534 XCI. LAUEACEJE [Cinnamomum 



North Kanara, evergreen forest. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, fruiting perianth § in. diam., 

 fr. 1 in. long. 12. C. sulphuratum, Nees. Coorg, Wainad. Nilgiris. Branchlets, young 

 1. and panicles densely fulvous-tomentose, peduncles 2-3 in., fr. §-§ in. long, ellipsoid, 

 fleshy, base included in the 6-Iobed perianth, lobes obtuse. 13. C. gracile, Hook. f. 

 Tinnevelli hills. L. thinly coriaceous, blade 2-3, pet. J-J in., tertiary n. and reticulate 

 veins distinct on both surfaces, panicles few-fid., shorter than L, fl. minute, pedicels 

 long, slender. 



C. L. as a rule alternate. 



14. C. caudatum, Nees. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from Nepal eastwards, 

 ascending to 4,000 ft. Upper Burma. L. chartaceous, orbicular or elliptic, obtusely 

 caudate-acuminate, fl. minute, in short axillary few-fid. contracted pubescent panicles. 

 Fruiting perianth clavate, fleshy, lobes persistent. 15. C. Perrottetii, Meissn. Nilgiris. 

 Densely fulvous tomentose, petiole 1-1J in. Beddome, Manual 184, regards C. Wightii, 

 sulphuratum, and Perrottetii as forms of C, zeylanicum. 



Section II. Camplwra. Leaf- buds enclosed in large silky orbicular concave 

 imbricating caducous scales, 1. alternate, penninerved. 



16. C. Cecicodaphne, Meissn. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, from Sikkini east- 

 wards, ascending to 4,000 ft. Khasi hills, Manipur. Vern. Malligiri,~Ne-p. L. elliptic, 

 blade 3-4, pet. ^-1 in., sec. n. 4-8 pair. Panicles crowded, densely tomentose, fr. oblong, 

 1£ in. long. 17. C. glanduliferum, Meissn. Kumaon (?). Nepal. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Similar to 16, panicles long-peduncled, few-fid., nearly glabrous. IS. C. Camphora, 

 F. Nees. — Syn. Camplwra officinarum, Bauh. ; Wight Ic. t. 1818. The Japan Camphor 

 tree. China, Japan, grown in gardens in India. L. long-acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. 

 1-1J in., sec. n. 2-3 pair, the lowest pair proceeding from near the base of 1. 



19. C. Parthenoxylon, Meissn. — Syn. Sassafras Parthenoxylon, Nees ; Wight Ic. 1. 1832. 

 Mergui. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A large tree, 1. glaucous beneath, 

 blade 3-S, pet. slender, 1-1J in. long. 20. C. inunctum, Meissn. Vern. Karaice, Burm. 

 South Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. Fl. dioecious, small, sepals ^ in. long. Fruiting 

 perianth infundibuliform, narrowed into a stout peduncle. 



8. ACTINODAPHNE, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 147. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves more or less whorled, rarely opposite or 

 scattered. Flowers dioicous, in bracteate umbels, clusters or racemes, bracts 

 imbricating, caducous, not whorled. J 1 Stamens 9, anthers 4-celled, all introrse, 

 no staminodes. $ Staminodes 9, ovary usually glabrous. Fruit seated on the 

 enlarged flat or concave perianth-tube. Species 50, Eastern Asia and Malaya. 



A. Leaves penninerved, more or less whorled. Western species. 



(a) Perianth-tube entire in fr. 



1. A. Hookeri, Meissn. Vern. Pissa, Pisha, Pichli, Mar.; Thdli, Tam. ; Malavirimji, 

 Mai. Western Ghats in evergreen forest, from Matheran southwards. Branchlets 

 and young leaves usually rusty-tomentose, leaves coriaceous, elliptic- cr ovate-lanceo- 

 late, finely acuminate, glabrous and shining above, but often tomentose beneath when 

 full grown, blade 5-7, pet. §-§ in., sec. n. 6-8 pair, the lowest pair often extending 

 almost to the middle of the leaf. Clusters of $ fl. .sessile, fr. ellipsoid, seated on the 

 campa,nulate entire perianth-tube. 2. A. madaraspatana, Bedd. — Syn. A. Hookeri, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 296. Hills on the east side of the Penins., also on the Nilgiris and 

 in Travancore. A middle-sized tree, branchlets and young 1. pubescent, coriaceous, 

 npperside shining, underside glaucous, quite glabrous when full grown, lanceolate, 

 "blade 6-11, pet. \ in. long, sec. n. 8-10 pair, prominent beneath. Clusters of °. fl. 

 pedunculate. 



3. A. hirsuta, Hook. f. Quilon. Branchlets, pet. and 1. beneath densely brown- 

 tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. \ in. long. Fr. 

 seated on the cup-shaped, entire perianth-tube. 4. A. stenophylla, Thwaites, Travancore, 

 evergreen forest, 4,000 ft. (Bourdillon 543). Ceylon. A small tree, young shoots and 

 "bud-scales minutely pubescent, 1. glabrous, glaucous or white beneath, linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, blade 2-5, pet. \-\ in. long. Fr. in sessile clusters, globose, § in. diam., 

 .seated on the entire shallowly cup-shaped perianth-tube, pedicels as long as or longer 

 than fr. 5. A. eampamilata, Hook. f. — Syn. A. salicina, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 295. Tinne- 

 velli. Closely allied to 4, if distinct. 



(b) Perianth-tube 6-lobed in fr. 



6. A. lanata, Meissn. Nilgiris. Branchlets and young 1. densely rusty-tomentose, 1. 

 -coriaceous, glaucous beneath, glabrous when mature, lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. f in. 



