leaves are not at all like thofe of Balm, but it was probably the 

 fcent, not the form, that fuggefted the appellation. 



The Pseudo-Benzoin of Michaux is, when in flower, 

 fo like-LAURUs Diofpyrus, that there feems to be no other dif- 

 ference, but that the pedicles and fcales of the bud are without 

 pubefcence. Our plant is, however, a much fmaller fhrub, 

 and its foliage is confiderably different. We were kindly 

 furnifhed with a growing fpecimen of the Pseudo-Benzoin, 

 by our friend John Walker, Efq. of Southgate, this fpring; 

 but, on comparing it •with our prefent drawing, executed lafl: 

 year, at Mr. Frazer's in Sloane-Square, we were not aware 

 of the difference till the leaves appeared and the flowers had all 

 fallen. From the foliage it appears to be the fame as that fpeci- 

 men of Laurus aflhalisi in the Bankfian Herbarium, which 

 came from the Botanic Garden at Leyden ; but the flowering 

 fpecimen, from Jacquin's Herbarium, is evidently the geniculate, 

 our next article. 



Our plant produced male flowers only, with an imperfect 

 germen ; and on this account probably there was no appearance 

 of the three two-briftled glands, mentioned in the generic 

 character. There were nine perfect two-celled anthers : on the 

 valve clofing, the cell of the anther opens from below upwards, 

 and carries with it the whole of the pollen, leaving the cell quite 

 empty : in this ftate the anther appears to be two-horned. 

 Befides thefe nine perfect ftamens, there are fix glands on fhort 

 pedicles, refembling fo many little yellow mumrooms with a 

 warty pileus. 



Laurus Diofpyrus is a native of flagnant waters and marfhy 

 places in North-Carolina, and is found intermixed with L. geni- 

 culate. Our drawing was made at the late Mr. Fraser's in 

 Sloane-Square, in May 1810, and the foliage added in June. 



Propagated by cuttings or layers. Is tolerably hardy, but it 

 will be fafeft to protect it from fevere froit, efpecially when fuch 

 occurs late in the fpring. 



