the sea-side balsam

765

THE utu u .'ii.k/i

of j*) Lees, of the Bahama Islands , has fully confirmed the accuracyn,. r< Lindley’s opinion. The Croton Cascarilla, Don, L. ( C. Pseudo-

i (not Cascarilla) bark.

' ""'Bley’s opinion. The (

Bot . bode,) yields Copalchi x _

YXY - Gen. Char. —See Croton Tiglium.silv er ’ 11AR ' — Leaves ovate, acuminate, quite entire, smooth, beneath(S\va o " 3 ^ scales. Racemes compound axillary. Stem arborescentFI- Ind. occ .)

alter n a ^ C ^ es . ari( i twig* angular, somewhat compressed. Leaves stalked,Mai es . a s b°rt biit obtuse point. Flowers monoecious, subsessile.

styles \7~Fetah whitish. Stamens ten to twelve. Ovary roundish :Hotjv, u G - bifid; stigmas obtuse. Capsule roundish, minutely warted,

^ C l bigger than a pea, with three furrows, three cells, and six valves

j)pf' 'The Bahama Islands, Jamaica .

<< m UPTl0N -— Eleutlieria or Cascarilla bark ( cortex eleuterice sen

>a 0 r e a ‘’ * s ln the form of fragments, or quills, of about one or two,u sual] lardy b'ree or four, inches long, the fragments being thin, andsizg CUr ved both longitudinally and transversely, the quills varying incojj). 0111 b ,a t of a writing pen to that of the little finger. The bark isSouf e C b bard, modei-ately heavy, and has a short resinous fracture.cii lc j the pieces are partially or wholly (not fibrous or splintery, as incovered with a whitish, rugous epidermis, cracked bothc °lour an( l transversely. The cortical layers are of a dull brown

b ec ulia b he taste of this bark is warm, spicy, and bitter; its odour is("bieli^L ^ Ut a o reea ble. When burned, it evolves a pleasant odourbeated'i ** as been compared by Pfaff to that of vanilla or amber whenp£ 0 '’On which account it is a constituent of fumigating pantiles.forty.ji 'Essai sur Cryptogames, 1824) has enumerated no less than(P a) , t ! x ‘’ species of lichens found on this bark. With one exception*bese P erla t a > which I have never seen on cascarilla), every one ofCo ftlmo C lens bas an adherent, crustaceous, amorphous thallus. A veryVery \vh- Species ' s Lecidea Arthonioides, Fee: the thallus of which is(Jon lte > an d the apothecia minute, round, and black,die ljA ERCE -—L is imported from Nassau , in New Providence (one ofto trace ama Elands). Of sixteen imports, which I have been enabled1833 in the bills of entry, eight were from Nassau , threeSoiQg an d two from Lima; the others were from European ports,

perefia U>ese probably were returned goods. Those from Belize mayPe nnv Ce be the produce of the Bahamas . 4,579 lbs. paid duty (one

Cojjb er bj-) in 1838.

bti, jr °)? Tl0N •—Cascarilla bark was analyzed by Trommsdorf (Gme-s tati Ces % 'jf' Ghem. ii. 1319), who obtained from it the following sub-file of'~hi- atl ^ e L6, bitter resin 15T, gum and bitter matter withdete c t e q . 1w% de of potassium 18‘7, woody fibre 65 - 6. Meissner {Ibid.)Lit..-, la _ the ashes of the bark the oxide of copper. Brandes fieri.

s n,fi existence of a peculiar alkaline sub-

Mrb

b in the ashes of the bark the oxide oj copper, inumu,,, ^-

s tan r ' ^ Xll b) has annoimced the existence of a peculiar alkaline sub-e wscarillina).

. b VqI

\ T . a y38. a if °f Cascarilla .—It possesses the odour and taste of the bark. Its sp. gr.

. ltr ic s c °lour is variable, sometimes being greenish, at others yellow or blue,fjer th e i, C °, !lve . rts into a yellow, pleasant, smelling resin. By distillation with

Resin about 1-1 "20th of its weight of this oil.

►separated from the alcoholic tincture of the cascarilla by the addition of