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Mr. Ray alfo, who fo accurately deferibes the 
flower of the Cinnamon of Malabar, feems not fo 
well acquainted with its fruit ; and probably had 
then never feen the fpecimens of the Cinnamon from 
Ceylon ; for his defcription is plainly borrowed from 
others, and not his own. Tho’ I have reafon to 
think he afterwards faw the fpecimens of Mr. Cour- 
teen, and was convinced, that the plants were the 
fame. 
Inh is defcription of the Cinnamon of Ceylon, he 
fuppofes differences in the manner of veining the 
leaf, which are not found in the leaves themfelves. 
He fuppofes, that the Cinnamon of Ceylon differs 
from that of Malabar by its berries growing in cups 
like acorns ; which is apparently the fame in both, 
as may be feen in its figure in the Hortus Malabari- 
cus. 
The other differences taken notice of by the bo- 
tanic writers are as follow : 
In the Flora Zeylanica , p. 545. and in the Ma- 
teria Medica , 190. the Cinnamon of Ceylon is called 
Laurus foliis trinerviis ovato-oblongis nervis unienti - 
bus : which defcription is adhered to in the Hortus 
Cliffordienjis , p. 154.. under the name Laurus foliis 
oblongo-cvatis nitidis planis. And Burman, in his 
Flora Zeylanica , 62. T. 27. calls it Cinamomnm foliis 
latis ovatis. Whereas the Caflia of Sumatra is dif- 
tinguifhed by thefe writers : that in Flora Zeyl. 14.6. 
and in Materia Medica , 191. is called Laurus foliis 
trinerviis lanceolatis nervis fnpra bafin unitis : and 
Burman, Zeylan. 63. T. 28. calls it Cinamomnm per- 
petuo f or ens folio tenuiore acuto . 
The diftindtion therefore, which thefe writers would : 
make us believe there is between, thefe plants, confifls 
