TAA i.3.2.5

To use                                     Fruit, seeds, etc.                                  2.

Acacia sp.? [Leguminosae]. Gum, probably from 

a species of Acacia.

A sample consisting of lumps of a substance resembling 

gum arabic in appearance was subjected to some rough tests 

as to solubility in alcohol, water, etc., as to presence of 

lime, and <nature of> scent during burning. The results of these tests 

appear to indicate that the material is not a gum-resin, 

but a true gum in an altered condition, solubility in 

water having been almost entirely lost. It is surmised 

that the age of the material might account for this change, 

and that the specimen may be Gum Arabic, of {or}, at any rate, 

the gum of some species of Acacia.

                            no. 614K.