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augmented by 6 infertile ones attached by pairs ; 

 anthers of the sterile stamina glanduloid. Berry 

 1-seeded. Nutt.Lc. (Leaves deciduous,) 



2. L. Benzoin L. : flowers in conglomerate umbels, dice- 

 clous ; buds and pedicels smooth: leaves cuneate-oboval, en- 

 tire, whitish and subpubescent beneath. Willd. Spec. II. 

 p. 485. Pursh FLl. p. 276. B i g. Bost. p. 97. El- 

 liott Sk. I. p. 46.3. X u 1 1. Gen. I. p. 259. fValt. Car. 

 p. 133. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. 11. t. 33. L. Pseudo- 

 Benzoin Mich. Fl. I. p. 243. Lauhus fohis enervibus ova- 

 tis, &:c. Gro n. Virg. 46. Cold. Noveh. 95. P luk. 

 Aim. t. 1 39. f. 3—4. 



A shrub 4 — 10 feet high, with long virgate branches. Leaves 

 alternate, about 5 inches long, acuminate, cuneate at the base, 

 deciduous ; petioles half an inch long. Floivers appearing 

 before the leaves, in small lateral tufts ; fiedicels very short. 

 Calyx yellow ; segments ovate, obiuse or acute. Stamens 

 shorter than the calyx ; 7?/a?n«^«^5 adnate to tlie anthers; an- 

 thers 2-celled ; cells opening elastically by vertical valves. 

 Style short and thick ; stigma capitate. Berries conglomerate, 

 roundish, scarlet. 



Hab. In low shady places, on the margin of rivulets, &c. April. 

 Sfiice-wood, Wild Allsfiice^ Fever-bush, 8cc. 



Z. lu. Sassafras L.: flowers in conglomerate corymbs, 

 dioecious ; buds, younger branches and under surface of the 

 leaves, pubescent ; leaves entire, or 2 — 3 lobed ; under sur- 

 face prominently veined. Will d. Spec. II. p. 485. K utt. 

 Gen. I. p. 259. M i c h. Fl. I. p. 244. Mich. f. Arb. I. 

 p. 1 44. t. 8 1 . P ursh FLl. p. 277. B i g. Bost. p. 97. 

 Ejusd. Med. Bot. III. p. 142. t. 35. Elliott Sk. I. p. 

 464. Walt. Car. p. 134. Catesb. Car. I. t. 55. 

 Laurus foliis integris trilobisque. Gron. Virg. 46. Cold. 

 Noveb, 94. 



A middle-sized tree, with the smaller branches yellowish. Leaves 

 various, frequently 3-lobed, acute at the base, petiulate, the 

 lobes very obtuse. Flowers appearing before the leaves, in 

 terminal clustered corymbs, which proceed from the same 

 buds with the leaves ; fiedicels pubescent. Stamixiferous : 

 Calyx pale greenish-yellow ; segments spreading, ovate, 

 acute. Anthers unequally 4-celled. Pistilliferous : Sta- 

 mens 6, all infertile. Germen roundish ; stigma obtuse, nearly 

 sessile. Berries oval, blue, on tliick red pedicels. 



Hab. In woods and along the banks of rivers. April. Sassafras. 



In the neighbourhood of New-York the Sassafras is not 



uncommon, and frequently attains the height of 30 or 40 feet, 



