. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Myrrh-tree (Dalsamodendron Myrrha). produced. According to Herodotus, Dioscorides,Tlicophrastus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny, &c,. Cretan Rock-rose (Cielus Creticue). the tree which produces myrrh grows in mentions two myrrh-producing trees, Amyris Kataf and Amyris Kafal, as occurring near Haes inArabia Felix. The myrrh-tree which Ehrenbergand Hemprich found in the borders of Arabia Felixand that which Mr. Johnson saw in Abyssinia arebelieved to be identical; the tree is the Bahamodeti-dron Myrrha, a low thorny ragged-looking tree,
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Myrrh-tree (Dalsamodendron Myrrha). produced. According to Herodotus, Dioscorides,Tlicophrastus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny, &c,. Cretan Rock-rose (Cielus Creticue). the tree which produces myrrh grows in mentions two myrrh-producing trees, Amyris Kataf and Amyris Kafal, as occurring near Haes inArabia Felix. The myrrh-tree which Ehrenbergand Hemprich found in the borders of Arabia Felixand that which Mr. Johnson saw in Abyssinia arebelieved to be identical; the tree is the Bahamodeti-dron Myrrha, a low thorny ragged-looking tree,with bright trifoliate leaves: it is probably theMurr of Abu 1 Fadli, of which he says, murr isthe Arabic name of a thorny tree like an acacia,from which flows a white liquid, which thickens andbecomes a gum. The Balsamodendron Myrrha,which produces the myrrh of commerce, has a woodand bark which emit a strong odor ; the gum whichexudes from the bark is at first oily, but becomeshard by exposure to the air: it belongs to the nat-ural order Terebinlhacece (comp. Spice 1). Forthe wine mingled with myrrh, see Crucifixion ;Gall.—2. Heb. lot, erroneously translated myrrh in
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