DRUGS. 



Semecarpus Anacardium. Linn. Marking nut. 



Linn. Sytt. Polygamia Dicecia. 



The nut. 



Vernacular. Nrooaknra, Bullatakee, Sans. Bhela, Belawina, Bhe- 

 laman, Bhelawan, Hind. Gheru, Can. Kampira, Mai. Shayny- 

 cottay, Shayrangcottay, Tarn. Nellajidi, Jeedighenzadoo, Bhalla- 

 taki, BhallatamUy Tel. Kiri-badulla, Cey. Chai-bin, Pegu. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. The av6o$d\avov of Galen. See " Fruits and Vegetables/' 

 " Oil and Oil-seeds," and " Miscellaneous" Class, and " Woods." 



N. O. 72. AMYRIDACE^. AMYRIDS. 

 Balsamodendron Myrrha. Nees ab Esen. 



Linn. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



The gum-resin, Myrrh. 



Vernacular. Bola, Vola, Sans. Bol, Heera-bol, Hind, and By. 

 Valatipolam, Tarn. Mdrr, Arab. Hoboli (the gum-resin), Kero- 

 beta (the plant), Abyssinia. 



Habitat. Gison on the borders of Arabia Felix, and the Troglodyte 

 country. 



Remarks. First mentioned Gen. xxxvii. v. 25. under the name of 

 Mur from its bitterness. The Greeks called it 2/ivpva and Muppa (JEolic), 

 and Dioscorides observes that the Troglodytic was esteemed the best 

 (Pereira). Mr. Vaughan distinctly states that Myrrh is produced in 

 Arabia, and that in the Soumali country besides the true Myrrh, a kind 

 of which the Arabic name is Baisa bol, and the Soumali Hebbakhade t is 

 obtained. In Bombay inferior Myrrh is termed Baisabol. Pliny states the 

 Myrrh which distils of itself was in his day called " Stacte." Amongst 

 the adulterations of Myrrh also, he mentions " Indian Myrrh," which was 

 probably " Bdellium" or " Googul" that substance being to this day 

 fraudulently mixed with Myrrh in Bombay. B. Myrrha (N. ab E.) is 

 considered by Lindley identical with the Amyris Kataf of Forskal. Fraas 

 makes A. Kafal (Fors.), the myrrh plant. See " Gums and Resins." 



Balsamodendron Opobalsamum. Kunth. 

 Balsamodendron gileadense. Kunth. 



Linn. Sytt. Octandria Monogynin. 



The oleo-resin, Balsam, Balm, Balm of Gilead, Balsam of Mecca. 



Vernacular. The oleo-resin, Ood-i-balessan, By. Akooyeelasemoon- 

 roomee, Arab. Roghen-balsam, Pers. Balessan, Egypt. 



Habitat. Arabia, 

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