stamens  ;  so  much  indeed,  that  Von  Martins  says  he  obtauied  an  ounce  from  two  flowers  ;
this  resin,  inibbed  down  \\ith  the  butter  of  the  Chocolate-nut,  the  Brazihan  women  employ
to  alleviate  the  pain  of  a  sore  breast.  A  few  are  cultivated  for  then*  timber.  CalophyUum
angustifoUum,  the  Piney-tree,  furnishes  the  straight  spars  called  Peon  at  Penang,  and  in
the  islands  to  the  eastward  of  the  Bay  of  Bengal,  and  the  Mesuas  are  said  to  have  exces-
sively hard  timber.  Of  these  last  plants  the  root  and  bark  are  bitter  and  aromatic,  and
powerfully  sudorific,  their  leaves  mucilaginous,  theu*  unripe  fruit  aromatic,  acrid,  and
purgative  ;  the  blossoms  of  Mesua  ferrea  occur  in  the  bazaars  of  India  under  the  name  of
Nagkesur,  being  used  in  medicine  and  esteemed  for  then'  fragi'ance.  Lastly,  the  fruit
of  many  species  acqiures  great  excellence  and  is  higUy  esteemed  m  tropical  desserts.
