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the others and smaller, each opening by a valve with its hinge 

 above ; staminodes opposite the inner perianth-segments, similar in 

 form to the " glands " at the base of the inner stamens, but 

 larger. Ovary superior, 1 -celled, with a single pendulous, anatro- 

 pous ovule ; style shorter than the stamens ; stigma bilobed. 

 Fruit slightly fleshy, ovoid, more than \ inch long, smooth, sur- 

 rounded at base by the enlarged, cup-shaped, truncate or 6-lobed 

 perianth. Seed not filling the fruit, without endosperm ; coty- 

 ledons large, plano-convex. 



The above description applies to the form which is considered 

 by botanists as the type of the species j but there are various 

 cinnamon trees differing in height, in the form, size and texture 

 of the leaves, and in other points. Meissner makes 6 varieties of 

 the present species, and gives also many other allied species 

 which have been described by various authors ; but it is now 

 generally considered (see Thwaites and Beddome) that many of 

 these cannot be maintained as distinct, being united by chains of 

 intermediate forms. Figures of several will be found in the 

 works quoted above of Hayne, Nees, and Wight. 



Habitat. G. zeylanicum, as its name indicates, is a native of 

 Ceylon, where it is general in forest districts, reaching to 3000 ft. 

 in the hills, and is also very extensively cultivated in plantations, 

 called " gardens." It has been introduced into India, Java, China, 

 Senegal, Brazil, and the West Indies, but the bark yielded in 

 those countries is deficient in aromatic qualities. It is a stove 

 plant in England, where it has been cultivated since 1768 in 

 botanic gardens ; the panicles of flowers are small compared with 

 naturally grown specimens. 



Thwaites, Enum. PL Zeyl., p. 252 ; Meissner, in DC. Prod., xv, 

 sect. 1, p. 13; Miquel, Fl. Ind. Batav., i, p. 898; Lindl., Fl. 

 Med., p. 329. 



Official Parts and Names. CINNAMOMI CORTEX. The inner 

 bark of shoots from the truncated stocks ; OLEUM CINNAMOMI. 

 The oil distilled from Cinnamon Bark (B. P.). The inner bark 

 of shoots from the truncated stocks (Cinnamomi Cortex) (I. P.). 



