Cinnamomum) XCI. LAURACE.E 533 



]., appearing terminal. Fl. bisexual or polygamous, stamens 9, the 3 inner 2- 

 glandnlar at base, anthers 4-celled, staminodes 3, cordate or hastate. Fr. 

 seated on the more or less enlarged perianth, the lobes of which are wholly or 

 partly deciduous, rarely persistent. Species about 130, tropical and sub- 

 tropical Eastern Asia, Australia and the Pacific. 



Section I. Malabathrum. Buds with small scales, 1. mostly opposite, tripli- 

 nerved. 



A. L. as a rule opposite. Eastern species. 



•a Buds and young shoots more or less silk} 7 . L. glabrous. 



I. C. Tamala, Fr. Nees. — Syn. ('. albiriorum, Nees, Wight Ic. t. 140. Vern. Dalchini, 

 Tezpat (the leaves), Hind.; Thitchabo, Barm. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, 

 ascending to 7,000 ft., from the Jumna eastwards, chiefly in damp ravines. Khasi 



liills. Silhet. Tipperah. Upper Burma. A moderate-sized ti very aromatic, ]. 



glabrous, opposite or nearly so, often alternate on tie- sane- Manch. Made 3- li. pet. A in. 

 long, the young foliage pink. Fl. J in. diam., perianth silky, lolics in fr. breaking off 

 > ra nsversely about t he middle. Fr. hlaek when ripe, succulent. J in. long, supported by 

 the thickened pedicel and the base of perianth, with short truncate teeth. /wc il.-tn/w, 

 Burin.: Thabihay, Ear., a tree (leaves only), found by me on the head waters of theYun- 

 zalin. March lsMt, hark very thick and extremely aromatic, I. minutely hairy beneath, 

 may he (.'. (.'amiia. Hlume, ('liiua, wliii h yields the true Cassia lignea or Cassia bark. 

 2. c. obtusifolium, Nees; Wight Ic t. 139. Vern. Nalingyavo, Lulingyaw, Thitkyabo, 

 Burm. Outer Eastern Himalaya, ascending to 7,000 ft. Khasi hills. Ghittagong. 

 Andamans. Burma, Upper and Lower. Differs from 1 by larger more thickly coria- 

 ceous I., blade 9-18, pet. stout J— | in. and the perianth-segments persistent in fruit. 

 8. C. impressinervium, Meissn. Sikkim. 4-6,000 ft. L. glabrous, upper side shining, 

 lower pale, blade S I. pet. ;-'. in., in mature I. the nerves deeply impressed on the upper 

 side. Panicles shorter than I. silkily tomentose, rt. ! in. across, perianth-lobes 'piite 

 de.iduous in fr. 4. C. iners, Beinw. ; Wight let. 1'2'2. Mergui, Malay Feni'ns. L. 

 elliptic-lanceolate, panicles lax, slender, long pedunculate, often longer than 1.. tl. ,', in. 

 across, segments of perianth persistent in fr. 5. C. nitidum, Blume (C Culitlaban, 

 Wight Ic-. t. 137), similar to 4, hut fl. larger. 



(6 Buds, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence velvety. 



6. C. tavoyanum, Meissn. (I', sulphurat'um, Kurz. F. Fl. ii. 288). Vern. Hmanthin-po t 



Burm. Tenasserim. I., lam late, Made 6-8, pel . J-J in. long. Peduncles long -lender. 



tl. J in. across, pedicels as long as or longer than II. Fr. on slender 1-5 in. long peduncles 

 more than half immersed in the campanulate acutely 6-toothed perianth. 



(c) Buds, young shoots and 1. quite glabrous. 



7. c. pauciflorum, Nees (C recurvatum, Wight to. t. L83). Assam. Khasi hills, near 

 o i is. Shan States, :;.i mo ft. ,(', viminrum. Nee- . \ large shrub or small tree, wood 



very aromatic. L. firmly coriaceous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 8-4, pet. J in. long. 

 Panicles nearly glabrous, few-ild., on -lender peduncles, tl. i in. across, segments of 

 perianth deciduous in fr. K. c. pedunculatum, Nees, var. angustifolimi, Bfemsl. Khasi 

 liills. 1,500 ft. China. Japan. A shrub or small tree, upper 1. opposite or nearly so, 

 the lower i if i imi alternate, 1. lanceolate, blade 2 6, pet. j '. in. Fl. in umbels terminal ing 

 the -lender panicle branches, pedicels slender, often twice the length of fl.. perianth- 

 segments silky within, J-j in. long. Fr. oblong i, in. lone, fruiting perianth entire or 

 with the shorl truncate base of 6 teeth. 



I!. \j. as it rule opposite. Western species and 8p. of both regions. 



9. C. zeylanicum, Breyn : Wight [c. b. L23, L29, L34; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 

 262. The Cinnamon tree. Vern. Dalchini, Kan. ; Karuva, Tarn. ; Varana, 

 Lavangu, Mai. ; Hmantliin, Burm. 



A large tree, till parts very annual ic, I. thick Coriaceous, glabrous, upporside 

 shining, uinler.si.le dull. 3 ."> basal nerves, young foliage pink. Panicles as 



long as or not much longer than 1., sometimes terminal, fl. grey-silky, ,',-!,m. 



diam.. fr. dark purple, elongate ellipsoid -;-| in. long, support© 1 by the much 



enlarged perianth. 



Western Ghats and adjoining hill ranges, from the Konkan southwards. 



Tenasserim. Fl. Nov. June. An ex lingly variable speoies, differs iron, <\ 



Tamala chiefly by the more thickly coriai us I. and the more acute lobes of the 



much enlarged Fruiting calyx. Grown In Ceylon for it- bark in irregulai coppice 

 wood-, in. c. wightii. Mei— ii. Nilgiris. Branchlets and petioles stout, buds globose, 

 silky, I. rigi'lK coriaceous, panicles fulvous tomentose. 11. C. macrocarpum, Hook. f. 



