40 I. VEGETABLES.-^LAuniNffi. 



hark ? canelle matte ? cassia cinnamomea, ciniiamomum Indiciim ; — 

 twigs with the bark left on, xylocasia^ cassia lignea of the 

 ancients; — dried leaves, cassia leaves^ folium Indicum, folium 

 Indum, malabathrum ; oblong, ovate, shining, with three ribs ; — 

 dried receptacle of the seeds, cassia buds, caboh china, baccce cassice, 

 fiores cassice, cassicB lignecB Jlores nondum expliciti^ later i cassicBJios 

 nondum explicitus ; imported in chests of different sizes, mostly 

 from China. All these are stomachic, tonic, and cordial, in 

 doses of gr. v to 3j, and are much used in cookery as spices : the 

 bark that is not fit for sale, even under the name of cassia, is 

 distilled for its oil. Officinal preparations, very numerous : the 

 principal are — Aqua cinnam., L. E. D. Spirit, cinn. L. E. D. 

 Spir. lavand. comp. L.E, D, Tinct. card. comp. L. D. Tinct. 

 cinn. L. E. D. Vinum opii. L. D. Pulv. cretae comp. L, E, D, 

 Confectio aromatica, L, D. 



Wild cinnamon tree, Laurus cassia, L. myrrha. Leaves 

 bitter, narrow, pointed, elliptical, sold for folium Indicum. — L, 

 Japonica. Leaves sold for folium Indicum, but very different in 

 taste. 



Sassafras tree, Laurus sassafras. Root, sassafras radix ; 

 wood, cinnamon icood, sassafras lignum ; imported from the West 

 Indies in logs : sudorific, heating, and drying ; yield essential oil. 

 Officinal preparations. — Oleum sassafras, D. E. L. Decoct, 

 guaiaci comp. D. E. Decoct, sarsap. comp. i). L. 



Laurus benzoin. Bark used for cinnamon. — L. adilaban. 

 Bark, culilawan, cortex cargophglloides, brownish red, flat, thick, 

 odour strong between clove bark and sassafras ; leaves resemble 

 those of raventsara : both are heating, stimulant, and stomachic. 



Isle of France cinnamon, Laurus capularis ; — Peruvian 

 cinnamon, L. Quixos, Barks aromatic, astringent. 



Laurus parvifolia ; — L. globosa ; — L, fcetens ; — L. caustica. 

 Barks contain an acrid principle. 



Lauraster Amboynensis, Laurus , Tetranthera 



pichurim. Seeds, sassafras nuts, Brazilian bean^ faba pichurim, 

 stomachic, astringent, anodyne, used in diarrhoea and dysentery ; 

 yield oil. 



Jack in a box. Hernandia sonora. Fruit astringent ; seeds 

 oily, purgative. — American myrobalans, H. ovigera. Fruit as- 

 tringent. 



LiTs^A sebifera. Sebifera glutinosa. Berries yield oil. — 

 Litscea cubeba, Laurus piperita. Berries carminative. 



Chloromyron verticillatum. Yields by incision balsamum 

 viride. 



MioscHiLos oblonga. Leaves used for those of senna. 



Plegorhiza astringens. Root vulnerary, astringent. 



