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CINNAMOMUM NITIDUM. 
Shining-leaved Cinnamon. 
ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA._Nat. Ord. LAURI. 
Gen. Char.— Ffom hermaphroditi. Perianthium 6-fidum, persistans. Sta" 
mina 12, duplici ordine, interiorum 3 laciniis interioribus opposita, ste- 
rilia. Antkera; 4-loculares. Glandules 6, ad basin filamentis interiori- 
bus. Drupa monosperma, basi perianthii persistentis segmentis tecta. 
Cinnamomum nitidum; arboreum, foliis suboppositis elliptico-lanceolatis 
obtusis trinervis supra nitidis subtus opacis subglaucis, paniculis 
simplicibus subaxillaribus compactis, floribus temis, glandulis fila- 
mentorum pedicellatis. 
Laurus nitida, RoxB. MS. cum ic. 
Laurus Cassia, Nees von Esenb. in Diss. Cinnam. p. 53. t. 3. {vix Linn.) 
In its native country, this plant probably forms a large tree, whereas in the 
Liverpool Botanic Garden it has only reached the height of 8 or 9 feet. 
The young branches are green, terete, glabrous. The leaves 5 ox 6 inches 
long, elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse at the base and the extremity, subco- 
riaceous, 3-nerved (the nerves reaching from the base to the point), 
with transverse parallel veins, of a deep and full shining green above, 
beneath much paler, subglaucous, not shining, the nerves prominent. 
Petioles | to | of an inch long, terete, grooved above. 
Towards the extremity of the branches from the axils, and above the axils 
of the leaves, the panicles arise. These are scarcely so long as the 
leaves, slightly silky, simple, compact. Branches pale coloured, bear- 
ing S pedicellated flowers ; these have, as well as the branches, very 
minute bracteae at the base. Flowers small, pale green, slightly pu- 
bescent or silky. Perianth 6-cleft, the segments ovate-obtuse, not spread- 
ing, but almost connivent, and concealing the organs of fructification. 
Stamens 12, in two rows, standing face to face, perigynous, 6 outer ones 
perfect; 6 inner ones having 3 of them abortive, and the other three 
with a pedicellated gland on each side of the base of the filament. Ger- 
men ovate. Style thick, longer than the germen. Stigma subtrigonal. 
Fruit, according to Roxburgh, a blue drupe, about | an inch long. 
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