296 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



63. (Fig. 74.) CINNAMOMUM. Ceylon cinnamon. U. S. 

 Coarse powder, as a spice. 



Brauner canel, Zeylonzimmt, G. Cannelle de Ceylon, Fr. 



The rossed bark of Cinnamomum Zylanicum Breyne, Lauraceae. 



Rather light cinnamon brown. 



Delicately fragrant and aromatic. 



Sweet, pungent, slightly astringent. 



Histology much like that of Cassia Cinnamon; bast cells are more 

 abundant and the cells of the outer cork wanting; starch less abundant. 

 It is possible to distinguish this cinnamon from the other two by the 

 larger sclerenchyma cells and the absence of outer cork and epidermal 

 tissues. 



Ash 4 per cent. 



Adulterations as for Cassia cinnamon. 



