59 BALSAMODENDRUM OPOBALSAMUM 



Hanbury, no drug of modern times has been identified with it. 

 Stacte entered into the composition of the holy incense in use by 

 the Jews. 



Genesis xxxvii, 25 ; Exodus xxx, 23 and 34 ; Solomon's Song iii, 6 ; 

 Jeremiah viii, 22. 



Per. Mat. Med., by B. & E,., p. 872; Pharmacographia, p. 124; 

 U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 571 ; Pharm. Journ., 1 ser., vol. xii, 

 p. 226, vol. iii, 3rd ser., p. 821, and vol. vi, 3rd ser., p. 661 ; Ann. 

 de Chimie, vol. Ixvii, p. 72 ; Archiv der Pharm., vol. Ixi, p. 1, 

 and vol. xliii, p. 304; Am. Journ. of Pharm., vol. xviii, p. 228. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from specimens in the British Museum, collected in Nubia and 

 Abyssinia by Schweinfurth. 



1. Branch of a male plant in flower. 



2. Vertical section of a male flower. 



3. Branch with fruit. 



4. A fruit. 



5. Transverse, and 6. Yertical section of fruit. 



7. Fruit with the epicarp removed, showing the aril-like mesocarp (?). 



8. Portion of an old branch with young shoots of the year. 



(2, 4-6 enlarged.) 



