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694 ORD. XL. Oleraceee LAURUS CAMPHORA. 
effectually done by triturating the Camphire with mucilage alone, or with a portion 
of sweet almonds, and diffusing it again by means of mucilage into an emulsion. 
‘¢ Jt has been thought that the virtues may be increased by exhibiting along with 
it 2 portion of nitre; but in many trials I have not been sensible of the benefit 
derived from the nitre, which, in any quantity that can be conveniently employed, 
has little effect on the system. It is with more probability alledged, that vinegar 
exhibited with Camphire is of service. Vinegar certainly gives the best means of 
correcting the taste of Camphire, and seems even to render it less disagreeable to 
the stomach; and we may allow that both by its refrigerant and antiseptic powers, 
it may contribute somewhat to the virtues of the Camphire.”’* 
k M. M. vol. ii. f. 309. 
et: 8 ini Oc 
CANELLA. ALBAyo teu. LAUREL =LEAVED CANELLA, 
aos aa 
SYNONYMA. Canella alba. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Winterania 
Canella. Lin. Supp. p. 247. Arbor baccifera laurifolia aromatica, 
fructu viridi calyculato racemoso. Sloane’s Jamaica, vol. it. p. 87. 
t. 191. f.2. Catesby’s Carolina, vol. ii. p. 50.t. 50. Canella foliis 
oblongis obtusis nitidis, racemis terminalibus. Browne’s Jam. . 
p. 275. t. 27. f. 3. Cassia lignea Jamaicensis Laureolz foliis 
subcinereis cortice piperis modo acri. Pluckenet Almag. p. 89. 
t. 81. f. 1. Lin. Spec. Plant. p. 686. Conf. Swartz. Botanical 
History of the Canella Alba. Linnean Transactions. p. 96. 
Class Dodecandria. Ord. Monogynia, Lin. Gen. Winterania, p. 598. 
Ess.Gen.Ch. Cal. 3-lobus. Pet.5. -Antherce 16; adnatz nectario 
urceolata. Bacca 3-locularis. Sem. 2. 
THE stem of this tree rises very straight, from ten to fifty feet 
in height, and branched only at the top; it is covered with a 
whitish bark, by which it is easily distinguished at a distance from 
other trees in the woods where it grows: the leaves are placed 
upon short, footstalks, and stand alternately: they are oblong, 
