CLASS IX. 

 E N N E A N D R I A, 



ORDER I. 

 M O N O G Y N I A, 



276. LAURUS. L. 



Calyx mostly 6-parted, petaloid. Nectary consist- 

 ing of 3 bisetose glands surrounding the germen. Sta- 

 mens 12 ; 6 of them interior, 3 of which are sterile and 

 glanduliferous. ^<?/-rz/ 1-seedcd. Gen. pi. 6^^. Niitt. 

 Gen. I. p. 258. Juss. p. 80. Lam. III. t. 321. 

 Nat. Ord. Laurin^e Juss. — R. Brown. 



Spice-wood, Sassafras, &c, 



1. L. carolinensis C at esh. : leaves perennial, oval- 

 lanceolate, conaceous, glaucous beneath ; peduncle simple, 

 terminated with a fascicle of few flowers ; exterior segments 

 of the calyx half as long as the interior. Ca t e sb. Car. I, 

 p. 63. t. 63. 3Iich. FlA.^.-i^b. P ur s h Fl.l. ^."ilQ. 

 Mich.f. Arh. II. p. 142. I. 82.. Elliott S/-. 1. p. 461. 

 L. Borbonia L. Will d. Spec. II. p. 48 1 . W al t. Car, 

 p. 133. Gron. Virg. 46. 



A small tree or large shrub. Leaves entire, rigid and glossy. 



Flowers in small clusters, pale yellow, polygamous. Drufie 



dark blue, on a thick red peduncle. 

 Hab. In the Great Cypress Swamp, Sussex county, Delaware, 



its most northern boundary. jVm (tall. Red Bay. 



* EuosMus Nu ttalL Flowers polygamous or 

 dioecious. Calyx 6-parted. Nectaries 0. Sta- 

 tnens 9, fertile ; 6 exterior naked ; the 3 interior 



