90 cxix. laurine^e. [Endiandra. 
(5) E. praeclara Gamble , in Kew Bulletin , 1910, p. 152; Journ- 
As. Soc. Beng. lx. 69. 
Tree 60 to 70 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves chartaceo- 
coriaceous, large, finely widely reticulate both sides, glabrous; 
nerves sunk above, prominent beneath, 7 pairs, midrib stout; 
12 to 15 in. long, 5 to 6 in. wide. Panicles rather lax glabrous, 
4 in. long; branches 2-5 in. long; cymules few flowered. Flowers 
•15 in. long, bright yellow on pedicels as long or shorter. Perianth, 
tube cup-shaped puberulous, lobes ovate glabrous. Fruit oblong- 
ellipsoid blunt, base narrowed dark red, 4 in. long, 1*5 in. through. 
Hab, Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Tupai (Wray). 
5. MICROPORA, Hook. fil. 
Tree; branchlets slender. Leaves alternate, conspicuously 
reticulate. Flowers small, bisexual in axillary racemes and panicles. 
Perianth-tube very short flat, lobes 6, orbicular, equal. Stamens 
of rows 1 and 2, 6, exsert; anthers sessile, sub-quadrate opening 
by 2 circular pores, of 3rd and 4th rows reduced to thick staminodes 
as large as fertile anthers and produced above them. Ovary ovoid, 
sessile; style very short; stigma minute. Fruit ovoid on the 
accrescent perianth. Species one. 
( 1 ) M. Curtisii Hook. fil. Ic. PI. t. 1547; Gamble, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. lx. 71. 
Small tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic sub¬ 
acute or blunt, base narrowed minutely reticulate both ends; 
nerves elevate beneath, 4-25 in. long, 2*25 in. wide; petioles -15 to 
3 in. long. Racemes or panicles 75 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 
light yellow, *08 in. wide. Fruit ovoid rugose. Hab. Penang Hill, 
to 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis, Kunstler). Very local. 
The “ Perak, Larut ” locality given by Gamble is wrong, the labels are 
distinctly written " Penang ” by Kunstler. 
6. CINNAMOMUM, Bl. 
Trees, rarely tall or shrubs, aromatic. Leaves opposite or 
sub-opposite or alternate, 3-ribbed (except Sect. Camphora), penni- 
nerved. Flowers small, bisexual in axillary and sub-terminal 
panicles, usually pubescent. Perianth-tube short enlarging in 
fruit, lobes 6, sub-equal. Stamens 9; anthers 4-(rarely 2-)celled, 
1st and 2nd rows introrse, 3rd row extrorse or anther-cells on edge 
with 2 glands at base, 4th row of sagittate or cordate staminodes. 
Ovary free narrowed to style; stigma discoid. Drupe oblong on 
the cup-shaped enlarged perianth-tube; lobes more or less per¬ 
sistent. Species 140, Indo-Malaya, China, Australia, Polynesia. 
§ 1. Malabathrum. Leaves sub-opposite; nerves 3, from near base. 
Midrib without side nerves; nervules trans¬ 
verse. 
Leaves glabrous when adult. 
Panicles very short, slender, few-flowered. 
Leaves elliptic caudate acuminate , (1) C. graciliflorum 
