154 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES DIIO-MALI 



from the tree they are placed in a large heap, where they remain 

 two or three days, until th^y begin to decompose ; the seeds are 

 then separated and cracked, the kernels are taken ont, put into 

 a large mortar, and crushed into a homogeneous mass, after 

 which they are put in the sun and allowed to melt, forming a 

 greasy substance, which is made into cakes by finally pressing it 

 into bluntly conical moulds. This substance keeps a long time 

 without becoming rancid, and the natives use it for food. The 

 solid oil or fat which is expressed from the kernels also has the 

 property of retaining its sweetness for a long time. 



Dikamali Resin, also called Cambi Resin, names given in 

 India to a gum-resin obtained from Gardenia luc%da, a large, stiff- 

 branched shrub of the Cinchona family (Cinch onace^e), native 

 of many parts of India. It is cultivated in the gardens of the 

 Deccan, and is found wild in the island of Elephanta, near 

 Bombay. The resin exudes in transparent drops or tears from 

 the extremities of the young shoots, and especially from the 

 flower-buds. It is formed into small cakes or lumps, and 

 becomes very hard, and of a blackish-green colour, and when 

 pounded has an aromatic smell like myrrh, which it resembles 

 in its medicinal propeities. It is also applied externally for 

 ulcers as a preventive against mortification. 



Dill {Anetlmm grawoUns), a weed-like annual of the Umbel 

 family (UmbeUiferae), cultivated for its aromatic fruits (generally 

 known as seeds in commerce), which are similar to caraway. 

 Dill-water is obtained by distillation of the fruits, and is used 

 in medicine. The plant is a native of Southern Europe and 

 Western Asia, and appears to have been early cultivated in 

 Palestine, it being the Anise of the ]^ew Testament, but not th(^ 

 Anise plant as now known (which see). 



Dillenia, the name of a genus and type of the family I)il- 

 leniaceae. It consists of large trees inhabiting dense forests in 

 India, Burmah, and the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. They 

 have large alternate leaves, generally of an oval or oblong shape, 

 and strongly marked with parallel veins running straight fiom 

 the midrib to the margin, ending in sharp teeth. Flowers 



