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to Arnst and Hart (1898), the former contains 61-06 per cent, of fat and only 
0-27 per cent, of essential oil, while the latter contains only 26-78 per cent, 
of fat and 4-12 per cent, of essential oil. 
This difference is observed not only in the composition of the crude 
material, but also in the characters of the separated fats. E. Spaeth in 1895 
determined the constants of the fat from the Bombay mace and compared 
them with those of genuine Banda mace, with the following results 
Bombay. Banda. 
Melting poinl .... 31“ 25“ to 26° 
Iodine value .... 51-3 to 53-5 78 to 80 
Saponification value . . . 189-4 to 191-4 170 to 173 
It would seem that both these fats contain myristin and olein in varying 
proportions. (Agric. Ledger, No. 3 of 1907.) 
N. 0. LAURINEiE. 
1084. Ginnamomum Tamalci, Fr. Nees, H.F.B.I., v. 
128. 
Vern. : — Dalchini, kirkiria, kikra, talisputar, ailkanti (Hind.) ; 
Ckota sinkoli (Nepal); Nupsor (Lepclia) ; Dopatti (Ass.); 
Zarnab (Arab.) ; Tejpat (Dec.) ; Talisha-pattiri (Tam.); Talisha- 
patri (Tel.). 
A’.B. — “ The word tamali occurs in the Raja Nigluintu, and tejpat is appa- 
rently derived from the Sanskrit tvach ” (Watt). 
Habitat : — Tropical and sub-tropical Himalaya, from near 
the Indus to Bliotau and Sikkim, Silhet and Kkasia Hills. 
A moderate-sized, very aromatic, evergreen tree. Bark thin, 
compact, brown, wrinkled, with an aromatic taste. Wood 
reddish-grey, splits and warps, moderately hard, close-grained, 
scented. Leaves usually 4-5in. long, very variable in breadth, 
glabrous, 3-nerved, opposite or nearly so, often alternate 
on the same branch. Petiole ^in. long ; the young foliage 
pink. Flowers iin. diam. ; perianth silky, of 6 unequal 
lobes, in fruit breaking off transversely about the middle. 
Fruit black when ripe, succulent, |in. long, supported by the 
thickened pedicel at the base of perianth with short truncate 
teeth. The lobes are ribbed longitudinally. “ Perfect stamens 
!), the 6 outer eglandular with 4-celled anthers opening inwards, 
the inner 3 with 2-glands at the base, and 4-2-celled anthers 
