324 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



A tree 6080 feet high, with the branches not angled. 

 Lwccs with lobes or auricles that often conceal the insertion of 

 the petiole. 



SUBORDER II. MYRICE.E. 

 3. MYRICA. Linn. 



Dioecious. Ament ovate-oblong ; scales lunulate. STE- 

 RILE FL. Stamens 4 6. Anthers 4-valved. FERTILE FL. 

 Ovary I- Stigmas 2. Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Dioecia. Tetrandria. 



1. M. gale, Linn. : leaves cuneate-lanceolate, serrate at the apex, ob- 

 tuse ; sterile ainents imbricated ; scales acuminate, ciliate ; fruit in 

 scaly heads. 



HAB. Bogs and mountain lakes. Can. and N. S. May. f? . 

 A branching shrub 45 feet high. Leaves alternate. Fruit 

 with a strong penetrating spicy scent. 



Sweet Gait. Dutch Myrtle. 



2. M. certfera Linn. : leaves cuneate-lanceolate, with a few serra- 

 tures near the summit, acute ; sterile ainents loose ; scales acute ; 

 fruit globular, naked. M. caroliniensis and pennsylcanica Pursh. ? 



HAB. Shady woods. N. Eng. to Flor. May, June. 1?. A 

 shrub 2 8 feet high, but sometimes (especially at the South,) 

 10 18 feet, diffusely spreading. Leaves varying in width, 

 sometimes entire, somewhat pubescent. Fruit small, dry and 

 juiceless, but by boiling, a wax of very pleasant flavour is ex- 

 tracted from it, which in used for making candles, &c. Biff. 

 Med. Bot. iiL Bayberry. Wax Myrtle. 



4. COMPTONIA. Gaert. 



Monoecious. STERILE FL. Ament cylindncal ; scales 1- 

 flowered. Perianth 2-parted. Stamens 3, forked ; anthers 

 6. FERTILE FL. Ament globose ; scales 1-flowered. Styles 

 2. Nut ovate. Monoecia. Triandria. 



C, asplenifolia Ait. Liquidambar asjilenifoliumLinn. 

 HAB. Woods. Can. to Geor. April, May. >>. A shrub 24 

 feet high. Leaves long, linear, cut almost to the midrib into 

 numerous roundish lobes. Flowers in oval sessile aments 

 The whole plant when rubbed, has a strong and somewhat fra- 

 grant scent Nuts forming a round burr. Stceet Fern. 



SUBORDER III. BETULINE^E. 

 5. BETULA. Linn. 



Monoecious. Ament cylindrical. STERILE FL. Perianth 

 none. Stamens 1012. FERTILE FL. Scales imperfectly 



