An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 LAURACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Perseapubescens{Pursh) Sarg. Swamp Bay. Fig. 1968. Launis carolinensis var. pubcscens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. .814. Persca carolinensis var. paliislris Chapm. Fl. S. States. 393. i860. Persea pubcscens Sarg. Silva 7: y pi. 303. 1895. A tree, seldom over 35° high, the trunk some- times 15'in dia
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 LAURACEAE. Vol. II. 2. Perseapubescens{Pursh) Sarg. Swamp Bay. Fig. 1968. Launis carolinensis var. pubcscens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. .814. Persca carolinensis var. paliislris Chapm. Fl. S. States. 393. i860. Persea pubcscens Sarg. Silva 7: y pi. 303. 1895. A tree, seldom over 35° high, the trunk some- times 15'in diatneter. Bark brown; twigs densely brown-tomentose; leaves oval, oblong or lanceo- late, glabrous and shining above when mature, pubescent beneath or also tomentose on the veins, acute, acuminate or obtuse at the apex, usually narrowed at the base, strongly pinnately veined, i'-y' long, ¥-i¥ wide; petioles 4'-8' long; peduncles tomentose, mostly longer than the peti- oles, sometimes 2-3' long; calyx tomentose, its inner segments longer than the outer; berry dark blue, 6'-g' in diameter. In swamps and along streams, southern Virginia to Florida and Mississippi, near the coast. Great Bahama Island. Wood hard, orange-brown ; weight per cubic foot. 40 lbs. May-July. Fruit ripe Sept. 2. SASSAFRAS Xees & Eberm. Ilandb. Med. Pharm. Bot. 2: 418. 1831. A rough-barked tree, with broad entire or 1-3-lobed deciduous leaves, and yellow dioe- cious flowers in involucrate umbclled racemes at the ends of twigs of the preceding season, unfolding with or before the leaves, the involucre composed of the persistent bud-scales. Calyx 6-parted, that of the pistillate flowers persistent, its segments equal. Staminate flowers with 3 series of 3 stamens, the 2 outer series with glandless filaments, those of the inner series with a pair of stalked glands at the base. Anthers all 4-celled and introrse, 4-valved. Pistillate flowers with about 6 staminodia and an ovoid ovary. Fruit an oblong- globose blu
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