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dioecious, without perianth, subtended by minute bractlets. Staminate 

 aments cylindric, opening before or with the leaves, stamens usually 4-6 

 (2-16). Pistillate aments ovoid or globose, ovary subtended by 2-4, 

 short bracts, 1 celled; stigmas 2, filiform. Fruit a drupe, ovoid or globose, 

 the exocarp dry or fleshy, often waxy; nut thick-walled, 1 seeded. 



50 or 60 species in the warm temperate regions of the world. Wax 

 is obtained from the fruits of several species, sometimes used in the 

 making of candles. The astringent bark yields a substance used in 

 tanning, dyeing and for medicinal purposes. The Chinese species is 

 cultivated for its edible fruit. 



Myrica rubra Siebold and Zuccarini. 

 (Yang Mei.) "Strawberry Tree." 



Shrub or small tree, with more or less pubescent branchlets. Leaves 

 oblong lanceolate, acute or rounded, cuneate at the base, margin entire 

 or serrate above the middle, dark green above, glaucous and glabrous 

 below, 8-13 cm. long. Stamens 6-10. Fruit globose, deep reddish- 

 purple, succulent, with a sweet, pleasant, acid taste, resembling somewhat 

 a small strawberry in appearance. Stone ovoid compressed, rough. 



S. China, Korea and Japan. China: Chekiang, Kiangsi, Kiangsu, 

 Fukien, Kwangtung and Hainan. 



Cultivated for its fruit and showing much variation so that there are 

 various named varieties, one having a rose colored fruit of fine flavor. 

 Eaten fresh or preserved, also made into a refreshing drink. Fruits of 

 a dark wine red color, measuring over 2 cm. in diameter are obtainable in 

 the markets of Shanghai in season. The author encountered a specimen 

 measuring 7 m. tall in the Island of Hainan. 



JUGLANDACEAE . 



Leaves alternate, without stipules, pinnately compound. Flowers 

 monoecious; staminate in catkins, 1 flower to each bract, with or without 

 perianth. Pistillate flowers in clusters of two or three or singly on a 

 pendulous spike, perianth and bracts adherent to the ovary. Ovary 

 inferior, 1 celled, ] ovuled. Stigma 2-1 parted. Fruit a nut enclosed 

 in a fleshy exocarp, or 4 valved and woody, or winged. 



