248 



[For 



(OO) 

 see p. 253.] 



[For (§§) 

 seep. 2-i').] 



BOG MYRTLE 



O Small bushes rarely over I— b feet high. 

 ^ Foliage, shoots and cortex, ivith more 

 or less pronounced odour on ruhbing 

 or bruising, in part due to glandular 

 hairs. 



Fig. 125. Myrica Gale, Bog Myrtle. A, shoot with i , and C, with 

 ? catkins ; B, scale with i flower ; D, scale with ? flower, the latter in 

 section ; E, fruit with its two fused lateral bracteoles ; F, the same in 

 section (E and P). 



$ Odour resinous, fragrant. Tungs 

 red-broton, or yellomsh, passing to 



