CRUDE DRUGS. 



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Empire, and exported by way of Calcutta, and (3) Ceylon Cinna- 

 mon, collected from Cinnamomnui zeylanicum, indigenous to and 

 cultivated in Ceylon (Fig. 146). 



Saigon Cinnamon. In bundles about 30 to 40 cm. long, and 

 20 cm. wide, 10 cm. thick, weighing 1.5 to 2 K., and consisting of 



Fig. 225. Radial-longitudinal section of China Cassia {Cinnamomum Cassia) bark: 

 pr, parenchyma of outer bark; bp, parenchyma of the inner bark, some of the cells of 

 which contain raphides; b, bast fibers; st, stone cells; sch, mucilage cells; s, sieve; m, 

 medullary rays. After Moeller. 



pieces varying in size and color from small, brownish-black single 

 quills to large, thick, grayish-brown, transversely curved pieces. 

 Pieces 6 to 30 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. in diameter: bark 0.2 to 2 

 mm. thick ; outer surface dark brown, longitudinally wrinkled, 

 with grayish patches of foliaceous lichens, and numerous lenticels ; 



