BOTANY. 159 



Gesenias says the Hebrew and Greek names are "de- 

 rived from the Indian name of the tree, agil, Sanscrit 

 agaru and aguru." Had he read Pali he would have been 

 able to approach the word nearer than he has done, 

 through the Sanscrit, for there besides agaru*, the San- 

 scrit word, we have again and aggalu,i which come suf- 

 ficiently near the " Indian name agil," and the Greek ag- 

 gollochoni; ; but it would take a pretty thorough Etymolo- 

 gist to get aloee, the New Testament word, out of any of 

 them. There is, however, another Sanscrit and Pali word 

 with which Gesenius does not appear to have met, lauha.^ 

 This is manifestly the parent of aloee, and by transposi- 

 tion, not uncommon in Hebrew, of the Hebrew name also. 

 Although rendered aloes in the English version, no two 

 plants are more dissimilar than this, and the common aloes. 



Aquilaria Agallocha ? 



Aloexylon Aggallochum ? 



SOGOqjSn 3 99 J. GSC^Sn 



SANDAL WOOD. 



Sandal wood imported from Hindustan is constantly 

 for sale in the bazars, being a favorite cosmetic with 

 Burmese ladies. 



S ant alum album. 



©&°i S3 ™<$« c^a (Pali) 



WILD SANDAL WOOD. 



An inferior kind of sandal wood is produced by a tree 

 in the southern part of Mergui Province, and forms an 

 irticle of commerce. 

 Santalum. 



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* 320^0 f SQooqn and oc^c^b 



t Thisjjoes to show with other things, that the Greeks were connected in India 

 with those that spoke Pah rather than Sanscrit. 



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