308 ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Laurus. 
ments, and broad-sagittate-cordate heads. Stamina as “7 
in the genus, viz. six forming the exterior series, with the 
side of the anthers containing the four poleniferous pits 
facing the stigma; the inner three with their anthers re- 
versed ; (i. e. the four poleniferous pits facing outward. 
Germ ovate, one-celled, containing one ovula attached 
to the top of the cell. Style shorter than the stamina. 
Stigma small, and obscurely three-toothed. Berries round, 
&e, in size and appearance much like a large black cur- 
rant. Seed solitary, round, &c. as in the genus. eee 
Bae RE tn eee i 
12. L. porrecta. R. “ion 
Leaves alternate, oblong, veined, glaucous underneath, 
Panicles \ateral. Nectarial glands sagittate. a ps 
toothed. Berries round. i 
Cayoo-gaddees. Marsden’s Sumatra, p. 129. 
A native of Sumatra. From thence Dr.Charles Campbell — 
sent plants to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where af 
ter seven years they blossomed during the cool months = 
of December and January, and ripened their berries 
May. Roots, the ligneous parts very much like sassafras, — 
and possessing the same pleasant, sweetish, aromatic 
taste and fragrance. Trunk straight to the top of the tree, 
and clothed with numerous branches tothe base ; the lowe? — 
ones reclinate, with their extremities ascending, the supe- 
rior ones expanding. Bark on the trunk, and old branch- 
es, of a brownish ash-colour, and somewhat scabrous; 00 ae 
the young ones smooth and green ; height of the tree, 
seven years, about twenty feet. Leaves alternate, petioled, a 
veined,* permanent, oblong, entire, generally acuminate, 
firm, both sides smooth, the upper polished, the under 
glaucous, from three to six inches long, and from two © — 
three broad. Petioles about an inch long, channelled, - 
* The trinerve or triple-nerve habit, so general amonget our East 
India Lauri is not found in this species. 4 
