MAGNOLIACEA. 
Magnoliads. 
| No. 89. 
DRIMYS WINTERI. 
Winter’s Bark, 
Place—South America, 
Quality—Aromatie. 
Power—Stimulant, tonic, 
Use—Scurvy, and as a condiment. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Winteracee.—L. Magnoliacee.—J. 
Crass XIII. Polyandria Orver Polygynia. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 1239. Woodv: Med. Bot. 647. Stephenson & Churchill, iii. 178 
U.S. Dis. 744. Griff. Med. Bot.100. Per. El. Mat. Med. ii. 742. Kost. Mat. Med. 
443. Lind. Flor. Med. 26. Wood, C. B. 149. 
_ Genus. DRIMYS. 
From é Greek aaa on ‘account of its hot and pungent flavor. 
Synonymes.—Cannelles de Winter (F.) , Winterana (Z), Cortiza Winterana (8. 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 
Catyx. Sepals, three—six, deciduous, colored Jike the petals. 
Corouta. Petals, six—twelve, hypogynous, in several rows, im- 
bricate in «stivation. Pi 
Sramens. Indefinite hypogynous, distinct, with short filaments, 
and adnate anthers. 
Ovary. Several, in many rows upon an elongated torus. 
Frurr. Follicular or baceate, one—two seeded. yee 
Seeps. Attached to the inner suture of the carpels, from which _ 
(ia Magnolia) they are ishetargst me a — ewe 
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