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DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 



MYRICA. Gen. Pl. 1510. 



MasculL Amentum 



t 



oblo 



ngum 



Ca hjx oblong. 



Sterile Jioret. Amenl 



Ca lyx 



an o- 



squama ovata. Corolla vate scale. Corolla 0. 



0. 



Foeminei, Amentum 



Calyx 



oblongum. 



Fertile Jiorets, 



ment oblong. 



A- 



Calyx 



squama ovata. Corolla an ovate scale. Coral- 



0. 



Styli 2. Drupa la 0. Styles 2. Drupe 



monosperma 



one-seeded. 



1. Cerifera. 



Lin. 



M. 



foliis cuneato- 



lanceolalis, acutis. 



Le 



cuneate 



a 



ceolate, acute, 



ith a 



pice ranter serratis; a- 1 few serratures near the 



summit; sterile aments 



? 



mentis masculis laxis 

 squamis acutis; fructi- 

 bus fflobosis minoribus. 



loose: scales acute,* 





fruit globular^ small. 



Sp. pi. 4. p, r45. Walt. p. 242. Mich. 2. p. 227. Pursh, 2. p. 620- 

 Nutt. 2. p. 235. J- f ? r 



A small tree 10—18 feet high, diffusely branching, the small branches 

 crowded near the summit of the larger ones. Leaves perennial, alternate, 

 somewliat coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, sometimes entire, glabrous, dotted, 

 nearly sessile^ when young a little pubescent. ' Flowers in short cylindrical, 

 axillary aments. Scale nearly round. Filaments 4, longer than the scales. 

 btyles of the fertile florets 2, longer than the scales. Stigma simple. 



1 his tree bears its small grey fruit in great profusion. These little drupes 

 appear to the eye dry and juiceless, but by boiling, a ^zx of a very pleasant 

 flavour IS extracted from thera, which is used in the manufacture of soap 

 and candles. 



Grows in almost all soils, preferring those which are wet and swampy- 

 i lowers in March— April. 



2. Caroliiviensis. 



L 



M. foliis cuneato- 1 Leaver cuneate-ob- 



oblon 



gis, grosse denta- 



Jong, coarsely toothed: 



