ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Laurus. 277 
Icon. Bot. mag. 1471. 
In low grounds, near rivers and on islands :* Carolina. 
b. Apri v.v; v. $. in Herb. Gronov, Flowers: 
yellow ; berries globous, scarlet. 
5. L. foliis integris lobatisque. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 485. Sassafras. 
Icon. Trew ehret. t. 69 & 70. Cait wr. t. 55. 
Mich, arb. t. .. .. 
In woods and along the banks of large rivers, frequent 
., in old fields: Canada to Florida. h. March, April. 
= V. v. Flowers yellow; berries blue. This valuable 
tree, in respect to its medicinal properties, grows to a 
large size in the southern regions, where I have seen 
trees two feet in diameter; but from Virginia north- 
wards it decreases in size, until it becomes a mere 
straggling shrub. cs a 
353. ERIOGONUM. Mich, fl. amer. 1. p. 246. 
1. E. caule erecto dichotomo, florum fasciculis axillaribus tomentosum. 
solitariis sessilibus, calycis laciniis subrotundis obtusis 
tomentosis, foliis ad genicula caulis sessilibus ternis 
quaternisve cuneato-obovalibus supra glabris.—Mich. 
JL. amer. 1. p. 246. 
Icon. Mich. l. c. 1.24. 
In pine-barrens of Carolina and Georgia» 24. July. v. v. 
The whole of this plant, excepting the upper side of 
the leaves, is covered with a close tomentum or woolly 
coat ; flowers from twelve to fifteen collected in a cup 
or involucrum, white. : 
2. E, caule simplici nudo, florum fasciculis terminalibus sericeum. 
umbellatis pedunculatis, umbella involucrata, calycis 
laciniis oblongis acutis sericeo-lanatis, foliis radicalibus 
petiolatis lanceolato-oblongis supra villosis. 
. On the prairies of the Missouri. Nuétall. Y. July. 
v. s. in Herb. Nuitall. The whole of this plant, as 
. well as the foregoing, is tomentose, but of a more 
loose texture, approaching to villous ; the calyx is co- 
vered with long white silky down ; flowers bright yel- 
low. In the same country a third species has been 
discovered, of which I have not materials enough to 
give a description, : 2. n 
