique and in Western India. The fruit 

 when roasted yields a tar employed as a preservative for 

 boats and wood-work. The kernels, sometimes known 

 as Promotion Nuts, after being roasted, are used for dessert 

 and may generally be purchased in this country. The 

 kernels also yield an oil and from the stem a gum exudes 

 which is said to be used by book-binders in South 

 America. Specimens of the products mentioned will be 

 found in the case. 



No. 170. CuDDAPAH Almonds. The kernels of 

 Buchanania latifolia, Roxb. They somewhat resemble 

 pistachio nuts, and are largely used in native sweetmeats ; 

 a sweet and wholesome oil is extracted from them. The 

 fruit has a sweetish acid flavour, and is eaten by the hill 

 tribes of Central India. The bark is used in tanning. 



No. 171. Burmese Lacquer or Varnish Tree 

 {Melano7^rhoea usitata, Wall.). Every part of the tree 

 abounds in a thick, viscid, greyish fluid which is collected 

 by making incisions through the bark of the trunk and 

 principal boughs, and inserting joints of Bamboo to 

 receive the fluid as it flows. This forms the famous 

 black varnish or Thitsi of the Burmese used for lacquer 

 work, both red and black, examples of which are 

 exhibited, also as size in gilding, and i'or covering 

 buckets to make them watertight. It has also been used 

 as an anthelmintic. The wood is used for tool-handles, 

 gun-stocks, railway-sleepers, &c. 



