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but only the largest and most transparent pieces, which hang from the upper part of the trunk, free 

 from impurities. That which is found in Batsjana and Hallemapera never turns yellow like the 

 Amboina dammar, but is almost always white, and very gradually acquires any tinge of yellow; in taste 

 and smell, however, it is the same, and collected from the same kind of tree. This sort alone is 

 employed by the kings of the Moluccas as a suiFumitory, whence it obtains the name of royal dammar, 

 and the common people are prohibited from using it. There is some amusement In observing people 

 unacquainted with this substance, who, meeting with it in the shops, take it to be lump sugar; as it is 

 sold at a very cheap rate, the purchasers seek out the first corner to enjoy a taste of it, but immediately 

 discover their mistake. 



In books of voyages, we sometimes read of large quantities of mastich being found in these islands, 

 but the substance alluded to is no other than the Dammar Batic, which, when burnt, emits the same 

 smell.'* 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 38. 



a. 



Branch of the Tinus Dammara from Sir Joseph Banks's herbarium. 



b, b. Scales of a ripe Cone. 



c. 



d. 



W 



Is supposed by Mr. Francis Bauer, who made the drawing, as well as by myself, to be a female 

 Catkin, and that the oblong bodies at the base of the enlarged scales E, E, may be the real 

 stigmas, which, If true, will throw a new light on the fructification of this genus. Dr. 

 Smith is rather persuaded, from an attentive consideration of the description in Bumphlus, 

 that this is the Male Catkin, and that the bodies in question are Antlierce. 



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