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46 fi 



ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



CIS ; pedunculis simplici- | derneath : pedunci 

 bus, fasciculo paucifl 



te 



terminatis ; corollse laci- few.flowored fa 



with a 



mis exteri 

 brevioribus 



245. 



ibus dupio 

 Mich. 1. p. 



roll a hxilf as 



interior. 



of the 





the 



Pursh, 1 . p. 276. 



Laurus Borbonia, Sp. pi. g. p. 481. Walt. p. 1S3. 



en f ^f;*'.'^''"^^'^ F.oiis this species of Laurel becomes a handsome tree, 



jO leet high, with a cliametPi- of 1 8 or 20 inches. It is however laore 



commonly a shrub. leaves entire, ri-id, gUHsy. Flowers in small 



•lusters, pale yellow, polygamous. /)r2(»e'dai k blue, on a thick, red 

 peduncle. ' 



There are two very distinct varieties of this plant, one, growing 

 in the r.cliest hammock lands, where it is known L the lied Bay, and 



r^U.A « h S, , . """« '""•°^* exclusively the growth in what are 

 undplrjr' rr '^'Y '■'^''^5'' '^^^-it^ 'eaves na^'rrower, pubescent 



^e . !n k' .f^ P?'" Sr^^'^ ^»I<'"'-- -Both are very aroiatic, and 

 are eaten by cattle in the winter season. ^ 



Wowers May— June. 



2. C 



L. fohis pel 



Mich 



lato-lanceolaljs, ramulis-' 



paniculis 



quf 

 bre 



g 



peduncul 



lis; corollse laciniis ob 

 longis, obtusis, subtequal 



decid 



P- JS44. 



Mich 



Leaves pprcniiial. broad 

 lanceolate, and with the 

 branches glabrous ; pan- 

 icles on sliort peduncles ; 

 segments of tlic corolla 

 oblong, obtuse, nearly e- 

 qual- deciduous. 



Pursh, 1. p. 275. 



L shrub 6—9 fee 

 stamens 



-.i ivS;„« Tf" t^^""^ ^"^ somewhat rotate, 



Grows on the ^^^colTii'i^f^'' ^T'^ ^^^^^' ^^^'^ ^^'^'^- , 

 •outhern part of Florida -mIw^'^'^ *°^ ^'"'^^*5 ^^'^^' ^* *'" 



Flowers ' ^ 



