PI. ex. mon . 
7. MYRICiE. 15. Myrica. 
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Fam. VII. 7. MYRICiE. Richard. 
Flowers unisexual, amentaceous. — Male. Aments one- 
flowered ; stamens 4 to 6 ; anthers 2-celled. — Female. 
Ovary 1, free; stigmata 2; nut 1 -celled; shell bonelike; 
kernel inverse; perisperm 0. — Stem woody; leaves glandu- 
lar; ament axillary; or spiked, terminal; drupe resinous, 
spotted. 
I. 15. MYRICA. Theophrastus. Gaule. 
Dioicous , rarely monoicous ; aments ovate, scales lunate. 
— Male. Stamens 4 to 6 ; anthers 4-valved. — F em. Ovary 1; 
stigmata 2 ; drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
Myrica Brabantica. Brabant gaule. 
Leaves lanceolate, rather serrated ; stem shrubby. 
Gale, frutex odoratus Septehtrionalium, Elseagnus Cordo, Raii SynAiS. 
Myrtus Brabantica, sive Elleagnus Cordi, Ger.em. 1414. 
Rhus sylvestris, sive Myrtus Brabantica vel Anglica, Park. 1451. 
Myrica Gale, Lin. S. P. 1453. 
Gaule. Sweet willow. Dutch myrtle. 
Bogs and fens ; shrubby; May. 
Branches many, upright ; twigs rather bent ; leaves nearly 
sessile; aments early, sessile. — Used instead of hops, but 
unless the wort is boiled a long time, the liquor occasions 
the head-ach; dyes wool yellow; drives away fleas and 
moths; yields an oil by distillation with water; powder or 
infusion vermifuge; tans calf-skins; aments boiled in water 
throw up a waxy scum. 
Fam. VIII. 8. ULMACEiE. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, or unisexual by abortion ; peri - 
gonium simple, free, 4 to 6-toothed; stamens 4 or 6, on the 
perigonium ; ovary 1 ; styles 2 ; stigmata 2 ; samara one- 
seeded ; seed pendent ; perisperm 0 ; embryo straight ; coty- 
ledons plaited ; radicle above. 
I. 16. ULMUS. Pliny. Elm, 
Flowers hermaphrodite ; perigonium bellshape, 4 or 
5-toothed, coloured, not falling off ; stamens 3 or 6 ; ovary 
compressed; stigmata 2; samara suborbiculate, swelled in 
the middle, 1-seeded. — Stem arborescent; leaves rough, 
ribs parallel ; flowers fascicled, scaly, axillary. 
