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206 ‘MONOECIA. TETRANDRIA. 
clusively indigenous to India and ed tropical regions of 
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738. COMPTONIA. Geriner. (Sweet-Fern.) 
— Masc. Ament cylindric, scales 1-flowered; co- 
4 e none, Stamina 3 or 4, filaments simple. 
Fem. Ament ovate. Calix at length 6-leaved. 
Corolla none. Styles 2. Nut oval, 1-celled. 
A low and odorous shrub nearly allied to Myrica Gale; 
leaves oblong and sinuated, resembling the partial fronds 
of a fern. 
2 Srectts. C. asplenifolia.—The only one of the genus. 
736. TRAGIA. L. 
Masc., Calix $-parted. Corolla none. Frm. 
Calix 5-parted. Corolla none. Style trifid. Cap- 
sule tricoccous, S-celled. (Seed solitary. 
Stems s or Song toe scandent or erect; leaves 
_alternat owers bracteate, axillary and spiked; 
female Ayes of the same spike, or in the 
Species, 1. i. urens. 2. urtioifolia. 3. macrocarpa. 
A tropical genus principally indigepous to India and the 
Warmer parts of America. 
Ee 
-r37. ALNUS. Willd. (Alder.)_ 
Mase. Ament composed of 3 fowered, cu- 
neform Seaucated) receptacles. Calix the scales 
Corolla 4-parted. FE 
