Jiviaiw 



.MYRI.STJCA 



1053 



of tho frait, tho light rose-colon^rt one beiii^ finer flavoinil 

 llian the d;irk red. The hurries ure vinous and sweet and 

 used in all ways like our blackberries. The tree is su|i- 

 posed to bo able to stand 15° aljove zero. 



Myrica is a j::cnus of about ll.j spei-ies of trees and 

 slinibs, often aromati<5 : 1 vs. alter' nate, entire or various! s 



1450. Myrica Na^i in flower ( X ^i)- 

 Nfttiirtil size of tlio t^iiiljly fruits is alxuit an iucli. 



rut: male fls. borne in short eal !< ins on the new i;ro\\-I ti : 

 stamens 2-10, usually 4—ir, feitnde Ms. mostly solitai-y: 

 drupe globose or ovoid. 



N4gi, Thimb. {M. rubra, Si.dj. & Znce. ). Fig. It,")!). 

 Bush or tree: Ivs. 11-5 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing at the base, entire or serrate: male catkins a.xillar;-, 

 solitary, cylindrical, y4-iy^ in. long; starneTis (i-lO; fe- 

 male catkins shorter than the nude, few-Hd. Tropical 

 and subtropical Asia. B.M. .57127. 



M . asplenifblia. See Comptonia. ^^^ M. 



MYEIOCfiPHALTJS (Greek, ten-fhn,(s,nid- hrarlnl). 

 Composiice. M. ^Inrirfii is an odd sort of everlasting 

 (lower, known to the trade as Pohiralynuna Htuarlii, 

 being offered in only otio of the largest American cata- 

 logues of annual fls. It is a half-hardy plant, growing 

 about \% ft. high .and bearing yellow and white heads. 

 iWyriocephalus is a genus f aliout 8 annual or jierennial 

 herbs, all Australian, often hoary, especially when 

 young : Ivs. alternate, entire : clusters or compound 

 heads terminal, usually globose or hemispherical: heads 

 exceedingly numerous and sessile on a broad, very flat 

 receptacle, surrounded by a general involucre of numer- 

 ous narrow bracts in many rows, each usually with a 

 scarious tip or radiating appendage. In 3[. Stuartii 

 these appendages are 1-2 lines long, broad, white and 

 very conspicuous. Flora Australiensis 3: 557 (1866). 



Stdartii, Benth. (Polycalymma Sfnarfii. P. Muell. & 

 Sond.). Pubescent or woolly, not much )>ranched: Ivs. 

 linear or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long: clusters hemispherical, 

 I in. or more across: partial heads 5-8-fld. : seedswooUy; 

 pappus of numerous ciliate bristles. 



MTEIOPH'2'LHJM (Greek, tcn-tliousand-leaveil). 

 I/alagordcece. The Parrot's Feather is a favorite 

 aquatic plant, with delicate feathery foli.age, composed 

 of numerous whorls of finely cut Ivs. Th.^ one which is 



often seen in vases and fountains in public jiarks has 

 the uncomfortable name of Myrlophyllum prcirrpi nn- 

 rcidi'x. It is a half-hardy plant from Chile, with weak 

 slems which grow out of the water aliout 6 inches. It 

 can be planted in a water-tight hanging basket, and if 

 water can be kejit standing on the suVtace, the ])lant 

 will hang gracefully over the edges. The other species 

 here desi-riiied are hardy plants, which are coni- 

 iiMui in our eastern pon<ls. Anyone of them can bo gath- 

 ered for the aiinarium, and the two following are iiro- 

 curahle from ile.-ders in aquatics and aipiari\nu sujiplies. 

 Myrioph>lluiuis a genus of about 1:"", species of aquali.; 

 herbs, found from the frigid zones to the tropics. Lvs. 

 whorled. s.unewhat scattered or alternate, the emersed 

 ones entire. dent;de or pectiuati', the submerged ones 

 pinnat(dy cut i]ito thread-like segments: fls. suuill. 



A. Lr«. all ,il,kf. 



proserpinacoides, (till. Fig. 1151. Lvs. in whorls of 4 

 ami 5, (-1(1 lines long: segUH_'nts 20-25. Chile. Ap]i.')r- 

 eTitly estaldishi-d in Hopkins' pond, Haddonlield, X. .J., 

 having escaped from cult. B.B. 2 : 505. — Differs from tho 

 2 following in being diiecions. The female plant is the 

 one in cult. Likely to become weeds. 



AA. Lrx. ,ihoi-f' the surface of the icaler diflereul from 



(hose beloir. 



n. Jji-'S. H'Jiorled in :j's a>id -I'h. 



verticiliatum, Linn. Floral lvs. longer than the fls., 



pectinate: stamens 8: i)et;ds deciiluous: carjteds even. 



Native of Furope, but common in our jiouds. 



BB. /vC.s'. lelmrh'd in I's and o's. 



heteroph^IIum, Jlirhx. Floral Ivs. ovate, lam-eidate, 

 sharjilv serrate: stannuis 4: jM^tids rather I'ersistent: 

 carpels 1-2-ridged and nniudiened lui the ba.-k. Lakes 

 anil rivers. Cnt. to Fla. and Minn. 



Wji. Trioker and W. .M. 



MYRlSTICA (Greek, alluding to the aroiuatic <|nali- 

 ties of the ]dants). J/ i/ristieacea'. KuTMEO. IMyristicas 

 are of many species (perhaps 80J, but most of tlui Nut- 

 megs of commerce are the product of M. fr^grans, Ibnitt. 

 (4/. iiiasehata, Thunb.; M. officinalis, Linn, f . ; .)/. 

 a roiniil iea , Lam.), shown in I^^igs. 1452-1!. This tree is 

 I'ultivated and naturalized in the W. Indies. Tho genus 

 Myristica is the only one in the family. It is essentially 

 ;in Asian genus, although species occur in America and 

 .\frica, and one in Australiti. The Myristicas are dio-- 

 <-ious trees with alternate, entire, pinnate-veined lvs., 

 ami suuill fls. in axillary clusters. The perianth is 2-4- 

 I usually '^-) lobed, in a single series : anthers :> or Tuor'e, 

 connate: ovary single, 1-loculed, ripening into a fleshy 

 fruit. The Nutmeg of conunerce is the seed, q'his is 

 surrounded hv a ruminated aril, which furnishes the 



1451. MvrioDhyllum proserpinacoides (X }i). 



mace of commerce. The fruit of 3f. fragrans is short- 

 pear-shaped, lJ«-2 in. long, hanging, reddish or yellow- 

 ish, somewhat fle.shy, splitting at maturity into 2 valves 

 and disclosing the brilliant scarlet laciniated aril or 

 mace. Inside the aril is the hard nut or shell, and 

 insiile the shf 11 is the Nutmeg. The details of the mace 



