Beilschmiedia.'] 72. laurine^e. 1G7 



BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nccs. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Flowers in 

 short ptmiclcs or racemes, in the axils of the upper loaves. Perianth 

 deciduous, segments nearly equal. Perfect stamens 9, anthers 

 2-celled ; inner 3 stamens with extrorse anthers ; outer 6 with 

 introrse anthers. Staminodes sessile or cordate. Berry ovate, on 

 the short thick pedicel. Perianth deciduous. 



B. fagifolia, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. 11. G9 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 122. 

 Var. ? Dalzellii, Meissn ; B. fagifolia, P.edd. PI. Sylv. t. 263 ; B. 

 Boxhnrghiana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. ¥1. 222. Evergreen forests of the 

 Konkau and North Kanara ghats ; common on the Ainshi ghdt. Pi. C. S. 

 Fr. n. S. 



CINNAMOMUM, Blume. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, usually 3-nerved 

 at the base. Flowers in axillary or terminal panicles, often uni- 

 sexual. Perianth of 6, sub-equal segments. Perfect stamens 9, G 

 outer eglandular with introrse, 4-celled anthers, the inner .3 perfect 

 stamens with 2 glands at their base, and extrorse anthers. 4th series 

 of 3 short staminodia. Ovai'y free. Fruit supported by the thick- 

 ened receptacle and perianth. 



Fruiting peduncle ^ in. in diameter Fruit § in. long. C. zeylanlcum. 

 Iruiting peduncle | in. in diameter Fruit 1 in. long. C. macrocarpum. 



C. zeylanicum, Breyn in Ephem. Nat. Cur. Dec. 1. Ann. 4. 139 ; Fl. 

 Br. 1. .5. 131 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 262. C. iners, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 

 173. JDalchini, K. ; ohez., bojevar, Vern. Wild cinnamon tree. In the 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, very abundant on 

 the southern ghats in the Kumta and Sidd^pur talukas. Fl. Nov., Feb. 

 Fr. June, July. 



C. macrocarpum. Hook. f. Fl. Fr. I. 5. 133. North Kanai-a in ever- 

 green forests. Supa taluka. Fl. Jany. 



MACHILUS, Nees. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Flowers bi" 

 sexual, in axillary panicles. Perianth of G segments, unchanged in 

 fruit. Stamens as in Cinnamomwn. Berry globose. 



M. macrantha, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. 70 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 140 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. t. 2G4; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 221; M, glaucescem, 

 Wight Ic. 1825 ; Dalz. & Gibs Bomb. Fl. 221. Gulum, M. Through- 

 out the ghats of North Kanara and the Konkan, in moist forests. There 

 may be two species here. M. macrantha, Nees, has a small black fruit 

 size of a large currant, and flowers during Jany., Feb. Fruit ripe May, 

 June. M. glaucescens, Wight, has a large fruit, depressed succulent, size 

 of a small plum, gi'een with white dots, common in the evergreen forests 

 near Yelhipur. Flowers Nov.-Dec- Fr. Feb.-Mch. 



