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Myrica^ MYRICACE^ (Hutchinson). 565 



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Coast Region : Cape Div. ; Eondetosch to Hout Bay, below 1000 ffc., Dvege, a ! 

 Caledon Div. ; mountains near the mouth of Klein River, Zeyher, 3875 ! Rivers- 

 dale Div. ; Langeberg, above Platte Kloof, Muir in Ilerh, Galpin, 53:57 ! 

 Humausdorp Div, ; Zitzikama, about 500 ft., Galpin, 45S1 partly 1 (in Aat 

 Herb. Pretoria). 



According to Galpin^ this species is known as ''Loitering Bash*' 



I 3. M. dregeana (A, ChevaL Monogr. Myricac. 155) ; young 



branclilets densely leafy, softly pilose-tomentose ; leaves oblong- 

 oblanceolate, acutely acuiiiinatej narrowed to or soniewhat rounded 

 at the base, 1-2^ in. long, ^-1 in. broad, rigidly cbartaceous, glabrous 

 except the pubescent midrib below ; midrib prominent below ; 

 lateral nerves 6-9 on each side of the midrib, very slender and 

 slightly prominent below ; veins close but rather obscure on both 

 surfaces; petiole about -|- lin. long, pubescent; flow^ers dioecious; 

 male spikes up to |- in. long, axillary, solitary ; rhachis hidden by 

 the flowersj crisped-pubescent ; bracts rhomboid-ovate, 1 lin. long, a 

 ■ little longer than broad, very shortly ciliolate in the upper half, 

 glabrous outside ; stamens 2, on very short filaments ; anthers 

 minutely pitted ; female flu\\ ers and fruits not known. 



Coast Regio:^^ ; George Div. ; by the Nuatamma River, Burchell, 5104 I Uiten- 

 hage Div. ; Van Stadensberg Range, 1000-3000 ft., Ecklon d: Zevliery 4 ! Burchdl^ 



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Chevalier quotes *'Drege 4," but the specimen was undoubtedly collected by 

 Ecklon and Zeyher. 



4. M. humilis (Cham. & Schlecht. in Linn^ea, vi. 535) ; stems 

 erect, subsimple or wath one or two branches in the uj^per part, 

 stout, about 2^ lin. thick, clothed with scattered sessile glands and 

 long slender spreading hairs, more or less ridged ; leaves shortly 

 petiolate, fairly dense, oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, 

 rounded to an obtusely mucronate apex, |-1| in. long, \—\ in. 

 broad, ejitire or sparingly crcnate-serrate in the upper third, sparingly 

 pilose with long weak hairs on both sides of the midrib and around 

 the margin at the base, fairly densely covered with golden glands 

 below, the latter falling off in the fruiting stage ; midrib conspicuous 

 on both surfaces, more prominent below; lateral nerves 7-10 on 

 each side of the midrib, diverging at a wide angle, some of them 

 bifurcate about half-way towards the margin, prominent below; 

 veina fairly close and dehcate on the lower surface; petiole 1-1^ lin. 

 long, broadened at the base, strongly wrinkled and pilose when dry ; 

 flowers dicecious ; male inflorescence axillary, solitary, f in, long at 

 the time of flowering, w^ith conspicuous spreading bracts, rather 

 dense-flowered ; rhachis densely pubescent ; bracts at the base of 

 each flower solitary, spathulate-obovate, 2 lin. long, 1^ lin, broad, 

 submembranous, densely glandular outside, long-ciliate : stamens 

 4-6 ; filaments connate in the lower half; anthei-s large, f lin. long, 

 sparingly pubescent ; female inflorescence much exceeding the leaves, 

 up to 2 in. long ; rhachis fairly slender, densely covered with sessile 



