4(54 PLANT LIFE OK ALABAMA. 



MYRICACEAE. Wax-Myrtle Family. 



MYRICA I.. S].. IM. 2: 1(»-M. IT."):?. 



Thirty to 35 8i»«cie8, tro«'s mid shrubs, of wainier and cooler teiii))<i!itr lefjioiiH of 

 i:iir<ti)t>.' Asia. Atrit-a. Nortli America. United .Slates, 6. 



Myrica cerifera I.. Sp. IM. 2: lOL'l. 17.".:^. 



Soi'TiiKRN Wax Mykti.k. C'anih.k Ukkky. 



Mt/riia reriftni v.ir. nrhoreacens Michx. Kl. IJor. Am. 2:2l'S. IHO'A. 



Kll. ."^k. 2 :"(hS. Chap. Fl. 42(>; cd. H, 150. Sar{,aM.t, Silv. N. A. 9 : S7, /. -/•'.''. 



Caroliiiiaii and l.oiiisiaiiian anas. Florida tliroii-rli tlie .Maritime Fine licit ; aloii;? 

 the coast to Muryhind, west to the .'^^abine \alloy, northeastern Texas (Cass Comity, 

 Mohr\, and southern Arkansas. 



Ai,ai5AMa: Central Frairie ref^ion to the seacoast. Sandy and iilluvial swamps. 

 Most (recinent and in j^reatest jierfection in the coast rejijion, reaihinj; :{0 to 10 feet 

 in lni;:ht and over 12 inches in diameter. A slirn.b in the njijier districts. Mobile, 

 r.aldwin, Fseambia. Clarke, and Montgomery counties. Flowers in February; fruit 

 rijie in October. Common. 



Kconomic uses: The berries yield wax. 



Tyiie locality: " Ilab. in Candina, Virginia, Pensylvania." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Myrica pumila (Michx. i Small, liull. Torr. Club, 23: 12(). 1893. 



DWAIiK Wa.x Myrti.k. 



Mi/rica cerifera var. ])iimila Michx. Fl. l'>or. Am. 2 : 22S. 1803. 



Chap. Fl. 427. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Ai.a15AMa: Mountain region to Coast plain. In open |)ine woods. Dry sandy soil. 

 Cullman County, 800 lect. Autauga County, Kingston. Most frequent on sandy 

 ridges in the Lower Pine region. Mol)ile and IJaldwiu eotmties. Scarcely over a foot 

 high. Flowers in March ; fruit ripe in October, si/e of a i)in head, profuse. Common ; 

 strictly distinct, extending in the interior much farther north than the la.st. 



Type locality: ''Hah. in aridis, a Carolina ad Floridam." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Myrica carolinensis Mill. Card. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3. 1868. 



Hayberry. Candle Bkiuiy. 



Mi/rica orifcra var. media Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:228. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :(;78. (iray, Man. cd. 6, 170, in part. Chap. Fl. 427; ed. 3, 450. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. In the coast legicni. Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick. New England to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 



Ai.ai5A.ma: Coast i)lain. Swampy borders of pine-barren streams and sandy 

 swamps. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers in March; Iruit ripe October, 

 No\ ember. Not rare. 



Rarely over 8 or 10 feet high, foliage partially persistent over winter, leaves and 

 bark highly aromatic, pungent. 



Economic uses: The bark of the root, a.s "bayberry bark,'" is used medicinally. 



Type locality : '' Hab. a Nova Anglia ad Floridam, in udis et juxta rivniis.'' 



Herb. Mohr. 



Myrica inodora Bartram, Travels, 405. 1791. Bai: i i.a.ms Wax Myrtle. 



Chap. Fl. 427. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 9:91,460. 



Louisianian area. Florida to South Carolina west to Mississippi (Pearl Kiver 

 Valley). 



Alabama: Coast plain. Swam])S along pine-barren streams. Mobile County, 

 Springhill, Whistler. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers Fel)ruary, March; fruit 

 ripe Se])tember, October Tree 15 to 25 feet high, diameter 3 inches; mostly 

 shrubby. 



Economic uses: The bcrrii^s, called " candle berries,' yield wax. 



Type locality: ''Taensa Bhrft" on the Mobile River, August 5, 1776. 



Herb. Mohr. 



SALICACAE. Willow Family. 



POPULUS L. Sp. PI. 2:1034. 17.53. Poplar. Cottonwood. 



About 20 species, temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. North America, 9; 

 Atlantic States 5 or 6. 



