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fabrics, cordafre, etc. Lagetta lintearia, of Jamaica, is tbe Lace-Bark 

 Tree, so called on account of its delicate inner bark. 



578.— Cohort X. Iiaurales. — Herbs, shrubs, and trees, 

 with mostly diclinous flowers ; ovary superior, one-celled, 

 the single seed sometimes with, and sometimes without 

 endosperm. 



Order Lauracese. — The Laurel Family. Aromatic trees and shrubs 



Figs. 403-5. — Illustrations op Mtbistica pragrans. 



Fio. 403. 



Pio. 405. 



Fig. 403.— Fruit, showing seed and aril. Fig. 404. — Seed and aril. 



Fig. 405.— Seed cut vertically, showing embryo below. 



(rarely parasitic herbs) with free stamens, and a pendulous seed with- 

 out endosperm. About 1000 species are known, occurring in the trop- 

 ical and temperate climates of both hemispheres. 



Laurus nobilis, the Bay or Laurel of Southern Europe, is a fine 

 spreading-topped evergreen tree, twelve to fifteen metres (40 to 50 it.) 

 hiMi. In ancient times its leaves were used to crown heroes, but no \ 



