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culent and of an agreeable tafle. The timber affords 
very durable polls, 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 
ftates; 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. 
r *PHE Flo/ ?^e Male and Female on different plants. 
A * The Male. 
The Calyx is a Katkin ovate-oblong, loofe, imbricated on all 
fides, and confiding of Scales , which are one flowered, 
moon-fliape, obtufely pointed, and concave. 
The Corolla none. 
The Filaments are four, (rarely fix) thread-form, ihort, and 
eredt. The Anthem are large and twin, with two-cleft lobes, 
*The Female. 
The Calyx 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 Ample. 
The Seed-vejjel is a berry, of one cell. 
The Seed is one. 
Obf. The Gale has four fiamina: the Berry comprefled at 
the apex, and three lobed : the cerifera has fix fiamina : the 
berry fucculent and roundifh. 
The Species with us, are , 
1. My rica cerifera. Candleberry Myrtle . 
Thfs grows naturally upon low boggy lands, ril- 
ing with many ftrong fhrubby flalks, to the height 
of fix or wight feet; Sending out feveral branches, 
which 
