II. IRIS. The septuagint translate the Hebrew word Kiddah, Iris, which S. קדהKidda, Casia.Jerom translates Stacte, or the oyl that sweats out of myrrh. Ezek. xxvii. 19. There is an essence of an excellent sweet smell extracted from the Iris.
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