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while the oil from the root also contains eugenol and terpene^ 

 together with much safrol and benzaldehyde. Both of these 

 oils, therefore, diUer from the essential oil from the bark, which 

 consists of cinnamic aldehyde and terpene- 



Kala Nagkesar. — Under this name the immature fruit 



of the trees yielding cassia is imj)orted into Bombay from China 

 and Southern India. 



Kdld Nagkesar (known in Europe as cassia buds) consists of 

 a sniall brown mucronate berry, tbe size of a grain of millet, 

 enclosed in a 6-partite calyx balf an incb long, wbicb is articu- 

 lated to a slender pedicel j tbe calyx and pedicel are of the dark- 

 brown colour of tbe clove, and bave a strong cinnamon odour 

 and taste. Tbe properties of tbe spice would appear to be tbe 

 same as tbose of cinnamon. Two kinds are found in tbe Bombay 

 market, Chinese and Malabar ; they are used as a spice by the 

 Mabometws. Mohideen Sheriff says that the native druggists 

 in Madras substitute cassia buds for Ndykesar-ke-phtd, the 



'folius; the latter 



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drugs being never met with in the bazars. For an account oi 

 the use of the Chinese buds as a spice in Europe from the 1 4th 

 century up to tbe present time, see ThannacograpMa, 2nd Ed., 

 p. 533. Hamburg in 1876 imported 1,324 cwts. [Op. ciL) 



Pishin-puttai (Gum-bark). Several mucilaginous barks 

 are sold and used under this name in Southern India. Mohideen 



Madras drug 



d by Dr, Mootoosawmy 



Tan j ore had a very pleasant and lasting aroma, and appeared to 

 belong) to an arboreous cinnamon. It is used for its muci- 

 laginous and demulcent properties in medicine, and aiso^ oy 

 Mabomedan perfumers for making incense or fiavouring-sticks 

 ("Samburany-vatbe") from tbe powdered bark. We ha^re 

 also received three other drugs of this name from Travancore. 

 One was a thick red fibrous bark like that of a Litsaea, and was 

 an article of trade among sugar and jagary makers on the 

 Western Coast. Tbe second was a lighter coloured bark and 

 quite free from odour and taste ; this was recognised as Kydv* 



