128 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Bull. 
MYRICACEAE. Wax Myrtle Family. 
MYRICA, L. Wax Myrtle. Candle Berry. 
Myrica cerifera L. (Myrica cerifera aborescens Michx.) 
Frequent on low pine barrens near the coast. Pascagoula; 
Meadville; Lost Gap; Biloxi. February. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Myrica pumila Small (M. cerifera pumila Michx.) 
Damp open pine barrens. Back Bay near Biloxi. March. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Myrica Carolinensis Mill. (M. cerifera media Michx.) 
Coastal regions in pine barrens swamps. Lyman. March. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Myrica inodora Bartram. Wailes’ Report. Feb.-March. 
SALICACEAE. Willow Family. 
POPULUS L. Poplar,-or Cottonwood. 
Populus deltoides Marsh. (P. monilifera Ait.) 
Common over the state on river floodplains. 
Populus alba L. White or Silver Poplar. 
An introduced -tree common in yards, but escaped, and 
rather common around settlements. 
Populus heterophylla L. 
On low lands of southwest counties. Wilkinson Co. Feb. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
SALIX L. Willow. 
Salix nigra Marsh. Black Willow. 
Common throughout the state on river alluvium and about 
springs. Lafayette; Hinds. April. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Salix humilis Marsh. (S. longirostris Michx.) 
_On low moist soils. Lafayette Co.; Tishomingo Co. April- 
May. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
