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And a Ne&mum, confifting of three tubercles, fharp point- 
ed, coloured, and ending in two bridles, Handing round 
the germen. 
The Filaments' are nine, ftorter than the corolla, compreffed, 
obtufe and three-fold in each order. The Anthem are ad- 
joined on each fide to the margin of the filaments. 
There are two roundifli fmall Glands affixed by very fhort 
footftalks, to each filament of the inward order, near the 
bafe. 
The Germen is fomewhat ovate. The Style is fimple, equal and 
I the length of the ftamina. The Stigma is obtufe and oblique. 
The Seed-veJJel is a drupe, oval, iharp pointed, and one cell’d, 
contained in the calyx. 
The Seed is a nut of a iharp pointed egg-ihape, with a kernel 
of the fame form. 
I Obf. The flowers are fometimes male and female upon differ- 
ent trees. 
The Species, with us , are , 
I, Laurus Benzoin. The Benjamin-Tree , or 
Spice-Wood. 
This fi^rub grows naturally in mold places, and 
riles often to the height of eight or ten feet, divid- 
ing into feveral branches. The leaves are annual, 
oval fhaped and entire. The flowers are produced 
from the Tides of the branches upon fhort footftalks, 
often dividing and fuftaining from one, to four or 
five flowers, of a greenifh yellow colour; which are 
fucceeded by oval, oblong berries, of a red colour 
when ripe, but changing to black,. The bark, ber- 
ries, &c. have a ftrong aromatic fmell, much like 
that of Benzoin, and indeed, by fome, is allowed 
to be the tree, from whence it is produced. 
2. Laurus Borbonia. Red-Jlalked Carolinian 
; Bay -Tree. 
This grows naturally in Carolina, and rifes with a 
ftraight trunk to a confiderable height, efpecially 
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