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near the fea-coaft. The leaves are fharp poirtted and 

 much longer than thoie of the European Bay; a 

 little wooly underneath, veined tranfverfely, and 

 fomewhat reflexed on their edges. The male trees 

 produce their flowers in long bunches from the wings 

 of the leaves ; the female, in loofe bunches, Hand- 

 ing upon long red footftalks, and are fucceeded by 

 blue berries fitting in red cups. 



The wood is of a very fine grain, proper for ca- 

 binet making and other ornamental furniture. It 

 alfo dies a beautiful black colour. 



3. Laurus genicuiata. Carolinian Spice Wood 

 Tree. 



This kind fo much refembles the Benzoin as to 

 require no further defcription, except in having ber- 

 ries not of fo red a colour. 



4. Laurus SafTafras. The Sajfafras-Tree. 



This tree rifes fometimes to the height of twenty 

 or thirty feet, and to twelve or fifteen inches in di- 

 ameter, but is commonly of much lower growth. 

 The bark of the young flioots is fmooth and green, 

 but of the old trunks rough, furrow^ed and of a 

 lightilh colour. It is divided towards the top into 

 many branches, generally crooked, furnirhed with 

 leaves different in form and fize, fome being oval 

 and entire, others two or three lobed and of five 

 or fix inches in length, and nearly as much in width; 

 of a light green colour and placed alternately upon 

 pretty long footftalks. The flowers are produced 

 at the extremity of the former year's (hoots upon 

 long panicled footftalks, and are generally male and 

 female upon different trees. The female are fuc- 

 ceeded by oblong, oval berries, of a bluifli colour 



when 



