610 
25iCLlSriA AMSNTACfi-*’. 
Gald. 
pumila. 
saroliniensis. 
pensylvanica. 
populifolia> 
6q3. myrica. Gen.pl 1510. 
1. M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice serratis obtus?iSj ame?i«^ 
tis masculis imbricatis, squamis acuminatis cWiatis^ 
fructibus squamoso-capi tatis. sp. plA. p.yA5<^ 
Icon. FL dan, 31J. 
In boggy grounds in Canada, and about lakes on high 
mountains j plentifully on the Broad mountains, Pen- 
sylvania. T2 . May. v. v. A low shrub, like all 
the following, of an agreeable sweet scent. 
2. M. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis apice rariter serratis acutis^f 
amentis masculis laxis, squamis acutis, fructibus glo- 
bosis minoribus. — IVilld. sp. pL 4. p. 745. 
Icon. Catesh. car. 1. t. 69. Pluk. aim. t. 48. jf 9. 
^.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. pl. 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 oblongis utrinque acutiusculis integerrimis aut 
apice rariter subserratis margine revolutis, amentis 
masculis laxis, squamis acutis, baccis globosis majus- 
culis.— Law. encycL 2. p. 5g2. 
Icon. Duham. arh. ed. nov.2. t, 55. 
In shady rocky situations ; New Jersey and Pensylvanra. 
Tl • May. v. v. Not above three feet high. It ge- 
nerally is confounded with the preceding, but is a very 
distinct species. 
694* BETULA. Gen. pl. I4ig, 
i. B. foliis deltoidibus longe acuminatis inaequaliter serratis 
glaberrimis, strobilorum squamis lobis lateralibus subro- 
tundis, petiolis glabris. IVilld. sp. pl. 4. p. 463. 
