200 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Myginda rhacoma. MARAVEDI. 
A low shrub from along the seacoast; 1 to 2 meters high. Reported from Rin- 
con. (Stahl, 4: 21.) a 
Myginda rotundata. 
Known from Guanica (Sintenis). This species is considered by Urban to be a 
monstrosity. It has clusters of very fine branches covered with small brown 
scales, apparently hexenbesens. 
Myrcia coriacea. HoJA MENUDA. 
Family Myrtaceae; a shrub 3 meters high; in waste places in dry regions. (Stahl, 
A: 74.) 
Myrcia deflexa. CIENEGUILLO. 
An indigenous tree, sometimes exceeding 50 feet (15 meters), distributed through- 
out the mountainous districts, furnishing hard wood, also called ‘‘ guayavacon.”’ 
(Urban, Add. 2: 105; Stahl, 4: 76.) 
Myrcia divaricata. See Myrcia leptoclada. 
Myrcia ferruginea. CIENIGUILLO. 
A shrub 3 to 5 meters high, found in waste places. The red, hard wood is used 
to make canes. (Stahl, 4: 77. 
Myrcia leptoclada. GUAYAVACON. 
An indigenous tree said to reach a height of 30 feet (9 meters). Known from 
Luquillo, Yabucoa, Maricao, and Anasco. 
Myrcia pagani. AUSU. 
An indigenous tree known only from sterile branches collected in forests in 
the Sierra de Lares. 
Myrcia paniculata. Hoja MENUDA. 
An indigenous tree reaching height of over 50 feet (15 meters), and furnishing 
a durable, flexible wood. Reported from Bayamon, Cayey, Aibonito, Rincon, 
Manati. 
Myrcia sintenisii. 
Has large elliptical leaves 7 inches long (17 centimeters); from Lares. 
Myrcia sororia. See Myrcia splendens. 
Myrcia splendens. RAMA MENUDA. 
Also called ‘‘ hoja menuda.’’ A shrub or small tree, indigenous in Porto Rico 
and found in forests and thickets in numerous localities from Luquillo to Maya- 
guez. M. berberisis known in Porto Rico only from the Luquilloregion. (Urban, 
Add. 2: 101.) 
Myrica cerifera. BAYBERRY. ARRAYAN. 
The common bayberry of the Eastern States; extends to Cuba, Porto Rico, Santo 
Domingo, and Guadeloupe. In Porto Rico it has been collected in mountain for- 
ests near Utuado, Las Marias, and Mayaguez, as well as in humid meadows and 
sandy beaches near Bayamon. 
The following account written about 1831 indicates that this tree must have 
been formerly of much greater importance than at present: 
The ‘‘ cerero’’ tree grows naturally in regions that are not extremely cold, and 
in humid temperate regions, particularly the plains and shores along the rivers; 
also in all regions that produce wheat, whether high or low. Its size is that of 
an ordinary olive tree or sometimes smaller. The fruit resembles the seeds of the 
pepper of Castile. Experience has shown that each large tree well fruited yields 
two *‘ almudes.”’ @ 
Smaller trees produce one almud and the poorer one-quarter. Annually they 
gather two crops; the first is more abundant than the second and lasts from 
March until May. 
The season to collect the fruit is when itis white or ashy. Well dried in boxes 

“An *‘almud” is a measure given as either about 8 or 50 pounds. 

