yes 4 -« TETRANDRIA. DIGYNTA. 
~ Oss. In Betula alba, and B. nana, the catkins are cylindrical, 
the scales 3-forked, and the seeds with a double lateral border, 
In B. alnus, the catkin forms a kind of roundish cone, the scales 
are circular, and the seeds are angular, not bordered, Linn. 
MYRI’CA. Garin. 39. 
Male flowers. : ie: 
Cau. Cathkin egg-oblong, tiled on every side, limber, ¢on- 
sisting of Scales inclosing a single flower, crescent. 
hapa, tapering to a blunt point, concave, ) 
Proper Cup, none. . 
Bross. none. — : 
Sram. Filaments 4, (rarely 6) thread-shaped, short, 
upright. Anthers large, double, with cloven lobes. — 
‘ emale flowers, ; an 
Cat. as above. : : 
Buoss. none. “tie vg 
Pisr. -Germen somewhat ege-shaped. Styles 2, thread- 
shaped, longer than the cup. Summits simple. 
S. Vess. Berry of 1 cell. ‘ia 
SEED single. = 
Oss. In Myrica Gale, there are 4 stamens. The berry is 
» or like a leathery crust, compressed at the end, and 3 
sobea. “Livy, ea hs : 
CUS’CUTA. Fourn. 422. Gerin. 62. 
Cane Cup 1 leaf, glass-shaped, 4-clefted, blunt, fleshy at 
e : 
Bross. 1 petal, ¢ -shaped, a little longer than the cup. 
Mouth 4-cleft, blunt. oe 
Nectary 4 scales, strap-shaped, cloven at the end, 
in ga ae to the — at the base of the stamens _ 
rAM. Filan 4, awl-sha: ; | as the cup: 
Anthers roundish. ne ING zo 
Prst. Germen roundish. Styles2, upright, short. Sum= 
__mits simple, ~ ao 
S. Vess. fleshy, roundish, 2-celled, cut round. 
SEEDs in pairs, | re 
oerisetale, pe . as a is the prevailing ae ! s - “a - 
