272 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



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

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 60. 



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

 elutherienne, 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. 



