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MYRICA CAROLIHENSIS Kill. Northern bayberry. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese ueetle.--K'etz?er pnd 
Grant (277). 
MYRTC* GALE L. Candleherry myrtle. 
The Swedes employed a strong; decoction of this plant to kill burs 
and lice, and to cure the itch. — Green ( 169 , v. 2, p. 152). 
MYRICA PEREGRINA (L.) Kuntze. Synonym: Comptonla peregrine (L.) 
Coult. Sweetfern. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.- Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
MYRISTICACEAE 
(Nutmeg Family) 
MYRISTICA FRAGRANS Houtt. Common nutmeg. 
The odor stunned mosquitoes in 10 minutes and killed them in 2 
hours.— Celli end Casagrandi (82, p. 95). 
Nutmeg oil was considered one of the best repellents to the screw- 
worm. There was no emergence of flies from meat treated with it. — 
Parman and coworkers ( 302 ) • 
Oil of nutmeg was always attractive to cockroaches.— Cole ( 101 ) • 
MYRTACEAE 
(Myrtle Family) 
ANGOP-TORA LftNCEOLATA Cav. 
Various gums were tested with oils to find stable emulsifiers. 
Orange gum, which comes from this species, was unstable.—Ginsburg ( 158 ) 
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS Labi 11. 3lue gum. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Met zger and 
Grant (277). 
Lxtracts tested as spr«ys against adult mosquitoes were much in- 
ferior to the standard mosquitocide. — Wats and Singh ( 421 ) . 
