I. VEGETABLES.— LAURiNiB. 



55. PROTEACEiE. 



GuENviNA AvELLANA, QuadHa heterophylla. Kernels escu- 

 lent, very pleasant. 



Persoonia laurina, p. salicina. Fruit esculent.— P^50(Wta 

 hmceolata, Linkia l(Evis; — P. linearis ;-- P. hirsuta. Fruits 

 esculent. 



Persoonia gl^areoides. Bark used for the Peruvian bark ; 

 nuts yield oil. 



.56. MYRISTICE.E. 



NuTMEc; TREE, Myvistica officinalis^ M, moschata. The 

 kernel of the fruit, nutmec/y niw moschata, myristicce nuclei, myris- 

 tic(B moschatcB fructiis nucleus. Membrane enclosing the seed, 

 mace, macis. Are stomachic, cephalic, uterine, and cordial ; in an 

 over dose, say 5ij, the nutmeg is soporific and produces delirium. 

 By distillation they yield an essential oil, and by expression a 

 concrete oil. Officinal preparations. — Spiritus nucis moschatse, 

 Z). L. E. Spirit, ammon. arom., D. Spt. armoraciae comp., D. 

 Spt. lavand. comp., Z). L. E. Confectio aromatica, D. L. Electu- 

 arium catechu, E. 



MvRiSTiCA SEBiFERA, Virola schifcra ; — Barabee. Kernels 

 pressed for their oil. 



57. LAURINA. 



Very aromatic, fruits or berries oily and odoriferous. 



•Bay tree, Laurus, L, iwhilis. Berries, lauri baccce, 5ss to 

 3J8s, very heating and emmenagogue ; yield oil by decoction or 

 by the press. Leaves, lauri folia, aromatic : prepared by soaking 

 in vinegar and drying. Officinal preparations of the berries. — 

 Conserva rutae, 1). L. Emplastrum cumini, L, 



Avocado pear tree, Iaiutus -per sea ; — L. ylanca. Fruits 

 yield oil. 



Camphire tree, Laurus camphora. Roots yield camphire by 

 distillation. 



Cinnamon tree, laurus cinnamojnum. Bark of the first 

 quality, breaking shivery, with a warm flavour, cinnamon, canelle 

 de Cn/lnn, ciunatnoviuw, cinnamonii cortex, lauri cinnamomi cortex, 

 Inipcjrted from Ceylon, in bales of about 9^11).: — Chinese cinna- 

 mon, Canelle de China, rimuimomum e China. In smaller bundles, 

 often only a single quill, dark coloured, slightly aromatic, yields 

 much oil, contains starch ; — bark of an inferior quality, breaking 

 short, with a slimy mucilaginous taste, cassia, cjusia liynea, cassicB 

 liyiie(B cortexy lauri cassice cortex, cfLSsioi cortex. Canelle de 

 Cayenne, cinnamomnm Cayennensis. Pale, with a very slimy 

 taste ;«— 'bark of the trunk of old wild trees. Bastard cassia, pepper 



