TH YMEL^A CE^. 217 



Frolide's reagent dirty blue. Dr. Greshoff believes that on 

 a closer investigation of tbis alkaloid, it wall be found to 

 be identical with laurotetanine jdescribed under Lits^a 



sebi/era. 



THYMEL^ACE^. 



AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA, Roxb. 



Fig. — Bo,vh. 8f Caleb, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi.y (. 21 ; 



ItoylellL, t 36,/ 1. 

 Hab. — Eastern H 



Mts 



Hills, Martaban Hills 



AQUILARIA MALACCENSIS, Lamk. 



Fig. — Lamk, IlL^ t. 356 ; Cav. Diss, vii., f. 224 ; EumpJi. 

 Anih. it., t. 10. 



Hab. — Malacca, Malay Islands, Eagle or Aloe wood 

 (Eng.)^ Bois de Calambac [Fr.). 



Vernacular. — Agar, Agaru {Indian Bazars). 



History, Uses, 8lC. — The use of this precious wood as 

 a perfume and medicine is of great antiquity. Together with 

 myrrh, cassia, and other products of the East, it is mentioned 

 in the sacred writings of the Jews {Num. 24, 6 ; Psalm. 45, 8 ; 

 Prov. 7, 17 ; Cantic. 4, 14) under the name of Ahalot or Ahalira. 

 Ifc is the ayaWoxov of the ancient Greeks, which is described by 

 Dioscorides as a wood brought from India and Arabia. Later 

 writers, from Aetius' time, call it ^v\d\or^ or **aloe wood/' the 

 name by which it is still known in Europe. The same sub- 

 stance is the Agaru of the Hindus, the Garu of the Malays, and 

 the Chin-hcang of the Chinese. In Sanskrit medical works it 

 bears the synonyms of Rajdrha ^^ worthy of a prince,'' Visva- 

 rupa ^* taking all forms," Krimi-ja "produced by worms,^* 

 Krimi-jagdha, Anarya-ja ''produced in a non -Aryan country,** 

 Kanaka ^^ golden/' Kaliya ^' black," &c., and is described as hot, 



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