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SPICES 
CHAP. VII 
cut off the bark as high as they can reach, according 
to Dr. Schlechter, who made some inquiries for me 
about this little known cassia bark ; it is not cultivated, 
nor is the bark of the twigs or shoots taken. The tree 
is at present very little known. Blume referred it to 
the genus Cinnamomum, but Dr. Beccari, who saw 
some poor scraps collected by D’Albertis in New 
Guinea, affirmed that it was not of that genus, but 
made a new genus for it under the name of Massoia, 
No description of the plant has yet been published, 
however ; massoi bark, or meswi bark, as it is called 
in Singapore, is reported to be very rich in eugenol, 
but at present is too expensive to be a source of this. 
Though the plant is not yet in cultivation, I mention 
it, as there are often inquiries about it. 
