The plants of the Bible / [John Hutton Balfour].

  • John Hutton Balfour
Date:
1885
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Credit: The plants of the Bible / [John Hutton Balfour]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the merchandise of Tyre (Ezek. xxvii. 19). The plant referred to in these passages appears to be the Cinna- momum Cassia of botanists, which is distinguished from the Cinnamomum zeylanicum by its oblong-lanceolate triplicostate leaves, the three ribs uniting together for some extent at the base of the leaf. The bark of the tree is known as cassia-bark. It is inferior to cinnamon, being coarser and more pungent, with a certain amount of bitterness. The leaves when chewed have a true cinnamon flavour, while the leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum when similarly treated taste like cloves. Cassia-oil and cassia-buds appear to be produced by the same tree. It grows in India and China. The word ketzioth, translated “ cassia,” in Ps. xlv. 8, is by Royle conjectured to mean the costus of the ancients, the boost of the Arabs, and the Ajplotaxis auricula of botanists.
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