550 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



Arbuscula vel Frutex magna cortice cinereo, punctis elevatis 

 aspero. Hamuli virides, pilosi. Folia alterna, bifaria, 

 approximata, apicem versus latiora, apice acuminata, ad 

 basin emarginata, serraturis minutis incisa, trinervia, venis 

 minutissime reticulata, glabra, supra nitida. Petiolus teres, 

 ad apicem incrassatus, brevissimus, pilosus. Stipulce ge- 

 minae, laterales, erecta?, bipartitae, sessiles, lanceolatae, pe- 

 tiolo dimidio breviores. Panicirfa terminalis, ramosissima, 

 patens, ramis divaricatis, teretibus. Bract ece ad basin pe- 

 dicellorum stipulaeformes ; ad apicem triphyllae, obtusse, 

 deciduae, triflora?. Flores parvi, lutei, ad apices singulo- 

 rum pedicellorum terni. Calyx pentaphyllus foliolis paten- 

 tibus, deciduis, concavis, obtusis, oblongis, apices versus 

 latioribus, coriaceis. Fetala quinque calyce alternantia, 

 hujusque foliolis multo breviora, cavitate mellifera\ ad un- 

 guem insculpta, apice acuta. Filament a Tpim'ima, inaequalia, 

 subulata, hypogyna. Germen superum, sessile, subrotun- 

 dum. Stylus subulatus. Stigma simplex. 



Drupa globosa, nuce, abortu forte loculorum 1 vel 2, di- vel tri- 

 sperma. 



Obs. Microcos paniculata folia habet basin versus latiora, sub- 

 tus tomentosa, et secundum Burmannum bracteas (calycem 

 communem) hep taphy lias. 



Carua, p. 107- Jig. 57. 



Rheede evidently took this for the Cinnamon in its uncultivated 

 state ; and Burman was of the same opinion : for although he 

 does not quote the Carua as synonymous with his Cinnamomum 

 foliis latis, ovatis, frugiferum (Then. Zeyl. 62.), he says, " Cin- 

 namomi descriptio in Horto Malabarico accurata et egregia ex- 

 hibetur ; — ita ut licet haec nostras Horti Malabarici figurie non 

 respondeat, ipsnm tarn en et legitimum sit Cinnamomum ; — nota- 



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