WAX TREE. 
DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx an oblong catkin, imbricated on all sides. 
Corolla none. 
Female. Calyx as in the male. 
Corolla none. 
Pericarp a berry, containing a single seed. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mybica cerifera. M. foliis lanceolatis subserratis, caule arbo- 
rescente. Spec. Plant. Linn. ed. tert. 
1453. 
Leaves lanceolate and slightly serrated : stem 
shrubby. 
Myrtus brabanticae similis caroliniensis bacci- 
fera, fructu racemoso sessili monopyreno. 
Pluk. Aim. 250. pi. 48. f. p. 
Wax Tree. . . . Catesl. Carol. 1. \A. Qq. 
This singular shrub is a native of North America, 
inhabiting Pennsylvania, Carolina, and Virginia. It 
produces a berry which yields the inhabitants of 
that part of the world a useful kind of wax ; and 
the manner in which the natives proceed to gather 
