286 LAURINER. [ Cinnamomum. 
++ Flowers i vg — or giathiches aiigicd surrounded 
by a 
6-leaved per t or more or less 
s vanas Ss Inv e or cov by several 
rows of imbricate brac cn aha: wR] in bud, 
ntirely enclos 
e 
© Flowers in longest or skate er peduncled umbels, 
subten “ah a 4 to 6-phyllous involucre. 
x Anthers ella: 
Perianth 6-cleft or truncate; fort stamens ay rae os — 15-30, 
the inner 3-6 bearing glands at base ; ing on a flat 
or concave often ad a and thick cup, or huiimmered in the 
sam: . . Tetranthera. 
nthers 2- locella ate, 
Perianth 4- se Amst aia uous; fertile stamens 6-9, the inner 2-6 
ds at base ; fae re ahaa on a small entire or 6- 
cleft disk ; gaat aromatic . Lindera., 
CO gto i “bad mur in an “Gaaiitionte: 
caled g ali soni bud, after expan- 
sion eorrenale by several rows of im- 
ate bracts. 
bric 
x. Anthers 4-locellate, 
Flowers so essing perianth 6-9-cleft . Dodecadenia. 
Flowers several together ; ~tieg 46, <I eft, the segments deci- 
duous ; stamens 4, 6 or 9, the rmost ones 2-glanded at 
base ; aks seated ng the eee or lola thickened Beisel or 
perianth-base . Litsaea. 
x x Anthers 2- loc ellate, 
Flowers several together ; —— 6- — with the se —— 
us; stamens 9, rarely more, the 3 innermost o 
2-glanded at base; berry seated o 8 entire or 6- lobed pe =. 
anth-base of the more or less thiskened pedicel . Daphnidium, 
* oe Pai late erally, the reine ‘separating 
laterally from the inner to the outer edge. 
Flowers monoecious, t pig females with an Eovalncel f Splareing and 
sicleiing the fruit; seeds without albumen . Hernandia. 
CINNAMOMUM, Burm. 
‘ 
staminodes opposite to the petals, the remaining 6 fertile with 4- 
celled anthers, the cells of the 6 outer stamens opening’ inwards, 
and those of the 3 innermost ones outwards. Ovary inserted in 
the Sensi of the funnel-shaped perianth-receptacle, | eae with 
sohtary pendulous ovule. Fruit be erry-like, supported by the 
thickened receptacle and sepals.—Trees or shru bs, usually aromatic, 
iy or alternate penninerved or 3-nerved leaves. Flowers 
ements deciduous al 
a sthults ake or at thls mid iddle. Near a at 
oO Nuts dry, glabrous : f : . C. zeylanicum § 
: C. iners. 
