RESINS. 
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consist of admixtures of resin, water, and oil of turpentine. 
The finest kinds, such as Venetian Turpentine, Strasburg 
Turpentine, and Canada Balsam, are clear and transparent, 
the common kinds are turbid. By distillation, resin is left, 
as described in the last paragraph, and oil of turpentine goes 
over. 
B.—MINOR RESINS. 
Agathis loranthifolia , Salisb. ( Dammam orientalis , Lam.).—See 
Copal. A. robusta , Lindl., the Queensland Kauri Pine, introduced at 
Peradeniya in 1865, a fine tree, is said to give a copal. 
Ailanthus maldbarica , DC. (Kumbalu, Wal-bilin, S. ; Fl. Cey., I., 
230), in wet low-country, S. India, Burma, yields a brown fragrant 
resin from the inner bark, used in dysentery and as material for 
incense. Known as Mattipal. 
Aquilaria Agallocha, Roxb. (Eagle wood, Aloes wood, Akyaw), 
Burma, introduced at Peradeniya in 1884, yields a fragrant resin from 
the wood ; the tree is felled and cutup, and the chips used in incense. 
Araucaria CooJài, Br., from New Caledonia, introduced at Pera¬ 
deniya in 1865, yields a gummy resin. 
Balsamodendrum Berryi , Arn. (Mul-kilivai, T. ; Fl. Cey., I., 238), 
rare in dry zone, cultivated for hedges at Jaffna, yields a gum-resin 
in India. B. Myrrlia , Nees, the Myrrh, Arabia and N. Africa, 
cultivated in W. India, is the source of Myrrh, a medicinal gum-resin, 
the market for which is chiefly in Bombay. B. Opobalsamum , Kunth., 
in the Bed Sea country, is the source of the medicinal gum-resin Balm 
of Gilead, imported to Bombay, and also used as a perfume. B. Rox- 
burgJiii , Arn., in E, Bengal, introduced at Peradeniya in 1883, yields a 
greenish gum-resin used by masons in making fine plaster (Watt). 
Boswellia Carterii , Birdw., in Arabia and N. E. Africa, is the source 
of the gum-resin Frankincense or Olibanum, the trade in which iis 
largely at Bombay. 
Callitris quadrivalvis, Vent., in Algeria, &c., yields from incisions the 
resin known as Sandarach or Arar, used in varnishes, and when 
powdered used, under the name of Pounce, to prepare the surface of 
parchment or paper. Its market price is £3 to £6 per cwt. C. robusta , 
Br., the Australian Pine, introduced at Peradeniya, yields a resin like 
Sandarach, used in varnishes. 
Calopliyllum Inophyllum , L. (Domba, S. ; Punnai, Dommakottai, T. ; 
Fl. Cey., I., 100), common in low-country, especially on the coast, and 
in Tropical Asia and Australia, yields a yellowish-green gum-resin not 
unlike the East Indian Tacamahac of commerce (which is derived from 
C. Tacaviahaca , Willd., in Madagascar). 
