MYRICA 



MYRIOCEPHALUS 



2093 



carolinensis, Mill. (.1/. pcnsulvdnica, Lois.). Morella 

 caroliiHii-ii.'i, Small). H.wheruy. Kig. 24215. Slu-ub, 

 2-8 ft. lush: braiiclilcts dftcn puljcscont: Ivs. sub- 

 persistent or ileoiiluous, oblanceolatc to obovate, 

 usually obtuse or sometimes acute, euneate at the base, 

 entire or with a few shaUow teeth above the middle, 



2423. Myrica carolinensis. 



(XH) 



dark green and dull above, sometimes pubescent 

 beneath, resinous, 2-4 in. long and J 2-1/ 2 in. broad: 

 fr. Jein- across. Marclij_Aii£il ; fr. in Sept., Oct. Nova 

 Scotia to Fla. and Ala.Talso on the shores of Lake Erie. 

 G.F. 7:477 (adapted in Fig. 2423). F.E. 23:825 (as 

 M. cerifera). — Handsome shrub, hardier than the pre- 

 ceding, with which it is often confused; conspicuous in 

 winter when covered with its grayish white frs. which 

 stay on the branches until spring. 



BB. Color of fr. red: Ivs. evergreen. 



c. Frs. distinct in small clusters on short scaly stalks: 



staminatc fls. in simple calkins. 



califomica, Cham. Slender tree, occasionally to 40 

 ft.: branehlets pubescent: Ivs. lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, euneate, remotely serrate, dark green 

 and lustrous above, glabrous or puberulous beneath and 

 marked with minute black dots, 2—4 in. long and 1/2-% 

 in. broad; stamens 5-8: fr. globose, about Jiin. across, 

 papillose, thinly coated with wax. May, June; fr. in 

 Sept., falling during the winter. Wash, to Calif. S.S. 

 9:461. J.H.S. 1852:283.— One of the prettiest Cali- 

 fornian native shrubs, but not e;isily transplanted and 

 difficult to prop. 



riibra, Sieb. & Zucc. (M. Nagi, DC, not Thunb.). 

 Shrub or small tree: branehlets shghtly pubescent: Ivs. 

 oblong-lanceolate, acutish, cimeate, entire or sen-ate 

 above the middle, dark green above, paler beneath, 

 glabrous, 3-5 in. long: staminate catkins cylindric; sta- 

 mens 6-10: fr. globose or ovoid, tuberculate, deep red- 

 purple, )'2-l in. across; stone ovoid, compressed. April, 

 May; fr. in July. S. China, Japan. B.M. 5727. S.I.F. 

 2:6. — Cult, for its edible fr. There is a variety with 

 rose-colored finer flavored fr. The berries are vinous 

 and sweet with a ple;usant acid taste and are used like 

 blackberries; the fresh juice makes an agreeable bev- 

 erage. The tree is supposed to stand about 15° of 

 frost. Intro, in 1889. The M. Nagi, Thunb., is Podo- 

 carpus Nagi. 



cc. Frs. 3-4 in small subglobose heads resembling a 

 single S-4-celled fr.: staminate fls. in panicles. 



Faya, Ait. {Faija fragifera, Webb). Shrub or small 

 tree, to 25 ft.: branches glabrous: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, euneate, entire or serrate, glabrous, 2-4 in. long: 

 staminate fls. with 4 stamens; pistillate fls. and frs. in 

 elongated spikes: fr. red, edible, J^^in. across. Canary 

 Isls., Madeira, Azores. N.D. 2:,56. 



AA. Lvs. deciduous: frs. inclosed by 2 persistent wing- 

 like brax:ts, forming dense ovoid-oblong, eone-like 

 catkins: fls. before the lvs. (Gale.) 



