290 LAURiNEiE. [Laurinea. 



Perianth-segments breaking oif at the base, leaving a persistent 



entire cup or disk under the fruit 2. Camphora. 



Perianth wholly persistent 3. Machilus. 



Perianth wholly deciduous 4, Alseodaphne. 



FloAvers dioecious. No starainodia. 



Flowers in pedicellate involucres. Stamens 9 or more. Anthers 



4-celled 5. Tetranthera. 



Flowers in sessile clusters, with bracts at the base. 

 Stamens 9. 



Anthers 4-celled " 6. Actinodaphne. 



Anthers 2-celled 7. Daphnidium. 



Stamens 6. Anthers 4-celled 8, Lits^a. 



1. CINNAMOMUM, Burm. 



Flowers hennaphrodite or polygamous. Perianth. 6 -cleft, the upper half of 

 each segment deciduous. Stamens 9, with 4-celled anthers, 6 (opposite the 

 perianth-segments) opening inwards, without glands, 3 (opposite 3 of the 

 above) opening outwards, and bearing a gland on each side at the base. 

 Staminodia 3 (opposite the 3 other outer stamens), with capitate or cordate 

 abortive anthers. Beny resting on the enlarged 6-lobed base of the perianth. 

 — Trees. Leaves 3-neiTed, irregularly opposite. 



A genus of several species, all from tropical Asia. 



I.e. dulce, Nees, Syst. Laur. 62 ; Wigld, /c. i. 138. A taU, slender, 

 glabrous tree. Leaves from ovate-acuminate and 2|- in. long by 1\ in. broad, 

 to oblong-acuminate and 4 in. long by \\ in. broad, coriaceous and shining, 

 but not thick. Panicles terminal, usually much shorter than the leaves, and 

 seldom so much developed as represented in the above figm-e, slightly hoaiy. 

 Perianths pale-yeUow, about 2 lines long, on pedicels of 2 to 4 lines, fertile 

 stamens not much shorter than the perianth, with oblong anthers as long as 

 the filaments. Staminodia short, with pui-ple heart-shaped heads. Berry 

 small, ovoid. 



In the woods, at East Point, near the Buddhist Temple, Champion ; behind the Govern- 

 ment House, probably not wild, Wilford ; cultivated in the island, Hance ; also Wright. A 

 native of China, but also frequently cultivated. 



The C. zeylanica, Nees, or true Cinnamon, with much larger and more coriaceous leaves, 

 larger, loose panicles, etc., is also cultivated in Hongkong. 



2. CAMPHORA, Nees. 



Characters of Cinnamomum, except that the segments of the perianth faU 

 off entirely, the beny resting upon the somewhat enlarged cup-shaped or 

 disk-shaped, entire or slightly sinuate, base or tube. — Trees, with evergreen, 

 alternate leaves, either 3 -nerved or penni-neiTed. Flowers small, in short pe- 

 dunculate panicles, at first terminal, but becoming lateral by the elongation of 

 the shoot. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. C. Parthenoxylon, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 72. A tall gla- 

 brous tree. Leaves scattered, ovate, shortly acuminate, the larger ones 3 to 

 4 in. long by 2 to 2^ wide, those on the flowering branches much smaller, 

 pinnately nerved. Panicles or cymes 5- to 10-flowered, on pedicels of about 



