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Ord 82. MYRICACEA 



1. MYRICA, Linn. 

 1. Myrica Californica, Cham. & Schlecht 



Myrica Californica, Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnrea, 6, p. 535 ; Hook. Fl. Bor -Amer 

 2, p. 260; Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech, p. 390. 



Hab. Gray's Harbor, Washington Territory and southward to the 

 shores of San Francisco Bay.— On the banks of the American River, 

 a tributary of the Sacramento, a variety is found 12 to 15 feet high,' 

 with the under surface of the leaves pubescent, and the upper dull! 

 The ordinary form, with the upper surface of the leaves a little shining 

 and the under side smooth, is common in ravines and fertile spots on 

 the coast, near San Francisco, where it sometimes occurs 20 feet high, 

 with a trunk 9 inches in diameter. The berries are larger than in 

 JST. cerifera. Hooker is of opinion that this species is not distinct from 

 M. Xalapensis, H. B. K., but he retains it in the works quoted above, 

 and we have no specimens for comparison. 



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