Gale, Linn. (Gale palustris, Chevalier). Shrub, 1-5 

 ft.: branches dark brown: lvs. oblanceolatc, obtuse, 

 rarely acute, euneate, serrate toward the apex, dark 

 green and glabrous above, usually pubescent 

 beneath, 1-23^2 in. long: staminate catkins about J^in. 

 long, brownish: fr. comi)ressed, 3-i)ointed, yellowish, 

 golden-resinous, in catkins about 'sin. long, crowded 

 at the end of last year's branches. Ajjril; fr. in Sept. 

 N. Amer., south to Va., Mich, and Wash., Eu., N. Asia. 

 H.W. 2, p. 97. B.B. (ed. 2) 1:584. Var. subglabra, 

 Fern. Lvs. glabrous or nearly so. 



M. aspteniifdlia, Linn.^Comptonia aspleniifolia. — M. sdpida. 

 Wall, .\llied to M. rubra. Tree; branches pubescent: lvs. oblong to 



oblanceokte, 3-G in. long: staminate lis. in panicles: fr. in elongated 

 spikes, ellipsoid, Jjin. long; nut pointed at both ends, edible. 

 Himalayas, India, Malay Archipelago. Wallich, Tent. Fl. Nepal. 45. 



Alfred Rehder. 

 MYRICARIA (derived from Myrica, probably the 

 ancient name for the tamarisk, in allusion to the close 

 affinity of the genus to the tamarisk). Tamaricacese. 

 A genus of about 10 species distributed from Eu. 

 through Cent. Asia to China; closely related to Tamarix, 

 chiefly distinguished by the 10 stamens being connate 

 one-third to one-half, by the 3 sessile stigmas and the 

 stalked tuft on hairs on the seeds. They are hardy 

 shrubby or suffruticose plants with alternate scale-like 

 lvs. and with the fls. in terminal, often panicled racenies. 

 M. germanica, Desv. {Tamarix germdnica, Linn.), is a 

 glabrous undershrub, 4-6 ft. high, with upright, wand- 

 like branches: lvs. minute, bluish green, lanceolate, 

 glandular-dotted : fls. light pink or whitish, in 4-6 in. 

 long, terminal racemes, usually with lateral ones at the 

 base; bracts produced into a narrow lanceolate point, 

 broadly winged below, exceeding the buds; stamens 

 connate about one-half. Cent, and S. Eu., W. Asia. 

 S.O.B. 3:131. G.W.H. 38. M. dahftrica, Ehrenb. 

 (Tdmarii. dahurica, Willd.), is very similar, but racemes 

 usually lateral, the bracts oblong-ovate, acute with a 

 membranous margin all around, not exceeding the 

 buds, and stamens connate only one-third. Dahuria, 

 Transbaikalia. The cult, is the same as of tamarix; 

 they prefer sandy, moist soil. Alfred Rehder. 



MYRIOCEPHALUS (Greek, ten-thousand-headed). 

 Compositse. Aimual or perennial herbs, all Australian, 

 often hoary, especially when young. 



Leaves alternate, entire: clusters or compound heads 

 tonninal, usually globose or hemispherical; heads 

 exceedingly numerous and sessile on a broad, very flat 

 receptacle, surrounded by a general involucre of numer- 

 ous nan-ow bracts in many rows, each usually with a 

 scarious tip or radiating appendage. In M. Stuartii 

 these appendages arc 1-2 lines long, broad, white and 

 very conspicuous. — About 8 species. 



Stfiartii, Benth. (Pobjcalymma Stuartii, F. Muell. & 

 Sond.). Pubescent or woolly, not much branched: lvs. 

 linear or lanceolate, half st. -clasping, 1-2 in. long: clus- 

 ters hemispherical, 1 in. or more across; partial heads 

 .5-8-fld.: seeds woolly; jiapiius of numerous ciliate bris- 

 tles. — Very rare in .American collections. An odd sort 

 of everlasting flower, known to the trade as Polyca- 

 lymma Stuartii. It is a half-hardy plant, growing about 

 1)^ ft. high and bearing yellow and white heads. 



N. Taylor.! 



