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to the weather. It has been thought capable of 
repelling insects by its odour, and on this ac- 
count has been employed for trunks, bedsteads, 
&e. A property of this kind, however, is wrongly 
attributed to it, since the wood retains scarcely 
any odour after a few months drying. 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES. | 
Laurus Sassafras, Linn. Sp. pl.—Pursn, i. 277.—NvTrait, 
i, 259.—W ooDVILLE, iv. t. 234,-MicHaux, FIL. -rbres fores- 
tiers, iii. 173.—Laurus foliis integris, trilobisve .—Trew, Ehr. 
t. 69, 70.—Cornus mas odorata, &c.—PLUKENET, Alm, ee 
329 ee Car. i. t. 55. i 
Morray, Pegi iv. ii ee travels, ii—HorrmMan 
Obs. Phys. Chem. 31.—Cunten, Mat. Med. ii. 200.—CuiayTon, 
Phil. Trans. Abr. viii. 332.—Bremane, Sassafrasologia in 1627. 
«PLATE XXXV. 
‘Fig. 1. Laurus Sassafras a branch with perfet lowers of 
the natural sixe. 
Fig. 2.  stamen ee 
Fig. 3. Pistil, ditto. 
Fig. 4. Fruit. : 
