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pistillate -o ea dense, becoming 1-1.5 cm. IE nut 2-2.5 mm. 
E 
lon ng ings somewhat prolonged at the top.—(SWEET-GALE. BOG-MYRTLE.) 
In s pe and Si borders e ponds, often in acid soil, "Blue Ridge and more 
ioo Bound N. C. to Minn., Ore., Alas., Ont., 'and Newf. —Spr. 
2. CEROTHAMNUS Tidestrom. Dioecious shrubs or trees. Leaves 
evergreen in our ibas blades entire or merely toothed. Aments appearing 
after the lea Staminate aments with 1 imbrieate bracts: flowers 
with 
not bristly: flowers with a gynoecium subtended by 2-4, or more, bractlets 
which are not accrescent. Fruit globular, drupe-like, in cape! like spikes 
without bracts, the epicarp very waxy. [Morella (Fl. SE U. S.)]—About 9 
species, mostly North American.—The bark is astringent i wax is obtained 
from the exudations of the fruits.—Wint.-spr.—BAYBERRIES. WAX-MYRTLES. 
WAX-BERRIES. "lALLOW-SHRUBS. CANDLE-BERRIES. 
Low shrub, less than 1 m. tall, with horizontal subterranean ides. A oU the 
erect branches often forming large patches C. pumilus. 
Tall shrubs or small trees, without OO CEN: 
Leaf- M toothed x individually entire: stamens about 
4: twigs Dubes 
Drupe A n diam eter LA DIA NES of a narrow 
2 jone-attenuate to ihe “bas 2. C. ceriferus. 
Dru 4—5 in diameter: leaf-bl ades a a broad 
RA : usually ‘not ione nctenuate to the bas 3. C. carolinensis. 
Leaf-blades entire: stamens about 10: twigs glabrous. 4. C. inodorus 
C. pumilus (Michx.) Small. Shrub 2-6 dm. tall, gregarious from hori- 
zontal bise leaf-blades obovate to linear-spatulate, cuneate at the base, 
9— . lon 
1.5-3 ng or rarely lar Teer commonly 
0-8 e s dong; nut 3.5—4 m Re 
—(Dw Dw NDLE- 
ERR cs Mga andy “acid Piet ade, “Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to La. and N. C. 
2. ©. ceriferus (L.) Small. Shrub, or 
tree becoming 12 m. tall: leaves much Te- 
br 
often yellowish; blades oblanceolate to 
elliptie- ‘oblanceolate, 3-10 em. long, toothed 
or rei s ay entire: a inate aments 
1-1. ys . long: nut 2-3 mm. in diameter.— 
CW RRY. Wa X-MYRTLE. oo 
Rep mae —-Hammocks, and mps, 
protected from fire, often in acid soil, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex., Ark., and 
S N. J. 
3. C. carolinensis (Mill) Tidestrom. rub 1-3 all: leaves not con- 
dieque d reduced toward the tips of ao puts ‘iads elliptic, e 
obovate, 2—10 e T Li toothed towar d apex inate 
si ird 1—1.5 em. long: e amet or (BATHE RY. "on seit 
BAYBERRY.  SWAM ESI = or wet acid Bude edges of 
hammocks, dunes, ana stream-banks, Prius POI e Fla. to Ala. La., 
(2), "Tnd., and N. S. 
4. C. inodorus (Bart.) Small. o i. tree 6 m. tall: D igo ee 
dris or sometimes a te, 4-8 em. long, entire: stamin 1.5 
. long: nut 5-7 mm. in fans (Onsen Wax- ee of 
