BOTANIC MATERIA MEDICA, gH Ne § 
ranged in pairs, an odd one at the end. Flow- 
ers purple or of a lilac color, arranged in clus- 
ters and very fragrant; calyx five-toothed; 
corolla five-petalled, with many stamens, the 
anthers of which are within the throat of the 
corolla; fruit a drupe about the size of a cherry, 
and, when ripe, yellow in color. The bark of 
the root is found in commerce and occurs in 
quills or curved pieces having a red-brown color 
externally, showing many black ridges; the in- 
ner surface is smooth, of a lighter brown color 
and striated; when broken the fracture is fibrous; 
contains an o#/, and a yellowish-white reszn, 
which is the active principle. It is cathartic and 
anthelmintic in its effects, and is given in form 
of decoction or syrup, the dose of which is one 
fluid ounce. Used only as a domestic remedy 
in some of the northern and southern States of 
America, 
Canella Alba, Canella.—Natural order, Canel- 
lacee. This large forest tree is a native of the 
West Indies. The branches spread only at the 
summit of the tree, the leaves are of a deep 
green color, alternating, oblong, obtuse and en- 
tire. The flowers of a violet color and grow in 
clusters, stamens twelve to nineteen in number, 
with one pistil; fruit an oblong berry, with two 
or more seeds. Canella bark occurs in com- 
merce in quills or broken pieces of variable length 
and about % of an inch (3 millimeters) thick; 
externally the bark is of a light brown color in- 
clining to gray; the inner surface is finely striated, 
and a shade or two lighter in color; when 
broken the fracture is short and granular; 
when seen under a lens of some power it presents 
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