WILD CINNAMON.
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Cartel'la al'ba, Murray, L. E. D.— Laurel-leaved Canella orWild Cinnamon.
Sex. Syst. Deeandria, Monogynia.(Cortex, L. D. —Bark, E.)
—The bark of this tree has been frequently confounded with1 °t Dr ' -
' lm ys Winteri. Clusius ( Exot. lib. iv. cap. i. p. 75, and cap. iii.n' Scribes both barks, and notices two kinds of canella bark.
Ta Ny. Gen. Char. — Sepals five. Petals five. Somewhat
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glaucous-blue, contorted in aestivation. Stamens united to form acelf^ an ^ ers fifteen, resetnbling furrows. Stigmas three. Berry three-
( a * * Or llV nlvn-rtiryn
cells one- or two-seeded.
Embryoby fleshy
(a Cco ‘’ 1 or fiy abortion one-celled
a lburn 1D ® t0 Gaertner, but perhaps an error) surroundedcui ' vec b with linear cotyledons ( Decandolle ).
^ ■ ''Bar .—The only species.
°W ? C 8 rcnv ing from ten to fifty feet high. Leaves alternate, shining,^eu G ’ cunea te at the base, coriaceous and opaque when old, dottedfleq >' 0u »g. Flowers small, clustered purple. Berry the size of a pea,//^ Sln °°th, blue or black (Swartz, Trans. Linn. Soc. i. 96).
D ' 'West Indies and continent of America .s<W CRiptj °n.—T he canella bark of the shops ( cortex candles albce),tli e ; nies termed, on the continent, costus dulcis, or costus corticosus, isIler b*ark of the stem and branches.
It occurs in quills or broken0 are hard, somewhat twisted, of a yellowish-white or paleon the internal surface, and have an
ar 0n ® e ‘ Co l°ur, somewhat lighter on the ...uv, «...
f r a c t Ur ^ C c l° v e-like odour, an acrid peppery taste, and a wdiite granular
bauhin and others have confounded it with Winter’s bark : hence it
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The eei1 denominated spurious Winter’s bark {cortex Winteranus spurius).r act e * )a ] e c °lour of its inner surface is one out of several physical cha-in^, ^ by which the two barks maybe distinguished. Chemically, they"bich 6 ^’^fi'S'fished by nitrate of baryta and sulphate of iron, both of°f Ca use precipitates in the infusion of Winter’s bark, but not in thatCo\ l6 ^ a ^ourn. de Pharm. t. v. p. 481).in Ip ° SI TiON.—Canella bark was analyzed, in 1820, by Henry {Ibid.),1823 by Petroz and Robinet {op. cit. vol. viii. p. 197).
\_ Henry's Analysis.
Petroz and Robinet's Analysis.
Wlatile oil.gUmiatic resin.
EvJ' Vn '?b yellow colouring-matter.
pum.
“'arch.
p! bu nien.
o'f'in.
^°alts^
Volatile oil.
Resin.
Bitter extractive.
Canellin.
Gum.
Starch.
Albumen.
Lignin.
Salts.
Canella bark.
Canella bark.
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e a vi Vdl °f Canella bark .—According to Carthcuser it is dark yellow, fluid,2. J{ eij er 'Pan water. It has an acrid taste.
n -—Henry found this constituent to be aromatic, but not acrid.
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