MONIMIACEAE • PROTEACEAE 263 



Family 83. MONIMIACEAE. P (6-12), A6-12, G several 



* Laurelia serrata. 50. April. E. Young stems square. Ls. opposite, ov., 5, 

 tapered at both ends, coarsely toothed, dark glossy green, hairless, aromatic, short- 

 stalked. Fls. small, yellowish green. Seeds with tufts of fine hairs. Chile. 

 (Fig. 60 c.) 



Family 84. LAURACEAE. P (4-6), A8-od, Gi 



Ls. alternate, entire, aromatic. Fls. small, inconspicuous, usually in small 

 axillary clusters. Fruit a berry. 



* CiNNAMOMUM Camphora. Camphor Tree. 60. April. E. Ls. ov., 6, long- 

 pointed, tapering base, leathery, glossy, hairless, the lowest pair of veins often so 

 strongly developed as to make the Is. appear 3-nervcd. Fls. greenish white in long- 

 stalked panicles up to 3 long. China and Japan. (Fig. 126 c.) 



LAURUS. Laurel, Sweet Bay. Ls. ov., lane, 4, pointed, leathery, glossy, 

 hairless. Fls. greenish yellowy 4-parted, in small axillary clusters. Fruit a black 

 shining berry. 



* L. canarietisis. 60. April. E. Branchlets downy, purplish. Ls. hairy below, 



conspicuously veined. Canary Islands and Azores. 

 L. nohilis. Poet's Laurel. 60. May. E. Branchlets and Is. hairless. Ls. often 

 turn brown at tip; usually have glands in vein-axils; margins often wavy. 

 Mediterranean region. (Fig. 126 d.) 



Variety angustifolia. Ls. narrow. 



Variety tmdulata. L. -margins conspicuously wavy. 



LiNDERA Benzoin (Benzoin aestivale). Spice Bush. 12. April. D. Ls. obov., 

 5, thin, margins hairy, very pungent spicy smell. Berry dark red or purple. U.S.A. 

 (Fig. 126 e.) 



LITSAEA (TETRANTHERA). Fls. unisexual, in 2-6-flowered heads which, 

 in bud, are enclosed by several large bracts, anthers 4-celled. 



* L. genicidata. Pond Spice. 6. February-March. D. Branchlets zigzagged. 



Ls. ov., 2. Berry red. South-east United States. 



* L. japonica. 60. April. E. Ls. ov., lane, 6, bright glossy green above, 



midrib and veins below covered with brown down, crowded at end of 

 shoot. Berry black. Japan. (Fig. 126 f.) 



Sassafras officinale (S. variifolium). Ague Tree. 90. May. D. Ls. ov., 6, 

 3-nerv'ed, glossy green above, often with conspicuous lobe on one or both sides. 

 Fls. in branched clusters or racemes. Berry bluish black with red fleshy stalk. 

 U.S.A. (Figs. 31 G and 126 H.) 



Umbellularia californica. Californian Laurel or Spice Tree. 100. April, E. 

 Ls. lane, 5, dark green and glossy above, hairless. Fruit i, egg- or pear-shaped, 

 green changing to purplish. California. (Fig. 126 j.) 



Family 85. PROTEACEAE. P (4), A4, Gi 



* Embothrium coccineum. Fire Bush. 30. May. E. Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 

 4, entire, leathery, hairless. Fls. i^, crimson-scarlet, tubular, the four lobes after- 

 wards curling back and exposing the long erect style. Chile. (Fig. 126 G.) 



