CONTENTS. Vll 



Chap. Page 



22. The tree called cyna. Trees from which fabrics for clothing 



are made in the east 118 



23. A-country where the trees never lose their leaves ib. 



24. The various useful products of trees 119 



25. Costus • ... ib. 



26. Nard. The twelve varieties of the plant ib. 



27. Asarum, or foal- foot 121 



28. Amomum. — Amomis 122 



29. Cardamomum 123 



30. The country of frankincense. ib. 



31. Thetrees which bear frankincense 125 



32. Various kinds of frankincense 126 



33. Myrrh '.. ..129 



34. The trees which produce myrrh 130 



35. The nature and various kinds of myrrh . . . . ib. 



36. Mastich 132 



37- Ladanum and stobolon ib. 



38. Enhamion 134 



39. The tree called bratus • 135 



40. The tree called stobrum ib. 



41. Why Arabia was called "Happy" .. .. 136 



42. Cinnamomum. Xylocinnamum .. . . „ 137 



43. Cassia , 140 



44. Cancamum and tarum 141 



45. Serichatum and gabalium 142 



46. Myrobalanum ib. 



47. Phcenicobalanus 143 



48. The sweet-scented calamus ; the sweet-scented rush 144 



49. Hammoniacum ib. 



50. Sphagnos 145 



51. Cypros .. .. 146 



52. Aspalathos, or erysisceptrum ib. 



53. Maron 147 



54. Balsamum ; opobalsamum ; and xylobalsamum ib. 



55. Storax .. 151 



56. Galbanum 152 



57. Panax ib. 



58. Spondylium .. .* ..153 



59. Malobathrum ib. 



60. Omphacium ib. 



61. Bryon, cenanthe, and massaris 154 



62. Elate or spathe 155 



63. Cinnamon or comacum ib. 



. BOOK XIII. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS. 



1. Unguents — at what period they were first introduced .. .. 159 



2. The various kinds of unguents — twelve principal compositions . . 160 



