304 ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Laurus. 
above the middle, smooth, deep green. on both sides; — 
about four or five inches long, and from one to one and 
a half broad ; when young coloured like those of the Cin-. 
namon tree. - Panicles terminal, or opposite near the ex- 
tremities of last year’s shoots, or the base of the present; 
when so, the coloured leafy shoot from the centre, gives to 
the whole the appearance of a large tufted panicle. Bractes 
minute, caducous.. Flowers small, of a pale yellowish 
colour, on pretty long, slender, diverging pedicels. Calyx 
none. Corolas in L. Cinnamomum. Nectarial glands 
cordate, dark purple, on short, thick, yellow filaments. 
Stamens exactly as in L, Cinnamomum. _ Germ ovate. 
Style crooked, the length of the stamens. Stigma Dr 
large, and: glanduiar. 
From tho sweet aromatic taste, and smell of the leaves 
and bark of this pretty tree, I am inclined to think itis 
this which yields the thin, small, quilled cinnamon like 
Cassia, and Cassia-buds. carried from China to Europe 
and elsewhere. . 
It is readily distinguished from L. cinnamomum by 
its long narrow leaves in which the nerves vanish a little 
above the middle, and-by its cordate nectarial glands. 
From Laurus Cassia it is - readily distinguished. by its 
leaves ; there the nerves are triple, (that is they meet the 
main or middle one considerably above the base of the 
leaves) and continue distinct to near the apex, as in Ca- 
rua Rheed. Mal. vol. 1, f. 57. be 
SECT. 2. Leaves alternate. 
10. L. camphorifera. Willd. 2. 478. 
Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, three- 
nerved. Panicles axillary, with alternate corymbifo 
ramifications, Nectarial glands clavate, hairy. - 
The trees from which my description, and: capa a 
this famous plant are taken, grow at Hottentos Hollané 
near Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. 
