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“ eafily broke. It is bitter, of a' fubftance watery 
“ and earthy; cold, but not vehemently fo; its 
“ juice is in the fame degree of cold as the wa- 
“ ter of pools or lakes. It is prepared from a plant 
“ which is brought from Manbedge” (* a town of 
note in Syria, vid. Geogr. Nubienf. page 120, line 7, 
and Index Geograph, in vitam Saladini, in voc. Man- 
besjum) “ of a very diffufive fcent, a bitter tafte, 
<c whofe juice is yellow, of a fafFron colour.” 
Mamiraan. In the Liber Memorialis, it is faid, 
tC Mamiraan is a plant, at the bottom of whofe 
“ ftem are produced knotted, crooked, hard roots. 
<£ The Indian is the bed; ; this inclines to a black 
“ colour; the Chinefe to yellow : the other forts are 
“ green. It grows in the water; its leaf is like 
“ the leaf of the convolvulus ; it is hot and bitterifh ; 
“ its feed is like that of fefamum.” 
It is faid in the Canon of Chalid and Manown, 
“ fome fay it is a root, and called Mamiraan ; others 
“ fay, the fmaller roots are called Mamiraan, but 
“ the larger Zeradgufh” (* in Caftell’s Lexicon, col. 
308, and in Meninfki, col. 2441, the word is 
Zeradgiob, which fignifies yellow wood, 
and is the Perfic name for curcuma). 
Avicen, in his Canon, fays, “ Mamiraan is a 
“ woody knotted fubftance, inclining to a black 
“ colour, has ftnall curvatures, and is one of the 
‘ c things ufed by dyers.” 
Ma- la- Ye fa fays, 4t Abfinthium is a Greek word, 
£{ in Perfic it is called Mowi Chowfheh. This is a 
“ plant which grows freely and largely; it rifes in 
“ a Item, from which fhoot out many branches, 
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