27 CINNAMODENDRON CORTICOSUM 



by its decoction being blackened by a persalt of iron, which is not 

 the case with that of Canella alba bark. 



We have no proof of Cinnamodendron bark having been 

 analysed, but amongst its constituents would appear to be volatile 

 oil and tannic acid. 



Medical Properties and Uses. The true Winter's bark was for- 

 merly regarded as stimulant, tonic, aromatic, and antiscorbutic, 

 and was employed in similar cases to canella alba and cinnamon 

 barks. Its use is now nearly obsolete in Europe and the United 

 States of America, although still much employed in South America 

 as a remedy in diarrhoea, and other diseases. 



Cinnamodendron bark has similar properties, and may be 

 therefore used in like cases. 



Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, pt. 2, pp. 532 and 674; Christison's Dis- 

 pensatory, 2nd ed., p. 402; Pharmacographia, p. 19; U. S. 

 Disp., by W. & B., p. 1720; Guibourt, Drogues Simples, 

 tome iii, p. 681. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen in the Royal Botanic Society's Garden, Regent's 

 Park, flowering in July ; the fruit added from a Jamaica specimen in the 

 herbarium of the British Museum; the bark from the Museum of the 

 Pharmaceutical Society. 



1. A branch with leaves and flowers. 



2. A flower. 



3. Vertical section of the same. 



4. The staminal tube spread out. 



5. The pistil. 



6. Transverse section of ovary (the placentas should be larger). 



7. Fruit. 



8. Transverse section of a berry. 



9. A seed. 



10. Section of the same. 



11. Piece of bark. 



(2-6 and 8-10 more or less enlarged.) 



