620 DICLINIA AMENTACEX. 
693. MYRICA. Gen. pl. 1510. 
Gale. 1. M, foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice serratis obtusis, ameti- 
à tis masculis imbricatis, squamis acuminatis ciliatis, 
- fructibus squamoso-capitatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 745- 
. Icon. Fl. dan. 327. : Erg 
In boggy grounds in Canada, and about lakes on high 
mountains ; plentifully on the Broad mountains, Pen- 
sylvania. h. May. v.v. A low shrub, like all 
the following, of an agreeable sweet scent. 
cerifera. 2. M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice rariter serratis acutis, 
amentis masculis laxis, squamis acutis, fructibus glo- 
bosis minoribus.— Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 745. ; 
Icon. Catesb. car. 1. t. 69. Pluk. alm. t. 48. f. 9. 
pumila, B. M. foliis lineari-lanceolatis. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 228. 
In shady dry woods: Virginia to Carolina. 6. In Caro- 
lina and Florida. h. May, June, v. v. A shrub 
sometimes more than twelve feet high. ‘The berries 
of this and the following species produce a white ve- 
getable wax, which the inhabitants manufacture into 
.. candles equal to those made of bees-wax. : 
earoliniensis. 3. M. foliis cuneato-oblongis grosse dentatis, amentis mas- 
: culis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majoribus. 
— Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 746. 
M. cerifera B. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 223. 
Icon. Catesb. car. 1. p. 13. 
In wet places about rivers and swamps: New England 
to Florida. p. May. v.v. Not above three or four 
feet high. 
pensylvanica. 4. M. foliis oblongis utrinque acutiusculis integerrimis aut 
apice rariter subserratis margine revolutis, amentis 
masculis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majus- 
. culis.— Lam. encycl. 2. p. 592. vod xd dH 
Icon. Duham. ar^. ed. nov.2. t. 55. ecc 
In shady rocky situations: New Jersey and Pensylvania, 
h. May. v.v. Not above three feet high. It ge- 
nerally is confounded with the preceding, but is a very 
distinct species. i e e 
694. BETULA. Gen. pl. 1419. 
populifolia, 1. B. foliis deltoidibus longe acuminatis inæqualiter serratis 
glaberrimis, strobilorum squamis lobis lateralibus subro- 
tundis, petiolis glabris. Willd’ sp. pl. 4. p. 463. 
