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568 ■ MYRICACE.E (Hutcliinson). [Myrica. 



wise glabrous ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, rounded or very 

 slightly cordate at the base, subacute at the apex, 1-2 in, long^ ^—1 

 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, entire, finely reticulate and glabrous 

 above, slightly glaucous below and with a few scattered golden 

 glands ; midrib prominent below ; lateral nerves 6-9 on each side of 

 the midrib^ slightly prominent below, branched towards the margin ; 

 petiole very short, scarcely h lin. long ; flowers dicecious ; male spikes 

 axillary, solitary, f-1 in. long, rather dense flowered ; rhachis 

 glabrous ; bracts shortly stipitate, very broadly triangular, auricu- 

 late, glabrous outside, shortly and rather closely ciliolate ; stamens 

 4 ; anthers with short filaments ; female spikes about ^ in. long ; 

 bracts imbricate, broadly triangular, | lin. long, 1 lin. broad, sub- 

 membranous, glabrous outside, shortly ciliolate; hypogynous scales 

 orbicular, ciliate ; ovary glabrous; stj'le-arms suberect, acute, 

 A, Clievalj J\[ono(jr, Mi/ricac. 157. 



Coast Heqion: George Div. ; near the Touw Hiver, Burchell, 5739! Knysna 

 Div. ; near Knysua, Bowie ! Barchcll, 5486 ! Unionclale Div. ; near the Keur- 



booms River. Burchell, 5143! Humaiiiidorp Div<; grassy hill 

 Kenned}; ! Uitenhage Div. ; Witteklip and Yanstadens Berg, 



s near Humansdorp, 

 Mac wan ! 



9. M. myrtifolia (A. Cheval. Monogr. Myricac. 155, t. vih fig- 

 A) ; older branches fairly stout, covered with greyish-brown bark ; 

 younger ones densely leafy, minutely puberulous ; leaves oblong or 

 oblong-elliptic, rather abruptly acute, rounded at the base, f-1 2' in. 

 long, \-^ in. broad, very obscurely crenulate, coriaceous, glabrous 

 and finely reticulate on both surfaces ; midrib prominent below ; 

 lateral nerves about 5 on each side, slightly raised on the lower 

 surface ; petiole about ^ lin. long, very thick ; flo\vers dioecious ; 



male spikes axillary, solitary, one-third to a half as long as the 

 leaves ; rhachis angular, glabrous ; bracts stipitate, very broadly 

 triangular, auriculate in the middle, 1^ lin. long, 1|- lin. broad, 

 membranous tow^ards the margin, shortly ciliate ; stamens 5 ; fila- 

 ments short; anthers | lin. long, thick; female flowers not seen; 

 fruiting spikes (accorclizig to Clievaller) 1-1;^ in. long; fruits 13>-2 

 lin. in diam., subspherical ; endocarp bony, verruculose, otherwise 

 glabrous. 



Coast Eegion : Knysna Div. ; near Knysna, Bowie I 



10. M. linearis (C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 154) ; branches 



erect, marked with small distinct scattered lenticels, longitudinally 

 wrinkled and minutely pubescent^ 2-2^ lin. thick; branchlets 

 leafy, ascending, those of the male softly pubescent, the female 

 glabrous or pubescent ; leaves linear or narrowly lineardanceolate, 

 subobtuse, narrowed at the base into a long slender petiole, ^-^ 

 in. (usually about 2| in.) long, 3-8 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous 



mostly entire but sometimes a few with 2-4 triangular teeth in 

 the upper part, sometimes with a few scattered hairs but mostly 

 glabrous on the upper surface, closely reticulate, with a few scattered 



