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like leaves; and Casuarinese, a New Holland 

 tree without leaves, but with jointed leaf-like 

 stems. 



THE GENUS MYRICA. 



The male flowers are produced in rather long 

 erect catkins, each having only one scale, and 

 four stamens. The female catkins are short, 

 and each flower has three scales or bracts ; the 

 ovary has two long stigmas, and the fruit is a 

 drupe, the scales becoming fleshy when ripe. 

 The bracts and leaves are covered with glands 

 filled with aromatic oil ; and in M. cerifera, the 

 fruit is covered with a waxy secretion, which is 

 used as wax. 



THE ORDER GARRYACE^. 



This order consists of only one genus, Garrya. 



THE GENUS GARRYA. 



Garrya elUptica is an evergreen shrub re- 

 markable for its long and graceful male catkins, 

 the flowers of which consist of four stamens 

 within a four-cleft calyx, enclosed within bracts 

 united at the base. The female flowers are on 

 a diff*erent plant, and the fruit is a berry not 

 opening naturally. 



