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455. CINNAMOMUM ZETLANICDM, Breyne. 



a. Section of the trunk, polished. 

 6. Portion of a young branch. 



c. Inner bark. (Ceylon Cinnamon.) 



d. Ditto, an original bundle. 



e. Ditto. (Tellicherry Cinnamon.) 



Note. Tellicherry cinnamon is similar in appearance to the Ceylon 

 variety, but the inner surface is more fibrous, and the Savour inferior. 



/. Ditto. (Malabar or Madras Cinnamon.) 



Note. This variety is coarser and thicker than the Ceylon variety, 

 and is inferior to the latter in flavour. 



g. Cayenne Cinnamon. 



Note. The oil of this kind is more pungent and acrid than that of 

 Ceylon cinnamon. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. L, p. 440; Journ. de 

 Pharm., vol. iii., p. 434. 



h. Cinnamon chips, from Dalton & Young, July 6th, 1871. 

 i. Thick cinnamon, from W. E. Fry, Ceylon, May 22nd, 

 1874. 



Note. Specimens h and t were presented by Mr. D. Hanbury, Nov.. 

 1874. Cinnamon chips are the trimmings from the shoots, and are very 

 aromatic. Thick cinnamon occurs in pieces which, in shape and appear- 

 ance, resemble Carthagena bark. It is deficient in aroma, and unfit for 

 pharmaceutical use. See Pharmacographia, p. 472 ; P. J. [2] , vol. iv., 

 p. 319. 



j. Essential oil. (Oil of Cinnamon.) 

 k. Ditto. (Oil of Cinnamon leaf.) 



Note. Oil of cinnamon leaf differs in its darker colour, greater viscidity, 

 and clove-like odour. For detection of adulterations in cinnamon pow- 

 der, see Pharmacographia, p. 474 ; and for tincture, see P. J. [3] , vol. ii., 

 pp. 467, 641. For artificial oil of cinnamon, P. J. [1] , vol. xiv., p. 281. 

 The " small cinnamon " of commerce consists of the portions broken 

 during the unpacking of the drug in the dock warehouses, and is often 

 of excellent quality. For oil of Cinnamon leaf, see P. J. [1], vol. xiv., 

 p. 319. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 224. 



I. Brazilian cinnamon, grown near Rio Janeiro. 



Note. This bark has a rough surface, and an inferior somewhat soapy 

 flavour. See Pharmacographia, p. 472. 



456. DlCTPELLIDM CARYOPHYLLATUM, Ne68. 



a. Bark. (Clove Cassia Bark, Brazilian Clove Bark, Pao 

 Cravo, Imyra-Quiyuha.) 



Note. This bark occurs in tubular quills, packed one in the other. It 

 has a powerful, clove-like taste. For fig. of the bark, see Goebel und 

 Kunze, \Vaar., taf. iii., fig. 13. In appearance it resembles cassia ; but is 

 darker, and* often marked with indistinct transverse lines. It is very 

 hard. P. J. [1] , vol. iv., p. 466; Martiut, Sijit. Mat. Med. Brat., p, 111. 



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