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MYOSOTIS 



above : Ivs. oblong-linear or oblanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 acutish: pedicels usually much exceeding the calyx; 

 calyx deeply cleft, hirsute, the hairs, except a few at the 

 base, erect and straight: racemes long and loose; corolla 

 blue, 3-4 lines broad, with a yellow eye : nutlets more or 

 less margined and carinate ventrally, sessile. Spring. 

 Dry soil, Eu., N. Asia. G. 28 : 520. Common in cult. 



DD. Pedicels about equaling the calyx, thicker, ascending: 



plant 3-8 in. high. 



alpestris, Schmidt (M. rupicola, Smith). Similar to 

 the last but dwarf, 3-8 in. high: raceme more dense with 

 shorter thicker ascending pedicels which slightly 

 exceed the calyx: nutlets larger. Summer. Eu. G.C. 

 III. 17:650. Gn.W. 25:544. S.H. 2; p. 25 (1898, f. 203) 

 (as var stricta}. Gt. 1896, p. 609 (as var. stricta). G.W. 

 2:550 (as var. stricta). Gn. 33, p. 93. Fls. said to be 

 fragrant in the evening. Var. stricta, Hort. All the 

 branches erect and strict: appearance peculiar. Var. 

 aurea, Hort. Foliage golden yellow. Commonly cult. 



cc. Nutlets stipitate: plant oppressed pubescent. 

 dissitiflora. Baker. Biennial: very similar in habit 

 to M. sylvatica, but lower, 6-8 in. high, whole plant 

 clothed with erect-spreading or appressed short hairs: 

 Ivs. large, spatulate-oblong, acute, bright green: fruit- 

 ing racemes more elongated; pedicels ascending or 

 incurved, 2-3 times longer than the calyx; hooked hairs 

 almost absent; calyx-segms. lanceolate, much longer 

 than the tube; corolla 4-5 lines diam. The most impor- 

 tant difference is in the nutlets, which are distinctly 



2422. Myrica cerifera. 

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stipitate. Spring. Switzerland. R.H. 1896, p. 278. 

 S.H. 2, p. 409 (1898, fig. 385). Var. elegantissima, 

 Hort. Lvs. white-edged. The name M. elegantissima 

 has also been applied to forms of M. palustris and M. 

 sylvatica. 



M. Victoria is a fasciated form with hollow st., much crowded, 

 branched, condensed and malformed infl. and irregular enlarged 

 corolla. It is said to come true to seed. Probably derived from M. 

 alpestris. See G.C. III. 10:159; 17:650 (1895). M. Welwitschii, 

 Boiss. & Reut. A Spanish species with large blue fls. 



K. M. WlEGAND. 



MYRCIARIA (name probably related to Myrtus). 

 Myrtacese. Brazilian trees and shrubs, of which several 

 species are cultivated for their fruits; sometimes united 

 with Eugenia. 



Leaves opposite, entire: fls. sessile or nearly so, 



MYRICA 



axillary, clustered, rarely solitary or in panicles; calyx 

 4-lobed; petals 4, perigynous, inserted opposite the 

 sepals, deciduous; stamens many; filaments free, 

 filiform; anthers oval or oblong, dehiscing longitudi- 

 nally; style filiform; stigma simple, rarely capitate,' 

 ovary inferior, bilocular, with 2 ovules in each locule; 

 disk small, rarely crowned by the persistent sepals : fr. 

 a berry; seeds 1-4, embryo exalburninous. Probably 

 50 and more species. See Jaboticaba, p. 1713. 



caulifldra, Berg. JABOTICABA. The best -known 

 species, considered by Barbosa Rodrigues the hand- 

 somest of all the Myrtacese. Tree, up to 35 ft.: Ivs. 

 elliptical-lanceolate, acute at base and apex: calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, ciliate: fls. shortly pedicellate, pro- 

 duced directly from the bark of the trunk and branches: 

 fr. 1/2-1J/2 in. diam., globose, purplish violet in color, 

 exocarp astringent. Mountains of Rio de Janeiro and 

 Minas Geraes. Pacific Garden, June 1915, p. 12. 



Jaboticaba, Berg. JABOTICABA DE SAO PAULO. 

 JABOTICABA DE CABINHO. Tree, 20-30 ft. : Ivs. lanceo- 

 late or ovate-lanceolate, acute, the base obtuse: calyx- 

 lobes acute, ciliate: fls. shortly pedicellate, produced 

 directly from the bark of the trunk and branches: fr. 

 similar to that of M. cauliflora in general appearance; 

 depressed-globose, almost black, 3l~l in. diam., ped- 

 uncle usually longer than in M. cauliflora. Forests of 

 Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. jp \y. POPENOE. 



MYRICA (ancient Greek name, possibly applied 

 originally to the tamarisk). Myricacese. WAX MYRTLE. 

 Ornamental woody plants grown chiefly for their hand- 

 some foliage and attractive fruits and some species for 

 their edible fruits. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, without stipules, 

 entire or serrate, resinous-punctate: fls. direcious or 

 monoecious, without perianth, in unisexual catkins; 

 stamens 2-16, usually 4-6; ovary 1-celled, with 2 slen- 

 der filiform stigmas: fr. a drupe, dry or succulent, 

 usually coated with a waxy exudation; nut thick-walled, 

 1-seeded. About 50 species in the temperate and 

 warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



The wax myrtles are aromatic shrubs or small trees 

 with deciduous or evergreen generally oblong leaves 

 and inconspicuous flowers followed by ornamental 

 grayish white or red fruits. Wax is obtained from the 

 fruits of several species; some are cultivated for their 

 succulent and edible fruits. The bark is astringent 

 and used medicinally and in tanning. Myrica Gale and 

 M. carolinensis are hardy North; M. cerifera is some- 

 what tenderer and M. californica is still more tender, 

 while M. rubra and M. Faya can be grown in subtropi- 

 cal regions only. M. Gale and also M. cerifera prefer 

 moist and peaty soil, while M. carolinensis and M. 

 californica grow well in sandy and sterile soil and are 

 widely distributed along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts 

 respectively. Propagation is by seeds sown after matu- 

 rity; also by layers, and some species, particularly M. 

 Gale, by suckers. 



A. Lvs. persistent, or deciduous: fr. globular or ovoid, 



often coated with wax: fls. with or after the Ivs. 

 (Morella.) 



B. Color of fr. grayish white: fr. dry, densely covered with 



wax: Ivs. often deciduous: stamens 2-6. 



cerifera, Linn. (Morella cerifera, Small. Cerothdm- 

 nus cerifera, Small). Fig. 2422. Slender tree, occasion- 

 ally to 40 ft., nearly glabrous: Ivs. persistent, oblong or 

 oblanceolate, usually acute, cuneate at the base, 

 coarsely serrate above the middle, or entire, dark green 

 above, paler and sometimes pubescent beneath, golden 

 resinous, 1-3 in. long, about J^in. broad: staminate 

 aments cylindric, pistillate aments short: fr. J/sin. 

 across. March, April. Md. to Fla., Texas and Ark. 

 S.S. 9:459. G.F. 7:476 (adapted in Fig. 2422). The 

 plant cult, as M . cerifera is usually the following species. 



