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MYIil'CA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order DiCE'ciAf,, Tetran'driA. 
Natural Order. Myri'ce.®, Rich. — Lindl. Syn. p. 242. ; Intr. 
to Nat. Syst. of But. p. 100. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 543. — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 25 7. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 420. — Myrica'- 
ce.-e, Lindl. Key, p. 57. — Loud. Fncy. of IV. and Sh. p- 934. — 
CasuarinejE, Mirbel. in Ann. Mus. v. xvi. p. 451. — R. Brown, in 
Flinder’s Voy. v. ii. p. 571. — Amentace.e, Linn. — Juss. (Jen. PI. 
p. 407. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 534 & 535. 
Gen. C’har. Dioecious, occasionally monoecious. Sterile Flowers 
in cylindrical sessile catkins (see fig. 1, & a.), loosely imbricated 
in every direction. Calyx (see fig. 2.) a single, egg-shaped, blunt- 
ish, concave scale (hractea Loud.,/ to each floret, longer than the 
stamens. Corolla none. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 4, rarely more, 
short, hair-like, upright, JInthers (see figs. 2 & 3.) vertical, large, 
of 2 divided lobes. — Fertile Flowers in egg-shaped, sessile catkins , 
closely imbricated (see fig. 4, & 6). Calyx (see fig. 5.) nearly as 
in the sterile flowers. Corolla none. Germen (see fig. 6.) egg- 
shaped, flattish, superior. Styles (see figs. 5 & 6.) 2, thread-shaped, 
spreading, longer than the calyx (braetea). Stigma simple, pointed. 
Berry ( Drupe, Lindl.,/ (see figs. 8 & 9.) various in substance, of 
1 cell. Seed (fig. 10.) solitary, upright. 
The egg-shaped, sessile catkins, with concave scales ; the sterile flowers with 
from 4 to 6 stamens, with 4-valved aiithers ; and the fertile flowers with 2 styles, 
and a 1 -celled, 1 -seeded berry ; will distinguish this from other genera, without a 
coroila, in the same c'ass and order. 
One species British. 
MY RFC A GA'LE. Sweet Gale. Candleberry Myrtle. Dutch 
Myrtle. Sweet Willow. Gaule. 
Spec. Char. Stem shrubby. Leaves spear-shaped, broader 
upwards, distantly serrated in the upper part. Scales of the catkin 
pointed. 
Engl. Bot. t. 562.— Fl. Dan. p. 327.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1453.— Hud. FI. Angl. 
(2nd ed . ) p. 432. — Willd Sp. PI. v. iv. pt. II. p. 745. — Sm. Fl. Brit v. iii. p. 1076; 
Engl. Fl. v iv. p. 239. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 250. — Lindl. Syn. p. 242. — Hook. 
Brit. Fl. p. 435. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 217. — Lightf. Fl. Scot. v. ii. p. 613. — 
Thomps. PI. of Berw. p. 96. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 94. — Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept, 
v. ii. p. 620. — Uelh. Fl. Cant (3rd ed.) p. 407.— Hook. Fl. Scot. p. 288.— Fl. Dev. 
pp. 159 & 135 — Johnst. Fl. Berw. v. i. p. 219. — Winch’s Fl. of Northumb. and 
Durh. p. 64. — Loud. Arl). et Frutic. Brit. v. iv. p. 2056. f. 1966. ; Ency. of Tr. and 
Sh. p. 934. f. 1742. — Dick. Fl. Ahred. p. 58. — Xrv. Lond. Fl. p. 115. — Baines’ Fl. 
of Yorksh. p. 94. — Leight. Fl. of Shrop. p. 493. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 85. ; 
Fl. Hibern. p. 257. — Myrica Brabantica, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 249.— Gate 
frutex odoratus Septentrionalium, Eleeagnus Cordo, Ray’s Syn. p. 443. — 
Bauh. Hist. v. i. pt. ii. p.224, with a figure. — Black. Sp. Bot. p. 25. — Myrtus 
brabantica, sive Eleeagnus Cordi, Johns. Ger. p. 1414, with a figure.— Merr. Pin. 
p $2. — Bhus sylvestris sive Myrtus Brabantica vet Anqlica, Park.Theat. Bot. 
p. 1451. f. 5. 
Fig. 1, & o. Sterile Catkins. — Fig. 2. A separate Flower. — Fig. 3. An Anther. — 
Fig. 4, & b. Fertile Catkins. — Fig. 5. A separate Flower. — Fig. 6. Styles. — Fig. 7. 
Fertile Ripe Catkins. — Fig. 8. A Berry.— Fig. 9. Section of same. — Fig. 10. A 
Seed. — All, except a, b, and figs. 7, 8, 9, & 10, magnified. ' 
• From muron, Gr. sweet ointment ; in reference to its fragrance, 
f See folio 143. 
