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 Arbor Cinnamomiformis. 



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Canella 



Winter's- Bark 



Periantium Monopbyllum, fubcampanulatum^ ultra medietatem tripartitum-, 



laciniis fubrotundis. cocbleatis. crenulatis. 

 Corolla Pentapetala, petalis oblongis calice duplo longioribus. 

 Stamina Nulla \ fed vicem eorum fuppkt tubus tenuis^ levis y (implex^ conicus y 



truncatus, longitudine J ere fioris , externe, e medietate fere ad 

 apicem, antheris fexdecim circiter, anguftis, oblongis obfitus, 



a fe invicem remotis, & in orbem regulariter Jttis. 



Piftillum. Germen ovatum j ftylus longitudim tubi, fligma obtufum bi- vel 



trifdum, lobis obtufiufculis. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca fubrotunda bi- vel trilocularis. 

 Semina, In fingulo loculamento t gemina y cor data. 



This tree is very common in all the lower woods, and rocky hills of famaica y 

 where it grows without any care ; and is chiefly propagated by the induitry of the 

 birds. For the berries, like thofe of the Piemento, Black Pepper, and other aromatic 

 plants, grow foft and pulpy, when ripe, and lofe all that pungency that is natural 

 to them in the immature ftate : they are then greedily devoured by the wild pigeons, 

 and other inhabitants of the woods, who difperfe the feeds up and down in their dung. 

 The tree grows pretty much like the Piemento^ and feldom exceeds fixteen or eighteen 

 feet in height y or is more than five or fix inches in diameter. The bark is whitifh, 

 and warted ; the branches pretty erecl: ; the leaves fmooth and oval, having the 

 fmaller end towards the foot- f talk; and the berries difpofed in deprefied clufiers, at 

 the extremities of the branches. 



The bark of this tree is the Canella alba of the fhops : it is a pungent warm 

 aromatic, and would, doubtlefs, anfwer all the purpofes for which moft of the 

 other fpecies are employed , but it is too cheap .to be fo much efteemed. By diftil? 

 lation it yields a warm aromatic oil, which is often fold for, and generally mixed 



with, the oil of Cloves j nor is the adulteration any prejudice to the medicine. 



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