i ee | BURSERAOEZE. 
Other allied Gum Resins—From Berbera also comes Bdellinm 
(Vern. Mhaisabol, or Bysabol*). In the bales of this drug two 
distinct kinds are met with, viz., ordinary Bdellium, which to 
a certain extent resembles Myrrh, but is of a darker colour, 
less oily, and has a peculiar odour destitute of the aroma of 
Myrrh, and a perfumed kind called by the Arabs Habak-Hadee,t 
which occurs in irregular-shaped pieces more or less flat, some 
of them having earth and fragments of bark adhering; it is of 
a dark reddish brown colour, bat opaque yellowish white 
streaks run through the semi-transparent reddish mass. The 
odour is more powerful and more perfumed than that of 
common Bdellium; the taste perfumed, aromatic, and feebly 
bitter, whereas common Bdellium is strongly bitter and has 
hardly any aroma. Indian Bdellium (Mhaisagdggal), the pro- 
duce of B. Mukul, somewhat resembles the African drug in 
general appearance, the pieces often having portions of papery 
bark attached to them, but the colour is lighter, often greenish ; 
the odour and taste are somewhat different, and a certain pro- 
portion of it is in distinct vermiform pieces as thick as the 
little finger. Its value is one-third less than that of African 
_ Bdellium. Opaque Bdellium is found in small quantities in the 
pera of Myrrh and other gums which.come from Africa. 
t is known in Bombay as Meenaharma, and is of a yellowish 
white colour; and quite opaque like ammoniacum j; it has 
hardly any odour, but a-very bitter taste. The native practi- 
tioners use it to facilitate the extraction of Guinea-worms; it 
would appear to poison the animal, as it makes it loosen its 
hold upon the tissues. Indian Bdellium (Mhaisagiggal ), the 
 * Buffalo Myrrh, because it is given to these animals to increase the flow 
of milk, from the Sanskrit Mahisha, a buffalo, and Vola, myrrh. It is also 
cach in Sanskrit Saindhava or Samudriya giggula, as coming from beyond 
___ Dioscorides (i., 71,) mentions three kinds of QdeAXiov. Indian Bdellium 
: beg says, is dirty a5 dark-coloured, and is called d8psBodor, i.e., sticky bole: 
: : as dry, resinous and bluish or a black. 
His hind kind is probably a kind of Myrrh. 
ry 12, 85, x 
ae an odoriferous myrrh. 
tees 12, 35.. 
