422 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



142. (Fig. 140.) MYRICA. Wax-Myrtle. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Very fine powder. 



Wachsbaum, Wachsgagel, G. Arbre a suif, Fr. 



The bark of Myrica cerifera L., Myricacese. 



Rather dull cinnamon brown. 



Faintly aromatic, not agreeable. 



Bitter, slightly pungent and astringent. 



Bark parenchyma of brown cells bearing some simple, spherical 

 starch granules. Thick-walled porous bast fibers accompanied by 

 crystal-bearing fibers. Sclerenchyma cells, variable in size; some not 

 very greatly thickened, porous. 



