g53 Brens hiftofia naturatis 



,„ resytacematim iongis pedimculis infiftentcsyparvi ; bacca figura & ntag- 

 ^itudineLauri." 48) Phil. Millervs fupran. 3-2. .cita.tus 5 3). 

 In fcinis pofterioribus editiqriibus laudatus AuGor nunc in- 

 tferLauri fpecies kinnaei nomine fpeeifico recenfet Safiafras, 

 edit. fexta n. j 1 , feptima n. 7. In fexta dicuntur hse ftirpes 

 Americae .feptentrionalis indigenae , ubi pl.erumgue crefcunt 

 in folo parjim humido (on iowfwampy ground) , nunquam yero 

 ad altitudinem infignem aflTurgunt, neque earum trunei valde 

 crafli evadunt, quare fruticibus annumerari poflunt. Radi- 

 ces earum fub ter^a ferpunt & in nativo folo producunt per^ 

 multos ftolones \ fed in Angiia hae ftirpes haud facile longaevee 

 fiunt : hiemis enim feverae frigore plerumque deftruuntur Sc 

 ?aeftatis fervidae ficcitate faepius pereunt etfi folo valde humido 

 implantentur , neque hieinali tempore in ealdariis melius con- 

 fervantur. Poft heec fufior fequitur inftru&io, quomodo tura 

 baccis tum radidbus propagari queant, cujus f ope harum ftir- 

 pium aliquae .ultra feptem pedes aflurgebant irainis fcene inftru- 

 £tae. In Anglia fruftum haud fert ihaec ftirps, fed -baccae ex 

 America petuntur. Jn feptima v editione haec Slluftrantur fe- 

 quentibus. Saflafras arbor valde communis eft in plerisque A- 

 mericae feptentrionalispartibusyfedraro ofto y.el decem pedes 

 altitudine fuperat. Radices ibidem valde Juxuriant *&ilolonibus 

 fuis folum longe lateque pccupant , ubicunque hoc augmentum 

 ipfisconceditur. Rami.ornanturfoliisdifFerentisfigurae&magni- 

 tudinis : qusedam eorum funt iigurae ovalis & integra r quat^uor 

 cirgiter digitos longa , tres Jata , alia profunde dividuntur in 



tres 



y 3) The Gardeners Diclionary <5cc. The jftxth editien carefully rc- 

 Vifcd, and adapted to thc prcfent yraElice by Phil. Miller F. 

 R. S. &c. and Member of the Botanic Society at Florence. Lon- 

 don 175:2. TheGardeners Diclionary /&c. the feventh cditUn 9 

 rcvifed and altcrcd accordingto thc lateftfyficm of Botany, and 

 embcllifhcd xoith feveral cofrper Plates , yoicb \vcre not in thc 

 formcr Editionr. by Phil. Miller &c. London 1759. f°^ ma J- 



