442 LcilwaceCB. [Cimimnomum. 



Moist country up to 3000 ft. or higher; common. Fl. July, October, 

 January; pale yellowish-green. 



Endemic. 



The smaller, more ovate, and thinner leaves, and the smaller flowers 

 are the chief distinctions from C. zcyla?ncuiii, with which Thwaites com- 

 bined it. '1 he bark is inferior and not collected. Burmann's figure 

 above cjuoted is very good (= C. perpetiio-floreiis, Wight), but the text 

 refers chiefly to IJtsea sey/anica, and Linnaeus quotes it for his L. Cassia. 

 The plant referred by Meissner to C. incrs, Reinw. (C. P. 37), has rounded 

 or subcordate bases to the leaves, and was collected by Gardner on 

 Adam's Peak. 



3. C. ovalifolium, Wight, Ic. i.. No. 7 (1839). 



C. zeylanicum, var. 7, Thw. Enum. 252. Meissn, 1. c. 22. C. P. 263. 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 133. Wight, Ic. t. 125. 



A small tree, much branched, branchlets stout, quadrangular 

 or compressed, young parts silky-pubescent ; 1. numerous, small, 

 I-3 in., broadly oval, ovate-oval, or subrotundate, rounded or 

 subacute at base, obtuse at apex, usually finely pubescent on 

 both sides but becoming glabrous and shining above, very 

 stiffly coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, the lat. veins vanishing 

 beyond the middle, petiole very stout ; fl. on short pubescent 

 ped., racemes corymbose, axillary, usually shorter than I.; 

 per.-segm. ovate, acute, deciduous ; fruit over \ in., ovoid, 

 apiculatc, surrounded at base by rather shallow truncate cup 

 of perianth-tube. 



Forests and bushy places in mountain zone above 4500 ft.; rather 

 common. NuwaraEiiya; Elk Plains; Totapala; Rangala ; Wattakelle. 

 Fl. March-April, September; greenish-white. 



Endemic. 



Formerly considered by Thwaites as a mountain variety of C. zey- 

 lanicuin, the true Cinnamon, but seems a quite distinct species. Varies 

 in foliage. At the highest elevations the 1. are barely i in., rotundate, 

 and often slightly cordate at base. 



4. C. litseaefolium, Tlnv. Enum. 253 (1861). Kudu- 

 kurundu, .S. 



Meissn. 1. c. 22. C. P. 392. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 132. 



A large tree, 50-60 ft., branched above, young parts 

 pubescent ; 1. 3-5 in., ovate-oblong or ovate- lanceolate, 

 rounded or subacute at base, obtuse at apex, quite glabrous, 

 paler beneath, rigidly coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, the lat. 

 nerves vanishing beyond the middle, petiole \-\ in.; fl. on 

 silky pea., numerous, panicles long, lax, spreading, much 

 exceeding 1.; per,-.scgm. oblong-oval, obtuse, soon deciduous; 

 fruit not seen. 



Montane zone; very rare. llaputale at 5000 ft. (Thwaites). Fl. 

 April May; greenish-white. 



