Scientific and applied pharmacognosy intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists . pire, and exported by way of Calcutta,and (3) Ceylon Cinnamon, collected from Cinnamomum zeylanicum,indigenous to and cultivated in Ceylon (Fig. 113). Saigon Cinnamon.—In bundles about 30 to 40 cm. in length,and 20 cm. in width, 10 cm. in thickness, weighing to 2 K., andconsisting of pieces varying in size and color from small brownish-black single quills to large, thick grayish-brown, transversely curved
Scientific and applied pharmacognosy intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists . pire, and exported by way of Calcutta,and (3) Ceylon Cinnamon, collected from Cinnamomum zeylanicum,indigenous to and cultivated in Ceylon (Fig. 113). Saigon Cinnamon.—In bundles about 30 to 40 cm. in length,and 20 cm. in width, 10 cm. in thickness, weighing to 2 K., andconsisting of pieces varying in size and color from small brownish-black single quills to large, thick grayish-brown, transversely curvedpieces. Pieces 6 to 30 cm. in length, to 3 cm. in diameter; to 2 mm. in thickness; outer surface dark brown, longitudinallywrinkled, with grayish patches of foliaceous lichens, and numerous CINNAMON 251 lenticels; inner surface light brown, smooth; fracture short; thickinner bark separated from the very thin periderm by a layer of smallstone cells; odor aromatic; taste mucilaginous, aromatic and pun-gent. Cassia Cinnamon.—In quilled pieces, usually shorter thanthose of Saigon Cinnamon, the periderm more or less removed, andthe bark aromatic and somewhat Fig. 112.—A, flowering branch of Cinnamomum zeylanicum; B, leaf-bud of thesame; C, leaf-bud of Cinnamomum Camphora.—A, after Berg and Schmidt;B. C, after Pax. Ceylon Cinnamon occurs in closely rolled double quills com-posed of numerous thin layers of the inner bark of the shoots; theodor is delicately aromatic, and very distinct from either Cassia orSaigon bark. 252 SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED PHARMACOGNOSY
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