308 ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LttUrUS. 



ments, and broad-sagittate-cordate heads. Stamina as 

 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 ovida attached 

 to the top of the cell. Style shorter than the stamina. 

 Stigma small, and obscurely three-toothed. Berries round, 

 &c. in size and appearance much like a large black cur- 

 rant. Seed solitary, round, &c. as in the genus. 



12. L. porrecta. R, 



Leaves alternate, oblong, veined, glaucous underneath. 

 Paw/c/es lateral. Nectarial glands ssigiiia,te. Stigma three- 

 toothed. Berries round. 



Cayoo-gaddees. Mar sden'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 in 

 MaJ^ 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 to the base ; the lower 

 ones reclinate, with their extremities ascending, the supe- 

 rior ones expanding. Bark on the trunk, and old branch- 

 es, of a brow nish ash-colour, and somewhat scabrous ; on 

 the young ones smooth and green ; height of the tree, in 

 seven years, about twenty feet. Leaves alternate, petioled, 

 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 to 

 three broad. Petioles about an inch long, channelled, 



* The trinerve or triple-nerve habit, so general amongst our East 

 India Lauri is not found in this species. 



