SOS 



THY.VLLEACE.l 



1. SASSA] cs. Sassafras. 



Flowers' dioecious, with a 6-parted spreading calvx. 

 Stamens 9, inserted on the base of (lie calyx in 3 rows, the 



inner with a pair of stalked glands at t ho base of each : 

 anther^ 4-celled, 4-valvcd. ELO-wr.Rs with 6 

 short rudiments of stamens and an ovoid ovary, D] 



o\ id, supported on a club-sb 1. — Trees 



utith spicy aromatic bark, deciduous leaves, end greenish. yellow fiuw~ 

 ers in cindered and jpedirackd corymbed / . ; earing iv-t'. tic 



leaves. 



■ S. officinale, Necs. Obmmon Sassafras. 



Leaves ovate, en!:?!} or 6 I cunc.to at Lnse; raceme 



linear hi.- c'r. (Law B, L.) 



-. rommon. April 

 ■ 



. : dru^e, torn on a rod Bt 



2. BEaZOIX, Xces. Spice-bush. 



Flotvers polygainr,us-d"ccc:ous, with a 6-] 

 The STERILE ] with 9 stara< 



1 to 2-lobed and 



celled, 2-valvcd. Trin-iLE flowers wiih 15 to 18 i 

 raents of stamenB in 2 forms, and Lar ovary. 



cbovoid. th*c stalk not thickened. — «S entire uccitl- 



uous lecvfs oid yellow fioieers preceding the leaves in nccn ly sez&ils 

 umhel like duslt . 



B. OBOttI? 

 Nearly smooth; leaves oblong-oboYate, pale \ ; u Icng 



as 'he !'g-vc 



Damn^.M!--. A- matk 



fiaTor Mmih i tc g Leaves 2 to 4 ini ' 



:d umbels, greenish. i'^rj ;Lo lea «i iij» 



iutcpt. 



Ordsr 92. TEi 7 SISLEACES.— Mezereum Family. 



Shnils. with acrid end tery t r u~l> lar!;, entire leaves, cirri perfect flowers wj0 a 

 regular : ~i:c as many stamens as its klcs. in- 



serted into i?ie cai;,-x. Oyai.y solitary, with 1 ovule. 9mjg 1: siigma undivided. 

 Fecit hard, dry, drupaceous. 



1. DIROA, Linn. Leathlrwood. 



Gr. Dirlc, the namo of a fountain m>ar Thobi?. 



Perianth colored, tubular-funnel-shaped, truncate, the 

 border wavy or obscurely 4-toothcd. Stamens 8, long and . 



