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 Laurus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon-Tree. 



Class and Order. 



Enneandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat 0. Cor. calycina, 6-partita. Nectarium glandulis 

 tribus, bisetis, germen cingentibus. Filamenta interiora 

 glandulifera, Drupa 1-sperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Laurus Cinnamomum ; foliis trinerviis ovato-oblongis : 

 nervis versus apicem evanescentibus. Willd. Sp. PI. 528. 

 2. p. 477. Blackw. Herb. t. 354. Bot. Repos. 596. 

 Woodv. Med. Bot. 80. t. 27. Gozrtn. Sem. 2. 69. Plenck 

 ic. 312. 



Laurus Cinnamomum; foliis suboppositis trinerviis ovato- 

 oblongis, nervis versus apicem evanescentibus, panicula 

 terminali. Lam. Encycl. 3. p. 441. Persoon Syn. 1. 



p. TTO. 



Cinnamomum foliis latis ovatis, fruffiferum. Burm. Zeylan. 



62. t. 27. 

 Cinnamomum, s. Canella Zeylan ica. Bauh. Pin. 408. 

 Cassia cinnamomea. Herm. Lupdb. 129. t. 655. 



In our account of Laurus Cassia, No. 1636, we have 

 erroneously stated Mr. Brown's opinion to be that Laurus 

 Cinnamomum and Laurus Cassia are generally distinct ; this 

 iearned botanist separates Cinnamomum as a genus from 

 Laurus, but considers the Cassia and the Cinnamon as spe- 

 cies of the same genus. 



Laurus Cinnamomum is the tree that produces the fa» 

 famed spice, the true Cinnamon, so generally admired for its 

 nne aromatic pungent flavour, and held in general estimation 

 both as an ingredient in cookery and in medicine. 



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