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Illinois southward to Mexico and Guatemala. The resin CASE 

 exudes either from natural fissures or from incisions. 50. 

 The wood is imported into this country as Satin 

 Walnut, American Red Gum, &c. It is fairly hard, 

 tough, and close-grained but warps badly in seasoning. 

 Used for furniture, paving blocks, &c. 



Mangrove Order {Rhizoiihoreae). Opposite-leaved CASE 

 trees, growing on the muddy shores of tropical countries. 51. 



No. 262. Germinating seeds of two species of. MAN- 

 GROVE {Rliizopliora Mangle, L., and R. ')niicronata. Lam.); 

 germinating in the fruit they form a long root before 

 dropping to the ground, which they sometimes reach 

 before becoming detached. 



No. 263. Mangrove Barks and Extracts prepared 

 from them, which from their astringency, are used in 

 tanning. 



Note Tengah Bark and Extract {Ceriops candol- 

 lecma, x4.rn.), employed in the Straits Settlements, &c., for 

 dyeing and tanning. 



Myrobalan Order {Comhreiaceae). All tropical trees 

 and shrubs, growing in both hemispheres. They are 

 characterized by some degree of astringency. 



No. 264. Fruits, wood, gum, and oil obtained from the 

 kernels of Baheka {Tei^minalia helerica, Roxb.),^a large 

 deciduous tree of India and Ceylon. The fruit is one of 

 the Myrobalans and is occasionally exported to Europe 

 for dyeing and tanning, but it is thought little of and is 

 barely worth the cost of collection and carriage. It is 

 known in the London Market as Bed A NuT. In India it 

 is employed in native medicine and for making ink. 



On the lower shelves of this compartment are speci- 

 mens of fruits, wood, bark and gum of ASAN, Terminalia 

 tomentosa, W. & A., one of the mostly widely distributed 

 and important of Indian forest trees. The wood is 

 largely used for house building, carts, ship and boat 

 building. When polished it resembles walnut, and is 

 considered one of the best woods for making stethoscopes 

 at the Government Medical Store Depot, Bombay. 



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