6 Laurus benzoin. 
TABLE XXXiil. 
Fig. 4. Represents a flowering twig of the Laurus benzoin, with the 
leaves just coming out. The earliest flowers appear before 
there are any leaves on the shrub. 
2. A specimen of the plant in fruit, culled on the tenth of Sep-- 
tember. 
3. An outline of one of the largest leaves. 
4. A group of flowers with the four bractes. 
5. An expanded flower separated. 
6. A seed, 
