canella

Canella, kan-el′a, n. a genus of low aromatic trees, one species the whitewood of wild cinnamon of the West Indies, yielding canella or white cinnamon bark.

It was a gastronomic Mecca to be sure, a tall, slender, wild cinnamon tree,—canella do matto the natives called it.

A good remedy is, 1 oz. powdered canella bark; 1 oz. laudanum; 4 oz. prepared chalk; and one pint water.

It furnishes the true canella bark of commerce, also known as white-wood bark.

As for taste, I had tested the aromatic berries and fruit of my canella tree, and for science' sake had proved two warningly colored insects.