Part I.] 
Steering : Note on the Lac Insect. 
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APPENDIX I. 
Timbers used in Lac Turnery, 
The use of lac on the large scale in India involves the utilization of 
a considerable amount of wood in the manufacture of the various arti- 
cles for which the substance is so largely in demand. The following 
list of trees, the wood of which is used in lac turnery, -was compiled by 
Dr. (now Sir George) Watt and is taken from his report on ‘Lac and Lac 
Industries’ published in the Agricultural Ledger No. 9 (1901). 
Acacia arabica. Wild. (Leguminosee), the Kikar or hahul, Hoshiar- 
pur, Shahpur, etc. In Jaipur it is specially mentioned as suitable for 
Indian clubs — Mugdars. 
A. Catechu, Wild., the Khair of Hoshiarpur ; Jaipur mentions it as 
used for the feet of charpoys and musals. 
A. modesta. Wall., the Phulah of Hoshiarpur. 
Adina cordifolia. Hook. f. (Rubiaceae), the Haldu of Saharanpur ; 
the Aladran of Surat, where it is said to be largely used for cradles (pal- 
nas), etc. 
Ailanthus excelsa, Roxb. (Simarubeae), used in Jaipur for scabbards, 
etc. 
Albizzia Lebbek, Benth. (Leguminosae), the Shrin of Shahpur. 
Anogeissus latifolia. Wall. (Combretaceae), the Dhau of Marwar. 
Artocarpus Chaplasha, Roxb. (Urticaceae), the Sam of Assam. 
A. integrifolia, Linn, f., the jack-fruit tree, Assam. 
Anthocephalus Cadamba^Miq. (Rubiaceae), the Kadan, is in Alwar 
used for toys, bottles, jugs,vetc. 
Bauhinia latifolia (Leguminosae), the Jinja of Marwar. 
Bombax malabaricum, DC. (Malvaceae), the Semul is in Alwar used 
for boxes, packing cases, toys, scabbards, fishing floats, linings of wells, 
etc. 
Borassus flabillifer, Linn. (Palmae), the Tala or Arna, according to 
Dr. Hendley is in Jaipur used to make painted animals. It is a soft 
and weak wood, but can be worked easily. 
Boswellia thuaifera, Roxb. (Burseraceae), is the Salai wood of Jaipur, 
is specially used in making hooka pipes or nechas. 
Cassia Fistula, Linn. (Leguminosae), the Sonaru of Assam. 
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