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1 See B. xx. c. 56. The white is identified with the Acarna gummi- fera of Linnæus, the dark or black with the Brotera corymbosa of Linnæus.
2 See B. xii. c. 33.
3 Viscus.
4 Olivier states (Voyage dans l'Empire Ottoman, i. 312) that the women in the isles of Naxos and Scio still chew this glutinous substance, in the same manner that mastich is used in other places.
5 Fée is inclined to doubt this, and thinks that, as it is a creeping plant, the name may have been derived from χαμαί, "on the ground."
6 Theophrastus, Galen, and Dioscorides state to the same effect, and Fée thinks it possible it may possess a certain degree of activity.
7 Fée says that it possesses no such poisonous properties.
8 Rueum, or catarrhs.
9 From οὑλον φόνον, "dreadful death," a name which, Fée observes, it does not merit, its properties not being poisonous.
10 Fronm κυνὸς ὄζη "smell of a dog." This is a more justifiable appellation, as the smell of it is very disagreeable.
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