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finer and more perfect flavor, while the Saigon, being sweeter, is more 

 aromatic but the odor is less permanent. Ash, nor exceeding 6 per 

 cent. ; not exceeding 2 per cent, insoluble in HC1. 



ACTION AND USES. Aromatic stimulant and tonic, carminative and 

 astringent. The different varieties of cinnamon are among the most 

 pleasant and efficient aromatics and form agreeable adjuvants to a 

 great many official preparations. Dose: 8 to 30 gr. (0.5 to 2 Gm.). 



FIG. 96. Cinnamomum cassia Branch. 



168. CINNAMOMUM CASSIA. CASSIA BARK. The bark of the shoots of one 

 or more undetermined species of Cinnamo'mum grown in China (Chinese 

 cinnamon). Off.- U.S.P. 1890. Cassia cinnamon is in tubes or curved 

 pieces, of a darker yellowish-brown color than preceding, nearly deprived 

 of the corky layer; these tubes are usually simple, rarely . double, I mm. 

 (J^5 in.) or more thick, and break with a rather short fracture; odor and 

 taste similar ' 4 to, but somewhat less delicate than, that of Ceylon cinnamon. 

 Constituents^the same, the volatile oil being officially recognized as from 

 this source. This variety has been superseded by Saigon cinnamon in the 

 official preparations containing cinnamon. 



