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toiCLISriA AtAESTACZM. 



693. MYRICA. Gen.pl. 1510. 



Gak. 1. M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice serratis obtusis, amen-' 



tis masculis imbricatis, squamis acuniinatis cUiatis^ 

 fructibus squamoso-capitatis. — IFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 745. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. 317 . 



In boggy grounds in Canada, and about lakes on high 

 mountains j plentifully on the Broad mountains, Pen- 

 sylvania. Tj . May. v. v. A low shrub, like all 

 the following, of an agreeable sweet scent. 



cerifera. 2. M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice rariter serratis acutis, 



amentis masculis laxis, squamis acutis, fructibus glo- 

 bosis minoribus. — fVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 745. 

 Icon. Catesb. car. 1, t. 6g. Pluk. aim. t. 48. f. g. 



pumila* /3.M. foliis lineari-lanceolatis. Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 228. 



In shady dry woods : Virginia to Carolina. /3. In Caro- 

 lina and Florida. Tj . May, June. v. v. A shrub 

 sometimes more than twelve feet high. The berries 

 of this and the following species produce a white ve-' 

 getable wax, which the inhabitants manufacture into 

 candles equal to those made of bees-wax. 



earoliniensis. 3. M. foliis cuneato-oblongis grosse dentatis, amentis mas- 

 culis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis raajoribus. 



—mild, sp.pl. 4. p. 746. 



M. cerifera jS. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 223. 



Icon. Catesb. car. 1. p. 13. 



In wet places about rivers and swamps : New England 

 to Florida. 1; . May. v. v. Not above three or four 

 feet high. 

 pensylvanica. 4. M. foliis oblongis utrinque acutiusculis integerrimis aut 

 apice rariter subserratis margine revolutis, amentis 

 masculis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majus- 

 culis. — Lam. encycl. 2. p. 5g2. 



Icon, Duham. arb. ed. nov.2. t. 55. 



In shady rocky situations : New Jersey and Pensylvanta. 

 \2 . May. v. v. Not above three feet high. It ge- 

 nerally is confounded with the preceding, but is a very 

 distinct species. 



694. BETULA. Gen. pi. 14ig. 



poputi/olia. 1. B. foliis deltoidibus longe acuminatis ineequaliter serratis 

 glaberrimis, slrobilorum squamis lobis lateralibus subro- 

 tundis, petiolis glabris. pyilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 463. 



