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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



obtained from Cinnamomum Loureirii (f) and other species culti- 

 vated in Cochin China and other parts of China, and exported 



Fig. 224. Transverse section of Cassia cinnamon bark: k, cork; x, thick-walled cork 

 cells; y, cork cells, the outer walls of which are thickened; phg, cork cambium; scl, stone 

 cells; X, parenchyma cell with large pores; B, bast fibers; gR, short sclerenchyma; z, 

 parenchyma separating the groups of sclerenchyma tissue; pPh, protophloem; obi, obliter- 

 ated sieve; Sch, mucilage canals; php, bast parenchyma; o, oil cells. — After Tschirch 

 and Oesterle. 



from Saigon; (2) Cassia Cinnamon, yielded by Cinnamomum 

 Cassia, cultivated in the southeastern provinces of the Chinese 



