No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 
LAURACEAE. Laurel Family. 
PERSEA Gaetn. Red Bay. 
Persea borbonia (l.) Spreng. (P. Carolinensis Nees.) Red Bay 
Alluvial Swamps. Lawrence Co. (Hilg. Ms.) June. 
Persea pubescens (Pursh.) Sarg. (P. Carolinensis pubescens 
Pursh.). 
Swamps and ponds in pine barrens to the coast; Coastal 
Islands (Tracy). 
Geol. Sury. Herb. 
SASSAFRAS. Nees & Eberm. 
Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst. (S. officinale Nees. & Eberm.). 
Sassafras. 
Light upland soil. 
Very common throughout the state. 
April. 
Geol. Sury. Herb. 
BENZOIN Fabr. Spice Wood. 
Benzoin benzoin (l..) Coulter (Lindera benzoin Blume). Spice 
Bush. 
Moist shaded banks and slopes. Tippah, Union, Hinds, 
Yazoo, Warren and Madison Counties. March-April. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 
SANGUINARIA L. Blood Root. 
Sanguinaria Canadensis L. 
Rich shaded slopes. More common in the northeastern 
counties. Booneville; Eastport; Fulton; Pontotoc; Colum- 
bus; Hatchie Hills; New Albany; Meridian; Prentiss. March. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
ARGEMONE UL. Prickly Poppy. 
Argemone Mexicana L. 
Waste places near the coast. Biloxi (Tracy). April- 
May. 
