308 LAURACE^. 



j3. latifolium, Roxb. (i/. B. p. 30. — C. zeylanicum, Wight, icon. 1, t. 



123.) 

 y. angustifoUum, Roxb. (/. c. — Wight, icon. \, t. 128. — Laurus Cassia, 



B. M. 40, t. 1636. — Cinnamomum perpetue florens, Burm. zeyl. 



jp. 63, t. 28.— Rheed. 1, t. 57.) 



6. albifiorum, Nees. (o. c. jo. 75. — Wight, icon. 1, A 140. — C. campho- 

 ratum, Bl. — Laurus Cassia, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 297. excl. syn. Willd. 

 and Rheed.) b Nepal. Tipperah. Fl. small, white, Feb. March and 

 April ; fr. June and July. Bark smelling and tasting strongly of 

 camphor and cinnamon. 



7. dulce, Nees. (?. c. — C. chinense, Bl. — Laurus dulcis, Roxb. fi. ind. 2, 

 p, 303 ; — Wight, icon. 1, t. 138.) 5 China. Fl. small, pale yellowish, 

 March and April ; fr. R. ^. -^Leaves and bark of a sweet aromatic 

 taste and odour. (Roxb.) 



8. Culitlawan, Nees. (/. c. — Wight, icon. 1, t. 137. — Laurus Culitlawan, 

 Roxb. fi. ind. 3, p. 299 ; — Laurus Caryophyllus, Lour. — Cortex 

 caryophylloides, Runiph. 2, t. 14.) b Moluccas. Cochin China. Fl. 

 small, white, inodorous. In H. C. G. fl. March and April. {Roxb.) 

 Bark smelling like a mixture of sassafras and cloves, yielding by dis- 

 tillation an essential oil which the inhabitants of Amboyna esteem an 

 excellent remedy in retention of urine, when given in a dose of six 

 drops twice a day. (Roxb.) 



d. } recurvatiim, Wight, {icon. 1, t. 133. — Laurus recurvata, Roxb.fi. 



ind. 2, p. 301.) B China. In H. C. G. fl. April and May. (Roxb.) 

 10. caudatum, Nees. (o. c. p. 76.) b Nepal. Has not fl. here. 

 Camphora, Nees, {Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, p. 72.) 



L officinarum, Bauh. {Nees. I. c. — Laurus Camphora, L. ; B. M. 53, t. 



2658. — L. camphorifera, Kilmf. amoen. t. 771 ; — Roxb. fi. ind. 2, p. 



304.) ^^^ Kurpoor. Officinal Camphor-tree, b China. Japan. Fl. 



small, pale greenish-yellow, March and A})ril. 

 2. glandulifera, Nees. (/. c. — Laurus glandulifera, Wall. ; trans, med. 



and phys. soc. Calcutta, 1, p. 45, with a plate.) L. b Nepal Moun- 

 tains. Fl. small, odoriferous, yellovvdsh-greenish. Has not fl. here. 



Wood pale yellow, very light, possessing little strength, while fresh 



strongly smelling of camphor, unfit for furniture. {Wall.) 

 S. porrecta, (C. Parthenoxylon, Nees. I.e. — Laurus Parthenoxylon, yacA. 



mal. misc. 1, p. 28. — L. porrecta, H. B. p. 30 ; — Roxb. fi. ind. 2, p. 



308. — L. Pseudo-sassafras, Bl.) L. b Penang. Sumatra. Java. P'l. 



small, pale yellow. In H. C. G. fl. C. S. ; fr. May. {Roxb.) Wood 



strong and durable, if not exposed to wet. {Jack.) 

 OcoTEA, Aubl. {Nees. o. c. p. 70.) 



1 . glaucescens, Nees. (o. e. p. 7 1 . — Laurus glaucescens, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, 



p. 307. — L. sylvestris. Bks. Herb.) L. b Silhct. Northern Circars. Fl. 



.small, greenish-yellowish, Feb. March and /Vpril ; fr. May and June. 



Timber used by the natives for many economical purposes. {Roxb.) 



