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or  orange-colored  layer.  The  bark  from  the  branches  is  curved,  has  a 
dark-gray  corky  layer,  from  which  numerous  white  warts  protrude,  and 
comes  in  solid  pieces  not  pared  towards  the  edges. 
3.  Brazilian  Angustura  bark1  consists  of  slightly  curved  pieces,  20  to 
25  cc.  (8  to  10  inches)  in  length,  and  1  to  \\  mm.  (about  ^  inch)  in 
thickness.  It  possesses  a  lasting  bitter  taste,  does  not  swell  in  water, 
is  often  covered  with  an  ash-gray  layer,  occasionally  with  extraordi- 
narily strongly  developed  warts,  and  is  always  marked  with  longitudinal 
red  or  black  spots  on  a  yellow  ground.  The  inside  of  the  bark  is  red, 
and  has  paler,  distinct,  elongated  fibres. 
4.  Guaiacum  bark. — Flat  or  slightly  curved,  very  hard  and  compact 
pieces,  4  to  6  mm.  (about  \  inch)  in  thickness,  covered  with  a  brown- 
gray,  corky  layer,  partially  peeling  off,  and  having  a  smooth,  whitish* 
gray  bast. 
5.  Copalchi  bark. — Long,  cylindrical  quills,  2  to  6  mm.  (^  to  -|-inch) 
in  thickness,  covered  with  a  corky  layer,  whitish  or  light  yellow,  dense, 
hard,  compact ;  bast  reddish-brown,  fracture  coarse  and  irregular.  The 
odor  of  the  powdered  bark  is  terebinthinous  and  its  taste  strong  and 
bitter. 
6.  Cinchona  bicolorata  or  Tecamez. — Flat,  curved  or  quilled  pieces,  7 
to  30  cc.  (3  to  12  inches)  in  length,  and  1  to  2  mm.  to  y2  inch) 
in  thickness,  externally  smooth  or  somewhat  wrinkled,  variable  in 
color;  the  middle  layer  is  cinnamon-brown,  the  inner  surface  is  longi- 
tudinally striate,  and  the  bast  layer  very  thin. 
7.  Bark  of  Samadera  Indlca. — Voluminous,  slightly  curved  pieces, 
having  a  yellow  or  brown  corky  layer  and  a  fibrous  bast;  the  inner 
layer  is  darker  than  the  bark-parenchyma. — Pharm.  Ztg.^  Dec.  11, 
1878,  p.  853. 
Adulterated  Kamala. — A  sample  of  Kamala  imported  from  India 
consisted  of  a  reddish-brown,  heavy  powder,  appearing  under  the 
microscope  as  transparent  masses,  and  of  white  amorphous  and  crystal- 
line bodies.  It  left  79*5  per  cent,  of  ashes,  and  as  analyzed  by  A. 
Kremel  was  found  to  be  adulterated  with  a  silicate,  very  probably  red 
bole. 
Another  more  interesting  sample  was  exhibited  at  Vienna  by  Dr. 
1  The  bark  of  Esenbeckia  febrifuga,  Martius.  See  "Amer.  Jour,  of  Phar.,"  1874, 
pp.  50  and  414. — Editor. 
