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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



Cinnatnomimi zeylanicum, which is the source of the Ceylon, 

 ■cinnamon (p. 513), is a small, handsome, evergreen tree with op- 

 posite, coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, 3- to s-nerved leaves (Fig. 

 146). • The flowers are yellowish- white, hermaphrodite, or both 



Fig. 146. A, flowering branch of Cinnamonmm zeylanicum; B, leaf-bud of the same; 

 C, leaf-bud of Cinnamomum Camphora. — A, after Berg and Schmidt; B, C, after Pax. 



pistillate and staniinate. The fruit is a black, ovoid berry. C. 

 Cassia which yields Cassia cinnamon is a tree growing in China, 

 Sumatra, and cultivated in Java. It has long, oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves which are pubescent on the lower surface. Cassia cinna- 



