140 Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis. 



ing the valuable property of repelling, for a long time, the attacks 



of white-ants, as well as of resisting the influence of the climate. 



(Wight.) 



Vateria, L. (W. and A.pr. 1, p. 83.) 



1. indica, L. (W. and A. I. c. ; — Wight ill. 1, t. 36; — Roxb. 

 Corom. 3, t. 288 ; /. ind. 2, p. 602 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 22. Elseocarpus copalliferus, Retz. ; — Rheed. 4, t. 15.) Piney 

 Varnish tree. L. b Malabar. Fl. middle-sized, white. In 

 H. C. G. fl. H. S. ; fr. Aug. (Roxb.) 



Vateria indica produces the resin called in India, Copal, (in 

 England known by the name of Gum Anime) as very nearly ap- 

 proaching the true resin of that name. (Lindl.) When recent, it is 

 found from pale green to a deeper amber colour, with all the inter- 

 mediate shades. In some parts of India, beads are made of such 

 pieces as most resemble Amber beads, even to being electrical, when 

 excited by rubbing. (Roxb.) The resin is procured by cutting a 

 notch in the tree, sloping inwards and downwards. This is soon 

 filled with the juice, which, in a short time, hardens by exposure 

 to the air. "When used as a varnish (Piney Varnish), the usual 

 practice is to apply the balsam, before it has become hard ; but 

 when this cannot be procured, the resin melted by a slow fire and 

 mixed with boiling Linseed-oil forms a varnish, which answers 

 equally well for most purposes. The resin is on the Malabar-coast 

 also made into candles. While burning, these diffuse an agreeable 

 fragrance, give a fine clear light with little smoke, and consume the 

 wick so as not to require snuffing. (Wight.) 



2. lancecefolia, Roxb. (fl. ind. 2, p. 601 ; — Wight ill. 1, p. 88.) 

 b Assam, Khassya Mountains. Fl. largish, white, fragrant. 

 In H. C. G. fl. April and May ; fr. July and Aug. (Roxb.) 

 This tree yields a resin like that of No. 1, from which the 

 Indians prepare one of the materials of their religious oblations. 

 (As. Res. 12, p. 539.J 



Vatica, L. ( W. and A. pr. 1, p. 84. — Shorea, Roxb.) 



1. robusta, W. and A. (Shorea robusta, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 615 ; 

 —Corom. 3, t. 212.) Tfa Sal. L. b Morung, Nepal. Extends 

 more northerly than any other of the order, being found all 

 along the Himalaya, to the neighbourhood of the Jumna, form- 

 ing vast forests, frequently unmixed with any other tree, but 

 generally confined in the most northern parts within the first 

 range of the hills, (Royle). Fl. middle-sized, yellowish-white, 



