ORDER 125. SALICACE^E. 309 



1. MYRICA, L. CANDLEBERRY MYRTLE. Fls. $ ? , the $ in cylin- 

 drical aments ; anth. 4 10 in each scale, large, 2-celled. $ Aments ovoid, 

 ovary 1 to each bract, in a cup of 3 5 scales, stigmas 1 4, spreading. 

 Drupes covered with wax or resinous dots. J) Leaves undivided. 



* Stigmas 2 or 4. Fruit small (1 3"), ovoid Nos. 13 



* Stigma solitary. Fruit large (f>"), oblong. (Leitneria, Chapm.) No. 4 



1 M. cerifera L. Bayberry. Shrub 3 4f; Ivs. 12', oblong to oblanceolate, entire 



or a few remote teeth above ; stam. about 6 ; aments 69" ; drupe oval, 2", covered 

 with while wax (bayberry tallow). Coasts, Can. to Fla. 



]3. CarolinSnsftt. Lvs. large (35'), evergreen, tapering to the petiole. M. and S. 



7. pumlla. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, acute at each end. 1 3f. S. 



2 M. Gale L. Sweet Gale. Shrub 3 4f ; leaves wedge-oblong, obtuse and serrulate 



at apex, 1 H' ; aments 48" ; nuts crowded, 1", reddish. Shores. 



3 M. inodora Bartr. Shrub 6 16f, with whitish bark; Ivs. thick, evergreen, 12', 



oblong, obtuse, entire, with rolled edges ; drupe 3", avoid, black. Fla. 



4 OT. Floridana (Chapm.) Shrub 2 6f, with brown bark ; Ivs. oblanceolate, acute, 



entire, long-stalked, deciduous ; drupe oblong, greenish, G". Mid. Fla. ! 



2. COMPTONIA, Sol. SWEET FERN. Fls. s , the $ in cylindric 

 aments, with reniform pointed bracts and 3 6 stamens. ? Aments glo- 

 bular. Ovary surrounded by 6 linear scales longer than the bracts. Nut 

 ovoid. 5 Leaves pinnatifid, narrow, fern-like, stipulate. 



C. asplenlfolla Ait. Dry hills, Can. to Va. Shrub 2f, with brown twigs, the very 

 fragrant leaves 3 5' long, with 20 30 wing-like lobes. Stipules pointed. 



ORDER CXXV. SALICACE^E. WILLOW-WORTS. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate, simple leaves and deciduous or persistent 

 stipules. Flowers $ $ , both kinds in aments, one under each bract of the 

 ament. Calyx none or cup-form and entire. Ovary 1-2-celled, with 2 short 

 styles. Fruit a capsule, 2-valved, oo-seeded. Seeds with a tuft of hairs 

 coma) and no albumen. Figs. 17-20, 200, 287. 



1, SALIX, Toura. WILLOW. OSIER. Aments cylindric, bracts imbri- 

 cated, entire, 1-flowered, no calyx, but a little nectariferous gland instead. 

 $ Sta. 2 7. ? Ovary ovoid-acuminate, stigmas 2, short. Caps. 1-celled, 

 the valves revolute when open. Seeds oo. b > b Branches mostly long 

 and slender. Leaves mostly narrow and pointed, and with stipules. Nos. 

 4, 10, and 21 are used in basket-making. 



Stamens 3 10. Aments with the leaves, scales green-yellow, caducous Nos. 1 3 



Stamens 2, the filaments united. Aments precocious, scales black No. 4 



Stamens 2, rarely 3 (1 in No. 13), the filaments distinct.. .(*) 



* Scales yellow-green. Am. with the Ivs. a Ov. subsessile, glabrous. Trees... .5 7 



a Ovaries stalked. Shrubs Nos. 8, 9 



* Scales of the $ aments brownish or blackish, persistent.. .(&) 



t Ovaries and pods sessile. Shrubs Nos. 10, 11 



b Ovaries and pods stalked, and glabrous. Aments wi'.h the Ivs Nos. 12, 13 



b Ovaries and pods stalked, and downy or silky. . .(c) 



c Aments appearing with the leaves. Shrubs Nos. 14 16 



c Ammts appearing before the subentire hairy leaves Nos. 17 19 



c Am. before the serrate, smooth or downy long-petioled Ivs Nos. 20, 21 



