464 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



MYRICACEAE. Wax-Myrtle Family. 



MYRICA L. Sp. PL 2 : 1024. 1753. 



Thirty to 35 species, trees and shrubs, of warmer and cooler temperate regions of 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, North America. United States, 6. 



Myrica cerifera L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1024. 1753. 



SOUTHERN WAX MYRTLE. CANDLE BKHRY. 



Myrica cerifera var. arborescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 :228. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 678. Chap. Fl. 426; ed. 3, 450. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 9 : 87, t. 4M. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida through the Maritime Pine belt ; along 

 the coast to Maryland, west to the Sabine Valley, northeastern Texas (Cass County, 

 Mohr), and southern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to the seacoast. Sandy and alluvial swamps. 

 Most frequent and in greatest perfection in the coast region, reaching 30 to 40 feet 

 in height and over 12 inches in diameter. A shrub in the upper districts. Mobile, 

 Baldwin, Escambia, Clarke, and Montgomery counties. Flowers in February; fruit 

 ripe in October. Common. 



Economic uses : The berries yield wax. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Carolina, Virginia, Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Myrica pumila (Michx!) Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23: 126. 1893. 



DWARF WAX MYRTLE. 



Myrica cerifera var. pumila Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 228. 1803. 



Chap. Fl. 427. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. In open pine woods. Dry sandy soil. 

 Cullinan County, 800 feet. Autauga County, Kingston. Most frequent on sandy 

 ridges in the Lower Pine region. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Scarcely over a foot 

 high. Flowers in March ; fruit ripe in October, size of a pin head, profuse. Common ; 

 strictly distinct, extending in the interior much farther north than the last. 



Type locality: "Hab. in aridis, a Carolina ad Floridam." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Myrica carolinensis Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3. 1868. 



BAYBERRY. CANDLE BERRY. 



Myrica cerifera var. media Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 228. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 678. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 470, in part. Chap. Fl. 427; ed. 3, 450. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. In the coast region. Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick, New England to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Swampy borders of pine-barren streams and sandy 

 swamps. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers in March; fruit ripe October, 

 November. Not rare. 



Rarely over 8 or 10 feet high, foliage partially persistent over winter, leaves and 

 bark highly aromatic, pungent. 



Economic uses: The bark of the root, as "bayberry bark," is used medicinally. 



Type locality: ''Hab. a Nova Anglia ad Floridam, in udis et juxta rivulis." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Myrica inodora Bartram, Travels, 405. 1791. BAKTKAM'S WAX MYRTLE. 



Chap. Fl. 427. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 9 : 91, 460. 



Louisianian area. Florida to South Carolina west to Mississippi (Pearl Kiver 

 Valley). 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Swamps along pine-barren streams. Mobile County, 

 Springhill, Whistler. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers February, March; fruit 

 ripe September, October. Tree 15 to 25 feet high, diameter 3 inches; mostly 

 shrubby. 



Economic uses: The berries, called " candle berries," yield wax. 



Type locality: "Taensa Bluff" on the Mobile River, August 5, 1776. 



Herb. Mohr. 



SALICACAE. Willow Family. 

 POPULUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1034. 1753. POPLAR. COTTONWOOD. 



About 20 species, temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. North America, 9; 

 Atlantic States 5 or 6. 



