CHAP. 62.—ELATE OR SPATHE.
There is another tree [Note] also, that contributes to the manufacture of unguents, by some persons known under the name
of elate, but which we call abies; others again call it a palm,
and others give it the name of spathe. That of Hammonium
is the most esteemed, and that of Egypt next, after which
comes the Syrian tree. It is only odoriferous, however, in
places that are destitute of water. The tears of it are of an
unctuous nature, and are employed as an ingredient in unguents, to modify the harshness of the oil.
