Mem a. 
Cinnamomum.] CXXVII. LAURINER. (J. D. Hooker.) 129 
Laur. 33; leaves quite glabrous 8-12 in. very coriaceous elliptic-oblong 
obtuse acute or acuminate 3-nerved, nerves not impressed above, panicles 
very large and stout subterminal and corymbiform often exceeding the 
eaves, perianth subsilky-pubescent, lobes persistent in fruit, stamens and 
ovary sparsely hairy or glabrous, fruit small ellipsoid or subglobose. Meissn. 
in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 12; Wight Ic. t. 139; Kurz For, Fl. ii. 287; Gamble 
Man. Ind. Timb. 305. Laurus obtusifolia, Roxb, FI. Ind. ii. 302; Wall. 
Cat. 2574. L. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 9515. L. Bejolghota and L.:-Bazania, 
Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 559, 560. L. Cassia, Herb. Ham. l 
"CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Hamilton, &c.; Sikkim, ascending 
to 7000 ft. Assam, SILHET and the KHAstA Mrs., and southwards to TENASSERIM 
and the ANDAMAN ISLANDS. . 
À large robust plant, the largest leaved of the Indian species. Leaves often glau- 
cous beneath, nervules faint or distinct; petiole short, robust. Flowers small (4 in 
diam.), often crowded at the ends of the much-branched long-peduncled crowded 
panicles, Fruit 1-3 in. long, succulent ;. peduncle and calyx j- in. long, the latter 
1 in, broad in fruit, lobes rounded in Sikkim specimens, narrower and more acute in 
Silhet ones, . 
36. impressinervium, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 21; leaves 
quite glabrous 3-5 in. elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 3-nerved, nerves deeply 
impressed in age, panicles shorter than the leaves silkily tomentose, fruiting 
"A yx small pyriform or cupular, enclosing the small unripe fruit, lobes 
wholly deciduous. . | 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft., Herb. Griffith, J. D. H.—DISTRIB. Yunan. 
. Branches slender ; buds and young shoots silky. Leaves brown when dry, 1-2 in. 
iam., shining above, paler beneath, with faint reticulations ; petiole very peut 
Panicles shortly peduncled, rather few-fid.. Fruiting calyx and pedicels 4 in.; mout 
quite entire; the fruit is too young to determine its nature. 
4. ©. pauciflorum, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 75, and Syst. 
Laur, 68; leaves quite glabrous 2-4 in. ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 
3-nerved, base acute rounded or cordate, panicles shorter than the leaves 
few-fld. nearly glabrous, calyx-lobes wholly deciduous in fruit. Meisen: HA 
DC. Prodr, xv. 1. 17, excl. var. 8.; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 305; on 
ro 2579. Q. recurvatum, Wight Ic. t. 183. Laurus recurvata, Roxb. Fl. 
- li. 301, ` 
su E mAsTA Mrs. ; alt. 4000 ft., De Silva, J. D. H. & T. T. Assam VALLEY and 
HET, Gamble. . ° 
th A small tree, buds and young shoots glabrous. Leaves very much smaller than in 
e 
nea preceding species, firmly coriaceous, usually glaucous and finely reticulated be- 
à 
Wand doubtfully to this as a variety, is clearly C. Tamala, as the specimen in Herb. 
above the middl ; The drawing of Roxburgh 
: ‘ e, and must be a very different plant. ' MP 
ight has copied (1c. t. 138) is unnamed in the original. Another drawing of 
i xburgh’s named L. dulcis equally disagrees with the description in ora Indi 
: ] Rox- 
burgh’s § strong lateral nerves pfoduced to the tip. Wallich doubtfully refers Ox 
baa ect insula, See also C. zeylanicum 
$ obtusifolium Burma and the Malay Peninsu ( 
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