678 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 
[References. — Ainslie, i., p. 264 ; Fluchiger and Sanbury^ 120 ; 
Khory, p. 210.] 
(2) Myrrh. The identity of the tree yielding myrrh is somewhat 
doubtful, but it is probably Balsamodendron cistus. Garcia says he 
knows little about myrrh, but had heard that the Bedouins brought it 
to Brava and Magodoxa by land, as they said from Chaldee. His re- 
marks include mention of the Magi who came to worship Christ, and 
as to the nature of the star by which they were guided ; but with 
Buch subjects he dealt cautiously, not knowing how they might be 
regarded by the Church. 
Ainslie, i., pp. 243, 616-7 ; Fluchiger and Hanhury, 124 and 129 ; 
Xhory, p. 209. 
COLLOQUY LYL 
Da Tutia. 
\_Tutia (Spodio of the Greeks, see Colloquy LI., pomfolix was pro- 
bably a purified form of it), impure oxide of zinc] 
Garcia' s account of tutia is somewhat vague and incorrect. He says 
that it was an error of the ancient writers to suppose that tutia was 
obtained in India, though used there as well as in Portugal. He 
says it was made in a region of Persia, called Guirmon from the 
ashes of wood called goan, and was called Alexandria from its being 
shipped at Alexandria for Europe. It was one of the antespodios of the 
Greeks. 
[Its preparation from the ashes of wood is absurd. The sulphate 
may have been collected as an efflorescence from rocks in Persia, as it 
is known to be in Afghanistan now, and the oxide prepared from it by 
roasting.] Garcia does not mention its medicinal uses. Parenthetically 
he mentions that the native physicians knew how to pulverize iron, 
steel, and mercury. 
[Eeferences. — Ainslie, i., p. 575 ; Khory, p. 41.] 
COLLOQUY LYIL 
Da Zedoaeia e do Zerumbete. 
\_Zedoary and zerumhet, the roots of Curcuma zeodaria, Eoxb., and 
C. zerumhet, Boxb.] 
Zerumhet is called Zerula ( ? Zhuranabada) by Arabs, Persians, and 
Turks ; cachora ijcdchura) by Gujaratis, Decanis and Kanarese ; gua 
by the Malabars. 
