698° : ORD. XL. Oleraczeve. CANELLA ALBA, 
The use of Canella alba now supersedes that of the old bark of 
Winter, on the authority of both the London and Edinburgh 
pharmacopeeias. It has been supposed to possess a considerable 
share of medicinal power, and is said to be an useful medicine in 
the scurvy, and some other complaints; but it is now considered 
merely in the character of an aromatic, and like many of the spices 
is chiefly employed for the purpose of correcting and rendering 
less disagreeable the more powerful and nauseous drugs. It is 
erelors an ingredient in the pulv. aloet. Pharm, Lond. cami in the 
tinctura amara, eau amarum, vinum rhei, &c. of the Pharm. Ed. 
Swartz tells us, that “ this bark, together with the fruit of Capsi- 
cum, was formerly a common ingredient in the food and drink of 
the Caribs, the ancient natives of ‘the Antilles; and even at pre- 
sent it mak egy a necessary addition to the meagre pot of the 
negroes.” lc. 
MYRISTICA MOSCHATA.-. NUTMEG TREE. 
SYNONYMA.. Nux Moschata. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Park: 
Theat. p. 1600. aii Hist. p. 1522. Nux Moschata, fructu 
rotundo. Bauh. Pin. p. 407. Pluk. Almag. p. 267. Nux 
Moschata rotunda, sive femina. Gerard, Emac. p. 1536. Breyn. 
Prod. vol. ii. p.77.. Nux Myristica. Rumph. Amb. vol. ii. tab. 4. 
Myristica Moschata. Zhumb. Act. Stockholm. ann. 1788. p. 46. 
t. 1. Conf. Mémoire silr le genre du Muscadier Myristica, par 
Mr. De La Marck; Hist. del Acad. Royal des Scien. pour Van. 
1788. pub. en 1790. p. 148. 
Class Dioecia. Ord. Syngenesia, Shreb. Gen. Plant. 1562. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Masc. Cal. 8-fidus. Cor. 0. Anthere. circum su- 
premam partem filamenti adnate. 
Fem. Cal. 3-fidus. Cor. 0. Styl. breviss. Stigma 
bifida. Caps. drupacea. Shreb. 
a Ch. M. Foliis lanceolatis fructu glabro. Thunb. 
