398 YOUNGKEN— ON THE MYRICACEAE 



List of Illustrations 



Plate LXXXI 



Fig. 1 Seedlings of Myrica ccrijera, showing root tubercles, collected at Wildwood, 



N. J., June 20, 1913. 

 Fig. 2 Seedlings of Myrica Caroltnensis, also possessing root tubercles and collected 



on same date and at same place as above. 

 Fig. 3 Seedlings of Myrica Macfarlanei {M. cerifera x M. Carolinensis) gathered 



at Palermo, N. J., March 21, 1915. Note the position and frequency of the 



tubercles. 



Plate LXXXII 



Fig . 4 Entire plant of Comptonia asplenifolia, showing habit of growth. Collected 



near Clementon, N. J., July 15, 1913. 

 Fig. 5 Leafy branch of Comptonia asplenifolia, showing nature of stipulate leaves 



in mid-summer. 



Plate LXXXIII 



Fig. 6 Fructiferous branches of Myrica cerifera, showing evergreen leaves persisting 

 on the branches all winter. Collected at Tuckahoe, N. J., January 2, 1914. 



Fig. 7 Fruiting branch of Myrica Carolinensis, collected as above, showing but one 

 leaf present and about ready to fall. 



Plate LXXXIV 



Fig. 8 Fructiferous branch of Myrica Gale, showing mature pistillate catkins and 



nature of leaves. Collected by Dr. John M. Macfarlane at the south end 



of Peak's Island in Casco Bay, Maine, September 1913. 

 Fig. 9 Staminate branch of the same plant, collected at the south end of Chebeague, 



in Casco Bay, Maine, by Dr. J. M. Macfarlane, August 1913. 

 Fig. 10 Branches of pistillate plant of Myrica Carolinensis, growing near the coast 



of Long Island at Noroton, Connecticut, April 27, 1913. Note total absence 



of leaves. 

 Fig. 11 Branches of staminate plant about 2)4 feet high, growing near the sandy 



beach of Long Island shore, Noroton, Conn., April 27, 1913. Note total 



absence of leaves. 



Plate LXXXV 



Fig. 12 Staminate branch of Myrica Macfarlanei, collected at Wildwood, N. J., 



January 31, 1915. The leaves were nearly all discolored and somewhat 



shrivelled. 

 Fig. 13 Pistillate branch of Myrica Macfarlanei, collected as above. Note that many 



of the fruits are still adhering to the catkin axes on the second year's wood. 



Many of the fruit bearing axes of several seasons past are still adhering to 



the wood. 



