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75. LAURlNEiE. 



[Cinnamomnm. 



with extrorse antlitrs alternating with 3 staminodes. Ovary im- 

 mersed in the perianth- tube. Fruit included in the perianth -tube. 



Leaves large. Panicles spreading. Fruit globose ... 1. C. Wightiana. 

 Leaves small. Pauicles dense, contracted. Fruit ovoid. 2. C. Stocksii. 



1, C. Wightiana, Thw. Enum. 254 ; Fl. Br. T. 5 120 ; Bedd. FK Sylv. 

 t. 299. 0. florihunda, Wight, Daiz. &l Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 222. Gulmur, K. 



Western Peninsnla ; from North Kanara southwards, Ceylon. 



In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara; common on 

 the Yellapur ghats. Fl. Nov. -Jan. Fl. May- June. 



A very large tree. Bark thin with large corky open lenticels, inner 

 bark hard, reddish mottled. Wood strong, durable. Used for building 

 purposes, sugarcane mills, etc. 



2. C. Stocksii, Meissn. in DC. Prod. XY. I, 71 ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 120. 



Beccan Peninsula, Nilgherry hills. Anamallays, K^nara^ probably from 

 the Sonth Kanara ghdts. I have not seen it in any of the North Kdnara 

 forests. I have specimens in fruit collected in October on the Bababnden 

 hills of Mysore at 5000 feet altitude. Flowers daring May-June on the 

 Sispdra ghit, A moderate-sized tree. 



2. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Flowers small, 

 bisexual, in short panicles or racemes, in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. Perianth deciduous, segments nearly equal. Perfect sta- 

 mens 9, anthers 2-celled ; inner 3 stamens with extrorse an- 

 thers ; outer 6 with introrse anthers. Staminodes of 4th series, 

 sessile or cordate. Berry ovate, on the short thick pedicel. 



B. fagifoliav Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. II. 69 ; 'Fl. Br. I. 5. 122. 

 Var. ? B. DalzelUi, Meissn, B. fagifoUa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 2^3. 

 B. Boxhurghiana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 222. Kamatti, K. 



Western Peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan southwards. Ever- 

 green forests of the Konkan and North Kanara ghats ; common on the 

 Ainshi ghdt. Fl. C. S. Fr. H. S. 



A large or very large tree. Bark grey, scaly, inner baik thin, yellowish, 

 woody. Wood light brown, smooth, shining, moderately hard. Pores 

 moderately large, simple or divided, equally distributed. Medullary rays 

 fine, uniform, reddish. Weighs 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Fruit ovoid, 

 like a plum, dark-blue with much white powdery bloom ; episperm crusta- 

 ceous. There is a small albumen intruded between the cotyledons and 

 immediately surrounding them. 



3. CINNAMOMUM, Blume. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves opposite or alternate^ usually 3-nerved 

 at the base. Flowers small, bisexual or polygamous, in axillary or 



