Laurus. enneandria monogynia, 297 



and without glands, the other three have a conglobate 

 gland on each side, and alternate with the three short 

 pedicelled, sagittate, nectarial bodies, inserted a little 

 lower down. Anthers four-lobed, &c. as in the other spe- 

 cies. Germ ovate, one-celled, containing one ovula, at- 

 tached to the top of the cell. Style length of the sta- 

 mina. Stigma three-lobed. Berries oblong-oval, smooth, 

 succulent, when ripe, dark blackish purple, the size of a 

 field-bean, one-celled, one-seeded. Seed conform to the 

 berry. Perisperm none. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons ob- 

 long, fleshy. Plumula two-lobed. Radicle ovate, supe- 

 rior. 



2. L. malabathrica. Soland. Mss. 



Leaves oblong, three-nerved, with the lateral nerves 

 distinct to the very apex. Panicles terminal. 

 Katou-karua. Rheed. Mai. 5. t. 53. 

 A native of the Malabar mountains. 



3. L. cassia. Willd. 2. 477. 



Leaves subopposite, lanceolar, triple nerved. Panicles 

 axillary with simple, three-flowered ramifications. Nec- 

 tarial glands sagittate. Stigma triangular. 



Sans. Twuk-pwtra. 



Tej-pat the Hindoo name of the leaves. 



Carua. Rheed. Mai. 1. t. 57. 



Cinnamomum perpetuo florens of Burnt. Zeyl. 1. 28. is 

 too broad in the leaf, and too ovate for this, and seems to 

 me to agree better with my next species L. multiflora, 

 which is also a native of Ceylon. 



An elegant large tree, a native of the various moun- 

 tains of the continent of India. The trees are now com- 

 mon in gardens about Calcutta, originally from the moun- 

 tains of Tippera. Flowering time, in the gardens, the 

 beginning of the warm season ; the seed ripens in July. 



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