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139. BALSAMODENDRON SPECIES, continued. 



/. Gum-resin. (Arabian Myrrh.) 



Note. This specimen was presented by Dr. Vaughan. It was collected 

 to the eastward of Aden. It consists of irregular lumps, composed of 

 agglomerated tears ; it is more gummy, more brittle, and more polished 

 externally than ordinary myrrh, and is without whitish marks in the 

 interior. See Pharmacographia, p. 129. It is entirely different from the 

 Arabian Myrrh described by Dymock. 



g. Gum-resin. (Opaque Bdellium.) 



Note. This specimen of Bdellium was picked out of a sample of the 

 Turkey Myrrh of commerce. It is opaque and has a bitter taste without 

 acridity. It is identical with the meena harma, or " opaque Bdellium," 

 described by Dymock, and the Bdellium opaque of Guibourt. See Hist, 

 des Drog., vol. iii., p. 515. 



h. Gum- resin. (Indian Bdellium.) 

 i. Ditto. 



Note. This kind of Bdellium softens in the hand, and has an acrid 

 taste without the aroma of myrrh. The odour has a faint resemblance 

 to that of cedar. The surface of the pieces frequently has hairs, or frag- 

 ments of a papery bark attached to it. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., 

 p. 387. Specimen h belonged to Dr. Pereira's collection. Specimen i was 

 picked out of Turkey Myrrh in the year 1876. 



j. Gum-resin, from Bengal. (Googul.) 



Note. This specimen somewhat resembles Indian Bdellium in appear- 

 ance, but the odour is different and recalls that of Burgundy pitch or 

 castor. The taste is bitter and only- slightly acrid. It has a damp 

 appearance, due to minute globules of oily matter which have hardened 

 on its surface. This Variety of Bdellium has been attributed to Bcclsamo- 

 dendron Mukul, Hook. See Hook, Journ. Bot., 1849, p. 258. Cooke, 

 Eeport on Gum-resins in the India Museum, 1874, p. 72. 

 k. Gum-resin. (Bissa Bol.) 



Note. This specimen has a peculiar odour, likened by Dymock to a 

 lemon lollipop. The taste, however, resembles that of the spring mush- 

 room, Agaricus Gambosus, Fr. It has much the appearance of true 

 myrrh. Occasionally portions of a thick (not a papery) bark are found 

 attached to the pieces. It is identical with the " perfumed myrrh," 

 described by Dymock, and with the " hubuk hadee " of the Bombay 

 market, and the hebbak hade of the Somalis. See P. J. [3] , vol. vi., 

 p. 661 ; Pharmacographia, p. 129. 



The terms Bissa B61 and Googul appear to be applied in different parts 

 of India to different gum-resins. 



140. BOSWELLIA SPECIES. 



a. Gum-resin, Olibanum in lumps. 



6. Do. Luban Mattee. The produce of B. Frereana, Birdw. 



c. Do. Luban Hunkur. 



d. Do. Luban Makur. 



e. Do. Luban Berbera or Mustika. 



f. Luban Morbat or Shaharree. The produce of B. Carterii 



and B. Bhau Dajiana, Birdw. 

 For fig. of B. Carterii, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 58. 



