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Show 412 'lbe Hiflory . of P L A N T S. It is a native of Ceylon, where it is as common as any tree we have he re. It's fecond, or under bark, is the Cinnamon o( fuch 1 uf~ · as an allringent, &c. 3· Laurus J oliis ovatis, utril;que flCUminatis, trinerviis, nitidis, petiolis laxis. The Laurus, with oval, glojfy./eaves, on lax pedicles. JrlJc Ql:run:: P!Htt::trte. Tp<; roqt i~ large, thick, and ~rachiated.; t~e.' t fJtH\lt, often. th.r:e feet in di.ameter; the height of the tree that of our h1gQefi: elms; 1t IS vel'Jilramofe>, it s1 bark grey i(h, aud rough on the trunk, but green on the young branches. The wood is white, but grows reddifh in drying. The leaves !land irregularly, and much refemble thofe of the common bay-tree; they are more than thr~.e inches long, a~ . iq h and a half broad, femewhat curled about the edges, and terminate in a very long and narrow point; they are of a bright green on the uppe fusface, and of a 'gr~yW~ green uhderneath, and Hand on pedicles of an inch long, fomewhat hollowed. The flowers are very fmall, and white; they !land in clufllers, on th<r tops of· ra.,n1,qfc , pedicles,' rHing from the a!~ of the leaves : the fruit is a black lhining berry. It is a native of many parts of the, Eafr.- Brey~ius calls it, Arbor Camphorifera Japonica foliis laurinis, fructu parvo globofo, calyce breviffimo. The Camphire of the lhops1 is prepared f:o~ the wood. of this tree by ~ coar,fe kind of fublimation ; all the pa~ts of the tree fmel~ ilr~ngly c of r,~ 4· Laurus foliis enervibus, obverfe ovatis, : utrinque acutis, integris, annuis. The Laurus, with deciduous leaves, witbottt ribs, of an obveifely ovdl . ftgure. , 1 ' • ~ue: 1Dtnfa:: tntn:::trtct The root is brachiated; the trunk ·two feet, or more, in diameter; : the whole tree very .tall, and ramofe. The leaves are four inches long, and twQ and a half broad, Jargefi: at the further end, and of a pale green colou on tlte upper fide, and whiti{h underneath. The flowers are ver-y fmall; ~nd yellow; tlfey fiand in little clufiers: the fruit is large. l .1 · ' • It is a native of the Eaft and Weft Indies. 'Many of the late writers have called it, Arbor limonii folio benzoinum fundens. · ' · ' · 5· Laurus Joliis integris et trilobis. 1' The Laurus, wit!J' undivided and t1·ilobate leaves. The root is brachiated, very long, and fpreading, b~t not pen~trating deep into the groun~. The trunk is lingle, moderately thick, but not very high; the top ramofe and fpreadmg. The leaves fiand irregularly on the branches, and are green, all the year; the young ones. a;e o~ an oval figure, undivided, qh.(l obtufely pointed at the 'extremity; the others are d1v1ded mto three lobes each, and 'refemble, in fame degree, thofe of the fig; they are of a duiky green on the upper fide, ~pd whitifh underneath. The flowe1s ~and in clu~ers, on long pedicles; they are fmall, and ~re fucceeded by ~e rr ies of tbe lhape. and fi~e of thofe ot the bay. .. . ' · '- , ; 1 ' · ' It lS a nat1ve of Amerfca; we have It m our gardens. C. Bauhine calls it, Saffafras arbor 'ficulneo folio. · · The bark is an excellent diaphoretic and aHenu;1nt and i in great efleem, as is alfo the wood. · ' |