. The natural history of plants. Botany. FlO. 254. Male flower, PiO. 255., Trnit (I). base is surrounded by the persistent perianth and receptacle sur- mounting a dilated, club-shaped pedicel. The leaves (fig. 253) are caducous and three-ribbed, and polymorphous, some entire, others lobed. The inflorescences are accompanied by scaly bracts which envelope them completely when young. This genus contains but two species, of which the best known is the Sassafras-tree [S. offici- nalis^), a fine tree from North America. The genus Sassafridium? differs from the preceding one in its flowers
. The natural history of plants. Botany. FlO. 254. Male flower, PiO. 255., Trnit (I). base is surrounded by the persistent perianth and receptacle sur- mounting a dilated, club-shaped pedicel. The leaves (fig. 253) are caducous and three-ribbed, and polymorphous, some entire, others lobed. The inflorescences are accompanied by scaly bracts which envelope them completely when young. This genus contains but two species, of which the best known is the Sassafras-tree [S. offici- nalis^), a fine tree from North America. The genus Sassafridium? differs from the preceding one in its flowers being hermaphrodite, not diclinous, in its non-persistent perianth, and in its possessing I Sassaffras officinale Nees, Sj/sL, 4S8.— Persea Sassaffras Speeng., Syst., ii, 276. Lamms Sassafras L., Sort. Cliff., 154; Mat. Cornus mas odorata, &c., Pltikn., Almag., 222, Med., —BlACKW., Herb., t. 267.—^Nebs, t. 6.—Catesb., Carol., i. 55, t. 55. PI. Offic., t. 131.—"Hatnb, Arzn., 12, t. 19.— " jieissn., Prodv., Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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