rather varieties than diftin& fpecies. On the other hand, 
Gartner's diffeétions of the fruits of the two trees, if there be 
no error, which, as he had them for examination from the 
Leyden colle€tion of feeds, is certainly not impoffible, fhews 
them to be fo diftin&, as to lead to a ftrong fufpicion that they 
muft belong to feparate genera. 
The true Cinnamon and the Caffia, as preferved in our ftoves, 
though eafily diftinguifhed by the eye of an experienced culti- 
vator, are not very readily charaéterized as diftin& fpecies b 
their foliage or habit; but when the flowers are fubmitted to 
careful examination, the ftamens are found to be fo remarkably 
different as to give countenance to Mr. Brown’s opinion of 
their being, in reality, generically diftin& (vide Prod. Fl. Nove 
Hlollandia, p. 401, ad finem). 
The red colour of the leaves on the young fhoots does not 
occur in the’Cinnamon, and in the {pring of ‘the year readily 
diftinguifhes the plants at firft fight. Mr. Marspen, in his 
Natural Hiftory of Sumatra, notices this appearance on the 
Caffia trees on that ifland. 
The Caffia, as cultivated in our ftoves, is a much more 
fightly fhrub than the Cinnamon, not only on account of the 
above-mentioned variety of colour in the foliage, but as being 
generally more healthy, the leaves being far lefs liable to be 
injured by the fudden changes of our atmofphere. 
Our drawing was made at Meffrs. Wuittey, Brame, and 
Mitne’s Nurfery, at Fulham, in May, where it has flowered 
freely every {pring for feveral years paft, 
