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LAURACEAE 



1. CINNAMOMUM Tournefort 



CINNAMOMUM BURMANNI Blume Bijdr. (1825) 569; Meissn. in DC. 

 Prodr. 15 * (1864) 17; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 179; Naves in 

 Blanco PL Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 115; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. 

 Manila (1892) 142. 



An introduced species, rare in cultivation. I have seen but a single 

 Philippine specimen, from Nagcarlan, Laguna Province, Luzon. Java, Su- 

 matra, reported also from southern China and from Japan, the last two 

 records perhaps based on erroneously identified specimens, or perhaps on 

 material from introduced plants. 



Local name: Canela (Sp.). 



CINNAMOMUM INERS Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. (1825) 570, Rumphia 1 

 (1835) 41, t. 17, 18; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 15 ' (1864) 19; Gamble 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 75 * (1912) 76; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 180. 



Mindanao (Lanao), Palawan, Tawitawi, Clemens 951, 394, Elmer 104.73, 

 12992, F. B. 28000 Cenabre, Baldemor, & Aduviso. In forests up to 700 m 

 altitude. Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Local name: Namog (Tagb.). 



CINNAMOMUM MERCADOI Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 224; Ceron 



Cat. PL Herb. Manila (1892) 142; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forest. 



Bull. 1 (1903) 21, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) ,Suppl. 56, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 152; Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 704. 

 Laurus culilaban Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 315, ed. 2 (1845) 222, ed. 



3, 2 (1878) 51, non Linn. 

 Laurus cassia Blanco op. cit. 317, 323, 53, non Linn. 

 Cinnamomum iners Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 36, t. 78,, f. A (as 



var. subvenosa Vid.) non Reinw. 

 Cinnamomum paucifloruvn. F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 179, non Nees. 

 Cinnamomum tamala F.-Vill. op. cit. 180, non T. Nees & Eberm. 

 Cinnamomum zeylanicum F.-Vill. op. cit. 179, non Nees. 



Babuyan Islands and northern Luzon to Mindanao. Common in forests 

 at low and medium altitudes, some forms ascending to 2,000 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Kalingad (Pamp.) ; kalingag (Tag., Bag., S. L. Bis., Lan.) ; 

 kalingak (Tag.) ; kandoroma (Ilk.) ; kanila (Ilk., Bik., Pang.) ; kanilau 

 (Bik.) ; kaningag (S. L. Bis.); karinganat (Neg.) ; kasiu (Ilk.); kuliuan 

 (Neg.) ; makalingag (Tag.); marobo (Si. L. Bis.); samiling (Tag.); si- 

 miling (Tag.); uliuan (Neg.). 



CINNAMOMUM MINDANAENSE Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 705. 



Mindanao (Surigao, Davao, Zamboanga), Elmer 11105, Williams 2868, 

 B. S. 16^58 Reillo, F. B. 24311 Tecson. In thickets and forests at low and 

 medium altitudes. This is probably the species yielding the "cinnamon" 

 exported from Mindanao in the early colonial period. Endemic. 



Local names: Kalingag (Mbo.) ; kami (Bag.). 



