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Sassafras: Sassafras Laurier et Laurier des Iroquois, Sassafras tree, Laurus sassafras, Sassafras albidum. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa, engraved on copper by Gabriel, from Francois Andre Michaux's "North American Sylva," Philadelphia, 1857. French botanist Michaux (1770-1855) explored America and Canada in 1785 cataloging its native trees.Gravure 19eme siecle, par P. BESSA, in La FLore de l'Amerique du Nord, par Andre Francois MICHAUX , 1857. Credit FLO/KHARBINE TAPABOR