LAURACE^;. 



675. C. aromaticum Nees Laurin. 52. — C. Cassia Nees and 

 Eberm. pi. med. t. 129. handb. ii. 424-. Laurus Cassia Hort. 

 Kew. ii. 427. Laurus Cinnamomum Bot. Repos. t. 595. — China. 



Branches angular, and petioles covered with broken downiness. 

 Leaves oblong, rather acute at each end, triple-nerved, the nerves 

 vanishing at the point of the leaf; with curved veinlets on the under 

 side. Panicles narrow, silky. — According to Nees v. Esenbeck this 

 is the plant which furnishes the valuable Chinese Cinnamon. The 

 agreeable but powerfully aromatic flavour and odour of the bark does 

 not however seem to exist also in the leaves ; for they, in the stoves of 

 Europe at least, are almost insipid, mucilaginous and somewhat as- 

 tringent, with no taste of either Cinnamon or Cloves. Nees. Cassia 

 bark is supposed by some to come from this, but Mr. Marshall asserts 

 that it is only a coarse Cinnamon obtained from the thick roots or 

 large branches of the Cinnamon Tree. 



676. C. Tamala Fr. Nees and Eberm. handb. ii. 426. Nees 

 Laurin. 56. — Tai, Tadsch or Tedsch Bengal. — Continent of 

 India ; wild in Derwanee and Gongachora ; cultivated in the 

 gardens of Rungpur. 



Branches nearly round, the younger rough with downiness. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, smooth, triple-nerved, 

 the midrib without any lateral veins at the apex. Panicle somewhat 

 terminal and axillary, stalked, divaricating. Calyx camnanulate ; seg- 

 ments obovate, rather sharp pointed, hoary and silky on each side, 

 deciduous below the middle. — Taste of the dried leaves warm, 

 aromatic, at first like Cinnamon, afterwards like Cloves mixed with 

 Camphor. These leaves are sold under the name of " Folia Malabathri, 

 Tamulapathri, or Indi," in the shops, according to Nees ab Esen- 

 beck ; but Blume says he never found this in any samples he examined, 

 although the latter are always mixed up of various species. 



677. C. Loureirii Nees Laurin. 65. — Laurus Cinnamomum 

 Lour. fl. cochin, i. 305. Ni-Kei Japan. Kio Kui Chinese. — 

 The lofty mountains of Cochin-china, to the west towards Laos ; 

 Japan. 



Branches compressed-quadrangular, smooth. Leaves somewhat oval, 

 tapering to both ends, acuminate or blunted, most minutely scaly on 

 the under side, triple-nerved, the midrib having lateral veins below the 

 apex. — The Flowers of Cassia are produced by this species. Accord- 

 ing to Loureiro the old and young branches are equally worthless ; 

 but the middle sized shoots furnish a bark about a line thick, of the best 

 quality, superior to that of Ceylon, and sold at a much higher price. 



678. C. Kiamis Nees in Wall. pi. as. rar. ii. p. 75. laurin. 67 '• 

 — C. Burmanni Blume bijdr. 569. Nees and Eberm. handb. 

 ii. 424 ; is said to produce one of the sorts of Massoy bark ; but 

 according to Blume that article is not furnished by any species 

 of Cinnamon. 



679. C. Culilawan Blume bijdr. p. 571. Rumphia p. 26. t. 9. 

 f. 1. and t. 10. f. 1. Tydsch. nat.gesch. i. 62. not Nees v. E. — 

 Laurus Culilawan Linn. sp. 530. L. Culilawang N. v. E. disp. de 

 cinn. p. 61. excl. descr. pi. jav. — Amboyna, especially in Leitimor 

 near the villages of Saya, Rutton and Ema ; probably in other 



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