322 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Myrica rubra, Siebold and Zuccarini. (M. sapida, Wallich.) 



Continental India, up 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. 



Myrica 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. It 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 Californian congeners in 

 the genus Glycosma. 



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. 



Myrtus Cisplatensis, F. v. Mueller. 



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

 Hieronymus]. 



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 medicine. 



Myrtus edulis, F. v. Mueller. (Myrcianthes edulis, Berg.) 



Uruguay. A tree, attaining a height of about 25 feet. Berries of 

 1^ inch diameter, of pleasant taste. 



Myrtus incana, Berg. 



La Plata-States. A dwarf shrub. The berries can be eaten raw, 

 and are also made into a sweet rich jelly. M. sericea (Cambessedes) 

 is an allied species from the same region. 



