Order ii.-—Thymelea. 
-67. Dirca palustris L. Rob. p. 358* 
Order hi.—Protege. 
68* Celtis alba. Raf. Ramulis tomentosis, foliis disti^ 
chis obliquis, lanceolatis, integris, petiolatis ; flo« 
ribus axillaribus, pedunculatis, solitaris ternisque. 
Raf—L’Inconu ! Rob. p. 359. This tree does 
not certainly belong to the Proteae, but is a real 
Celtis , by Robin’s whole description ; he, howe¬ 
ver, mentions two characters, the anthers opening 
from bottom to top, as in Laurus. and the hairy 
stigma, which might lead to believe it a peculiar* 
sub-genus, to which the name of Dastima might 
be given. It is a fine shady tree, forty feet high, 
bark whitish and scaly, wood white, compact and 
fine; the young branches are slender, and by bear¬ 
ing distichal leaves, assume the appearance of a 
pinnate leaf; leaves alterne, two inches long; 
flowers small, green, berries red, sweet, size of a 
grain of pepper. The leaves fall in winter; it 
blossoms in March ; the bark is often used in de* 
coction as cooling and anodyne. 
Order iv.—Lauri. 
69. Laurus Sassafras L. Rob. p. 361. This tree 
rises over 30 feet high in Louisiana, it blossom^ 
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