502 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
UnorriciAL Druc Parr Usep BoraAnicAL NAME HABITAT 
Myrica Bark of root Myrica cerifera veiw North 
Ma carolinensis America 
Comptonia Leaf Comptonia aspleni- Eastern North 
folia America 
Bayberry Wax Wax from fruits Myrica cerifera me North 
Myrica carolinensis America 
Fic. 374.—Fructiferous branches of Myrica caroliniensis (to left) and Myrica 
cerifera (to right) as they appear in early winter. The former species is decidu- 
ous while the latter is evergreen. Collected by author at Wildwood, N. J., in 
mid December, 
ORDER JUGLANDALES 
JUGLANDACEZ OR WALNUT Famity.—Tall, branching, 
monececious trees or shrubs with branches and leaf-stalks usually 
beset with glandular-resinous hairs. Leaves alternate, exstipu- 
