426 MYRICACEX. (WAX-MYRTLE FAMILY.) 
6. OSTRYA, Micheli. Hor-HonwsEAM. 
Sterile flowers in drooping cylindrical aments, each in the axil of a scale-like i 
bract, destitute of a calyx. Stamens with the filaments irregularly united. Fer- as 
tile wes in a short terminal crowded spike, each enclosed in a membranaceous — 
involucre. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled, bearded at the apex. Stigmas 2, filiform. — 
Fruiting involucre inflated, nerved, hairy or bristly at the base, enclosing the 
solitary pointed nut. — Small trees, with ovate or oblong serrate short-petioled 
deciduous leaves. Flowers appearing with the leaves. 
1. O. Virginica, Willd. (Hor-Hornseam.) Leaves ovate-oblong, sharp- - 
ly and simply serrate, acuminate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, pubes- — 
cent; fertile spike cone-like, short-peduncled ; the imbricated involucres oblong, 
mucronate, bristly at the base. — Rich woods, Florida, and northward. March. . 
—A small tree, with hard and close-grained wood. gi 
Orper 129. MYRICACEÆ. (Wax-MrnrLE FAMILY) 
Chiefly shrubs, with simple alternate leaves, with or without stipules, 
and moneecious or dicecious flowers, disposed in aments, destitute of calyx 
or corolla, each in the axil of a simple bract. Stamens 2—10; the short — 
filaments free or partly united: anthers 2-celled. Ovary solitary, 1-celled, : 
surrounded at the base with a row of scales. Ovule solitary, orthotropous — 
or amphitropous. Involucre none. Stigmas 1 —2, elongated. Fruit a dry 
1-seeded drupe. Albumen none. Cotyledons fleshy. Radicle superior. 
Synopsis. pete 
a Pead eio Plants dotted with resinous glands. 
1. MYRICA. Flowers diœcious. Filaments united below. Leaves serrate or entire. stip- 
ules none. 
2. COMPTONIA. Flowers moncecious. Filaments forking, Leaves pinnatifid. — 
half-cordate. 
* * Seed amphitropous. Plant destitute of glands. 
3. LEITNERIA. Flowers diccious. Filaments distinct. Stigma solitary. Leaves entire. gar 
Stipules none. p 
1. MYRICA, L. Wax-Myrtiz. BAYBERRIY. 
Flowers in short axillary aments, dicecious, each in the axil of à sciet 
bract. Calyx and corolla none. Stamens 2-10, with the filaments U 
below. Ovary enclosed in a cup of 3-5 rounded scales. Ovule orthotropou* s 
igmas 2 (rarely 4), flattened on the inner face, widely spreading. ee 
bose, covered with waxy grains. — Shrubs or small trees, dotted with mint. 
us glands. Branches clustered. Leaves aan 
