Flora Medica

LAURACEJE.675. C. aromaticum Nees Laurin. 52. C. Cassia Nees andEberm. pi. med. t. 129. handb. ii. 424. Laurus Cassia Horf.Kew. ii. 427. Laurus Cinnamomum Bot. Repos.t. 595. China.Branches angular, and petioles covered with broken downiness.Leaves oblong, rather acute at each end, triple-nerved, the nervesvanishing at the point of the leaf; with curved veinlets on the underside. Panicles narrow, silky. According to Nees v. Esenbeck thisis the plant which furnishes the valuable Chinese Cinnamon. Theagreeable but powerfully aromatic flavour and odour of the bark doesnot however seem to exist also in the leaves ; for they, in the stoves ofEurope at least, are almost insipid, mucilaginous and somewhat astringent,with no taste of either Cinnamon or Cloves. Nees. Cassiabark is supposed by some to come from this, but Mr. Marshall assertsthat it is only a coarse Cinnamon obtained from the thick roots orlarge branches of the Cinnamon Tree.676. C. Tamala Fr. Nees and Eberm. handb. ii. 426. NeesLaurin. 56. Tai, Tadsch or Tedsch Bengal. Continent ofIndia ;wild in Derwanee and Gongachora ;cultivated in thegardens of Rungpur.Branches nearly round, the younger rough with downiness. Leavesoblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, smooth, triple-nerved*the midrib without any lateral veins at the apex. Panicle somewhatterminal and axillary, stalked, divaricating. Calyx campanulate ; segmentsobovate, rather sharp pointed, hoary and silky on each side,deciduous below the middle. Taste of the dried leaves warm,aromatic, at first like Cinnamon, afterwards like Cloves mixed withCamphor. These leaves are sold under the name of " Folia Malabathri,Tamalapathri, or Indi," in the shops, according to Nees ab Esenbeck;but Blume says he never found this in any samples he examined,although the latter are always mixed up of various species.677. C. Loureirii Nees Laurin. 65. Laurus CinnamomumLour. fl.cochin, i. 305. Ni-Kei Japan. Kio Kui Chinese.The lofty mountains of Cochin-china, to the west towards Laos ;Japan.Branches compressed-quadrangular, smooth. Leaves somewhat oval,tapering to both ends, acuminate or blunted, most minutely scaly onthe under side, triple-nerved, the midrib having lateral veins below theapex. The Flowers of Cassia are produced by this species. Accordingto Loureiro the old and young branches are equally worthless ;but the middle sized shoots furnish a bark about a line thick, of the bestquality, superior to that of Ceylon, and sold at a much higher price.678. C. Kiamis Nees in Wall. pi. as. rar. ii. p. 75. laurin. 67-C. Burmanni Blume bijdr. 569. Nees and Eberm. handb.ii. 424 ; is said to produce one of the sorts of Massoy bark ; butaccording to Blume that article is not furnished by any speciesof Cinnamon.679. C. Culilawan Blume bi/dr. p. 571. Rumphia p. 26. t. 9.f. 1. and t. 10. f. 1. i.Tydsch. nat.gesch. 62. not Nees v. E.Laurus Culilawan Linn. sp. 530. L. Culilawang N. v. E. disp. decinn. p. 61. excl. descr. pi. jav. Amboyna, especiallyin Leitimornear the villages of Saya, Rutton and Ema;probably in other330