CLASS IX. 



NINE STAMINA. 



This Class has three Orders. 



CINNAMON. The best sort of Cinnamon grows 0rder _,. 

 in great plenty in the Island of Ceylon, and is called 0ne Pmil! 

 by the natives, Rasse Coronde ; besides which, there 

 are many inferior sorts. It is the inner bark of this 

 tree, which, in the language of botany, is called the 

 Liber, that is used as a grateful aromatic spice. 



The bark of the Cinnamon, while on the tree, is 

 first stripped of its outer greenish coat, and is then cut 

 longitudinally from the tree, and dried in the sand till 

 it becomes fit for the market, when it is of a reddish 

 yellow, or pale rusty-iron colour, very light, thin, and 

 by the heat of the sun curled up in quills or flakes. 

 The outer part of the bark, when taken off from the 

 tree, differs very little in taste from that of other trees ; 

 but after being dried in the sun, the oily and agreeable 

 sweetness of the inner bark is diffused through the 

 whole. If the trees are more than fifteen or sixteen 

 years old, the bark by degrees loses its aromatic 

 quality, and has more the taste of Camphor. When 

 the bark is stripped off, the tree is cut down, and new 

 shoots put forth from the stool, which, from five to 

 eight years, are again fit to peel. 



The use of the Cinnamon-tree is not confined to 

 the bark ; the leaves, fruit, and root, all yield oils of 



