nomine innotuit, quod e radicibus arborum Cinnamomifera- 
fum, tamMalabaricae,X*^0 q^^3m'Ceylanicae^^ (n) quas cor- 
ticis tantum acrimonia fuauitate^et^urtutis^raeftantia, neu- 
tiquam facie modoue crefcencli, difcriminarf iam Herman- 
Nvs monuit, {o) eandem fpeciem eflfeWHiTE (p) Comber {q) 
ac nuper Cei Thvnbergivs, (j) confirmauerunt, ope de- 
ftillationis cum aqua, afcendcnte fimul Camphora , obtinetur. 
Primus, ni fallor, huius mentionem fecit Vernatti (x) poli 
quem de hoc locuti elTe videntur Iacobaeus {t) et Breynivs 
(P) 
phora ipfa oleum limpidum, excolor, odoris faporisque penetrantioris 
ac magis copiofum, vt circa fcmunciae tres cura dimidia ^ quatuor 
femunciis Cainphorae obtinerentur, modum vero tacens. 
('m) Camai van Rheed. Hort. Malab» T. I, (Amft. 1678. fol.) p. 107- 
iiq. Fig. 57. Laurus CaJJia Linn. 
Kuriindu Ceylanenf. Caflia Cinnamomea Hermann. Hort, Lugd. Baf» 
CataL (L. B. 1687. 8.) P* Lavrvs Cinnamomum, LiNN. 
<(?) 1. c. p. 130. 
• O) Difcourfe on the Cinnamon, Cafpa or Canella. J^TaylOR WHITE; 
in Phil. Transact. Vol. L. P. IL forthe Year 1-7%%. p. 85 o- 875 . cum ic. 
*i adeo Galliam Malabaricani (feil. Corticem in officinis fic diftum) Cinna- 
* momo Ceylanenfi in Difpenfatoriis fubftituere fuadet, ( 1 . c. p 873O 
{q) Bxtrafl of a Letter from Mr. Thomas ComBER dated Fqrt Malho- 
'*^r.ough 5 lan. 1755; Phil. Tr. 1 . c. p. 873-6. verum quidem '^Cinnamo- 
• mum tantum in Ceylona habitare, aft Galliam eandem arborem efle putat, 
(r) jdnmarkn. vid Canekn, in Koyigl. Vetenfk. Acad. Nj/a ^Handl. T, I. 
(1780.) p. 56 — Anmerk. uber den Zimmt — in Aon. SchwTd.^Akad.[d,. 
iP. Ahhcpidl. ^ auf d. I. jjso. B. I. (Leipz. 1784. 8.) P^54. , . 
f /) '*Anfcoers to forne of the Qtieries, vohich were recommendcd hy Sir R. MO- 
'ray to Sir Phil. Vernatti, Prejideyit in lorea Maior ,<zvere left un- 
Mnfvjcrd of thofe that are found in the Hiftory of the R. Society p. i s8 dcc, 
in Phi/of Transabi, Vol. III. f. t. Y. 1668- N. 43, p. 863» e radd, arb. 
Cinnam. . 
r(f) De feminibus plantarum Indicis. Ex Epijlola OliGERtIaCOBAEI L. 
B. 13 Nov. 1674. in Thom. BarthOlin. Abi. Hafn. Ann. 1674 —76. 
VoLm. et IV. Hafn. i677.‘|4, p. 37 - 38. e relatione Herm AN ni: e cor- 
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