221 LAURUS NOBILIS 



Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, pt. 1, p. 464; U. S. Disp, by W. & B., 

 p. 1629; Steph. & Church., Med. Bot., by Burnett, vol. ii, 

 pi. 125. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from a specimen in Kew Gardens, flowering in May ; the female 

 flower and fruit from a Corsican specimen in the British Museum. 



1. Branch with flowers from a male plant. 



2. The inflorescence. 



3. A male flower. 



4. Stamens. 



5. A female flower. 



6. Section of the same. 



7. A staminode. 



8. Ripe fruit. 



9. Transverse section of the same. 



10. Embryo with one cotyledon removed. 



(2-7 enlarged.) 



