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condiments and medicine. The essential oil of 

 cinnamon is obtained from the liber, but other oils 

 are afforded by the leaves and root. 



The cinnamon trees found in the Malnad are of a 

 larger size and coarser texture than the typical 

 form of C. zeylanmtm, and it is doubtful if they are 

 mere varieties of the latter, or if they should be 

 referred to one or other of the following species. 

 Aromatic trees of this class, especially the Ceylon 

 cinnamon, possess antiseptic properties in a rare 

 degree, and should be thickly planted about pesti- 

 lential towns and villages to improve the health of 

 the public. It has been stated on good aiithority 

 that the essence of cinnamon kills the microbe of 

 typhoid fever in 12 minutes, while corrosive sublim- 

 ate, the most powerful antiseptic known, requires 10 

 minutes to perform the same work. 



Cultivation.— All the species of Cinnamomum re- 

 ferred to in this list require about the same treat- 

 ment. They luxuriate in moist valleys, where the 

 temperature ranges from 70° to 85° or even 90.° 

 Seedlings planted in virgin forest soil or deep loam, 

 at 15 feet apart, soon become strong bushes. 



469 Cinnamomum iners, Eeinw. Vern. Adavi-lavanga 



-patta, DalcMni, Yellaga mara, Cuddu-lavanga. 



Fig.— Wight Ic. t. 122, 135. 

 References— i^^. of Brit Ind.; Drury U. PI. ; 

 Oamb. Man. Timb. 

 A small tree of the western Makad. Slightly 

 larger in leaf, and not so compact in growth as the 

 last named _ species. Bark aromatic and used as 

 Taj or Indian cinnamon. Not very common in 

 Shimoga, although Lovery -remarks that it is locally 

 used for building and fuel. 



470 Cinnamomum macrocarpum, Hook. 

 mg.— Wight Ic. 130. 



Probably known by the same vernacular names. 

 A small tree with somewhat slender leaves and 



