290 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Ittyrica nag-i, Thunberg. (M. Sapida, Wallich.) 



Continental India, np to 7,000 feet, China, Japan, Borneo. 

 A shady evergreen tree. The fruit is one of the best of North- 

 Western India, is of vinous sweetish taste, and is there eaten by all 

 classes [Edwin Atkinson], The bark serves for a brown-dye. 



UXyrica quercifolia, Linne. 



South-Africa. This is one of the principal wax-bushes there- 

 Many other species from different parts of the globe are available 

 for trial -culture, but none have as yet been discovered in Australia. 



HI yrica serrata, Lamarck. 



South-Africa. Shrub, only about 3 feet high. Also wax-yielding. 

 The Myrica-wax is heavier, harder and more brittle than bees' wax, 

 but melts more easily ; it is got from the fruits throughout the cool 

 season. The sowing of seeds is done after the first rain of the cool 

 months has steadied the loose sand ; the plant can also be multiplied 

 from cuttings. The subterraneous trunk is creeping, and in age of 

 considerable length [Dr. Pappe]. 



Myrrhis odorata, Scopoli. 



The Sweet Chervil or Cicely. Mountains of Middle and 

 Southern Europe and Asia Minor, particularly in forests. A 



Perennial aromatic herb, used for salad and culinary condiments, 

 fc could be naturalised in forests, and would endure an alpine 

 climate; a second species, M. occidentalis (Bentham), occurs in 

 Oregon and Utah. Asa Gray keeps this with two additional 

 Calif ornian congeners in the genus Grlycosma. 



Myrtus acmenoides, F. v. Mueller. 



Queensland. The fragrant leaves of this and of M. fragrantissima 

 used locally for flavoring tea, according to Mr. P. O'Shanesy. 



IVXyrtus Cisplatensis. Bentham and J. Hooker. 



La Plata-States. A middle-sized tree. Berries edible [Prof- 

 Hieronymous]. 



Myrtus communis, Linne. 



' Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. The Bridal Myrtle. 

 Blooms in Arran [Rev. D. Landsborough] . Available as a Cal- 

 endar plant. This bush of ancient renown should not be passed ; it 

 is industriously in requisition for myrtle-wreaths. Hippocrates 

 already used the leaves in medicines. 



