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surrounded only by a cupule formed by the hardened persistent 
receptacle.’ 
Fie. 244. 
Flowering branch (4). 
The genus Cinnamomum consists of fine trees or shrubs, all natives 
of tropical and subtropical Asia. Their foliage is persistent. Their 
flowers are small, yellowish-green or whitish. A very large number’ 
of species have been described, which may be reduced to about fifty. 
1 These two last characters alone distinguish 
the section Camphora from the section Mala- 
bathrum, which also contains some species with 
alternate leaves. In the latter section the upper 
part alone of the perianth comes off at a certain 
age, so that the receptacular cupule remains 
crowned by six truncate teeth. Its leaf-buds 
are naked, or only protected by quite rudi- 
mentary scales. The section Camphora includes, 
besides the true Camphor-plants, Cecidodaphne 
(Nezs, in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar., ii. 61; Sysi., 
202 ;—Enpu., Gen, n. 2035), Parthenoxylon 
(Bu. Mus. Lugd.-Bat., i. 322 ;—Miq., Fl. 
Ind.-Bat., i. 916), which differ in no absolute 
character, 
? Gartn., Fruct., ii. (1791), t. 92 (Laurus). 
—JIacq,, Collect., iv. t. 3—B., Bijdr., 570; 
Rumphia, 25, t. 10-21.—Hoox., Exot. Fi. 
t. 126.—Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal., 66.—Stes. & 
Zuce., in Abh. d. Miinch. Akad., iv. 3, 202.— 
Miq., Analect., iii. 14; FV. Ind.-Bat., i. 895.— 
Wieut, Icon, t. 125, 1381.—Tuw., Enum. Pl. 
Zeyl., 253.—Bentu. & F. Mueu., Fl. Austr., 
v. 308. In these species the leaves are sometimes 
opposite, sometimes alternate. 
