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OED. LXXXIL EL^EAGNACE^l. 



OED. LXXXIII. MYRICACE^l. 



MYRICA. GALE. 



M. Gale (sweet G-ale, or Dutch Myrtle.) In bogs and mooiy 

 situations. Dio3cious. Plant from 2 to 3 feet high ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, serrated towards the top. Catkins sessile towards the 

 ends of the branches ; stamens of male flowers from 4 to 8 ; fe- 

 male catkins shorter and rounder than those of the male, with 

 the long styles projecting from between the scales. The plant is 

 very fragrant when bruised. Milber Down. Forde bog. Bovey 

 Heath. Near Chagford, etc. (E. B. t. 562.) Sh. v.-vn. 



OED. LXXXIY. BETULACE^E. 



BETULA. BIKCH. 



B. alba (common Birch.} In woods and hedges. Monoeci- 

 ous. A slender and graceful tree, with beautifully drooping 

 branches, bark of the stem white, easily peeling oif ; leaves ovate 

 and acute, irregularly serrate. Catkins pendulous ; flowers of the 

 male with from 8 to 12 stamens ; female catkin compact, with 3 

 flowers to each scale ; seed winged. Park Hill wood, etc. (E. 

 B. t. 2198.) T. iv. v. 



AL.NTJS. ALDEB. 



A. glutinosa (common Alder.} Wet meadows and by sides 

 of streams. A middling-sized tree, with crooked, spreading 

 branches. Leaves alternate, stalked, broadly oval or roundish, 

 waved and serrated, downy beneath at the divisions of the veins. 

 Male catkins long and drooping ; flowers with 4 stamens ; fertile 

 ones small and oval, with reddish scales. Very common. (Be- 

 tula Alnus, E. B. t. 1508.) T. m. iv. 



