CONTENTS. vii 
22. The tree called cyiia. Trees from which fabrics for clothing 
are made in the east * 118 
23. A country where the trees never lose their leaves ib. ^ 
24. The various useful products of trees 119 
25. Costus 
26. Nard. The twelve varieties of the plant io. 
27. Asarum, or foal- foot 121 
28. Amomum. — Amomis 122 
29. Cardamomum 123 
30. The country of frankincense 
31. Thetrees which bear frankincense .. . . 125 
32. Various kinds of frankincense 126 
33. Myrrh 129 
34. The trees which produce myrrh 130 
35. The nature and various kinds of myrrh ib, 
36. Mastich , 132 
37. Ladanum and stobolon 
38. Enhsemon 134 
39. The tree called bratus 135 
40. The tree called stobrum 
41. "Why Arabia was called "Happy" 136 
42. Cinnamomum. Xylocinnamum . . . . 137 
43. Cassia 140 
44. Cancamum and tarum 141 
45. Serichatum and gabalium 142 
46. Myrobalanum ib. 
47. Phoenicobalanus « 143 
48. The sweet-scented calamus ; the sweet-scented rush 144 
49. Hammoniacum ib, 
50. Sphagnos 145 
51. Cypres i 146 
52. Aspalathos, or erysisceptrum ib. 
53. Maron 147 
54. Balsamum ; opobalsamum ; and xylobalsamum ib. 
55. Storax 151 
56. Galbanum 152 
57. Panax ib, 
58. Spondylium 153 
59. Malobathrum . . . . ib, 
60. Omphacium ib. 
61. BryoUj oenanthe, and massaris 154 
62. Elate or spathe 155 
63. Cinnamon or comacum ib. 
BOOK XIII. 
THE NATUEAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS. 
1. Unguents — at what period they were first introduced . . . . 159 
2. The various kinds of unguents — twelve principal compositions . , 160 
