808 OxxIv. MyRicAcEH (Hutchinson). .  |Myrica. 
male and female flowers on separate inflo- 
rescences ... ae os sop a nc 
Leaves acute or subacute and equal-sided at the 
base ; male and female flowers on the same 
inflorescence nec Doe Due CoC a. 3. DM. kandtiana. 
Flowers dicecious. 
Leaves 1 in. long or less, serrate in the upper half ; : 
petiole 1 lin. long or less ; female flowers lax [ Johannes. 
on the spike... Sac sae soe ... 4 M. Meyer- 
Leaves 14 in. long or longer, if shorter then entire ; 
petiole usually more than 1 lin. long. 
Petiole 1-2 lin. long. 
Leaves entire or simply serrate. 
Leaves entire, acute ; stamens 7-8 
Leaves sharply serrate in the upper two- 
thirds, 4 in. broad or less; stamens : 
about 8... cee ves 50¢ sco =O, MM, Gazer: 
Leaves entire or serrate in the upper half, 
rounded to a shortly mucronate apex, oe 
4-1} in. broad ; stamens 5-6 ... ... 7 M. pilulifera. 
Leaves doubly serrate ae eee .. 8. M. usambarensts. 
~~~ Petiole 2}-6 lin. long. 
Branches strongly lenticellate; leaves : 
mostly rounded to a subacute base, often [rica. 
with folded margins when dry __ ... ... 9. M. kilimeandscha- 
Branches not or only slightly lenticellate ; 
leaves rounded to a subacute unequal- 
sided base ; margins not folded ... aa 10. MM, salicifolia. 
Branches lenticellate, softly tomentulose ; 
leaves long-attenuated into an acute base 11. M. conifefra. 
2. M. arborea. 
. M. Mildbredii. 
or 
1. M. Gale, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 1024. A small erect shrub jusually 
growing in swamps ; stems and branches covered with dark-ciploured 
lenticellate bark, glabrous or slightly pubescent ; young brajnchlets 
leafy, pubescent. Leaves deciduous, oblanceolate, mostly sujbacute, 
attenuated to the base, 3-24 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, entire or (shortly 
serrate in the upper half or towards the tip, thinly chartaceous, with 
a few golden glands on the lower surface when young, pubesient on 
both surfaces; lateral nerves numerous and rather delicate, di- 
verging from the midrib at a wide angle ; petiole about 1 lin. long ; 
perule scaly, persistent or subpersistent, ovate or lanceolate, subacute, 
up to 2 lin. long, venose, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers dicecious. 
Male spikes numerous, produced before the leaves, $-? in. long, 
dense-flowered ; bracts imbricate, conspicuous, very broadly ovate, 
subacutely mucronate, about 1} lin. long and broad, scaly, shining 
outside, very shortly ciliolate, glabrous or nearly so outside ; stamens 
3-6, usually 4; anthers small, nearly } lin. long. Female spikes 
racemosely arranged on the previous season’s shoots, sessile, dense- 
flowered, 4—} in. long at the time of flowering, at length (in fruit) 
a little longer ; bracts similar to those of the male but much smaller ; 
ovary narrowly ovoid; style-branches spreading, slender. Fruits 
