Cinnamomum] XCI. LAUEACE^E 533 



L, appeai'ing terminal. M. bisexual or polygamous, stamens 9, tbe 3 inner 2- 

 glandular at base, antbers 4-celled, staminodes 3, cordate or hastate. Fr. 

 seated on the more or less enlarged perianth, the lobes of which are wholly or 

 partly deciduous, rarely persistent. Species about 130, tropical and sub- 

 tropical Eastern Asia, Australia and the Pacific. 



Section I. Malahathrum. Buds with small scales, 1. mostly opposite, tripli-- 

 nerved. 



A. L. as a rule opposite. Eastern species. 



{a) Buds and young shoots more or less silky. L. glabrous. 



1. C. Tamala, Fr. Nees.— Syn. 0. alhiflorum, Nees, Wight Ic. t. 140. Vern. Dalchi7iiy 

 Tezpat (the leaves), Hind. ; Thitchaho, Burm. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, 

 ascending to 7,000 ft., from the Jumna eastwards, chiefly in damp ravines. Khasi 

 hiDs. Silhet. Tipperali. Upper Burma. A moderate-sized tree, very aromatic, 1. 

 glabrous, opposite or nearly so, often alternate on the same branch, blade 3- 6, pet. -J in. 

 long, the young foliage pink. Fl. J in. diam., perianth silky, lobes in fr. breaking off 

 transversely about the middle. Fr. black when ripe, succulent, J in. long, supported by 

 the thickened pedicel and the base of perianth, with short truncate teeth. Kyeik-tapo, 

 Burm. 5 Thahihay^ Kar., a tree (leaves only), found by me on the headwaters of the Yun- 

 zalin, March 1880, bark very thick and extremely aromatic, 1. minutely hairy beneath, 

 may be Q. Cassia^ Blume, China, which yields the true Cassia lignea or Cassia bark. 



2. C. obtusifolium, Nees; Wight Ic. t. 139. Yern. Nalingyaw^ Lxilingyaic, Thttkyabo, 

 Burm. Outer Eastern Himalaya, ascending to 7,000 ft. Khasi hills. Chittagong. 

 Andamans. Bui^ma, Upper and Lower. Biffer-s from 1 by larger more thickl}" coria- 

 ceous 1., blade 9-13, pet. stout |-| in. and the perianth-segments persistent in fruit. 



3. C. impressinervinm, Meissn. Sikkim, 4-6,000 ft. L. glabrous, upper side shining, 

 lower pale, blade 3-4, pet. | in., in mature 1. the nerves deeply impressed on the upper 

 side. Panicles shorter than 1. silkily tomentose, fl. J in. across, perianth-lobes quite 

 deciduous in fr. 4. C. iners, Eeinw. ; Wight Ic. t. i22, Mergui, Malay Penins. L. 

 elliptic-lanceolate, panicles lax, slender, long pedunculate, often longer than L, ii- J in. 

 across, segments of perianth persistent in fr. 5. 0. nitidum, Blume (C CuUtlahan^ 

 Wight Ic. t. 137), similar to 4, but fl. larger. 



{h) Buds, branchletSj petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence velvety. 



6. 0. tavoyamim, Meissn. (C. sulphuratiim, Kurz. P. PL ii. 288). Vern. Hmanthin-po^ 

 Burm. Tenasserim. L. lanceolate, blade 6-8, pet. J-f in. long. Peduncles long slender, 

 fl. I in. across, pedicels as long as or longer than fl. Fr. on slender 4-5 in. long peduncles 

 more than half immersed in the campanulate acutely 6-toothed perianth. 



(c) Buds, young shoots and 1. quite glabrous. 



7. C. pauciflorum, Nees (0. recurvatum, Wight Ic. t. 133). Assam. Khasi hills, near 

 streams. Shan States, 3,000 ft. (C mmineunfi^ Nees). A large shrub or small tree, wood 

 very aromatic. L. firmly coriaceous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. J in. long. 

 Panicles nearly glabrous, few-fld., on slender peduncles, fl. J in. across, segments of 

 perianth deciduous in fr. 8. C. pedmiculatu.m, Nees, var. angustifoUum, Hemsl. Khasi 

 hills, 4,500 ft. China, Japan. A shrub or small tree, upper 1. opposite or neai'ly so, 

 the lower often alternate, 1. lanceolate, blade 2-6, pet. i- J in. Fl. in umbels terminating 

 the slender panicle branches, pedicels slender, often twice the length of fi., perianth- 

 segments silky within, J-J in. long. Pr. oblong I in. long, fruiting perianth entire or 

 with the short truncate base of 6 teeth. 



B. L. as a rule opposite, Western species and sp. of both regions. 



9. C. zeylanicum, Breyn; Wight Ic. t. 123, 129, 134; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 

 262. The Cinnamon tree. Vern. Dalchlni^ Kan. ; Karuva^ Tarn. ; Varana^ 

 Lavangu, Mai. ; Ilmayitliin^ Burm. 



A large tree, all parts very aromatic, 1. thick coriaceous, glabrous, upperside 

 shining, underside dull, 3-5 basal nerves, young foliage pink. Panicles as 

 long as or not much longer than 1., sometimes terminal, fl. grey-silky, l-\hx. 

 diam., fr. dark purple, elongate ellipsoid |-1 in. long, supported by the much 

 enlarged perianth. 



Western Ghats and adjoining hill ranges, from the Konkan southwards. 

 Tenasserim. PI. Nov.-June. An exceedingly variable species, differs from C 

 Tamala chiefly by the more thickly coriaceous 1. and the more acute lobes of the 

 much enlarged fruiting calyx. Grown in Ceylon for its bark in irregular coppice 

 woods. 10. a WigMii, Meissn. Nilgiris. Branchlets and petioles stout, buds globose, 

 silky, 'I rigidly coriaceous, panicles fulvous tomentose. 11. C, macrocarpum, Hook. f. 



