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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. 



CHAP. XI. 



striking characteristics or properties he ascribes to 

 them. I have arranged them in the order in which 

 they are given by the natiirahst, not according 

 to their botanical classification, some being un- 



Name from Pliny. 



A plant producing 



ladanum. 

 Tree producing JNIy 



robalanum, Myro 



balanus 

 Palma f called A dip 



SOS. 



Sphagnos, Bryon, 

 Sphacos 



;} 



lib. 



Botanical Name. 



12. r 



Cypres 

 Maron 

 ( 



■1 

 ■{ 



-) 



Elate (Abies?),Palma, J 

 or Spathe -\ 



Amygdalus, Almond 



Palma, Palm 

 Myxa 



Ficus iEgyptia 

 (Ce7-au?iia siliqua) - 



{ 



Cistus ladaniferus. 



Moringa aptera?* 



(Arab. Yessur, fruct. 

 Hab-ghdlee.) 



■? 



Parmelia parietina? 



( A rab . Sh egeret 



eneddeh.) 

 Lawsoniaspinosa et iner- 



mis. 



(Arab. Henneh.') 

 Teucriura Iva? 



(Arab. Miskeh?) 

 Amyris Opobalsamum. 



(Arab. Belisdn.') 



•? 



Amygdalus communis. 



(Arab. Loz.) 

 Phoenix dactylifera. 



(Arab. Nahhh) 

 Cordia Myxa, Sebestena 



domestica, Alpin. 



(Arab. Mohhdyt.^ 

 7. \ Ficus Sycomorus. 



7. J (Arab. Gimmayz.^ 



8. Ceratonia Siliqua. 

 (Arab. Kharoob.^ 



* There appears more reason to suppose it the moringa than the Balanites 

 ^gyptiaca, or Myrobalanus Chebukis (Arab, arbor, Eglceg, fruct. Lalob). They 

 both grow in the Egyptian de§ert. The former is called Yessur: the seeds, con- 

 tainecfin a long poil, are called Hab-gh;ili. This and the Balanites are very 

 different ; but Phny's description is very indefinite, and might apply to one or the 

 other. Theophrastus and Dioscorides neither agree with each other, nor with 

 Pliny. 



13. 



13. 

 23. 

 13. 



