Laurus. enneandria monogynia. 299 



yet I must deem them distinct species for the reason 

 mentioQcd throughout the description, and in a note at 

 the bottom.* 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate, or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, entire, very smooth on both sides, three-nerved, with 

 the lateral nerves vanishing towards the apex. Stipules 

 none. Panicles from the exterior axils, and terminal, 

 crowded with numerous, cross-armed ramifications, divid- 

 ing into others, and finally ending in umbellets of small, 

 whitish-yellow flowers. Calyx of six divisions, which are 

 sublanceolate, nearly equal and very downy, particular- 

 ly on the inside. Nectarial glands, the three that stand 

 alternate with the three interior stamens are sagittate, 

 and purple. Stamens, the three interior filaments have 

 each a pair of large, flat, crenulate glands near the middle, 

 as in L. Cinnamomum, &c. Anthers with four polenifer- 

 ous pits. Stigma large, peltate. 



5. L. culitlaban. Willd. 2. 478. 



Arboreous. Branches appressed. ieayes apposite, ovate, 

 lanceolate, triple-nerved, retrofracted. Panicles terminal, 

 and axillary. Pedicells three-flowered. Nectarial scales 

 sagittate. 



Mai. Culit-lawan, Culi-lawan, or Cortex caryophyl- 

 laides. Rumph. Amb. 2. t. 14. 



About the year 1802, many plants of this tree were re- 

 ceived into the Company's Botanic garden at Calcutta 

 from Amboyna, and in the dry seasons of 1809 10 the only 

 plant that remained alive blossomed. It is about twelve 



* The remarkable, umbelliferous, extreme ramifications of the 

 panicles in this species, readily distinguish it from others hither- 

 to described by me. I must, at the same time say, that I think 

 every attempt to find clear, correct, specific marks in the leaves- 

 alone, will prove fruitless. 



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