GUMS, RESINS, AND OTHER VEGETABLE EXUDATIONS. 197 



ing of the better known Kauri gum or resin from D. australis of 

 New Zealand). Les indigenes de la Nouvelle-Caledonie se servent 

 de cette substance pour vernir les poteries grossieres qu' ils 

 fabriquent." 



The information as to D. lanceolata being found (principally or 

 solely) in the neighbourhood of Canala, and Mr. Brazier's descrip- 

 tion of the tree being very large tends to show the origin of the 

 resin. Without some such evidence I would submit that the 

 precise species could not be determined as there is much similarity 

 in the resins exuded by the different species of the same coniferous 

 genus, e.g., Araucaria, Frenela, (Gallitris), Dammar a. 



Kaori resin has been sent from New Caledonia to several Inter- 

 national Exhibitions. Thus "Resine de Kaori, Dammara ovata" 

 was sent to the London Exhibition 1867 (Rapports du Jury Inter- 

 national (Chevalier) Vol. vi., 337). 



"Kaori, a gum-resin obtained from the trunks of D. Moorei, 

 Lindl., ovata, Moore, and lanceolata. Yellowish or white, brittle, 

 with a smooth shining fracture; on distillation it yields an 

 essential oil of aromatic odour. It is soluble in alcohol and may 

 be used as a varnish." (Journ. de Pharm. et de Ghimie, March 

 1870, p. 242; Pharm. Journ. [3] ii. 403.) 



"Several species of Dammara are given as the sources of kauri 

 resin in New Caledonia. They are D. Cornui, Raoul, the "Metea" 

 or stunted Kauri Pine; D. lanceolata, Lindl., the "Berairou," 

 "Bora" or Red Kauri; D. Moord, Lindl., or "Duou"; D. ovata, 

 Moore, or "Ninourai," the White Kauri; D. lanceolata and D. 

 ovata being the chief species." (Pharm. Journ. [3] xx,, 402.) 



I give one more quotation: — "Kauri resin. A report from 

 Noumea by M. Formet speaks favourably of the use of this resin, 

 — otherwise called Sydney gum and Caledonian balsam, as a 

 suitable medium for the external application of antiseptics. All 

 antiseptics can be mixed with the resin, which forms a coating 

 over wounded surfaces. In cutaneous affections it is of great 

 service; and also in the treatment of sprains and fractures when 



