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Cassia and cinnamon are both aromatic barks and closely allied; when powdered they are almost indistinguishable. In modern times most of the cassia comes from China, the best cinnamon from Ceylon, whence the name of the plant (C. Zeylanicum).

θηρία πτερωτά. Theophrastus (H. P. ix. 5) describes a similar danger to cinnamon gatherers, but from venomous snakes.

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