Hura crepitans, W. Indies and India ; a clear, pale, fluid, medicinal oil.
Hyoscyamus niger (see Drugs— Henbane, p. 812) ; pale green-yellow, thin, mild, inodorous, sp. gr. 0.913, scarcely soluble in 60 parts absolute alcohol.
Illicium anisatum (see Spices—Aniseed) ; a large quantity of fixed oil. (See also p. 1417.) Impatiens sp. div., India, Europe, and N. America ; for comestible and illuminating purposes_ latropha glauca, E. Indies ; the seeds are collected when the capsules begin to split, and darken in colour ; the fruits are placed between mats in the sun for a few hours to separate the seeds and husks, and the former are crushed and expressed ; oil is fluid and light straw.coloured ; used medicinally, Kokoona xeylanica, Ceylon and the W. Peninsula; a lamp-oil.
Lactuca sativa (lettuce), India ; clear, transparent and sweet, Leeythis ollaria (see Nuts— Sapucaya, p. 1359), Lepidium sativum (cress) ; brown-yellow, sp. gr. 0.924, thick and turbid at - 6° (21° F.), solid at -15° (5° F.), dries slowly.
Litscea [Cylicodapline] sp., Punjab, Himalaya, Java, &c. ; the fruits of one tree give enough fat for 500 candles.
Livistona sinensis, N. Central America.
Lucuma mammosa, W. Indies.
Madura aurantica (Osage orange); abundant, bland, limpid, resembling olive-oil, and burning with a steady flame.
Mankaria saccifera, French Guiana.
Mauritia flexuosa and M. vinifera, Brazil.
Mesua ferrea, the nagkassar of India, and in Java ; dark, thick, and freely deposits stearine ; used in lamps, and medicinally.
Mimusops sp. div. (see Timber), India, Ceylon, and the Archipelago ; yielded abundantly ; used medicinally and by painters.
Monodora grandiflora, E. and W. Tropical Africa.
Myristica angolensis, the combo of Gaboon, 72 per cent. ; bf, longifolia, E. Indies, 54} per cent. Nigella sativa (see Spices—Cumin), cultivated in Belgium, Egypt, and India ; oil dark-coloured and fragrant.
Ocimum basilicum, E. Indies, Java, &c.
Orcodoxa [Areca] oleracea and 0. regia, Rdunion and Guadeloupe.
Pachira aquatica, Guiana and the Antilles.
Pangium edule, E. Archipelago, yield a fatty oil by expression.
Parkia biglandulosa, E. Indies, 18 per cent.
Paulownia imperials [Bignonia tomentosa]; the to!-oil of Japan.
Pekea ternatea, Antilles.
Perilla ocimoides, Japan, used for making water-proof papers.
Persea gratissima (alligator pear), Tropical America, W. Indies and India ; an abundant oil for
illuminating and soap-making may be expressed from the fruit-pulp.
Pithecolobium dulce (Manilla tamarind), Mexico, Philippines, and India ; light-coloured oil, with consistence of castor-oil.
Polanisia [Cleome] viscosa, Tropical India, Java, &c.; 9 per cent.; light olive-green, very liquid. Prinsepia utilis, India ; an edible and illuminating oil.
Putranjiva Roxburghii [Nageia Putranjiva], Central and Peninsular India ; oil is olive-brown, and soon deposits solid portion ; used for burning.
Raphanus sativus (radish), India ; resembles colza, and has the same uses.
Reseda luteola (see Dyestuffs—Weld, p. 868), dark-green, thin, nauseous odour and flavour, sp. gr. 0.935, dries rapidly, liquid at - 15° (5° F.).
Rottlera tinctoria [Mallotus philippinensis] (see Dyestuffs—Kamala, p. 861), E. Indies, polongo or kalapa-oil; clear, limpid, sherry-coloured; used medicinally.
Salvia Chio, Guatemala ; a drying oil, superior to linseed.
Schleichera trijuga, Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, and Burma ; a lamp-oil. (See also Timber). Sterculia fcetida, India, Ceylon, Java, &c. ; extracted by boiling in water ; semi-solid, deposits much stearine, becomes rancid within 10 days ; 15 per cent.
Symplocos cratcegioides, Indus to Assam.
Tamarindus indica, E. and W. Indies ; clear, bright, and fluid ; gives a good light, without smoke or smell.
Telfairia pedata, Mauritius and Zanzibar, preferring light soil near water ; each fruit contains 200-300 seeds, giving a nett weight of 50 lb., which yield 8 lb. of excellent bland oil ; edible.
Thespesia populnea, most E. tropical countries, W. Africa, W. Indies, S. America, and Pacific Islands ; deep-red, thick oil, used medicinally.
Thlaspi sp. die., proposed in France; 20 per cent.
Tilia parviflora, 30-40 per cent, by carbon bisulphide.
Trichilia capitata, Zambesi, large quantity of solid fat; also T. emetica, the roka of the Arabs. Trigonella fcenum-grcecum, 6 per cent., foetid, bitter.
Vernonia anthelmintica, S. India ; solid, greenish ; used medicinally.
Wrightia antidysenterica, E. Indies, medicinal.
Ximenea sp. div., W. Africa; 70 per cent., good for soap-making.
Zea Mays (maize); limpid, yellowish ; burns well, and is a good lubricator.