THE DICOTYLEDONS 503 
late and odd-pinnate which, upon falling, leave usually horse- 
shoe shaped scars on branches, and in whose axils develop 
frequently one axillary bud and several ascending accessory 
buds. Inflorescence of staminate catkins and pistillate spikes. 
Fic. 375.—Fructiferous branch of Myrica Gale, showing mature pistillate catkins 
and nature of leaves. Collected at the south end of Peak’s Island in Casco Bay, 
Maine, September, 1913. 
The staminate catkins occur on the old wood of the previous 
year. The pistillate spikes are borne at the extremity or on the 
sides of the new wood. The staminate flower is composed of 
an elongated floral disk bearing a terminal bract, a perianth of 
6 to rarely 4 parts and 40 to 4 stamens. The pistillate flower is 
composed of an upgrown, hollowed-out receptacle bearing on 
