. Launis caroUnensis, THE CAROLINA LAUREL-TREE. Synomjmes. Laurui caroUnensis, Laurier de la Caroline, Carol!nischer Lorberbaum, Roiher Lor-berbaum, Alloro di Carolina, Carolina Laurel-tree, Red Baj-tree, Broad-leaved Carolina Bay-tree, Carolina Laurel-tree, Red Bay-tree, Catesby, Natural History of Car: ., North An)erican , Arboretum Germany. Italy. Britain. United States. Engravings. Calesby, Natural History of Carolina, pi. 63; Michaus, North American Sylva, pi. 32; Loudon. Arboretum Br.
. Launis caroUnensis, THE CAROLINA LAUREL-TREE. Synomjmes. Laurui caroUnensis, Laurier de la Caroline, Carol!nischer Lorberbaum, Roiher Lor-berbaum, Alloro di Carolina, Carolina Laurel-tree, Red Baj-tree, Broad-leaved Carolina Bay-tree, Carolina Laurel-tree, Red Bay-tree, Catesby, Natural History of Car: ., North An)erican , Arboretum Germany. Italy. Britain. United States. Engravings. Calesby, Natural History of Carolina, pi. 63; Michaus, North American Sylva, pi. 32; Loudon. Arboretum , iii., fig. 116S; and the figures below. Specijic Characters. Evergreen. Leaves oval, lanceolate, slightly glaucous beneath. Flowers in peduncled axillary groups.—Spreagd, Syst. Description. HE Carolina Laurel, al-though it sometimes at-tains a height of sixty or seventy feet, in its natu-ral habitat, with a trunk fifteen or twenty inchesin diameter, rarely exhibits a regular form; itsstem generally being crooked, and divided intoseveral thick limbs, eight, ten, or twelve feetabove the ground. Upon the trunks of old trees,the bark is thick, and deeply furrowed; but onyoung stocks and branches, it is smooth, and ofa beautiful green colour. The leaves are aboutsix inches long, alternate, oval-acuminate, glau-cous on the lower surface, and evergreen. Themale flowers come out in April or May, in longclusters from the axils of the leaves; and thefemale flowers occur in loose bunches, on ratherlong, red peduncles. The berries, which are of an oval form, and of a rich, dark-blue, grow in red cups, and occur two, and sometimes three together. Varieties. Michaux states that this tree differs exceedingly in its character,according to the latitude in which it grows. Lau
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