404. 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Myriapoda—continued. 
each of the rings behind the three that immediately 
follow the head seeming to bear two pairs. The legs are 
also inserted close to the middle line below, and are too 
short to project beyond the sides of the body when the 
animal is walking. The body is usually nearly cylindrical, 
less often depressed. This group. possess no poison fangs. 
For further particulars regarding these animals and their 
relation to horticulture, see Millipedes. 
MYRICA (from Myrike, the old Greek name, used 
by Homer, for the Tamarisk). Candleberry Myrtle. The 
only genus of ORD. Myricacew (which see for cha- 
racters). Myricas thrive in moist and sandy peat. The 
Fic 625, FLOWERING BRANCH OF MYRICA GALE. 
“greenhouse species are propagated by cuttings, taken 
during spring or autumn, and inserted under a hand 
lass, in a shady situation. The hardy ones may be 
. closely imbricated bracts. 
Myrica—continued. 
increased by seeds, sown as soon as ripe; by layers, by 
cuttings, or by divisions. 
M. californica (Californian). 
urple, papillose, thinly S i 
. oblanceolate, thick, slightly tomentose below, 2in. to Ain. long, 
acute. A hardy evergreen shrub; in a wild state, it sometimes 
attains a height of 30ft. to 40ft. See Fig. 625. 
M. cerifera (wax-bearing). Common Candleberry Myrtle. fl. red- 
dish. May. J. lanceolate, pointed, serrated, flat, shining. R. 5ft. 
to 12ft. Canada, 1099. A small, hardy, evergreen shrub. 
M. Gale (Gale). Sweet Gale. Pe brownish-green. February and 
March. J. lanceolate, serrated, tapering and entire at the base. 
fl. greenish, moneecious. fr. 
FIG. 625. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MYRICA CALIFORNICA. 
h. 2ft. to 4ft, Europe (Britain), North Asia, and North America. 
& ede 5 hardy, deciduous shrub. See Fig. 620. 
y. U le s š 
M. Nagi (Nagi). f. nish, fr. edible, deep red-purple, - 
oblong or globose, studded with mamillary tubercles, and wich a 
Juicy acid flesh of soft radiating fibres. l te-! late, 
serrated above the middle. China and Japan, 1868. Greenhouse 
shrub or small tree. (B. M. 5727.) 
M. quercifolia (Oak-leaved). i. greenish. June. J. rigid, coria- 
ceous, oblong, cuneate at base, with sinuated margins. 
h. oft. Cape of Good Hope, 1752. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 
MTRIC ACEA. A natural order of trees or shrubs, 
often aromatic, widely dispersed over Europe, temperate 
and tropical Asia, South Africa, and North America, 
often abounding in dots and glands filled with aromatic 
secretions. Flowers unisexual; males in cylindrical 
sessile catkins; females in ovate sessile catkins, with 
Fruit a globose or ovoid 
drupe, often covered with waxy papille. Leaves ever- 
green or deciduous, alternate, penniveined, entire, serrate, 
irregularly dentate or lobed or regularly pinnatifid, with 
a single exception exstipulate. The bark of several My- 
ricacee contains a resinous substance, which gives it 
astringent tonic properties; wax, benzoic acid, and tannin, 
are also yielded. The order contains but one genus 
Myrica—and about thirty-five species. 
_MYRICARIA (a Latinised form of Myrike, the old 
Greek name, used by Homer, for the Tamarisk, to which 
the present genus is nearly allied). ORD. Tamariscinee. 
A genus of about four species of hardy deciduous shrubs or 
sub-shrubs, natives of Europe and Central Asia. Flowers 
rose or white, in long, terminal, spike-like racemes ; 
stamens ten, style absent, stigma capitate. Leaves small, 
Heath-like. Myricarias thrive in sandy spots, but hardly 
seem particular to soil. Propagated by seeds, sown in 
spring, in the open air; or from cuttings of firm young 
wood. The only species worth mentioning here is the 
following: 
* (German). fl. white or rose-tinted, stalked, in 
e-like racemes, attenuated above, lax below; petals lanceo- 
late, acute. Summer. l. glaucescent, linear, obtuse, punctate. 
Stem way erect, much-branched ; branches rigid, erect, slightly 
angular. K. 3ft. to 6ft. Europe, Asia, 1582. (B. F. F. 8.) 
coated with greyish-white wax. 
