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CALOTROPIS PROCERA, R. P,r. 



French Cotton. 



Native of tropical Africa. N. India, and Persia. Naturalised in 

 West Indies and Central America. 



A shrub. 5 to 10 feet high; leaves largo, opposite, pale glaucous 

 green ; flowers pink, shaded and dotted with purple; pod-like fruit; 

 seeds numerous, each with a tui't of white silken hairs at one end. 



Bark of root, known in India as "Mudar," alterative, tonic, dia- 

 phoretic, and in large doses emetic. I beneficial in obstinate cutaneous 

 diseases, syphilitic affections, dysentery, diarrhoea, and chronic rheu- 

 matism. 



Stem yields fibre. Sap yields a kind of gutta-percha, but unfortu- 

 nately it is a good conductor of electricity, and therefore unsuited for 

 manufacture of cabl Bark yields a rich white basf fibre. 



Seeds Hairs used in fancy work. 



CAMELLIA THEIFERA, Griff. 



Tea. 



Native of Assam. A shrub, with large, dark-green leaves, and 

 white flowers. {Termtrcemidi ce. 



Leaves are picked when opening from the bud, and cured, the dif- 

 ference in the ^ize of the leaves and methods of curing, determining 

 the different kinds of tea. 



CANDLE NUT. Aleurites moluci \\\. 



CANDLE WOOD, YELL \V. See Cassi v bmargih vi \. 



CANELLA ALBA, Murray. 



Wild Cinnamon, White Canella. 



Native of W. I , Bahamas, Florida. 



A tree, 30 or 40 feet high, with simple leaves ; flowers small, of a 

 pale violet colour, and sweet aromatic smell. (Ca/tellacece.) 



Bark An aromatic stimulant and slight tonic. Useful in dyspep- 

 sia, gout, rheumatism, syphilis, scurvy. 



Used also as a eondiment. 



The principal constituent is a volatile oil. 



CANELLA, RED. See Cinnamodendroh corticatum. 

 CANELLA, WHITE. See Canella alba. 



CANNA EDULIS, Ker. 



Spanish Arrow Root. Tous les Mois. 



Native of tropical S. America and Trinidad. 



An herbaceous perennial, with a creeping root-stock ;. flowering 

 stems 6 to 8 feet high ; leaves very large ; flowers red. 



