of the Canella alba. 99 
Solander, handed down to pofterity the real marks of that new 
genus, in vol. v. of Med. Obf. and Inq. p. 46 & feq. 
As, however, even of late, * there has been a relation fuppofed 
between thofe two genera, the following defcription, taken from a - 
number of perfect fpecimens, will remove all doubt of their being 
totally diftinct. 
Canella alba is a tree whofe (fem rifes from 1o to 50 fect-in 
height, very ftraight and upright, and branched only at the top. 
The bark is whitifh, by which it is commonly known at firft fight 
in the woods. 
The branches are erect, and not fpreading. 
The leaves are petiolated, and grow in an alternate order, but not 
regularly. They are oblong, pointed at the end, entire in the 
margin, and without any diftinct nerves or veins; of a dark green 
hue, a thick confiftence, like thofe of laurel, and fhining. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the branches in clufters, but 
upon divided footftalks : they are fmall and feldom open, and of 
a violet colour. 
The character of the flowers is as follows in botanical language, 
which is the moft proper and expreffive. 
Car. Perianthium monophyllum 3 lobum. 
Lobi ad bafin fere divifi, fubrotundi, concavi, incumben- 
tes, virides, glabri, membranacei, perfiftentes. 
Con. Petala 5 calyce longiora, oblonga, feflilia, concava, erecta, 
duo paulo anguftiora, confiftentia, decidua. 
Neëtarium urceolatum, longitudine petalorum, antherife- 
rum, deciduum. 
Stam, Filamenta nulla. 
* Linn. Suppl. p. 247. 
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