Catalogue of the collections / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

Date:
1878
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    139, Balsamodendkon species, continued. /. Gum-resin. (Arabian Myrrh.) Note.—This specimen was presented by Dr. Vaughan. It was collected to the eastward of Aden. It consists of irregular lumps, composed of agglomerated tears ; it is more gummy, more brittle, and more polished externally than ordinary myrrh, and is without whitish marks in the interior. See Pharmacographia, p. 129. It is entirely different from the Arabian Myrrh described by Dymock. g. Gum-resin. (Opaque Bdellium.) Note.—This specimen of Bdellium was picked out of a sample of the Turkey Myrrh of commerce. It is opaque and has a bitter taste without acridity. It is identical with the meena harma, or opaque BdeUium, described by Dymock, and the Bdellium opaque of Guibourt. See Hist, des Drog., vol. iii., p. 515. h. Gum-resin. (Indian Bdellium.) i. Ditto. Note.—This kind of Bdellium softens in the hand, and has an acrid taste without the aroma of myrrh. The odoui- has a faint resemblance to that of cedar. The surface of the pieces frequently has hairs, or frag- ments of a papery bark attached to it. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 387. Specimen li belonged to Dr. Pereira's collection. Specimen i was picked out of Turkey Myrrh in the year 1876. j. Gum-resin, from Bengal. (Googul.) Note.—This specimen somewhat resembles Indian Bdellium in appear- ance, but the odour is different and recalls that of Burgundy pitch or castor. The taste is bitter and only slightly acrid. It has a damp appearance, due to minute globules of oily matter which have hardened on its surface. This Variety of Bdelhum has been attributed to Balsamo- dendron Mukul, Hook. See Hook, Journ. Bot., 1849, p. 258. Cooke, Eeport on Gum-resins in the India Museum, 1874, p. 72. h. Gum-resin. (Bissa Bol.) Note.—This specimen has a peculiar odour, likened by Dymock to a lemon lolHpop. The taste, however, resembles that of the spring mush- room, Agaricus Gambosus, Fr. It has much the appearance of true myrrh. Occasionally portions of a thick (not a papery) bark are fovmd attached to the pieces. It is identical with the perfumed myrrh, described by Dymock, and vath the liubak hadee of the Bombay market, and the hebbak hade of the SomaUs. See P. J. [3], vol. vi., p. 661; Pharmacographia, p. 129. The terms Bissa Bol and Googul appear to be applied in different parts of India to different gum-resins. 140. BOSWELLIA SPECIES. a. Gum-resin, Olibanum in lumps. b. Do. Luban Mattee. The produce of B. Frereana, Birdw. c. Do. Luban Hunkur. d. Do. Luban Makur. e. Do. Luban Bei-bera or Mustika. f. Luban Morbat or Shaharree. The produce of B. Carterii and B. Bhau Dajiana, Birdiu. For fig. of B. Carterii, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 58.