115. LAURACE^. [6. Beilschmiedia. 



This is united by Tkwaifes with the common Cinnamon jC zeylanicum, Breyn), 

 TOhifh has leaves 4-7" Ion?, shorter panicle?, and flowers '2o long. , , , i 



The ktter7si3robably also cultivated occasionally in the province, but I have 

 not seen it. 



2. C. tamala, Fr. Nees. Tejpat, H., Beng. ; Sisi, Th. 



A moderate sized tree with leaves usually 4-5" long shining above, 

 mostly oblong. Fls. -2-25" long. Tepals deciduous in fruit. 

 Stamens and ovary villous. 



The leaves are often sold in the Bazars, but it is very rarely cultivated m B & O. 

 Native ot the tropical and subtropical Himalaya and no doubt occurs wild m 

 the forests just north of oar boundary. 



3. C. eamphora, F. Nees. The Camphor Tree. 



A small tree with dark-grey rough bark on the trunk and branched 

 low down. Buds perulate with branching of the characteristic laurel 

 type Buds small ovate distinctly perulate. Leaves 2-5-4 long, 

 elliptic-lanceolate or somewhat ovate, acuminate, dark-green above 

 with a whitish or glaucous waxy coating beneath, glands not exter- 

 nally visible, triple-nerved at a considerable distance (-25 or more) 

 from the base, other sec. n. about 2 slender. Petiole long and slender 

 •7" or up to half as long as blade. Flowers very sweet-scented, 

 whitish •17—2" diam. in small pseudo-terminal panicles with the 

 branches 1-2" long ; yellow glands on the inner stamens very con- 

 spicuous. Berry sub-globose black. 



Occasional in -ardens in the damper districts. Fl. March-May. Very slow 



^The'lavThavfa pleasant aromatic odour when crushed, but not more cam- 

 phoraceous in character than many other laurels. 



6. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. 



Usually evergreen trees with penninerved alt. or opp. leaves and 

 small bisexual fls. solitary and in small lateral panicles on the new 

 shoots. Per. tube short. Stamens sub-perigynous, filaments ot 

 innermost series of perfect st. 2-glandular at base with extrorse 

 anthers ; anthers 2-celled ; staminodes ovoid or cordate. J^ruit trom 

 globose to very narrowly oblong or obovoid. Perianth quite deci- 

 duous in fruit. 



Large tree. L. oblong to oblong lanceolate 3-6'' . . . • VafnSt/T/'''' 

 Small tree. L. ell-oblong or narrowly elliptic, 5-9" . . . Y&i. DaLzellit. 



1. B. Roxburghiana, Nees. Syn. B. fagifolia, Nees ; Katea-ratam, 



Katea-u :, K. 

 a. Var. fagifolia, Nees (sp.). 



A large dark-foliaged tree attaining 6 ft. girth with rather smooth 

 lisht bark, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or slightly 

 acuminate leaves 3-6" by •62-1-75". Flowers in very short panic es 

 •5-75" lon« from the leaf-scars and from the axils of caducous scales 

 of the new Ihoots or from the axils of the new leaves. Fruit narrowly 

 oblong -obovoid purple-black, 1-1-75" long. 



Alon- rivers in Singbhum and Porahat (Deo R., Rangan gara, Saikata gara, 

 «tc,nSt common! FL March- April. Fr. May. Re^ie^^* ^ay^s April. 



Leaves tapering at the base, some slightly obovate and attainmg 7 ' by 2 7 , 



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