470 
XCII. JU GLAND A CEiE 
7-9, rarely more, end one the largest, stalked, side ones opposite, 
sessile, ovate-oblong, 3-8 in., pointed, entire. Flowers green, male 
and female on the same tree, appearing with the leaves. Male 
flowers numerous, in pendulous, lateral catkins 2-5 in. long : 
perianth narrow, nearly flat, irregularly 5-lobed, combined with 
the bract the free tip of which appears on its under side ; stamens 
15-20, nearly sessile. Female flowers 1-3, clustered on the end 
of branches, the bracts combined in a pubescent, ovoid involucre 
adnate to the ovary, its narrow mouth obscurely 4-toothed : 
perianth of 4 linear-lanceolate lobes inserted on the mouth of the 
involucre alternate with its teeth ; ovary 1 -celled, ovule 1, style- 
arms 2, short, broad, recurved, roughly wrinkled. Drupe ovoid, 
2 in. long, the green, thick, fleshy rind enclosing a woody, wrinkled, 
2-valved nut, the edible part consisting of the large, corrugated, 
4-lobed cotyledons of the single seed. 
Bagi, wild, 7000-10,000 ft., cultivated down to 3000 ft. ; February- April.— 
Himalaya, N. Persia, the Caucasus. — The Common Walnut. 
XCIII. MYRICACE^E 
Aromatic trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided, entire, "alternate, 
crowded. Flowers minute, 1-sexual, in spikes. Perianth none. 
Stamens 3-6. Ovary with 2-4 scale-like bracts at the base, 1-celled, 
1-ovuled. Fruit a succulent, scaly drupe. — Nearly all temperate 
and warm regions except Australia. 
MYRICA. The Greek name of the Tamarisk, transferred to 
this genus by Linnaeus. — The only genus ; distribution of the 
Order. 
Myrica Nagi, Thunb . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 597. A small tree, 
nearly glabrous. Leaves crowded towards the ends of branches' 
lanceolate, 3-5 in., acute or obtuse, entire, the lower surface pale 
or rust-coloured, minutely gland-dotted, aromatic, stalks short, 
pubescent ; the leaves of young shoots sometimes 5-8 in. and 
toothed. Flowers minute, 1-sexual, glandular, the male and 
female on different trees. Male flowers in catkins J-l in. long, 
solitary in the leaf-axils or sessile on a common, drooping, axillary • 
stalk 1-3 in. long : bracts orbicular, often with 2 or 3 smaller 
ones; perianth none; stamens 3-6, filaments free except at the 
base. Female flowers in axillary, erect spikes J-l in. long : bracts 
2-4 ; perianth none ; ovary 1 -celled, ' style-arms % long, incurved, 
