CRUDE DRUGS. 



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Empire, and exported by way of Calcutta, and (3) Ceylon Cinna- 

 mon, collected from Cinnamomum seylanicum, indigenous to and 

 cultivated in Ceylon (Fig. 146). 



Saigon Cinnamon. — In bundles about 30 to 40 cm. long, and 

 20 cm. wide, 10 cm. thick, weighiiig 1.5 to 2 K., and consisting of 



Fig. 225. Radial-longitudinal section of China Cassia {Cinnamomum Cassia) bark: 

 pr, parenchyma of outer bark; bp, parenchyma of the inner bark, some of the cells of 

 which contain raphides; b, bast fibers; st, stone cells; sch, mucilage cells; s, sieve; m, 

 medullary rays. — ^After Moeller. 



■pieces varying in size and color from small, brownish-black single 

 quills to large, thick, grayish-brown, transversely curved pieces- 

 Pieces 6 to 30 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. in diameter; bark 0.2 to 2- 

 'mm. ' thick ; outer surface dark brown, longitudinally wrinkled, 

 with grayish patches of foliaceous lichens, and numerous lenticels ; 



