SWEET r,Al F, FAMILY 



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1. C .donersum (Common Hornwort).— 7.ca7rj dark gr('tii; jruit 

 with 2 spines at its base and terminated by t-he persistent, subu- 

 latf, curved style. — Slow streams and ditches, entirely submerged. 

 — Fl. lune — September. Perennial. 



2. C. suhiiiprsiim, paler green, without sjiines to the jritil and 

 with a shorter slvle, occurs under similar conditions. 



i:i5 Fhm'ers in calkins 



Okd. LXXIV. M\ ric.(<.e.«. — The Sweet Gale Family 



A small group of shrubs and trees, widely distributed in tem- 

 perate and tropical climates, 

 and generally characterised 

 by the e.\cretion of wax. 

 They ha\'e scattered, simple 

 lea.'i'cs : generally di(ecious 

 flowers in catkins ; staiiieus 

 2 — 16; civnrv i-chambered, 

 i-ovuled; styles 2; jruit 

 drape - like, i - seeded, 

 covered all over with wa.K. 

 Myrica cerifera, the Bay- 

 berry, \\'ax Myrtle, or 

 Candleberry Myrtle of 

 North America, and 4/. 

 cordijolia, of South ,\frica 

 have been used in candle- 

 making. Vang-raaes are the 

 edible sub-acid fruit of M. 

 Nagi, a native of China and 

 [apan. 'l"he aromatic leaves 

 of the one European species, 

 4/. Gale, are astringent and 

 tonic, and are usee! for tea 

 and in rustic medicine. 



I. MvRi'cA (Sneet Gale). 

 — Stainots 4 — S. (Name, 

 the Greek name of the 

 Tamarisk.) 



I. M. Gale (Sweet Gale, 

 Bog Myrtle). — A bushy, 

 resinous shrub, 2 — 4 feet 

 high, flowering before leafing ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, shortly- 

 stalked, serrate towards the apex, fragrant when bruised ; catkii:s 



mvrh:..\'(.S":c'(.7 Ca/t). 



