Cinnamoimim.'] 75. LAUiiiNEiE. 



283 



terminal panicles. Perianth of 6, sub-equal segments. Perfect 

 stamens 9, 6 outer eglandular with introrse, 4-celled anthers, tbo 

 inner 3 perfect stamens with 2 glands at their bases, and extrorse 

 anthers. 4th series of 8 short staminodia. Ovary free. Fruit 

 supported by the thickened receptacle and perianth. 



Fruiting peduncle ^ in. in diameter. Fi'uit § in. long... 1. C zeylanicum. 

 Fruiting peduncle § in. in diameter. Fruit 1 in. long... 2. C macrocarpum. 



1. C. zeylanicum, Breyn in Ephem. Nat. Cur. Dec. 1. Ann. 4. 139; 

 Fl. Br. 1. 1531 ; Bedd Fl. Sylv. t. 262. G. iners, Grab. Cat. Bomb. Pi. 

 173. Dalchini, nisani, nisne^ K. ; Oliez, hojevar, Vern. Wild Cinnamon 

 Tree. 



Tennaserim, Burma and the Malay Peninsula, Western Peninsula, 

 and Ceylon. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North K^nara, 

 very abundant on the southern ghdts in the Kumta and Siddapnr 

 talukas, Fl. Nov.-Peb. Fr. June-July. A moderate-sized evergreen 

 tree. Bark J in. thick, smooth, pale coloured, inner bark reddish. Green 

 parenchyma, developed. Wood grey, iight, soft, porous. Pores medium- 

 sized, numerous in wavy lines. Medullary rays reddish, fine, equi-distant. 

 Weighs 36 lbs. to the cub. ft. Cinnamon bark is collected and exported 

 in considerable quan cities from North Kanara. 



2. C. macrocarpum. Hook. f. Fl. Br. 1. 5. 133. G. iners, Wight Ic. 

 t. 30. North Kanara in evergreen forests. 



I am doubtful whether this is not a variety of 0. zeylanicum^ with a 

 large fruit. The plate in Wight's Icones is copied from the Hortus 

 Malabaricus and might be any species of Cinnamomum. 



4. MACHILTJS, Nees. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Flowers bisexual, in 

 axillary panicles. Perianth of 6 segments, unchanged in fruit. Stamens 

 as in Ginnamomum, Berry globose, seated on the persistent perianth. 



M. macrantha, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. II. 70 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 140; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 264; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. PI. 221. M. glancescens, 

 Wight Ic. 1825 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 221. Gulum, M. ; Gulmavit, K. 



Western Peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon, 

 alt. 1500—4000 feet. Throughout the ghats of North Kanara and the 

 Konkan, in moist forests. 



A large tree. Wood grey or light reddish, soft, smooth, shining. 

 Annual rings indistinct. Pores moderate sized, simple or subdivided. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad, short, reddish, distinct. Weighs 42 

 lbs. to the cub. ft. Would suit for tea or cigar boxes. There may be 

 two species distinct here. M. macrantha, Nees, has a small black fruit, 

 green dotted when young, size of a large currant, and flowers during 

 Jany.-Feb. Fruit ripe May- June. M. glaucescens, Wight, has a large 

 fruit, depressed succulent, size of a small plum, green with white dots, 

 common in the evergreen forests near Yolh'ipur and elsewhere in North 

 Kanara. Fl. Nov. -Dec. Fr. Feb.-Moh 



