Cinnamomum.] . CXXVIII. LAURINER. (J. D. Hooker.) 133 
petioles very robust, terminal buds globose silky, leaves subopposite 3-4 in. 
thickly coriaceous elliptic broadly ovate or oblong obtuse: glaucous beneath, 
nerves 3-6 continued to near the tip, panicles fulvous-tomentose usually 
longer than the leaves, peduncle branches and pedicels very stout few- or 
many-fld., perianth 4 in. lobes deciduous, fruit globose seated on the very 
thick obeonic base of the perianth. C. Bazania, var. parvifolia, Mees in 
Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 32, and Syst. Laurin. 96. 
Niten Hits, Wight, Perrottet, &c.; Dindygul, Wight. . 
. Branches as thick as a goose-quill, apparently soft, shrinking and black when dry, 
young nearly glabrous. Leaves sometimes almost rounded, finely. reticulated beneath, 
se acute; petiole 4-4 in., often: very broad. Panicles long-peduncled ; pedicels 
shorter than the perianth. Fruit in. diam.; base of perianti about $ in. diam., 
obconie, fleshy.—Apparently a very distinct species, but I am not certain that the 
ruit is normal, it has a diseased look. 
16. ©, ovalifolium, Wight Ic. t. 125; branches and petioles very 
robust, terminal buds. very small,leaves subopposite 3—4 in. thickly coria- 
ceous elliptic orbicular or sublanceolate tip rounded or obtuse, nerves 3 
Vanishing beyond the middle, panicles hoary usually shorter than the leaves 
long-peduncled few-fid. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 22. C. zeylanicum, 
var. ovalifolium, Thwaites Enum. 252. 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 4-8000 ft. . d ellipfic- 
| ery young branchlets and leaves silky. Leaves rarely 5 in. long and e ipi i > 
anceolate, pale and finely reticulated beneath, with 3 faint or distinct nerves, bas 
“Smetimes cordate; petiole usually short and very stout, but sometimes $. in. 
Panicles solitary or 2-3-nate, often only 3-fld. Perianth about 2 in. long. Thwaites, 
rom a note on his specimens made subsequently to the publication of his Enemon =o 
was disposed to regard this as distinct from zeylanicúm. The evanescence o 
-— i i tant but not an absolute 
character, o beyond the middle of the leaf is a very constan 
17. c. litsecefoliu Thwaites Enum. 258; glabrous or nearly so, 
leaves subopposite 3-5 in. thickly coriaceous ovate or oblong tip pone clo 
1 : herves 3-5 very indistinct rarely produced to the mid e pe hy. 
Sender, panicles subterminal longer than the leaves branched lax me Y 
DG branth small campanulate silky, lobes early caducous. Merssn. 
* Prodr. xs. 1.22, 
CEYLON ; Centr i ft., Thwaites. . 
; al Province, at Hapotelle, alt. 5000 ft., . 
subs! tree, 50-60 ft. high, branched at the top ; branchlets and small terminal bads 
silky. Leaves hard, flat, pale brown ; nerves almost immersed in , MS mbosa 
at the ute ; petiole 3-2 in. Panicles on long stout peduncles ; flowers subcory 
e 
i ici iantb, stout. Perianth 
abont yp in. lorg branches; pedicels longer than the peri 
18. c. macrocarpum, Hook. f.; branches slender, leaves 5-8 in. 
pblon -lanceolate 3-5-nerved, petiole fi in., fruiting perianth 3 in. aly 
e Y funnel-shaped very shortly 6-toothed, fruit 1 im. long I» 1.57. 
~ RE: C. iners, ight Ic. t. 130. Carua, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soe. 1. 
heede Hort, Mal. i, t. 51. 
CANARA, Dal 
zell, . 2 th 
yen 11-3 in. broad, rather thinly coriaceous, very faintly reticulate beneath, 
: ; than 
Sere atro d in, above the bases etl Lm ei a mc 
the liepa fruiting peduncle long, slender for the size o together with the 
thickereg ^ Of the genus. Fruiting perianth apparently fleshy, 
- “ened pedicel nearly 1 in, long. 
19. c, Sracile, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches slender, leaves 
