LIST OF PREFUMES, ETC., AND PLANTS WHICH AFFORD THEM. 155 
Artabotrys (Artabotrys odoratissima).—A flowering shrub having 
warm aromatic leaves and very sweet Apple-scented flowers, 
from which a perfume is derived. The leaves have been used 
in Java as antispasmodic in cholera, as also those of Melaleuca 
minor. 
Artemisia Abrotanum (Lad’s Love, or Old Man).—A well-known 
plant in most cottage gardens, having finely cut and agreeably 
aromatic leaves. A. Absinthium is “Wormwood” used in 
rustic medicine and in the manufacture of absinthe in France 
and Belgium. 
Asperula odorata (Woodruff).—A little rubiaceous woodland 
plant having whorled leaves and white flowers, deliciously 
aromatic, somewhat like the “ Sweet Vernal Grass,” used 
fresh or dried in posies and bouquets, and sweet bags. The 
flowers infused in Rhine wine yield the “ Maitrank ” of 
Germany. 
Azara microphylla.—An evergreen shrub or small tree from 
Chili bearing a profusion of greenish yellow flowers beneath 
its branchlets in March and April, and yielding a delicious 
perfume of vanilla. 
Baldo (Peumos fragrans).—Somewhat like Sweet Gale (Myrica 
Gale). 
Balm (Melissa officinalis). 
Balsam of Mecca (Balsamodendron Opobalsamum).—Aromatic 
gum resin, highly valued by the Arabs and Indian Mussulmen. 
Balsam of Peru (Pereira myrospermum).—A leguminous tree, 
native of Central America ; but the balsam is now rarely 
obtained and little used. It was employed for chronic coughs, 
ulcers, and in the making of pastilles. 
Balsam of Tolu (Myrospermum Toluifera).—Similar to the last 
and employed in same way, but now rare. 
Balsamita vulgaris (Costmary or Alecost).—-A hardy herbaceous 
plant from Italy having balmy or aromatic foliage. 
Barosma crenulata (Buchu Leaves).—Evergreen shrubs from 
South Africa. 
Basil (Ocimum Basilicum and other species).—Basil is a delicious 
pot-herb much used in the south of Europe. 
Bdellium (Boswellia glabra).—Also a gum resin from Balsamo¬ 
dendron africanum (African Bdellium). Amyris Bdellium or 
Balsamodendron Roxburghii is “ Indian Bdellium.” 
