74 ENNEANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 



HAB. Wet thickets. July— Sept. ©. Stem 

 slend., prost. t remotely acul. ; fl. rose-col. 



ENNEANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. 



878". LAURUS. Cal. mostly 6-parted, petaloid. Ned. 

 consisting of 3 bisetose glands surrounding the 

 germen. Stam. 12 ; 6 of them interior, 3 of 

 which are sterile and glanduliferous. 



MONOGYNIA. 



LAURUS. Sassafras, &c. Laurinea*. 



\. L. carolinensis : leaves perennial, oval-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, glaucous beneath ; peduncle simple, 

 terminated by a fascicle of few flowers ; exterior 

 segments half as long as the interior. 

 HAB. Swamps of Cupressus disticha. — A small tree ; 

 leav. ent. ; fl. dust., yellow. 



* Euosmus. 



Flowers polygamous or dioecious. Cal. 6-parted. 

 JVect. 0. Stam. 9, fertile ; 6 exterior naked ; the 8 

 interior augmented by 6 infertile ones attached b) r 

 pairs ; anth. of the sterile stam. glanduloid. Berry 

 1-seeded. (Leaves deciduous.) 



■I. L. Benzoin : flowers in conglomerate umbels, dioe- 

 cious ; buds and pedicels smooth ; segments oune- 

 ate-oboval, entire, whitish and subpubescent be- 

 neath. 

 HAB. Shady wet places. April. An arom. shrub 

 4 — lOft. high,fl. yellow ; berry scarl. 



3. L. Sassafras; flowers in conglomerate corymbs. 



dioecious ; buds, younger branches, and under sur- 



. face of the leaves pubescent ; leaves entire, or 2 — 



3-lobed ; under surface prominently veined. 



HAB. Woods. April. A middle sized tree : fi. gr. 



yellow ; her. bine, on red ped. 



