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     * thee principal.
     # 37:29; Ps 45:8; Pr 7:17; So 1:3,13; 4:14; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:19,22|
     * pure myrrh.
       Myrrh is a white gum, issuing from the trunk and larger
       branches of a thorny tree resembling the acacia, growing in
       Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia.  Its taste is extremely bitter;
       but its smell, though strong, is agreeable; and it entered
       into the composition of the most costly ointments among the
       ancients.  The epithet {deror,} rendered pure, properly
       denotes fluid, from the Arabic {darra,} to flow; by which is
       meant the finest and most excellent kind, called {stacte,}
       which issues of itself from the bark without incision.

     * cinnamon.
       {Kinnamon bosem,} odoriferous or spicy cinnamon, is the bark
       of the canella, a small tree of the size of a willow growing
       in the island of Ceylon.

     * sweet calamus.
       {Kenaih bosem,} {calamus aromaticus,} or odoriferous cane, is
       a reed growing in Egypt, Syria, and India, about two feet in
       height, bearing from the root a knotted stalk, quite round,
       containing in its cavity a soft white pith.  It is said to
       scent the air while growing; and when cut down, dried, and
       powdered, makes an ingredient in the richest perfumes.