186 NATURAL IIISTOBY OF PLANTS. 



10 Cinnamodendron Enul. — Flowers of" Canella; corolla 4- or 

 O-iiierous. within provided at the base with short thin nearly equal 

 petaloid scales of variable number (most usually 4 or 5). Stamens 

 15-20 (of C(i)u'Ua). Ovary ] -celled; placentas 3-5, oc-ovulate; 

 style short thick ; stigma capitate 3-5-lobed. Ovules berries and 

 seeds of Canella ; pulp copious around the seeds. — Small trees ; 

 leaves alternate exstipulate, with pellucid dots ; cymes few-flowered, 

 axillary, or lateral to the year old branches {Tropical America). 

 See p. 162. 



11. Cinnamosma H. Bn. — Flowers of Ca?iella ; petals 5, quincun- 

 cially imbricated, or 6, imbricated in 2 whorls (the inner 3 alternating 

 with the outer ones), united at the base into a long gamopetalous 

 tubular corolla ; lobes of limb patent, finally reflexed. Stamens not 

 more than 15 (of Canella) connectives produced above the cells into 

 a short tube, straight and truncate at apex. Ovary 1 -celled ; pla- 

 centas 3- or 4 pauci (often 2) -ovulate. Style short conoidal. Ovules 

 and berry of Cinnamodendron. — A shrub ; leaves alternate, exstipulate 

 with pellucid dots ; flowers solitary axillary, provided with a few 

 imbricate bracts like the sepals, but shorter {Madagascar). See 

 p. 162. 



