Vegetable substances used for the food of man / by Dr. Lankester. With illustrations.

  • Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874.
Date:
[1850?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vegetable substances used for the food of man / by Dr. Lankester. With illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and buds are known in commerce as cassia lignes and cassia buds ; these have the same aroma though in an inferior degree to cinnamon, and it is said that they are in many cases very extensively substituted for the latter. They are both imported into this coun- try to a very large amount. Tur Crove—Caryophyllatus aromaticus—is na- tive of most of the Molucca islands, where it has