308 cxxiv. MYRiCACE-ai (Hutchinson). [Myrica. 



male and female flowers on separate inflo- 

 rescences 2. M. arborm. 



Leaves acute or subacute and etjual-sidcd at the 

 base ; male and female flowers on the same 

 inHorescenec ... 'S. M. kandltana. 



Flowers dioecious. 

 Leaves J in. long or less, serrate in the upper half ; 



petiole 1 lin. long or less ; female flowers lax [Johaiinis. 



on the spike ... ... ... 4. 3/. Meycri- 



Leaves 1 i in. long or longer, if shorter then entire ; 

 jx'tiole usually more than 1 lin. long. 

 Petiole J-2 lin. long. 



Leaves entire or simply serrate. 



Leaves entire, acut<i ; stamens 7-8 ... 5. M. Mildbrcedii. 



Leaves shar{)ly serrate in the upi)er two- 

 thirds, I in, broad or less ; stamens 



about 8 ... ... ... G. M. Goalzti. 



Leaves entire or serrate in the upjK-r half, 

 rounded to a shortly mucronate apex, 



^1^ in. broad ; stamens 5-6 7. M. pilulifcra. 



Leaves doubly serrate ... ... ... 8. M. usambarensis. 



Petiole 2-}-6 lin. long. 



Branches strongly lenticeilate ; leaves 



mostly rounded to a subacute base, often \rica. 



with folded margins when dry 9. M. kilimandticlia- 



Branches not or only slightly lenticellati' ; 

 leaves rounded to a subacute unequal- 

 sided base ; margins not folded 10. M. salicifoUa. 



Branches lenticeilate, softly tomentulose ; 

 leaves long-attenuated into an acute base 11. M. conijera. 



1. M. Gale, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, 1024. A small erect shrub usually 

 ♦growing in swamps ; stems and branches covered with dark-coloured 

 lenticeilate bark, glabrous or slightly pubescent ; young branchlets 

 leafy, pubescent. Leaves deciduous, oblanceolate, mostly subacute, 

 attenuated to the base, |-2J in. long, ^|- in. broad, entire or shortly 

 serrate in the upper half or towards the tip, thinly chartaceous, with 

 a few golden glands on the lower surface when young, pubescent on 

 both surfaces ; lateral nerves numerous and rather delicate, di- 

 verging from the midrib at a wide angle ; petiole about 1 lin. long ; 

 peruloD scaly, persistent orsubpersistent, ovate or lanceolate, subacute, 

 up to 2 lin. long, venose, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers dioecious. 

 Male spikes numerous, produced before the leaves, J-f in. long, 

 dense-flowered ; bracts imbricate, conspicuous, very broadl}^ ovate, 

 subacutely mucronate, about IJ lin. long and broad, scaly, shining 

 outside, very shortly ciliolate, glabrous or nearly so outside ; stamens 

 3-6, usually 4 ; anthers small, nearly J lin. long. Female spikes 

 racemosely arranged on the previous season's shoots, sessile, dense- 

 Howered, ^-J in. long at the time of flowering, at length (in fruit) 

 a little longer ; bracts similar to those of the male but much smaller ; 

 ovary narrowly ovoid ; style-branches spreading, slender. Fruits 



