272 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



48. (Fig. 62.) CASCARILLA. Cascarilla Bark. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 60. 



Sweetwood bark, E. Kaskarillrinde, G. Cascarille, Chacrille, Ecorce 

 e*luthe"rienne, Fr. 



The bark of Croton Eluteria Bennett, Euphorbiaceae. 



Somewhat dull cinnamon brown. 



Aromatic, recalling cinnamon; somewhat musk-like when burnt. 



Bitter, pungent. 



Outer sclerenchymatous tissue with cells of unequally thickened 

 walls; rather short, thick walled bast cells; bark parenchyma with 

 prismatic and aggregate crystals of calcium oxalate, small oval simple 

 starch granules and fat. 



Adulterated with bark of allied species. 



