442 MYRTLE 



Myrtle, Myrtuseom nmis L. ; bog -, Myrica Gale L. ; - scrub, (Austr.) 

 Banksia, (Tasm.) Fagiis (Nothofagus) Cunninghamii Hook.; -tree, 

 Nothofagtis; wax-, Myrica cerifera L. ; willow-, Agonis. 



Myrtopsis Engl. Rutaceae (i). i New Caledonia. 



Myrtopsis O. Hoffm. = Eugenia L. p.p. (Myrt.). 



Myrtus (Tourn.) L. (BH. incl. UgiiiTurcz.). Myrtaceae (i). 70 trop. 

 and subtrop. M. commnnis L. (myrtle, W. As.) long nat. in Eur. 

 Cult. orn. shrubs. 



Mystacidium Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 20). 35 Afr. Cult. orn. fl. 



Mystropetalon Harv. Balanophoraceae. 2 S. Afr. 



Mystroxylon Eckl. et Zeyh. (Elaeodendron Jacq.). Celastraceae. 15 

 trop. and S. Afr., Madag. 



Myxopyrum Blume. Oleaceae. 7 Malaya. 



Myzodendraceae (EP.\ Santalaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. 

 Santalales). Only genus Myzodendron. 



Myzodendron (Banks) Soland. Myzodendraceae. 10 Chili, Patagonia. 

 Semi-parasitic green shrubs, like Loranthaceae, with alt. 1. and very 

 small unisexual fls. S naked, of 2- 3- i sta. ; ? with P (?) concrescent 

 with sides, G (3) with 3 stigmas and axile plac., bearing 3 ovules with 

 no integument. Fr. with 3 angles or wings and feather-like hairs in 

 angles. 



Myzorrhiza Phil. (Aphyllon Mitch.). Orobanchaceae. 10 Am. 



Na (Ceylon), Mesua ferrea L. 



Nabalus Cass. (Prenanthes Vaill.). Compositae (13). 5 N. Am. 



Nabiasodendron Pitard (Gardenia p. p.). Theaceae. 9 Indomal. 



Nablonium Cass. Compositae (4). i Tasmania. 



Nacrea Aven Nelson. Compositae (4). i Wyoming. 



Naegelia Regel (Smithiantha EP.}. Gesneriaceae (n). 6 Mexico. 

 They form subterranean runners, covered with scaly 1. Cult. orn. fl. 



Nageia Gaertn. = Podocarpus L'Herit. (Conif.). 



Nagelia Lindl. (Cotoneaster p.p. BH.}. Rosaceae (n). i Mexico. 



Naiadaceae (EP. Naiadeae BH. incl. Potamogetonaceae, Naiadaceae, 

 Aponogetonaceae,Jiincaginaceae}. Monocot. (Helobieae). Only genus 

 Najas (q.v.}. 



Naiadeae (BH.; cf. Naiadaceea). Monocots. (Apocarpae). 16 gen., 

 1 50 sp. cosmop. Water or marsh herbs, w*th rad., alt. , opp. , or whorled 

 1. and small fls. in racemose infl. $ or unisexual. Po or i 6, A i 6, 

 rarely connate, G i 6, rarely slightly connate, style short, ov. 

 2 oo , very rarely i.micropyle downwards. Dryfr. : seed exalbum. 

 For genera cf. fams. mentioned above. 



Naiocrene Rydberg (Clay ton in p.p.). Portulaceae. i N. Am. 



Najas L. Naiadaceae. 35 cosmop.; 2 in Brit. Freshwater annuals, 

 submerged, with slender stems and opp. usu. toothed linear 1. Fls. 

 unisexual; cf a single anther, term, on the axis and i- or 4-loc. 

 enclosed in two sheathing Ps. ? fl. G i naked or surrounded by a 

 perianth-like organ. Pollination occurs under water as in Zostera, 

 but the pollen is spherical. Ovule i, anatr. term, on the axis. 

 Embryo straight ; no endosp. 



Naked (n.), without P. 



Nama L. Hydrophyllaceae. 30 Am. , Hawaiian Is. 



Namation Brand (Nama p.p.). Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). t Mexico. 



