L. Benzòin.
Líndera Benzòin, Blume. (Spice-bush. Benjamin-bush.) Leaves alternate, oblong-ovate, entire, pale beneath, very spicy in odor and taste; twigs green; leaf-buds scaly; drupes red, ripe in autumn. Flowers 4 to 5 together in sessile umbels; in early spring, before the leaves expand. Common in damp woods throughout.
Order XXXIV. ELÆAGNÀCEÆ.
(Oleaster Family.)
A small order of shrubs or small trees, with the leaves covered with silvery scurf.
Genus 71. ELÆÁGNUS.
Leaves alternate, entire; flowers axillary, stemmed; fruit drupe-like with an 8-grooved stone.
E. lóngipes.