a gum-resin procured from incisions made in the stems of Galbanum officinale, a perennial plant growing in Africa (near the Cape of Good Hope), in Syria and Persia. It is imported into this country from the Levant, in ductile masses composed of distinct yellowish tears agglutinated together by a darker substance, and is generally much mixed with impurities. It has a strong nauseous odour, and a bitter acid taste. It is sometimes used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic, but is a drug of little importance.