Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    455. Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, Breyne. a. Section of the trunk, polished. b. Portion of a young branch. c. Inner bark. (Ceylon Cinnamon.') d. Ditto, an original bundle. e. Ditto. (Tellicherry Cinnamon.') Note.—Tellicherry cinnamon is similar in appearance to the Ceylon variety, but the inner surface is more fibrous, and the flavour inferior. /. Ditto. (Malabar or Madras Cinnamon.) Note.—This variety is coarser and thicker than the Ceylon variety, and is inferior to the latter in flavour. g. Cayenne Cinnamon. Note— The oil of this kind is more pungent and acrid than that of Ceylon cinnamon. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 440; Joum. de Pharm., vol. hi., p. 434. h. Cinnamon chips, from Dalton & Young, July 6th, 1871. i. Thick cinnamon, from W. E. Pry, Ceylon, May 22nd, 1874. ' Note.—Specimens h and i were presented by Mr. D. Hanbury, Nov.. 1874. Cinnamon chips are the trimmings from the shoots, and are very aromatic. Thick cinnamon occurs in pieces which, in shape and appear- ance, resemble Carthagena bark. It is deficient in aroma, and unfit for pharmaceutical use. See Pharmacographia, p. 472; P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 319. j. Essential oil. (Oil of Cinnamon.) h. Ditto. (Oil of Cinnamon leaf.) ■ Note.—Oil of cinnamon leaf differs in its darker colour, greater viscidity, and clove-like odour. For detection of adulterations in cinnamon pow- der, see Pharmacographia, p. 474 ; and for tincture, see P. J. [3], vol. ii., pp. 467, 641. For artificial oil of cinnamon, P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 231. The small cinnamon of commerce consists of the portions broken during the unpacking of the drug in the dock warehouses, and is often of excellent quality. For oil of Cinnamon leaf, see P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 319. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 224. Z. Brazilian cinnamon, grown near Rio Janeiro. Note.—This bark has a rough surface, and an inferior somewhat soapy flavour. See Pharmacographia, p. 472. 456. DlCTPELLIUM CARTOPHYLLATTJM, Nees. a. Bark. (Clove Cassia Baric, Brazilian Glove Baric, Pao Cravo, Imyra-QjUiyulia.) Note.—This bark occurs in tubular quills, packed one in the other. It has a powerful, clove-like taste. For fig. of the bark, see Goebel und Kunze, Waar., taf. iii., fig. 13. In appearance it resembles cassia; but is darker, and often marked with indistinct transverse lines. It is very hard. P. J. [1], vol. iv., p. 466; Martins, Syst. Mat. Med. Bras., p, 111. • I •