moXi)i;hlajiyde,-e. 99 



453. Piper nigrum, L. 



:i. Br.'iiichlet. \\ ith spiko of fvuii .•iiul detached spikes. 

 Baikul, Caiuu-a ; Dr. Thos. Thomson ; Dec, 1871. 



454. Saururus annuus, L. 



<'. Biaiichlct, with iiidnresceuce and fruit. 



Ponds and swamps, Ked Bank ; 13 July, ISGO. 



[The lal)el is apparently in Sutton Hayes' handwriting.] 



SERIES V. DAPHNALES. 

 L.VURINE.-E. 



455. Cinnamomum Burmanni, Bl. var. Sumatreiise. 



((. Twigs, with infliirescenee. 

 Java, S. B. ; 1868. 



456- Cinnamomum Camphora, Nees; (Laurus Camphora, L.) 



(I. Flowering liranehlet (two specimens). 



(1) Sent by Dr. D. J Macgowan, of Ningpo, as the tree 



upon which the Chinese white wax insect feeds, in 

 a letter dated 20 May, 18.56 ; received 5 Aug., 1856. 



(2) " CiuiKi/ii'iiiKiiii Ciijiqihord," Hovt. Bot. Pisa ; 24 April, 



1872. 



457. Cinnamomum Cassia, Bl. 



((. Two leaAes. 



Purchased by (i. .Sampson of a nurservniaii near Canton, as the tiue 

 Cassia, and which is now phmted in the small public j^ardens in the 

 foreign settlement there. It grows singulaily slowly, and ha-s shown no 

 disposition to Howei-. — Letter from Dr. H. K. Hanoe, Whani|ioa, t Feb 

 1872. [The Cassia plant has since been identilied. See .Umru Linn. 

 Soc. Bot., vol. XX., ]>. 22.] 



These leaves, however, have the peculiar sweetness and Havour of the 

 thick Chinese Cinnamon, and have a more lanceolate and less oblong leaf 

 than C. Cas.tic, Bl. 



458. C. citriodorum, Thw. (D.C. Prod.,xv., 22.) "Pangiri Koorondoo" 



(Singh). 



((. Leafy twig, with detached pieces of bark and leaves. 



Ritnapoora district, abotit Galagana, in Ceylon. It flowers 

 in April and May,and fruits in August and 8ej)tomber. 

 [The bark tastes more like cloves than like cinnamon]. 



459. Cinnamomum iners, Reinw. 



ft. Flowering twig. 



Dr. E. J. Waring, Travaiicore, 1863. '• VieMs baik ; is 

 indigenous in Travancore ; the buds are not sold in 

 the bazaar." — E. J. AV. "The bark is collected; 

 it is qiiite devoid of the flavoiu' of cinnamon.' — 

 D. H. 



