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culent and of an agreeable tafte. The timber affords 

 very durable ports, for fencing, &c. As our Mul- 

 berry has been found, upon trial, to anfwer well for 

 the purpofe of raifing filk worms, and growing fpon- 

 taneoufly and plentifully in many parts of thefe 

 flatus; it is prefumed, many of our countrymen 

 might profitably apply their attention to the culture 

 of filk. 



M Y R I C A. 



CANDLEBERRY MYRTLE. 

 Clafs 22. Order 5, Dioecia Tetrandria. 



TTHE Flowers are Male and Female on different plants. 

 ^ThQMale. 



The CzUyx is a Katkin ovate-oblong, loofe, imbricated on all 

 fides, and confifting of Scales, which are one flowered, 

 moon-fliape, obtufely pointed, and concave. 



The CoroUa none. 



The Filaments are four, (rarely fix) thread-form, fliort, and 

 ereft. The Anthem are large and twin, with two-cleft lobes. 

 * The Female, 



The Cal'jx and Corolla as in the male. 



The Germen is fomewhat ovate. The Styles are two, thread- 

 form and longer than the calyx. The Stigmas are fimple. 



The Seed'vejfel is a berry, of one cell. 



The Seed is one. 



Obfc The Gale has four (lamina: the Berry comprcffed at 



the apex, and three lobed : the cerifera has fix ftamina ; the 



berry fucculent and roundifh. 



The Species with us^ are^ 



I. My RICA cerifera. Candleberry Myrtle. 



This grows naturally upon low boggy lands, rif- 

 ing with many ftrong fhrubby ftalks, to the height 

 of fix or eight feetj fending out feveral branches, 



which 



