of almonds, and they are used to give that taste 
to milk, &c. as in Europe with the Primus lauro• 
c cerasus . It loves the shade, and blossoms in win¬ 
ter, even when it freezes. 
71. Laurus ? Ludoviciana. Raf. Arboreus, foliis pe- 
tiolatis, perennantibus oblongis, integris, uniner- 
vis, supra lucidis subtus glaucis ; floribus termi- 
nalibus, racemulosis, quinquefidis, baccis nigris. 
Raf.—Laurier. Rob. p. 363. A tree 30 or 40 
feet high, with a grey bark, and numerous di¬ 
verging slender branches ; leaves alternate, three 
inches long, one wide, petiols red. Flowers 
small, white, in small lateral and terminal bunches 
at the extremity of the branches, with only five 
sepals ! The leaves are used instead of those of 
Laurus nobilis , although their smell is less agree¬ 
able. 
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Order v.—Polygons. 
III. N. G. Stylurus. Raf. Calyx 0, Petala 4, Sta¬ 
mina 4—6, divaricata, receptaculum piumosum, 
ovariis multiplicis divaricatis, stylis longis plu- 
mosis deciduis. Semina nuda. Raf. This new 
genus, which does not belong to this order, (nor 
has any affinity with Atraphaxis ,) is connected 
with the genera Clematis and Thalictrum , and be¬ 
longs to the natural order of Ranunculacea as well 
as they; it differs from Clematis by the naked 
seeds, from Thalictrum by the hairy styles, and 
from both by the hairy receptacle and few sta- 
