440 LcturaceCB. [Cinnamomum. 



B. zeylanica, Trim. Sysf. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 75 (1885). 

 Apollonias seylamca,Thvf. Enum. 253. Haasia opposttifolia,yieiissn. 

 in DC. Prod. xv. i, 61. C. P. 2485. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 124 {B. oppositifolia). 



A large tree, young parts glabrous ; 1. large, 4-9 in., oblong- 

 oval or oblong-lanceolate, acute at base, obtuse at apex, entire, 

 glabrous and shining, rather thick, venation reticulate, petiole 

 h-\ in. ; fl. on glabrous ped. panicles on long peduncles, often 

 2 together, with divaricate branches, pcr.-segm. short, rounded ; 

 glands of third row of fil. cordate; fruit f-i in., on a short 

 thick stalk, oblong-ovoid, blunt, smooth, purple. 



Lower montane zone, 3000-4000 ft. ; rather rare. Deltota ; Hantane ; 

 Alagalla ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. February-April. 



Endemic? 



B. IVightii, Hk. f., from the S. Indian hills, figured in Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 298, is a very close ally. 



3. CZZTNABZOnZUM, Bl. 



Trees, 1. opp. or sub-opp., entire, usually 3-nerved, fl. small, 

 often unisexual, in axillary or subterminal panicles or racemes ; 

 perianth-tube short, cup-shaped or campanulate, segm. 6 either 

 deciduous or persistent and enlarged with fruit; stam. 9 in 

 three rows, arranged as in Cryptocarya, anth. 4-celled, glands 

 to third row of fil. oval, staminodes (fourth row) 3, sagittate; 

 fruit ovoid, surrounded at base by enlarged persistent peri- 

 anth, with or without segm. — Sp. 130 (described) ; 26 in 

 FL B. Ind. 



Per.-segm. persistent; 1. strongly 3- or 5-nerved. 



L. oval, very coriaceous . . . . . i. C. zf;vlanicum. 

 L. ovate-lanceolate, slightly coriaceous . . 2. C. multiflorum. 

 Per.-segm. deciduous. 

 L. 3-nerved at base. 



L. under 3 in., broadly oval . . . . 3. C. OVALIFOLIUM. 

 L. over 3 in., ovate-oblong . . . . 4. C. litsE/KFOLIUM. 

 L. penninervcd 5. C. citriodorum. 



I. C. zeylanicum, B/. Bijdr. 568 (1825). Kurundu, .V. Ka- 

 ruva, T. 



Herm. Hort. Lugd.-Bat. 129; Mus. 12. Harm. Thes. 62. Fl. Zeyl. n. 

 145. Laurus Cinnainomuin, L. Sp. PI. 369. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 295. 

 Moon Cat. 32. Thvv. Enum. 252 (excl. van \i and y). Meissn. 1. c. 16. 

 C. Wightii, Meissn. 1. c. 11 (i*) C. P. 2283, 2284, 4000. 



Fl. 15. Ind. V. 131. Herm. Hort. Lugd.-Bat. tt. 655, 656. Burm. Thes. 

 t. 27. Wight, Ic. tt. 134, 123. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 262 (C IVightii). Bentl. 

 and Trim. Med. PI. t. 224. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark rather thick, reddish, twigs 

 often compressed, young {)arts glabrous, buds finely silky; 



