CLASS IX. 



ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



LAURUS. Schreh. gen. n. «fJ8. 



Calyx one-leaved, six-cleft. Corol none. Anthers four- 

 celled. Cerm superior, one-celled ; attachment .superior. 

 Berry .superior, one-.seeded. Embryo inverse, without 

 perispenn. 



.SECT. 1. Leaves opposite. 



1. It. Cinnamomum. W'dld. 2. 477. 



Leaves oppo.site, ovate-oblon;,', three-nerved. Panicles 

 terminal, with the extreme ramifications three-flowered. 

 Nectar ial glands .sagittate. 



Cinnarrioinum foliis latis, &c. Jiurm. zeyl. (}2 t. 27. 



Ka.s.s<: Koroude of the .same. 



Dar-cheen«, often pronounced dal-cheene, the Persian, 

 llindee and Bengalee name of Cinnamon. Twu\<.-\mira, 

 Ootkuia, Bhng«, Twwcha, Chocha, V^wranguka, are some 

 of the numerous Sanscrit names of Cinnamon, and Dr. 

 Carey says the last three are also given to the hark of 

 Laurus Cassia, commonly called Cassia lignea, or Cas- 

 sia bark. 



This well known tree seems still to require a little 

 illustration, particularly as there are no doubt several 

 varieties, if not species, included under this name. 

 When General Hay Macdowall was in command on the 

 Lsland of Ceylon, he sent to the liotanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta in 1801, several plants of the first, or best sort ; 

 called by the Cingalese Kasse Koronde. Tlicse plants 

 have now, 1810, attained to the height of twenty 

 feet ; the trunk is short, and from sixteen to eighteen 



