Laurus. ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 31L 
glands pedicelled, triangularly sagittate. Berries sphe- 
rical, of the size and appearance of a black currant, Seeds 
and Embryo as in the genus. 
15. L. bilocularis. R, : i 
Arboreous, with a straight trunk, and many, abst 
tended branches. Leaves opposite, and alternate, broad- 
lanceolar, veined. Racemes solitary under the leaves, or 
axillary. Filaments without glands. Necéaries nine, An- 
thers bilocular. Berries oblong, glaucous. 
_A native of the country about Tippera, from thence 
Stephen Harris, Esq. sent plants to the Botanic garden 
at Calcutta in 1797, where at the age of ten years, they 
blossomed in March, and the fruit ripened in June. 
Trunk straight, In trees thirteen years old, two feet in 
circumference four feet from the root, covered with 
smooth, ash-coloured bark. Branches very numerous, and 
spreading horizontally to a great extent, forming a large, 
Ucommonly dense, broad-ovate shady head; young 
Shoots round and smooth, green on the side most remote 
from the sun, and purplish on the other, Leaves oppo- 
Site and alternate, petioled, veined, broad-lanceolar, of- 
teneunequal at the base, entire, obtuse-pointed, smooth 
%n both sides ; about six inches long and two broad, 
deciduous Actioad the cold season, and appearing with the 
flowers in March. Petioles one-sixth or one-eighth the 
length of the leaves, round, smooth. Peduncles axillary 
and from the base of the young shoots below the tender 
leaves, solitary, scarcely so long as the petioles, round, a 
little villous, bearing a few, viz. from six to twelve, small 
Pedicelled pretty yellow flowers, in form of a raceme. 
Br actes. ‘one under the insertion of each pedicel, ovate, ca- 
, - Calyx of six oblong, villous, expanding segments, 
&e. as in all the other species examined by me. Corol 
none. Filaments nine, six in the outer series and three in 
the inner, all without glands, Anthers oblong-oyate, bilo- — 
