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Dr. J. Newton as a stimulating application to Delhi boils, to 
promote healthy granulation. — 
B. Berryi, Arn., Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 126, yields a gum- 
resin which affords 84 per cent. of a good adhesive gum allied 
to arabin, and a soft, white, neutral, tasteless, and odourless 
oleo-resin soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform. The resin 
does not give the same colour reactions with bromine and 
with concentrated hydrochloric acid as that of the true myrrh. | 
~BALSAMODENDRON PLAYFAIRII, Hook. j. 
Hab.— Arabia, North Africa. 
Vernacular.—Hotai ( Somali), Dukh (Indian name in Mus- 
cat), Dijj (Arabic), 
History, Uses, &c.—This is the name of a gum-resin 
produced by a small thorny tree which grows in the Somali’ 
country about Bunder Murrayah; the shrub is described 
' as about six feet high, and not unlike the Myrrh. The 
gum-resin is used by the Somali women as a detersive for 
the hair, Dr. Jayakar of Muscat informs us that it is prin- 
cipally used by the Arabs in Oman for washing clothes: a 
small piece is tied in arag and allowed to soak in the water 
for a few minutes, when it is placed in the clothes to be washed 
and well beaten with a piece of wood. It is also used for wash- 
ing the body; for this purpose a piece is soaked in water and 
well stirred, so as to produce a froth like soapsuds upon the 
surface ; the froth is then rubbed over the skin. Dijj is also 
an ingredient in a Hibar (plaster) used in cases of local 
injuries, particularly those of the chest, also in rheumatic 
affections. Internally it is administered as an expectorant and 
is an ingredient of a suppository for piles. — 
_ The method of administering Dijj internally consists ip 
taking a small piece of it, about half the size of an ordinary 
_ marble, and rolling it in a small piece of peeled lime fruit; it 
is then swallowed. This dose is given twice or thrice daily. 
(Wayakar.) According to the Arab lexicographers, the name 
