it as a facred tree, and offer it to their idols, and burn it as a perfume on their altars: they
alfo lay it on the graves of their deceafed friends. The public watchmen at Japan ufe the
aromatic powder of the bark, ftrewed in little winding grooves or channels in boxes, fecured
from the weather, for the following purpofe, viz. the powder being lighted at one end, burns
ilowly on, and being come to certain marked diilances, they ftrike a bell, and by means of
this time-keeper proclaim the hours of the night. It grows at Florida and Penfacola. It
diifers from the common fpecies, or Illicium Anifauim of Linnaeus. It is a large ihrub, of
the moil ijDecious appearance, and of a high degree of aromatic fragrance. The leaves bear
fome refemblance to thofe of the Bay. This fpecies is defcribed by Mr. Ellis, in die Philofophical
Tranfaftions for the year 1770.
