Class IX. ENNEANDRIA. »:i3 
935. Anacardium. Cal. S-parted. Petals 5, reflexed. Anthers 9, and one filament barren. Nut reniform, 
upon a fleshy receptacle. 
936. Cassi/tha. Cal. 6-parted. Nect. 3 truncate glands surrounding the ovary. Inner filaments glandu- 
liferous. Drupe 1-seeded. 
937. Eriogonum. Cal. campanulate, 6-cleft. Nut 1, 3-cornered, covered by the calyx. 
Orders. TRIGYNI A. "^^^ 9 Stamens. 3 Styles. 
Rheum. Cor. 6-cleft, persistent. Nut 1, 3-cornered. 
Order.3. HEXAGYNIA. 9 Stamens. 6 Styles. 
Butomus. Sepals 6. Caps. 6, many-seeded. 
MONOGrmA. 
5640 Leaves 3-nerved ovate-oblong," Nerves vanishing towards the end 
5641 Leaves triple-nerved lanceolate 
5642 Leaves opp. very long acute at each end triple-nerved veiny across 
5643 Leaves triple-nerved lanceolate ovate 
5644 Leaves 3-nerved ovate coriaceous, Nerves reaching the end 
5645 Leaves ovate acuminate 3-nerved glaucous beneath, Flowers axillary numerous 
5646 Leaves lanceolate veiny perennial. Flowers 4-fid dioicous 
5647 Leaves triple-nerved opposite 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
mouths so excoriated, as to be unable to continue the process longer than two days together : but tasting is 
now seldom had recourse to. 
Cinnamon bark is astringent, cordial, and tonic. But the principal use of cinnamon is to cover the nauseous 
state of other remedies. ( Thomson's London Dispensatory, 354.) 
An oil is procured from the leaves and roots of cinnamon ; the former is called the oil of cloves, and the latter 
the oil of camphor : both are powerfully stimulant, and used in cramps of the stomach, flatulent colic, hiccough, 
toothach, and nervous langour. 
According to Sweet L. Cinnamomum is the hardest plant of the genus to cultivate in our stoves. " I have 
•carcely," he says, " ever seen it do well any where but at Messrs. Loddiges," who generally keep their stoves 
warmer than other gardeners usually do ; and the cinnamon likes a warm atmosphere, and very little water in 
winter. It grows best in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, the pots being well drained with small potsherds. 
Ripened cuttings soon take root in a pot of sand, plunged under a hand-glass, in a good moist heat. {Bot. 
Cult. 74.) 
The plant has regularly flowered and ripened seeds in the hothouse of the Bishop of Winchester for several 
years past. 
L. Cassia is also decorticated like the cinnamon, but it is considered of inferior value, on account of containing 
a greater proportion of mucilage. What are called Cassia buds, are not obtained from this tree, but are the 
hexangular fleshy receptacles of the seed of the L. Cinnamomum. Cassia bark and buds are used in the same 
manner as cinnamon bark : the tree also affords an oil of similar use. In our stoves, the cassia grows more 
readily than the cinnamon ; the same kind of soil suits it : and cuttings root freely treated in the same manner. 
{Bot. Cult. 74.) » 5 J 
L. Camphora, an alteration of the Arabic name, kafoitr, is nearly allied to the cinnamon tree. The roots, 
wood, and leaves of this tree have a very strong odor of camphor ; and from the roots and .smaller branches it 
IS obtained by distillation. They are cut into chips, which are suspended in a net within a kind of still or iron 
pot, the bottom of which is covered with water, and an earthen head fitted to it ; heat is then applied, and the 
steam of the boiling water, pene^ating the contents of the net, elevates the camphor into the capital, where it 
concretes on straws, with which this part of the apparatus is lined. Camphor is stimulant, narcotic, and 
diaphoretic, but its stimulant powers are very transitory, and followed by sedative effects. In moderate doses 
operates as a cordial, increasing the heat of the body, and exhilarating, besides softening, and rendering 
luller the pulse, and promoting diaphoresis ; in large doses it allays irritation and spasm, abates pain, and in- 
duces sleep. But in immoderate doses camphor produces vomiting, vertigo, delirium, convulsions, and other 
