446 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



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 Frankincense Trees Jttniperus lycia. 



among the sovereigns of many oriental countries 

 even to the present time. 



Olibanum was another gum-resin, so similar to 

 frankincense In its appearance and all its properties 

 that they are generally confounded together ; it is, 

 however, the product of another species of juniper 

 (Juniperus lycia). They are both classed as oliba- 

 num in commerce, and are brought from Turkey and 

 the East Indies, but in the present time little or none 

 finds its way into England. The price quoted is 



