\.URVS 



Cassia. 



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the enormous bat of the torrid zone ; the others, the winged 

 lizard, before defcribed. 



Its modern ufe for culinary purpofes is unknown to none. 



Cinnamon-water is alfo a fine liqueur. From the leaves is ex- 

 tracted a thick and fragrant juice, appropriated for the candles 

 of his imperial Majefty of Ceylon ; and from the roots is ex- 

 tracted the oil of camphire, and a fort of camphire fuperior to 

 what we have in the fliops, which likewife is referved for the 

 Emperor, who efteems it an excellent cordial. Seba^ in Ph. 

 Tranf. abr. vi. 326, from whom we have the account, fpeaks 

 highly of its virtue in arthritic cafes. The bark, and eflential 

 oil, is an article in our difpenfary. 



I NOW naturally pafs to the Laurus CaJJJa, the rival to the Lai 

 laft. It is the carna of Rbeede Malab. i. 107, tab. 59, Burjiian 

 Iiid. 91, Black-wall, tab. 319. I leave to botanilts the fettling of 

 the difpute, whether it is diftinct, or a variety of the laft. 

 The diftinCtion between the bark of this and the real cin- 

 namon, is, that this breaks fmooth ; the real, fplinters. This 

 has a llimy mucilaginous talte ; the true cinnamon, rough, 

 and with a rich aromatic Imeil. 



Occidentale, Runiph. i. tab. 69, is common to Eajl and Weji Anacardium. 

 Indies. It is the Cujljezv of the laft, the Caghii of the Cey- 

 lonefe. 



Heptaphylla-) — iv. tab. 22, would be invaluable, was it not {o Sophora. 

 common ; it is the moft admirable medicine in the cholera, and 

 the cholera Jiuxus, bilious complaints, excefllve vomiting, pleu- 

 rifies, and poifon : it is remarkable for its links of berries, con- 

 nected like beads. 



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