Mp^ica.] MYPJCACE^E (Hutchinson). 5G9 



glands below which soon fall off; midrib fairly slender, conspicuous 

 on both surfaces ; lateral ncr^ es numerous, branched towards the 

 margin, conspicuous on both surfaces ; veins forming a close distinct 

 network below ; petiole |- to nearly ^ in. long, pubescent or glabrous 

 ^ like the branchlets j flowers dioecious; male inflorescences axillazy, 



solitary, usually as long as or a little longer than the petiole when 

 mature ; rhachis fairly stout, flexuous, glabrous ; bracts solitary, 

 broadly obovate, obtuse, about | lin. long, submembranous, shortly 

 ciliolate, otherwise glabrous ; stamens 3-4 ; filaments connate in 

 the lower half; anthers 4 lin. long, oblong; female inflorescence 

 little longer or twice as long as the petiole ; rhachis stout, pubescent; 

 bract solitary, broadly rhomboid, subacute, f lin. broad, sub- 

 ehartaceous, ciliolate in the upper half ; hypogynous scales elliptic, 

 fleshy, ciliate at the tips, enclosing the ovary ; ovary glabrous ; 

 styles spreading, free to the base, linear-filiform, | Hn. long; in- 

 fructescence few fruited, up to | in. long; fruits " sessile on the 

 rhachis, globose, 1 lin. in diam., strongly verrucose. A. Clieval. 

 Monogr. Myricac, 148. M. seihiopka, Drege, Zwei Pfi. Docimenfe, 

 99 ; not of Linn. M. conifera^ var. suhintegra^ A. ChevaL I.e. 



COASX Region : Clanwilliaai Div. ; near Brakfontein, Pappe ! Zeyher ! Clan- 

 william, ZeijherX Schlcckter, 8026! Tulbagh Div. ; Winter Hoek, Pappe I Paarl 

 Div. ; between Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, below 1000 ft., Drege I 

 StellenboscL Div. ; Riverside, Worsdell ! 



11. M. glabrissima (A. Cbeval. Monogr. Myricac. 156) ; a shrub 

 3 ft. high with glaucous foliage ; branches spreading, rather densely 

 leafy, glabrous, marked here and there v/ith lenticels; leaves 

 narrowly oblanceolate, subacute at the apex, gradually tapered into 

 the petiole at the base, 1-2 in. long, |-| in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, 

 entire or rarely obscurely 1-3-toothed, glabrous except for a few 

 scattered glands below in a young state ; midrib slightly prominent 

 on the lower surface ; lateral nerves and veins obscure; petiole 1-3 

 lin. long ; flowers dioecious ; male spikes axillary, about | in. long, 

 dense-flowered; rhachis ribbed, glabrous or nearly so; bracts very 

 broadly ovate-orbicular or ovate-triangular, obtuse, slightly keeled, 

 I lin. long, 1 lin. broad, glandular up the back, shortly ciliate on 

 the margin ; stamens -1 ; anthers f lin, long ; normal female flowers 

 not seen. 



Coast Eegion : RiversJale Div. ; Langeborg Range above Platte Kloof, Mtdr, 

 387 ! George Div. ; Long Kloof, above the source of Keurbooms Eiver, in a rocky 

 kloof, Burchdl, 5081 ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; upper part of Maitland River, 

 Burchcll, 46251 



12. M. Zeyheri (C. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvL ii. 149) ; a densely 

 leafy shrub 3-4 ft. high ; branches ascending, more or less distinctly 

 'ibbed, softly pubescent ; leaves spathnlate-oblanceolate, gradually 



narrowed at the base into a rather long petiole, with a triangular 

 obtuse apex, 1-1 J in. long, ^-J in, broad, rigidly coriaceous, obscurely 



