Machilus.} LAURINEZ. 899 
*Buds enclosed in large, orbicular, concave, silky, caducous, imbricating 
scales ; leaves alternate, penninerved ; ne of principal nerves pitted ; 
perianth-lobes wholly deciduous [p. 898 Camphora 
1770. porrelgaaey Tamata Fr. Nees; F. B. I. v. 128; E. D. 
C. 1183. Laurus Cassia F. I. ii. 297. 
chibi cultivated in C. Bengal, N. Bengal, and E. 
neal. 
‘i medium tree. Beng. Tej-pat; Hind. Talispatra, 
ez-pat. 
1771. CinNAMoMUM oBTUSIFOLIUM Nees; F. B. I. v. 128; BE. D. 
165. Laurus obtusifolia F. I. ii. 302. 
&- 
— tree. Beng. Ram tej-pat, kinton; Magh. 
1772. Ciao ZEYLANICUM Breyn; F. B. I. v. 181; E. D. 
Cc. 11 awrus Cinnamomum F. I. ii, 295. 
Planted, but very rarely. 
A peal tree; native of Ceylon. Vernac. Dalchini. 
Cin 
1773. Orson CampHora F. Nees; F. B. I. v. 134; E. D. 
11 
Leen rather commonly. 
A medium tree; native of China. Vernac. Kaphur 
(from the Chinese name). Camphor. 
798. Machilus Nees. 
_ Evergreen trees; leaves alternate or clustered at ends of 
branchlets, penninerved. Flowers small, hermaphrodite, in axillary 
panicles. Perianth-tube short or obsolete ; lobes of limb 6, sub- 
equal, persistent and spreading or ooo in fruit. Stamens 9 
aa those of two outer series with e andular filaments and 
j ery 
cer narrowed into the style; csi discoid. Fruit a globose 
tNerves of leaves 6-8 pairs, very stout; leaves when young spacers or 
pubescent beneath [p. 900] illosa 
