288 LAURINEA. [ Cinnamomum. 
- oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 6-10 in. long, obtuse or almost rounded 
at the base, on a strong glabrous petiole 4 in. long, more or less 
. bluntish acuminate, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, glaucous beneath, 
strongly 3-nerved, the net-veination little visible; flowers white, 
small, on silk-hairy pedicels longer than the perianth, forming 
slender glabrous or slightly silk-hairy cymose panicles in the axils 
of the leaves or crowded at the end of the branchlets; perianth- 
segments about 13 lin, long, obovate-oblong; drupes succulent, 
oblong, small and only about 3 in. long; perianth-receptacle not 
much enlarged and covering only the base of the drupe. 
Has.—Frequent in the tropical forests, all over Burma from Chittagong and 
Ava down to Tenasserim and the Andamans, up to 2,500 ft. elevation.—Fl. 
C.S.; Fr. H.S.—s.—S8S.—=Lat. p., SiS., Metam. 
EMARKS.— Wood whitish, turning pale brown or brown on exposure, rather 
heavy, fibrous but close-grained. The bark of the roots is a good substitute for 
genuine cinnamom. 
4. C. Cassia, Bl.—An evergreen tree, all parts glabrous ; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, on a slender 3-4 lin. long petiole, 
more or less tapering at the triplinerved base, 3-4 in. long, caudate- 
acuminate, coriaceous, the net-veination inconspicuous ;_ flowers 
small, on slender pedicels of about the length of the perianth or 
off at their middle. 
Has.—Ava, Kakhyen hills.—Fl. March. 
5. C, sulphuratum, NE,—An everereen tree, the younger parts 
and branchlets velvety-puberulous ; Se lanceolate : elliptically 
lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the base, on a strong velvety petiole 
about 4 lin, long, more or less (often shortly) bluntish acuminate, 
4-7 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, gloss above, beneath glaucous and 
minutely puberulous, but glabrescent, from above the base strongly 
3-nerved, the net-veination between rather indistinet ; flowers white, 
Has.—Southern Tenasserim.—Fl. Oct.-Dec. 
_ 6. C. inunet 
leaved ; leaves occasionally almost opposite, coriaceous, rather 
Bdge , ra 
(6-8 lin.) petioled, 2-3 in. long, acute at the base, oval to oblong, 
um, Meissn.—A tree, the branchlets slender, loosely ~ 
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