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SICLIRIA AMENTACE^. 



693. MYRICA. Gen. pi. 1510. 



Gali. 1. M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice serratis obtusis, amefl'* 



tis masculis imbricatis, squamis acuminatis ci'liatis^ 

 fructibus squamoso-capitatis. — IVilld. sp. pi. A. p. 745. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 327« 



In boggy grounds in Canada, and about lakes oa high 

 mountains ; plentifully on the Broad mountains, Pen- 

 sylvania. }j . 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. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 7'i5. 

 Icon. Catesb. car. 1. t. 6g. Pluk. aim. t. 48./. Q. 



pumila. jS.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. 



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

 culis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majoribus. 

 — IF'dld. sp. pi. 4. p. 746. 



M. cerifera /3. Mkh.Ji. amer. 1. p. 11^, 



Icon, (.ntesb car. 1. p. 13. 



In wet places about rivers and swamps : New England 

 to Florida. ^2 • May. v. v. Not above three or four 

 feet high. 



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

 apice rariter subserratis margine revolutis, amentis 

 masculis la*is, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majus- 

 culis.'-Lffl'w. encijcl. 2. p. 5t>2. 



Icon. Duham. arh. ed. nov. 2. t. 55. 



In shady rocky situations : New Jersey and Pensylvania. 

 Tj . May. V. V. Not above ihree feet high. It ge- 

 nerally is confounded with the preceding, but is a very 

 distinct species. 



694. BETULA, Gen. pi. 14 19. 



populifolia. 1. B. foliis deltoidibus longe acuminatis ineequaliter serratis 

 glaberrimis, sirobilorum squamis lobis lateralibus subro- 

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



