Myrica, DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 765 
M. barleriodes, L’ Herit. Strip. Nov. i. t. 1. Willd. i. 669, 
Shrubby. Spines quatern, Leaves opposite, spinous- 
pointed, 
Beng, Trikanta-juti. 
Hind, Kanta-goor-kamai, 
Teling, Tella-upee. 
_ This is one of the most common shrubs on every part of the 
coast of Coromandel, it grows freely in all situations, and is in 
flower and fruit most part of the year. Stem scarcely any, 
but branches innumerable, opposite, spreading in all direc- 
tions, forming a close, impenetrable bush, something like 
the Furze; young branches four-sided. Thorns axillary, 
four-fold, spreading, very sharp, from one to two inches 
long. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, reflexed, oval, acute. 
MAte FLOWERS axillary, sessile, single or crowded, and also 
interrupted spikes, small, yellow. - Bractés minute, acute, 
pressing the calyx. Calyx four-toothed ; teeth obtuse. Pe- 
tals four, lanceolate, recurved. Filaments shorter than the 
petals, Anthers oval, incumbent. Pistil a conical-gland 
 inits place. Femaxe axillary, solitary, sessile, between the 
two thorns, Calyx and corol as in the male. Filaments 
four, small. .Anthers broad-sagittate, sterile. Germ su- 
perior, globular. Style none. Stigma large, glandular. 
Berry globular, of the size of a pea, when ripe white, succu- 
lent. Seeds two. Berries eaten by men and birds. 
MYRICA. Schreb. gen. N. 1510. 
Mate. Ament with crescent-shaped scales, Corol none. 
Femave. Ament oblong ; scales as in the male. Corol none. 
Styles two. Drupe one-seeded. Embryo inverse, without 
perisperm. 
M. integrifolia, R. 
_ Leaves \anceolar, entire, smooth ; scales of the female 
aments reniform-cordate, one or two-flowered. Drupes oval, 
granulated. 
