ON THE MALAMBO BARK OP CARTHAGENA. 3i 
154° and 158°F.; its density is 0-79 ; its taste is acrid. On 
analysis it was found to correspond to C 26 H 24 Ns0 6 . 
Ammonia, hydrochloric and sulphuric acids do not alter it, 
but concentrated sulphuric acid decomposes it in a similar man- 
ner to the preceding body, and there is formed sulphate of 
ammonia, while acetic and valerianic acids are set free. 
When chlorine is passed into it the liquid becomes heated, 
and on cooling deposits beautiful crystals of a chlorinated com- 
pound. Bromine acts in the same manner, giving rise to two 
bodies, one crystallizing in small needles, the other liquid, and 
w T hich violently attacks the eyes and olfactory organs. 
Towards the end of the distillation of the crude product yield- 
ing the two preceding oils, the author obtained a heavy oil, 
which had the smell of cinnamon ; but he was not able to in- 
vestigate it more minutely, from want of material. — Ibid, 
from Liebig's Annalen, 
ART. IX.— ON THE MALAMBO BARK OF THE PROVINCE OF 
CARTHAGENA, SOUTH AMERICA. 
By W. Hamilton, M. B. 
In the third volume of the Pharmaceutical Journal, 
page 169, I observed an interesting and instructive paper, 
by^Mr.Ure, on the Malambo or Matias bark, of New Gra- 
nada, with some notice of its sensible qualities. 
Having, as far back as the year 1825, received a portion 
of bark, under the former of these names, from my indefa- 
tigable correspondent, Edward Watts, Esq., British Consul 
at Carthagena, accompanied by extracts from some of the 
Spanish writers on the natural history and productions of 
that province, detailing its medicinal properties, but without 
