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trorse, I find them alternately introrse and extrorse, thus 
the outer petaloid series, is introrse; those with 2 glands 
at the base are extrorse, the 3 remaining are again introrse. 
The outer series of the perianth I call bracteolæ, as they 
resemble entirely those at the base of the calyx and of the 
spike, 
LAURACEZ. 
CINNAMOMUM. 
Cinnamomi sp. 
Arbor vel arbuscula, ramulis petiolis foliisque utrinque 
breviter et pallida ferrugineo-tomentosis, fol. alternis ovatis 
vellanceolatis, obtuse acuminatisque subtus glaucis supra 
,marginibuscartilagineis. Paniculis axillaribus 
terminalibus breviter punctat. foliis longioribus. Bractels 
caducis, floribus extus brevissime tomentosis (velutinis?) 
pallidissim. viride lutescent. : 
Inflorescentia nuda. Per. connivens brevissime tomentos. 
Stamina 3 interiores series, latere dehiscent. glandule 
maxime ; stam. sterilib. alternant. sagittatis, lobulo minimo 
interjecto. Stigma capitat. 
Odor. florum ingratis amylaceus, vix aromatica. 
Has. In sylvis. Mergue. Nov. 1834. : 
Cinnamomum N. ab. E. in cujus dissertatione de Laurine? 
Indie orientalis analysis ultra limitis nature ducentur. 
basin 3-nervus 
PERSEA. 
Persee sp. 
Abor. humilis, fol. lanceolato-elliptica coriaceis uM 
obtusis marginib. cartilagineis subtus glaucis inflorescen 
nuda paniculata paniculis terminal. et axillis folior, superior 
cymosis, floribus minutis viridi-lutescent. 
