020 
Qalc. 
ceri/efa. 
pumila. 
earoliniemis. 
pensylvanica, 
pQpulifoliai 
i>tCLINIA AMENTACE^, 
603; MYRICA. Gen. pi. 1510. 
1 . M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice serratis obtusis, ame^i-* 
tis masculis imbricatis, squamis acuminatis ci-liatisj, 
fructibus squamoso-eapitatis. — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 745. 
Icon. FI. dan. 327 . 
In boggy grounds in Canada, and about lakes on high 
mountains 5 plentifully on the Broad mountains, Pen- 
sylvania. T 2 . May. v. v. A low shrub, like all 
the following, of an agreeable sweet scent. 
2 . M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice rariter serratis acutis,, 
amends masculis laxis, squamis acutis, fructibus glo- 
bosis minoribus. — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 745. 
Icon. Catesh. car, 1 . t. 6 g. Pluk. aim. t. 43. f. 9 . 
jS.M. foliis lineari-lanceolatis. Mich.ji. amer. 2 . p. 228. 
In shady dry woods : Virginia to Carolina, /3. In Caro- 
lina and Florida. Tj . May, June, v, v. A shrub 
sometimes more than twelve feet high. The berries 
of this and the following species produce a white ve- 
getable wax, which the inhabitants manufacture into 
candles equal to those made of bees-wax. 
3. M. foliis cuneato-oblongis grosse dentatis, amentis mas» 
culis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majoribus. 
— = Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 746 , 
M. cerifera /3. Mich.ji. amer. 2. p. 223. 
Icon. Catesh. car. 1. p. 13. 
In wet places about rivers and swamps : New England 
to Florida. l2 • May. v. v. Not above three or four 
feet high. 
4. M. foliis obloDgis utrinque acutiusculis integerrimis aut 
apice rariter subserratis margine revolutis, amentis 
masculis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majus- 
culis. — Lam. encycl. 2. p. 502. 
Icon. Duham. arh. ed. nov.2. t. 55. 
In shady rocky situations ; New Jersey and Pensylvanla, 
Tj . May. v. v. Not above three feet high. It ge- 
nerally is confounded with the preceding, but is a very 
distinct species. 
604. BETULA, Gen.pl. 1410. 
1. B_. foliis deltoidibus longe acuminatis inaequaliter serratis 
glaberrimls, strobilorum squamis lobis lateraUbus subrof- 
tundis^ petiolis glabris. Willd. sp. pi. 4, p» 463, 
