Myrica. dioecia tetrandria. 765 



M.barleriodes. L'Herit. Strip. JSTov. i. t.l. Willd. i. 669. 



Shrubby. Spines c[\iatern. Leaves opposite, spinous- 

 pointeil. 



Beng. Tnkaiita-JMt?'. 



Hind. Kanta-goor-kamai. 



Teling. Tella-iipee. 



This is one of the most common shrubs on every part of the 

 coast of Coromandel, it grows freely in all situations, and is in 

 flower and fruit most part of the year. AS^ey/i scarcely any, 

 but brandies innumerable, opposite, spreading- in all direc- 

 tions, forming- a close, impenetrable bush, something like 

 the Furze; young branches four-sided. TAorws axillary, 

 four-fold, spreading, very sharp, from one to two inches 

 long. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, reflexed, oval, acute. 

 Male flowers axillary, sessile, single or crowded, and also 

 interrupted spikes, small, yellow. Bractes minute, acute, 

 pressing- the calyx. Calyx four-toothed ; teeth obtuse. Pe- 

 tals four, lanceolate, recurved. Filaments shorter than the 

 petals. Anthers oval, incumbent. Pistil a conical gland 

 in its place. Female axillary, solitary, sessile, between the 

 two thorns. Calyx and corol as in the male. Filaments 

 four, small. Anthers broad-sagittate, sterile. Germ su- 

 perior, globular. Style none. Stigma large, glandular. 

 Berry globular, of the size of a pea, when ripe white, succu- 

 lent. Seeds two. Berries eaten by men and birds. 



MYRICA. Schreb. gen. N. 1510. 

 Male. -4mew< with crescent-shaped scales. Corol none. 

 Female. Ameiit oblong- ; scales as in the male. Corol none. 

 Styles two. Drupe one-seeded. Embryo inverse, without 

 peri sperm. 



M. integrifolia. R. 



Leaves lanceolar, entire, smooth ; scales of the female 

 aments reniform-cordate, one or two- flowered. Drupes oval, 

 granulated. 



