202 Sweet-Gale (Myricacece) 



Leaves, two to three inches long, simple, alternate, entire, 

 oblong to egg-shape, very veiny, minutely dotted. 



Fruit, about one inch long, pear-shaped, fleshy, crowned 

 with the remains of the persistent calyx, one-celled, 

 one-seeded ; drupe-like. 



Found, from the mountains of Pennsylvania to Georgia. 



A shrub three to twelve feet high, with every part, 

 especially the fruit, flavored with an acrid oil. 



30. Family MYRICACE/E. (Sweet-Gale Fam.) 



Genus Myrica, L. (Bayberry, etc.) 



Flowers, solitary, under a scale-like bract, of two kinds : 

 the staminate in oblong or cylindrical clusters ; the 

 pistillate axillary, in egg-shape, oval, or globular 

 clusters. Corolla, lacking. Stamens, two to eight, 

 somewhat united below. Seed-case, free, with two to 

 eight scales at its base, and two thread-like stigmas, 

 one-celled, one-seeded. 



Leaves, simple, alternate, entire or toothed, fragrant, 

 resinous-dotted under the lens. 



Fruit, one-celled, one-seeded, round to oblong, coated 

 with wax or with resinous grains ; a dry, drupe-like 

 nut. 



Fig. 94. Bayberry. Wax Myrtle. M. cerffera, L. 



Flowers, the two kinds mostly on separate plants, the 

 staminate clusters oblong, erect, less than one inch 

 long, on the sides of the last year's twigs, scattered ; 

 the pistillate clusters oval. May. 



