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d. var. Cassia..— Dee. 1. c. p. 14.— Lauras Cassia, Bwrn. — 

 L. Cinn. Boxb. K. 5.— Wight's Icon. t. 128.— Eheede Mai. I. 

 t. 57. 



Leaves elliptic or lanceolate-oblong from a narrow acute base, 

 perceptibly attenuated towards the apex, 3- or triplenerved, rarely 

 5-nerved. 



Peninsula, Chittagong. Silhet. 



(4) 0. PAUCiFLOKrM. (JVees.) 



Ident. JSTees 1. c. — Dec. 1. c. p. 17. 



Si/n. C. recurvatum, Wight's Icon. t. 133 ? 



Spec. Chae. Shrub (?) : leaves opposite and alternate, stiffly- 

 coriaceous, ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded or shortly acute at the 

 base, narrow acuminated, 3 or very shortly triplinerved : 

 corymbs axillary, short, hoary puberulous, 5 — 3-flowered at the 

 top. 



Silhet. Assam. Khasia. 



(5) C. Tamala. {Fr. Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. ]7. — Nees 1. c. 



Syn. Persea Tamala, Spreng. 



Engrav. Blume's Eumphia, t. 14. figs. 3, 4. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree : leaves opposite and alternate, ehar- 

 taceous, ovate or elliptic, or lanceolate-oblong, attenuately acu- 

 minate, shortly triplinerved, and with the branchlets glabrous : 

 panicles axillary and terminal, many-flowered, minutely puberu- 

 lous, branches cymosely 3 — 5-flowered: calyx somewhat silky, 

 nearly equalling the pedicel, lobes ovate, obtuse, glabrescent, 

 deciduous. 



Silhet. Khasia. . 



(6) C. INEES, var. tbinebve. {Reinw.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 20. 



Syn. C. nitidum, Hooh. Exot. War. — C. eucalyptoides, Nees 

 in Wall. pi. As. rar. — C. Eauwolfii, Slume. — C. ochraeeum, do. — 

 Laurus Malabathrica, Moxb. H. J3. 



Spec. Chae. — Small tree : leaves coriaceous, oval or oblong, 

 nearly equally attenuated at both ends, usually 3-nerved, almost 

 veinless, lateral nerves nearly reaching the apex, shining and 

 glabrous above, glaucous beneath : panicles equaUing or exceeding 

 the leaves, slender, peduncled, lax, branchlets 3-flowered and 

 with the flowers equalling the pedicel : lobes of the calyx falling 

 off at the middle. 



Peninsula. Concans. Malabar, ^'lowering in the cold 



